Five things to look for in the Lehigh-Columbia game

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER Lehigh takes on Columbia today at Goodman Stadium. Hopefully, the rain will hold off and the crowd will be decent, maybe approaching the 9,000 that came to Goodman Stadium for last week's game against Fordham, although it's not Parents or Young Alumni weekend and there's direct competition on TV with Penn State-Northwestern. Five things to look for: 1. THE LOCAL KIDS. Northampton's Billy Boyko, Parkland's Matt Laub, Palisades' Josh Parris and Wilson's Matt Lippincott are all making contributions for the Mountain Hawks and it will be interesting to see how Lippincott does in his return as a starter at left guard today. 2. OFFENSIVE CONSISTENCY. Lehigh just hasn't been able to put it together offensively for more than a half. This is the Mountain Hawks' best opportunity to explode, and put 40-plus on the board. It would be nice to gather some momentum as league play begins especially since the next two opponents -- Georgetown and Bucknell -- play very good defense. 3. MORE KICKS FROM JAKE PEERY. There is the hope that by going 2-for-2 on attempts last week, including the game-winner, that the inconsistency of placekicker Jake Peery is behind them. While the fans are going to want touchdowns, it might be good to see Lehigh have to settle for a couple of field goal attempts and see how Peery fares because the pressure will ratched up on him, and everybody, in the next five weeks. 4. HOW WELL COLUMBIA IS COACHED. It's always interesting to see how a new coach operates, especially one with a NFL pedigree. New Columbia coach Pete Mangurian has more than 30 years of NFL and Division I coaching experience and was previously the head coach at Cornell. He also coached at the Division I level at SMU, New Mexico State, Stanford, and his alma mater, LSU. He also spent 10 seasons in the NFL from 1988-97 with stints with the Broncos, Giants and Falcons. More recently, he was on the New England staff from 2005-2008 and coached with Tampa Bay in 2009 and 2010. 5. A RYAN SPADOLA TOUCHDOWN. The All-American Spadola may not have the same eye-popping numbers he had a year ago, or even his sophomore season, but he still has 29 catches for 440 yards.The thing he doesn't have is a touchdown, a stunner for a guy who scored 20 touchdowns over the past two seasons. Today is the day for No. 8 to get into the end zone.