A question to the Board, Coast Guard Acadamy is 5-1 this year in the NEFC and thier record from thier time in the Liberty League (since 1999) is 14-51. Did something change at Coast Guard or is the competition and team strength that different in the Liberty League vs. the NEFC? Any Thoughts.

To all giving me trash for using the Pats as a comparison to NC, you all should learn how to read, I admit in my post that it was a bit of a strech. Also for those of you who are hopping on me I though I was preaty classy in my posts regarding the Bison, and I genuinly hope they do well. With the exception of 2000 NC has had average teams at best. And even if Carven (QB) had great stats and led the league in yards the team only went 10-10 for 03 and 04. If they had some solid guys on the O-line or at RB than the loss of one guy would have been so detramental as it was. Nichols is a mediocre team and I have allready devoted to much time to them. If they win some games this year you all can say how stupid I am, and if they don't break 500 (as is thier trend) I won't say I told you so. Also the Coach gets the credit when a team wins so then he deserves the blame when they don't, and anyone who doesn't understand that fact, doesn't understand sports.
1999: (6-3, 3-3 NEFC Boyd)
2000: (7-3, 4-2 NEFC Boyd)
2001: (6-4, 5-0 NEFC Boyd)
2002: (5-4, 3-2 NEFC Boyd)
2003: (6-4, 4-2 NEFC Boyd)
2004: (4-6, 3-3 NEFC Boyd)

I was not aware they lost so much, that really stinks for the kids that played there last year. Going O'fer is never fun, but the team has been trending downward the last few years and has had a tough time compeating with the upper echelon teams in the NEFC, but I hope your right and with the core coming back they rip it up. I never want to see a team do bad. However Belecheck won't get a pass from fans if Brady, Dillon, Bruschi, and Seymor all get hurt and the Pats loose all thier games. I know its the NFL and you can sign guys off the street and it is a strech of an analogy, but I think if a team goes O'fer its more the Coach's fault than the kids and if the "wheel's fall off" there is an issue. Bill Carven needs to turn his program around, I mean They were playing for the tittle a few years ago.

I've got to say I agree with FBall Guy and Gull those are solid picks. I was reading all the posts, as I have not been frequenting the board, and I wanted to throw in a few comments on the Nichols Bison. They lost their QB last year and that stinks, but as a coach you would think you would recruit someone who had some skill as a back-up and not rely on the skill of your little bro alone to win games (Nichols QB and the HC are siblings). That is a failure on the elder Carven's part, people get hurt in football and you always need a contingency. When I was in college our QB went down and we started a BU my senior year and we managed to win a few because we had a good supporting cast, and a balanced team. This shows the coach's inability to recruit talent. As for Mesue I haven't seen him play, but he has some solid stats and may warrant consideration as a preseason All-American. However its tough to be a preseason all American out of the NEFC because of the reputation of the conference has nationally. Outsiders think its easy for a marginal athlete to rack up stats against poor teams, I don't agree with that logic but that is the perception and it makes it difficult.