The Patriot League officially kicked off the 2016 football season with football media day at the Green Pond Country Club, and Lehigh was picked in a tie for 3rd. Colgate was picked 1, Fordham was picked 2, and tied with the Mountain Hawks was Holy Cross at 3. Senior OL Zach Duffy and senior LB Laquan Lambert , were asked what they thought of the preseason pick. In other years, you might have gotten a bit of a chest-thumping response, but this year's group was notable in the calm way they answered the questions. "I think that's fair," Zach said. "It's where we finished last year, and we haven't proved much yet. We haven't achieved our goals yet. I wouldn't have wanted to be picked any higher since we haven't earned it." "We have high expectations on ourselves," Laquan added. "This fuels the fire for us. We're just going to have to take it day by day if we want to win a championship." No cries of d...
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