Bye Week Report: Kevin Bayani Is Still Big

Not surprisingly, this week there wasn't much to report on Lehigh football since it was the bye week. But aside from senior LB Tim Diamond's appearance on Lehigh Sports Magazine on Monday (available to anyone who gets the Lehigh Broadcast package on Yahoo! Sports), there were two other reports from Lehigh Athletics' website this week.

Bayani's one of the Big Boys Now

Bayani benches more than 400 lbs., but he is not alone on the Mountain Hawks at that mark. He and fellow offensive lineman Will Rackley compete with fullback Anthony Fossati for the bench-press crown each year.

“Whenever we max out it’s about who’s going to be on top this time,” Bayani said. “Fossati got me in the winter, but I got him in the summer, so it’s a back and forth battle.”

Tailgate Information Released For October 18th game at Harvard

On Saturday, October 18, the Lehigh Football team will take on Harvard in its final non-league game of the season, while at the very same time, the Lehigh Rowing team will take part in the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta. Lehigh alumni and their families and friends are invited to take part in a tailgate, sponsored by the Lehigh Athletics Partnership and the Lehigh Alumni Association.

Aaah, memories. I remember well going up to see Harvard play Lehigh when I was an undergrad - taking a bus up to Cambridge and crashing with a friend of mine who was going to MIT. I got to the game late, and Lehigh already had 4 touchdowns on the board - in the 1st quarter!

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How The Ivy League Is Able To Break the NCAA's Scholarship Limits and Still Consider Themselves FCS

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