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BETHLEHEM, Pa. (STATS) -- New Fordham football coach Andrew Breiner was admiring what he saw across the room at Patriot League media day on Tuesday.Look at Julien Davenport, he said, noting Bucknells All-America left tackle.Look at (Kyle) Diener, he continued about the Colgate linebacker and the leagues preseason defensive player of the year.Look at our guys.And then Breiner concluded: Were getting different football players.Its not surprising the Patriot League is filled with standout seniors. This is the fourth year that the league has been offering football scholarships, so as theyve reached the senior class, the talent is arguably stronger than ever.The seven-team league could very well top its memorable 2015 season. Colgate won mostly close games en route to claiming the Patriot title and then advanced twice in the FCS playoff to reach the quarterfinals. Fordham joined the Raiders in the postseason, giving the league two qualifiers for only the second time in 10 years.Colgate, with Diener among its 17 returning starters, grabbed the favorites role in the leagues preseason poll. Fordham, which boasts junior running back and preseason offensive player of the year Chase Edmonds as one of 18 returning starters, was picked second while Holy Cross and Lehigh tied for third followed by Bucknell, Lafayette and Georgetown, the only school not to be offering football scholarships.Every team has at least 14 returning starters. All but Georgetown is returning its starting quarterback, with Holy Cross senior Peter Pujals gaining the preseason honor at the position.This is going to be the year that I think can really put the Patriot League on a national map, said Breiner, who served as Fordhams offensive coordinator before succeeding Joe Moorhead as head coach last December.Colgate beat CAA Football powers New Hampshire and James Madison on the road in last years playoffs. The Raiders had lost to New Hampshire during the regular season, but the difference that the building scholarship classes were making was evident in that game as in the playoff victory.The first time we played New Hampshire, second-year coach Dan Hunt said, they beat us, and they beat us pretty soundly. But I remember coming off the field and I felt fairly positive, that they beat us because we didnt play well. It wasnt like physically we couldnt match up with them. In years past, thats what it was.The Patriot League is deep enough that five different schools have won league titles in the last seven years.Fourteen players on this years 29-player preseason team made the all-league first team last season and another 12 were on the second team. Bucknell, though picked fifth, had the most preseason selections with seven.The scholarships have made the leagues recruiting makeup more national, and the coaching staffs are seemingly winning more head-to-head recruiting battles with the rival Ivy League. The scholarships havent decreased the strong academic/athletic mix, either, as over 200 players achieved at least a 3.2 grade-point average last academic year.Weve had talented players pre-scholarship, weve had talented players post-scholarship, Hunt said. To a group, I think these kids are much more focused on what they have to do.I think weve had great players in the league for a long, long time, Holy Cross coach Tom Gilmore said. And we certainly have great players this year.That includes Davenport, the fourth-year starter from Bucknell who is a cousin to NBA player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. At 6-foot-7, 318 pounds, everybody in the room was looking up to Davenport in amazement Tuesday.Well, almost everyone. Fordhams all-league tight end, Phazahn Odom, is an inch taller.No doubt the scholarships are supplying the Patriot League in a big way.---=PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL=Head Coaches and Sports Information Directors Poll1. Colgate (10 first-place votes), 70 points2. Fordham (3), 633. (tie) Holy Cross (1), 473. (tie) Lehigh, 475. Bucknell, 316. Lafayette, 197. Georgetown, 17---=PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL PRESEASON TEAM=Offensive Player of the Year -- Chase Edmonds, RB, FordhamDefensive Player of the Year -- Kyle Diener, LB, ColgateOffenseQB -- Peter Pujals, Holy Cross, Sr.RB -- Chase Edmonds, Fordham, Jr.RB -- James Holland, Colgate, Jr.FB/HB -- Matt Buckman, Georgetown, Sr.WR -- Will Carter, Bucknell, Sr.WR -- Brendan Flaherty, Holy Cross, Sr.WR -- Troy Pelletier, Lehigh, Jr.TE -- Phazahn Odom, Fordham, GradOL -- Anthony Coyle, Fordham, Jr.OL -- Jordi Dalmau, Colgate, Sr.OL -- Julien Davenport, Bucknell, Sr.OL -- Zach Duffy, Lehigh, Sr.OL -- Tim OHara, Lehigh, Jr.DefenseDL -- Pat Afriyie, Colgate, Jr.DL -- Abdullah Anderson, Bucknell, Jr.DL -- Dewayne Cameron, Holy Cross, Sr.DL -- Ben Schumacher, Bucknell, Sr.LB -- Colton Caslow, Lehigh, Sr.LB -- Kyle Diener, Colgate, Sr.LB -- Mark Pyles, Bucknell, Jr.LB -- Ben Richard, Bucknell, Jr.LB -- Niko Thorpe, Fordham, Jr.DB -- Luke Ford, Holy Cross, Sr.DB -- Chris Morgan, Colgate, Sr.DB -- Alim Muhammad, Holy Cross, Jr.DB -- Jihaad Pretlow, Fordham, Sr.Special TeamsPK -- Henry Darmstadter, Georgetown, Sr.P -- Alex Pechin, Bucknell, So.RS -- Jihaad Pretlow, Fordham, Sr.Non-Specialist Player -- Jethro Francois, Georgetown, So. 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MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Brewers roughed their old teammate, Zack Greinke, handing the right-hander his first loss at Miller Park. Carlos Gomez hit a go-ahead two-run double, Jonathan Lucroy tied a career high with three hits and five Milwaukee relievers combined for five scoreless innings as the Brewers beat Greinke and the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 Tuesday night. Mike Fiers (1-2), Michael Gonzalez, John Axford, Brandon Kintzler and Jim Henderson pitched Milwaukee to only its fourth victory in its last 19 games by allowing four singles. Henderson threw the ninth for his ninth save, striking out pinch-hitter Scott Van Slyke with runners on first and second. "When the bullpen comes together like that and shuts those guys out for the rest of the game, even though their record isnt that great, thats a good hitting team," said Fiers, who got out of a bases-loaded jam with one out in the fourth. "We definitely did a great job coming out of the pen." Greinke (2-1), making his second start since returning from a broken left collarbone, gave up season highs of nine hits, five earned runs and three walks in four-plus innings against his former team. The right-hander, traded by the Brewers to the Los Angeles Angels last July 27 before signing with the Dodgers in the off-season, had won his first 15 decisions in Milwaukee. "I didnt think about it at all," Greinke said. "Everything was bad, not just command. Just no feel out there, no adjustments to be made. Started out bad. I got out of some jams early but never really got better." Greinke gave up four runs in the fourth by allowing hits to the first five batters. Jean Segura led off with a triple over the head of right fielder Andre Ethier and came home to tie the score at 2-2 on a single by Ryan Braun. Singles by Aramis Ramirez and Lucroy loaded the bases for Gomez, who gave Milwaukee a 4-2 lead with a ground-rule double over the left field wall. "Zacks a great teammate," Gomez said. "I faced him when he was in Kansas City and he really had my number. So we had that conversatioon (when Milwaukee was in Los Angeles at the end of April) and I said, I want to face you, now.dddddddddddd. And he said, all right, but Im going to do the same. Im going to strike you out. He probably laughed at my first at-bat (a strikeout). But I continued to look for good pitches to hit. He threw me one and I hit a double." Matt Guerrier replaced Greinke and gave up a run-scoring grounder to Yuniesky Betancourt that increased the lead to 5-2. Milwaukees rally ended when Gomez was picked off third by Guerrier before Jeff Bianchi was caught stealing second. Brewers starter Hiram Burgos lasted only 3 1-3 innings, as the rookie right-hander gave up two earned runs, six hits, four walks and struck out three. "It sure would be nice to get into the seventh inning with some of our starters," said Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke. "Our pitch count is going up way too fast. He got himself into trouble but made some pitches to get out of it." Lucroys two-out single in the first gave Milwaukee a 1-0 lead. Los Angeles went ahead in the fourth on run-scoring singles by Greinke and Nick Punto. However, the Dodgers left 14 runners on base, including nine in the first five innings, to lose for the seventh time in their last eight road games. "Thats really kind of been the story as far as our offence has been concerned," Los Angeles manager Don Mattingly said. "We had the right people up in the right spots. We had our chances. We just werent able to do it." NOTES: All 10 of the Dodgers hits were singles. . Milwaukee won for just the second time in its last nine home games. ... Greinke was 25-9 in 1 1/2 seasons with the Brewers. ... The Dodgers were trying to win consecutive road games for just the third time this season. ... Home plate umpire Wally Bell warned both benches when Ronald Belisario threw behind Lucroys back in the seventh. In the top of the inning, Ethier was hit in the elbow on a pitch from Axford. ... Matt Kemp, from Midwest City, Okla., will donate $1,000 to the Oklahoma tornado relief fund for every homer he hits through the All-Star break. ' ' '