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Greg Sullivan threw two touchdown passes and ran for another, and Colgate beat Bucknell 29-14 on Saturday.

Senior wide receiver Pat Simonds, a Sidney High School graduate, made nine receptions for 167 yards and two touchdowns as Colgate defeated visiting Bucknell 29-14 in the regular-season football finale on Saturday.

Colgate rallies past Bucknell 29-14 Eds: APNewsNow. Colgate 29, Bucknell 14. HAMILTON, N.Y. Greg Sullivan threw two touchdown passes and ran for another, and Colgate beat Bucknell 29-14 on Saturday.

If there is a Big East football team as bad off as Syracuse right now, it's Louisville.

Dominic Randolph threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Freddie Santana with 1:03 remaining to seal Holy Cross' 24-20 comeback win over Lehigh on Saturday.

Rob Curley and Nate Eachus spent better than three hours fighting it out for Patriot League supremacy on Saturday.

It might be difficult to buy into the theory that, in a football game that featured a record-setting explosion that included seven touchdown passes for Lafayette's Rob Curley, five rushing TDs for Colgate's Nate Eachus, 105 points and 1,033 yards of offense, the final result might have come down to three plays of defense.

Rob Curley threw for 373 yards and a school-record seven touchdown passes to lead Lafayette to a 56-49 victory over Colgate on Saturday.

It has come down to this, the four perennial favorites in Patriot League football: Lafayette and Holy Cross, unbeaten in league games; Colgate and Lehigh, each with one loss.

For the second consecutive week, a Patriot League quarterback has earned national recognition.

There is little overlap in Colgate senior linebacker Greg Hadley's two main areas of interest.

Brown's Buddy Farnham shook loose for two long touchdown catches and Zach Tronti provided the finishing touches with three second-half touchdowns as the visiting Bears dealt Cornell its fourth straight loss Saturday, 34-14. Both of Cornell's touchdowns came from its defense, and Brown responded to each score by capitalizing on breakdowns in the ...

Last season was a disappointing one for the Red Raiders . Coming off an appearance in the 2008 Patriot League final, Colgate fell victim to inconsistent play and injuries to key players.

The chance to play another year of college football , to hone his skills and polish his game were all reasons Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph came back for a fifth season.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Coach Emmett Davis is banking on two freshmen -- 6-6 forward Brandon James from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and 6-9 Lazar Bogdanovic from Serbia via Covenant Christian Academy in Georgia -- to strengthen the Red Raiders ' front line.

Colgate linebacker Greg Hadley is a talented artist as well as a fearsome tackler.

SG Mike Venezia led the team in scoring last season and knocked down a team-high 55 3-pointers. --Sophomore Anthony Hill led the team in assists as a freshman.

The rest of the season will almost exclusively feature Patriot League play, and the first full weekend of League games will begin to sort out the jumbled standings.

WASHINGTON, D.C. _ Sidney graduate Pat Simonds caught a season-high 12 passes to help Colgate's unbeaten football team to a 31-14 Patriot League victory at Georgetown on Saturday.

Fordham quarterback John Skelton has attracted attention from pro scouts, and on Saturday he got an opportunity to pad his resume.