Lehigh Football Nation

We break down the Colgate game - and we give our fearless prediction, below the flip. Not much more needs to be said about the importance of this game.  Essentially, it's for all the marbles.  It's why both teams practiced in March and April, why they sacrificed their time and energy all fall, why they, essentially, do this. It's worth, though, looking at some detail as to how Colgate won these games. In all four games , Colgate scored a touchdown on their first possession.  No punts, no turnovers, no field goals.  Touchdowns. In three of the four games, Colgate scored a touchdown on their second possession.  Bucknell forced a punt in their game against the Raiders, but Colgate has mostly scored touchdowns there, too. My point is that a big part of Colgate's success has been early success.  If football is a game of momentum, the Raiders have been successful in large part by getting out of the gate early, and then just continuing to roll forw...