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Remembering Lehigh's Battles With The Late Tubby Raymond

(Photo Credits: Delaware Online ) When I heard the news  Tubby Raymond , legendary Delaware head football coach, died last week at the age of 92, two immediate memories came rushing back to me. One occurred on October 16th, 1999, when Tubby had made a complaint to the local paper or radio in the run-up to  Kevin Higgins ' Mountain Hawks beating his Blue Hens on Delaware's homecoming, 42-35. I have no idea if the quote even actually happened, but my recollection is that Tubby said that Lehigh had "St. Bartholomew's" on their schedule, and hadn't played anybody.  It was a verbal jab that many Delaware fans took with them to the stands to heckle the Mountain Hawk fans that made the short trip to Newark. Up until that point, I had watched a bunch of Lehigh football games over the years.  I experienced their rise in the 1990s.  I enjoyed wins, and championships, and playoff victories. But never had I felt a win so viscerally vindicating than the one ove