The GM of the Baltimore Ravens, Eric DeCosta, is a Colby Mule

the colby captains are named by the players. no "influence" from coaches.

Re: CBB rivalry: for the purposes of the CBB trophy, the three games between the Maine schools are of equal weight. In terms of actual rivalry, Frank is right: the Colby/Bowdoin game is considered the most heated and most bitter, and is therefore the centerpiece of the CBB. A few factors (not an exhaustive list by any means) go into this:

-Colby Bowdoin is (I believe) the third longest rivalry in division 3 (largest factor), so the teams have had over a hundred years to scrap.
-Bates (until this year or so) has struggled with extreme futility since the early 80s (no winning seasons since circa 1984, no .500 seasons since 1999, until this past season). The primary challengers for the CBB have been, by default, Bowdoin and Colby.
-Colby/Bowdoin is always the last game of the season for both teams. The schedule, when paired with the fact that Bates is often not a factor in the CBB (BUT anything can happen in this rivalry, as we have seen) by the time the game rolls around, they are an afterthought.
-Just a strong, general dislike between Colby and Bowdoin. For some reason, that feeling is not at the same level with these two teams towards Bates. Don't get me wrong, there is no love lost between Bates and the other two but Colby-Bowdoin is a different level of dislike that Bates-Colby or Bates-Bowdoin.

colby has had the same starting qb since 2009.

Complete destruction in Waterville. Colby finally played a complete game. Bates probably isn't quite as strong as we thought and Colby may be a bit better than we thought. Walsh, Colby tri captain caught 4 passes for 164 yards and a td, ran a td in and threw for one. Bates just couldn't do too much. That said, expect them to rebound some against bowdoin.

Its nice to see some predictions on this board now and not just sniping.

As much as I'd love for it to happen, I don't think the Colby o-line will be up to the challenge today and the Mules will fall. Keep an eye on the Colby qb though, Nick Kmetz. If his season last year is built upon, he could be the heir apparent to McKillop as the dominant qb in the NESCAC.

Wesleyan falls to Midd. They have the right coach, but not the talent.

Tufts over Hamilton. Hamilton has the D but when will they get some O?

Williams over Bowdoin (don't know much about these teams but Williams is always strong)

Amherst over Bates in the blowout of the day.

Off to Hartford now for the Colby Trinity tilt!

it does seem a bit curious when a 2-6 team like tufts gets 7(!!!) all conference nominations while a 4-4 team like colby (correct my math but i believe thats double the win total of the jumbos) gets only 3. weird stuff

i know it was hamilton but the defensive numbers for colby suggest complete domination. hamilton had -14 yards rushing on the game and less than 100 offensive yards. colby still needs to put up more points but a great effort today at hamilton.

colby captain honored http://www.colby.edu/athletics_cs/news/bel8-14-09.cfm

so is colbys mike russell. a top rebounder and he has great low post moves

i dont know if colby has left that group. colby has some great talent and could beat anyone in conference, but i guess you could say that about most teams in the nescac

choice is excellent. im sure some posters will take issue with the word excellent not being applied to an amherst player but i do think, especially with the way his game has elevated when in nescac season, choice is one of the premier players in the nescac. this weekend is a big one for colby. the amherst game will be a great gauge for how good they actually are.

any thoughts on todays games?

colby takes a good win over a good rhode island college team. after a subpar game against bates, colby's balanced attack, combined with a monster second half by adam choice primes them for saturdays showdown against bowdoin. of note, coach dick whitmore has 599 wins and will be going for his 600th career win against his alma mater, bowdoin. should be a great game in waterville.

couldnt disagree more with you, mr. redtail. we'll know tomorrow though for sure.
colby 27 hamilton 9