Lehigh Football Nation

It's that time of the week where I share with you your weekly Lehigh fan viewing guide for Week 10 of the college football season.  Why go to website after website when all the information you need is right here? If there was ever a week where you, dear Reader, needed this page, it's this week, since Lehigh has their bye week. Fortunately for all of us (and, of course, I include myself in this), there are a boatload of important games available on live streams to watch this weekend.  Many, many of them are free. It's worth popping open a Yuengling and getting the yard work done early.

I remember my grandfather had a police scanner on his immaculate wooden desk, right next to the dining room table where my family and I would have holiday dinners. It was a part of the scene, tucked away, while the turkey was served during Thanksgiving.  Sometimes it was left on, the police, or fire department radio, barking out some incident. My grandfather and grandmother lived on the "Nawth Shaure" in Marblehead, about an hour from Boston.  It's where my love of the Boston Red Sox first grew, and it's where my connection to the city began, through many trips to Fenway Park and the city. I used to wonder why he had a scanner on his desk.  After all, he wasn't a policeman, or firefighter.  Sure, he was a good member of the community, as was his wife.  But, still, I wondered, why would you desire a police scanner on your desk?  Entertainment for your grandkids?  Information in a pre-internet age? I thought an awful lot about that scanner when...

My vote for the FCS Top 25 for the week ending 10/28/2013 follows below the flip. But first, check out this great picture from Samford WR Chris Cephus after scoring a touchdown in the Bulldogs' 34-27 win over the Wofford Terriers this weekend.  (Photo Credit: Marvin Gentry / MGPhoto.com ) In the SoCon, this game was huge, but what was especially amazing was that the Bulldogs overcame four turnovers, including one interception that was returned by Wofford LB Alvin Scioneaux for a touchdown. But with a smothering defensive effort from Bulldog LB Jaquirski Tartt (17 tackles) and a big day returning the football by RB Fabian Truss , the Bulldogs moved to 4-0 in SoCon play and put themselves in the drivers' seat in regards to qualifying for the FCS playoffs.

Late on Monday night, senior QB Brandon Bialkowski delivered the news that Lehigh fans feared, but also suspected: that he will be gone for the rest of the year with season-ending collarbone surgery. It appears that the collarbone was broken so badly that he'll need an iron plate and screws to reconnect it. The guy we call "BB" got hurt in the game against Bucknell, after leading the Mountain Hawks to a 6-2 record and positioning Lehigh towards another potential Patriot League title. Thoughts and prayers to him and his family.

I didn't get much sleep this week. And when I did get sleep, I had this "nightmare", which I swear on my grandmother's grave is what I had pass through my head this week. It was a vision of some office - nobody's office, really, just the type of sunny, airy office that only exists in the world of dreams. In it were Lehigh head coach Andy Coen , offensive coordinator Dave Cecchini , and myself. Both men were grim.  There were going over game film of a blowout loss to Bucknell. As each lowlight hit the computer monitor, coach Coen and coach Cecchini would just get angrier and angrier - and would look sideways at me, as if I, somehow, were really to blame. What was kind of funny was that even though I'd had this psychic dream of Lehigh getting crushed by Bucknell this Saturday, I still didn't believe it could actually happen . Waking up on Saturday, I saw no reason to believe that my dream would in any way be indicative of what would actually ...

(Photo Credit: Bucknell Athletics) 16 years is a long time to wait for Bucknell to get a league victory over Lehigh. And on Saturday, the Bison took out 15 years of frustrations on a Lehigh team which was on the back foot from the opening kickoff and never really got back on the right foot. There's really no other way to describe it: it was a nightmare for the Brown and White. Freshman RB C.J. Williams stampeded the Lehigh defense for 154 yards, and the Bison would rack up 309 total rushing yards, in a stunning 48-10 win over the Mountain Hawks.