The Countdown Continues

11/1/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football

By Keith Groller

Of the Morning Call

 

As part of the 20th anniversty season of Lehigh football at Goodman Stadium, the Lehigh athletic department has created a countdown for the 20 most memorable games.

No. 5 was revealed on the Lehigh Sports Magazine show on Channel 69 on Monday and No. 4 will be revealed at halftime of Saturday's broadcast at Colgate with the culmination coming during the Lehigh-Lafayette game on Nov. 17.

Each of the top 20 get a mini-documentary complete with game footage and the principal figures featured in interviews.

''It has been a lot of fun to put together,'' said Jeff Tourial, Lehigh's director of broadcast and multimedia. ''Going into the 20th year, we talked about doing different things and we created a logo. Then I said, 'Wouldn't it be fun if we came up with the 20 top games of all-time?' and we decided to open it up to the fans to participate.

''On our Web site, we allow fans to participate and we got a terrific response. Some of the people who responded were pretty passionate and said we had to include this game or that game. We had 27 or 28 games we got feedback on.''

From there, the list was whittled down and ranked based, in part, on the feedback received.

MBC, which produces Lehigh's weekly TV show, also produces the countdown segments.

''It has been a lot of fun,'' Tourial said. ''My first season here was 2001, so I didn't see a lot of these games. Watching these it's like 'Wow, oh my goodness.' It has been such an education for me. I wasn't here when Hank Small or Kevin Higgins coached. To see those games and the emotion and excitement at Goodman Stadium has been amazing.''

After all 20 games have been released, they will be put together on one DVD that will be available for purchase, just in time for the holiday season.

 

This story originally appeared in the Thursday, November 1, 2007 edition of The Morning Call Used with permission.

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