Lehigh blog article discussing this week's Patriot League FB scholarship vote at http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.co ... /vote.html

Article out of Allentown with comments from Lafayette President and others regarding Patriot League FB scholarship situation.Link at http://www.mcall.com/sports/football/mc ... 1469.story

Patriot League official site release announcing that decision on FB scholarships has been deferred for 2 years.Link at http://www.patriotleague.org/sports/m-f ... 10aac.html

Lehigh blog article discussing future of the Patriot League at http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.co ... rt-of.html

Article out of Lehigh Valley reporting that Patriot League will likely be announcing at today's 4 PM ET Presser that they will be awarding FB scholarships.Link at http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/ ... gnifi.html

Patriot League release announcing new FB scholarship program at http://www.patriotleague.org/sports/m-f ... 12aac.html

They're pursuing additional members, too. The boards are lighting up on who that might be, ranging in the implausible: Villanova (football only), to some of the more likely: VMI or William and Mary (all-sports).

I think they want W&M.

Boston U to Patriot

http://www.patriotleague.org/genrel/061512aab.html

seems very out of the blue

Didn't see that coming

Wow. Just...wow.

Heh... In my bagillion scenarios of what could happen, that wasn't 1 of them. NJIT to AEC? or Someone from the NEC to the AEC and NJIT to NEC?

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I agree Fresno, this has to be good news for NJIT

I wonder if the Patriot goes to 10 now. VMI and William & Mary were the names I heard before Boston was added. So it means they'll add Marist instead.

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Was out for a few hours today. Was shocked when I saw this. Seemed to come out of nowhere...all the PAtriot LEague blowhards haven't been talking about this as in development so I think it's a pretty wide industry shocker.

That said...I LOVE this move. Love it. BU brings solid academics, gives the other schools a second area school for those Holy Cross trips. Sure, they don't have football, which is why nobody looked at them as an option. Would love for them to bring it back though.

For a 10th, there's still some options like Marist. W&M would be a great coup, even better than VMI.

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Have to think they would go to 10. Nine sucks for bb