To add one note...it's not that Clark is throwing better, Bridgewater put away the two-headed quarterback and allowed him to throw as well as run the option.  Both defenses have to contain Clark and George respectively because they can run and throw.  Whichever defense slows the other guy down is going to win, I just don't see either one of them getting stopped all together.

I just wish I put the stats up yesterday like I was going to...haha...Although I'm curious why a defense that held CGA to 21 and 22 last year wouldn't be able to slow them down this year with more then half the starters back, Gullgrad?...The battle of the Bears is a new rivalry and I think the right Bridgewater team will show up, but it's going to be an awsome game.

As for Framingham you could never hate em, just kind of felt bad for em....And what everyone said now seems to be true, I guess it was the coaching staff.

Maine is solid until they get behind.  They remind me a lot of Navy, run the ball great but can't pass when they get behind.  It keeps teams close which is never a good thing.  The year they beat Curry was the year that Thibodeau was one of the top running backs in the nation, they would have done better in the league if Bridgewater and Fitchburg weren't stacked that year.

7-1 last week, i'm going for equal or better

Framingham:  21   Westfield:  10  i'm on the  band wagon and lovin it!!!

UMass:  35   Salve Regina:  7  J.T. all day i'm guessing 175/3

Plymouth:  28   Nichols:  10 having their first good year since the loss of carven but they're not there yet

MME:  21   MMA:  7  no reasoning what so ever...who knows when these two play

WNEC:  28   MIT:  14  WNEC is just better

Worcester:  105 (42)   Fitchburg:  98 (35)  high power passing attacks without defense

Curry:  35   Endicott:  14  EC plays one half then Curry proves a point again

Bridgewater:  35   Coast Guard:  17  a few notes for the skeptics....

Clark:  last two games 19-25 for 216 yds and 2 td's (12 first downs)
Defense:  4th in scoring, 5th in total
X Factor:  Bascon still controls half the field, the reason his numbers are down is because no one will throw the ball near him  (led the nation in breakups last year)

Coach,
I'm sure you know how the saying go's about assuming things...I never said smoked, I was just making a point that Bridgewater controlled the game.  I gave credit to UMass about playing Bridgewater because the 31-17 score didn't show how good of a game it was.  And actually Buffalo controlled two aspects of that game they would've won if they had an offense.  This is a college board no need for pro references anyways.

Boxer,
I wasn't talking stats I actually watched the game so I have an honest opinion.  And I think the change in philisophy is the big difference, the coach has them believing they can win because a lot of their skill position guys are the same.

I don't know about CGA finding it's offense I mean at this point a pop warner team could find it's offense against Fitchburg.  They got beat pretty bad by Plymouth State and Bridgewater's signature win at this point is UMD.  With all that I said it's time for both teams to put up or shut up on Saturday as this game will most likely determine the Bogan division champion.

I will give some credit to Plymouth State for what they've done so far beacuse they did beat what appears to be the sleeper in the Boyd in UMD and an unproven CGA team.  This weekend is a statement game though against Nichols with Curry coming up the following week.  If they handle Nichols then there will be no denying their rise to power and will setup a showdown in Milton with the Boyd on the line.

The Bridgewater vs. Framingham game wasn't as good as the score looked.  After an opening kickoff return BSC scored a touchdown and Framingham once again returned that kickoff for a touchdown.  On top of that Bridgewater missed 3 extra points and a field goal.  If special teams didn't do that the game wouldn't have been close because Framingham couldn't move the ball.  But you know what they say as long as you win 2/3 aspects of the game you usually come out with the win.

I didn't see the Coast Guard vs. Fitchburg game but from the boxscore and press release it looked like Fitchburg's defense was just that bad.  Coast Guard had 8 different players carry the ball and 7 different players with receptions so they must have put some of the backups in.  Plus it was homecoming some i'm sure they let people play with that lead.

As for my picks like I said I can pick winners but I can't pick scores.  And to make it easier on everyone just copy and paste from here to make sure you have the right amount of picks http://www.newenglandfootballconference.com/schedule.html

I guess Curry read your post at half time...52-20 final

Alright my childhood s/n wasn't cutting it as a display name so I figured as an alumni I'd fly my colors with a little more mature display name...formerly known as pimpingold

--Just a small stat for ya NLNG, you might wanna take out the 4 field goal prediction

FIELD GOALS     FGM-FGA  Pct   01-19   20-29   30-39   40-49   50-99   Lg   Blk
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Tim Varney          0-1        0.0      0-0       0-1      0-0       0-0        0-0      0    1
Matt Capone       1-3      33.3      0-0       1-1      0-2       0-0        0-0    22    0

I can try and pick winners but I don't know about scores so we'll see how this go's the for the first time.....

Curry:  42   MIT:  14 one early and one late to make them feel good about themselves     

Bridgewater:  42   Framingham:  14 Bridgewater will control the clock and keep Framingham's passing attack off the field

UMass:  35   WNEC:  17  speaking of rushing attacks J.T. Harold (150 and 3)

Nichols:  28   Salve Regina:  14  Salve decides to show up but Nichols is the better team

MME:  21   Worcester:  14  Maine shows that there are only two teams in the Bogan

MMA:  7  Westfield:  3  MMA beat Endicott and held CGA to 3, who knows?!?     

Plymouth:  28  Endicott:  21  an angry Gulls teams makes it look closer then it should be

CGA:  35   Fitchburg:  28  the defenses stay at home

I wouldn't say Coast Guard is exactly the top dog.  I mean seriously they barely beat Bridgewater 21-17 the first time last year and got beat 34-17 in the ECAC game. 

Bridgewater also returned 16 starters only 4 of which are seniors and they had one early season stumble.  Is that not allowed by a young team???

On that note I think the game to see again this year in the Bogan has to be be BSC vs. CGA, and I'll definitely be there for it.

In the Boyd the game to see as of now is Curry vs. PSU.  Word to the wise though don't sleep on an angry Endicott who have shown the ability to score points and Curry better beware J.T. Harold and the Umass rushing attack the final week of the season as Plymouth already found out.

Except for one little probably is that it is impossible for two teams in the same division to meet in the conference championship.  So I think it will be Curry and BSC.

Also I don't know about Bridgewater having a down year after rushing the ball for 470 yards on 69 carries...with their starting running back out in the third quarter mind you.  Who needs to pass when the same play works 69 times in a game.

The thing I'm wondering about it is CGA because MMA played keep away most of the game from what i read so that makes you wonder about CGA's rush defense.  Anyone see the game???

On to Endicott who has had at least 3 losses in every season the played, I'll give credit where credit is due because of their scheduling but they were never this great team that people are making them out to be, they had a couple good years is how i look at it.

Now on to Fitchburg...they had two good years when they had one of the nastiest defenses in the conference.  Problem was unless they were playing Framingham they didn't have the offense to match.  Now they have a swiss cheese defense and high power passing attack, but you can't win if you can't stop anyone.

I think people should be careful not to sleep on UMD either.  I mean they gave both Bridgewater and Plymouth a run for their money.  And don't forget the nation's second leading rusher and probably NEFC offensive player of the year J.T. Harold.  That's an upset alert to any team they're playing.  My advice get a big lead early and take him out of the game.

Good call McGraw...I'm an alumni now but even when I was a student I wasn't ignorant enough to use my school e-mail.

And as an alumni with people I know still on the team Bridgewaters starters put up 35 points and it was played like an actual game.  But I'll give you the point that it was still only a scrimmage.

Onto real football talk...
UMD has a great rushing attack and solid corners but their rushing D is suspect.  They're a good team but they need to control the clock.

To clarify about Salve is they did not win the game rather Bridgewater lost it.  The difference was turnovers, 0 against UMD and 5 against Salve.  The third td was also a fourth down toss to the end zone with two minutes left so the game was actually closer then the score indicated.

You have to think both CGA will get it together too because they are basically the same team as last year.

Overall this is the reason why division games are not played early in the NEFC season, it almost creates a 2 week preseason.

You want to add a little more to the confusion....Bridgewater blew out Plymouth State in their scrimmage a few weeks ago

I disagree with the fact that there is no effort being put in.  In the last 5 years Mass Maritime, Fitchburg, Umass Dartmouth, and Framingham have all put in new fields.  Westfield built a brand new field house.  While  Bridgewater put in a new gym and is looking to put in a new stadium in the upcoming off-season.  The schools have done their best with the money they have so I don't know how you could say no effort.

I agree with what Union is saying too, but if the NEFC were to get that first win out of the way I think that would change everything.  I mean it's definitely possible if you look at 1999 Bridgewater only lost by 5 points.  Plus the best part about football is that any team can win on a given day...Appalachian vs. Michigan, if that's possible what isn't?!?

D3 Fan your completely wrong thinking that playing a team again takes away from ECAC's.  I mean imagine getting to beat down two teams in consecutives years that were the one reason you didn't make the championship game...Bridgewater vs. Fitchburg/Coast Guard.  Getting the chance for revenge in football rarely happens in the same season and it can change the whole mentality of a teams off-season.

Pat:  But by playing nine you leave yourself eligible for ECAC even if you lose the NEFC championship, cue FSC and Coast Guard the last couple of years.  I know you don't hope for that to happen but it's still a post season championship for the school.

Seriously too the best teams in the NEFC have enough trouble competing out of conference and you want the teams that could not even make an ECAC game to play out of conference.  I don't think getting beat up by an out of conference would help their programs very much.  Trust me I understand what your saying but if you look at it from the other aingle it's not really in their best interest.

I'm confused how that news affects  the NEFC because it says Maine Maritime is staying.  Did I miss something?