I just saw that Curry lost to Endicott.  This is getting very interesting.

ECAC matchups....the old Plymouth State/Springfield rivalry revisited....how many passes could their be in this game?  10 total?

Good luck to Maine Maritime, too bad you couldn't have someone go up to Castine in November.

CAPE COD, Mass. - Twelve teams have been selected to participate in the six ECAC Division III Football Bowl Championship games to be played on Saturday, November 21.

In the ECAC Northeast Bowl Championship, Plymouth State (8-2) will travel to Massachusetts to take on Springfield (7-2). Also in the north region, Union (7-3) will host Hartwick (5-4) in the ECAC North Atlantic Bowl Championship game. In the ECAC Northwest Bowl Championship, St. John Fisher (6-3) was selected to host Cortland State (7-3).

In the south region, host Kean (8-2) will face Ursinus (6-4) in the ECAC Southeast Bowl Championship game.  Wilkes (6-4) will travel to Franklin and Marshall (8-2) for the ECAC South Atlantic Bowl Championship, while Salisbury University (5-5) will travel to host Lebanon Valley (8-2) in the ECAC Southwest Bowl Championship game. 

All six of the ECAC Bowl Championship games have been tentatively scheduled for a noon kickoff.

 

ECAC Northeast Bowl: Plymouth State (8-2) at Springfield (7-2)   

ECAC North Atlantic Bowl: Hartwick (5-4) at Union (7-3)

ECAC Northwest Bowl: Cortland State (7-3) at St. John Fisher (6-3)


ECAC Southeast Bowl: Ursinus (6-4) at Kean (8-2)


ECAC South Atlantic Bowl: Wilkes (6-4) at Franklin and Marshall (8-2)


ECAC Southwest Bowl: Salisbury (5-5) at Lebanon Valley (8-2)

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Will the The Curry Colonels aka Dem Spicy Boyz aka The Purveyors of the Purple Drank be back in the dance this year? You will always have Mr. Groberson's support.


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plymouth is ecac bound?

Just saying they are 8-2 and not in the running for a Pool C so ECAC is very likely. Plus they are made with bits of real panther, so you know they're good.

Made with real bits of panther........this is Hilarious.

Just wanted to pop on a quick link to a great article that was on the front sports page of the USA Today about DeRon Brown and MIT football.  Great to see this kid and that program is getting recognized.....1-7 or not.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2009-11-02-mit-brown_N.htm

Quote from: Boxer7806 on October 29, 2009, 08:49:40 AM
I think the Plymouth fans are beginning to be more hated then the Fisher fans. I did not think that was possible.

I see no evidence of hate here, just some message board discussion.  If it was, you know what we like to say: Always hated, never duplicated. 

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Patherpride , did you figure it out yet ?

I was able to put it together.  I don't know your son, but I am pretty sure I figured it out. 

Quote from: nolinenoglory on October 27, 2009, 06:02:02 PM
Don't you just love the LewDogg ! I said it was my opinion no yours not his but  MYor MINE thats all ! We were in the backfield so many times and we let th QB get away . You didn't see that Pather pride or were you drinking your coffee at that time Last years Curry team was a better team than this one. Curry came out on top this year . Boxer hopefully we get your team for ECAC that would be ok with me.



                                      nuff said

NLNG, I watched every second of that game and would hope that as a former player I would have some knowledge of what was unfolding in front of me.  We were in their backfield, but we had no contain on the edges as I stated previously.  Yes we sacked the qb 3 times, but we also gave up 70 yds on 9 carries to their QB that made every 1st down that they needed and when they needed.  The QB having 10 seconds to scramble and make the TD pass at the end of the 1st half was a prime example.  By the way, I don't drink coffee.

Just a quick question, are you #31 father?  It's just a guess.

Go Panthers!

Quote from: nolinenoglory on October 25, 2009, 06:48:11 PM
Plymouth didn't look good on Saturday. many missed tackles in the backfield (wrap up ), 3 int's ,& penalties. Curry really didn't look all that great either ,but a win is a win .
Plymouth still stingy up the middle. I think offiating could of been better ,but you can't leave it up to them. Now they have to win out to have a bid. I still believe,(now this is just my opinion) Plymouth is still the better team.

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NLNG, I was at the game this past weekend as well and maybe saw things a little different than you.  Curry looked like the better team in all facets of the game.  They ate us up with no contain on their QB.  He was able to dance around the whole game and break for 1st downs and the TD at will it seemed.  Plymouth did stuff their RB, but they beat us on pretty much every play that started as a pass.  That scrambling 50 yd TD pass to their TE just before the half was a killer, but not the biggest problem I saw with that game.

I have all the support in the world for the Panther program, but what the hell was Castonia thinking in the late 2nd half of that game?  We needed 3 scores at the end of the game with 5+ minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter.  We ran the ball 95% of the time and chewed up 10 minutes of clock on 1 scoring drive.  He was calling plays as if we were up and trying to burn the clock out.  By the time we got the ball back their was 5 minutes left in the game and we needed 2 TDs.  Not until that point did he go with more than a double TE and 1 WR set.  It made no sense to me.

This is not an excuse, it is reality on why we lost.  Curry came out hit harder and made the plays.  My hats off to them. 

It has been a long time since I have gotten my blood pumping for a game like I did at that opening coin flip.  Both teams were fired up and it was an electric atmosphere on a typical New England fall day.  It was was D3 football is all about....I felt the passion of both teams and their fans.

Did anyone noticed that their seemed to be more Plymouth fans than Curry fans at that game?  Very nice ball field they have their as well.

Plymouth will score an ECAC bid vs. an E8 team and Curry will earn that NCAA bid.

I like all of the thoughts on that random throught I had.  Does D 1AA recognize Ivy League teams in their polls?  I believe the Ivy teams do play a couple of OOC games, but don't play in the dance.

Quote from: Boxer7806 on September 30, 2009, 08:40:05 AM
NLNG

My team affiliation is Bridgewater, saying that I try to keep an objective mind as possible to all the other teams in the conference. For the first time I picked against Bridgewater last week and they beat Maine 40-14. Just goes to show you how much i respected Maine after the run they had last year.

In terms of the Nescac, the overall quality of football in that conference is much higher then the football played in the NEFC. If a middle of the pack NESCAC team joined our leauge, say a Bowdoin or Colby Sawyer, I think they would immediately challenge for the championship similar to Plymouth State's and CGA's arrival in the conference a few years ago. CGA was a perrenial bottom dweller in the Liberty Leauge before they arrived, first two years in the conference they played in the NEFC championship game and gave Curry all they could handle each time.

In terms of playing Springfield, West Conn, or even WPI the games would be much closer. I think if West Conn or WPI would join the NESCAC they would be n the bottom half of the conference. A team like Springfield would fare better depending on the year, but mostly be a middle of the pack team. Just my opinion though.

I don't understand how you can make that assumption when they play no one but themselves.  That's what I am trying to get at with the New England poll. 

Does anyone else wonder how they can determine the weekly New England D3 poll when the NESCAC teams like Trinity, Williams, etc. just pay themselves?

Another question, how would the NESCAC teams fair against Plymouth State, Curry, Springfield, West Conn State, etc.?  They need to atleast let the NESCAC winner play in the dance.

Not looking for oogling over anything.  Just figured a 5 OT game and a Curry loss by a lot would bring some commentary.

Plymouth State gooes 5 OTs vs. St. Anslem and Curry gets their doors blown off by Bentley and not a word on here about it?

Everyone must have the swine flu I guess.

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Curry is a good football team, but the league is catching up and they are not getting better. Despite the NCAA win last season they are not getting better and it is all about the athletes they have. They are unsound in so many things they do because they had a better athlete.

As other teams get better recruiting classes and get the same athlete Curry has, they are going to be in for a big surprise. They no longer will be able to blitz and play man on a every play. It's only a matter of time.

Prove it.

Didnt Plymouth do that?
Manhandled them.

Didn't Curry win the NEFC for the past 6 years?

Oct. 25  1:00 PM  at Plymouth State * •  L, 28-17   

Curry lost this game at PState last year and PState deserves credit for the win no doubt. Yet Curry still sits on top until Pstate or another NEFC team makes a run like Curry has the past six years and/or wins at least one NCAA playoff game (which I don't see happening anytime soon). You just can't **** with a 37-3 record in conference thats all. For that purple drank to have fought through so much doubt from all around D3 football for the past three/four years and then to be questioned as not dominating their own conference is crazy.

Ahh yes, but of course.  Don't mind LD, he is extremely hungover on this fine Monday morning.  Regardless, 1 loss in the Championship game doesn't mean the league has caught up.  From my understanding, Plymouth had a pretty good team last year, but looks to be a one-year wonder.

1 Year Wonder?  I am reading through the past few posts, and to see how many feel that Curry is historically the New England power?  I can remember a time not too long ago when Plymouth State was a dominant FFC member that needed to travel to upstate NY, and NJ for out of conference games because the NEFC squads left much to be desired. 

They did have a few down season earlier this decade, but winning the NEFC last season shouldn't be a surprise.  It was just a matter of time. 

dlippiel hears ya panther pride but no one in that division can **** with  Curry's accomplishments in the past 6-7 years. To say because PState won the title last year they are the new power in the NEFC is simply wrong (not saying you said that). Hence Pstate losing to Cortland last year and Curry beating Ithaca at Ithaca made it clear to dlippiel that Curry is on top and they have not been knocked off yet. Would dlippiel like to see some parity in the NEFC? Absolutely, dlippiel would like to see the NEFC grow in strength and provide the East with more depth. When you look at Curry's record and the fact that they are the only NEFC team to win 1 let alone 2 NCAA games the discussion of them not ruling the NEFC is moot.

Well put, Young Wiseman.....

I see what panther pride is saying though.  Although you can't argue that Plymouth is the best NE team the last 10 years, I wouldn't call them a one year wonder.  They were better than Curry last year.  They beat them and both teams got smoked by an average Cortland team.  (Ok, maybe above average, but I was not impressed with them).

Plymouth St. has the potential to be a top team in the NEFC. 

Definetly agree with you 3 guys. Definetly great to see a program like PSC correct whatever was holding them down for 4 years or whatever it was. Glad they are off the mat and making a name for themselves again. Beating Curry 1 year was a statement.....BUT they have to keep beating Curry AND beat some LL/E8/NJAC teams in OOC games/NCAAs or ECACs to be able to say that they are truly a regional power. They have been there before so it is certainly possible. But still too early to go that far......

My main point is that Plymouth State has only been in the NEFC for a few years.  If you want to talk NEFC history, look no further than the White Mountains....9 out of 10 NEFC titles in the 80's.  When Curry has a run like that we can talk a little more about history.  We are also talking about a program that carried the highest all-time D3 program winning % into 2000 and what became a low in the program to start this decade. 

They will compete year in and year out.....because of that Panther Pride.

This is a big year for Plymouth. They NEED to prove that they can lose players and still win year in and year out. That is what they did in the 80's, parts of the 90's and up until about 2001 I believe? If they can win the NEFC this year they will have gone a long way towards that. But Curry winning it 6 years in a row shows that they are a quality program because they refuel, they dont rebuild. This is the step that Plymouth has to take now.
We all understand your point pantherpride and I think you are seeing that we agree with you BUT you are putting the cart in front of the horse a little bit here. Plymouth still has a lot to prove.

The fact that this is a discussion shows that the program isnt what it once was. Remember when Don Brown was the coach there? Man, domination was the word!

I understand there is work to do.  It is hard not to take into consideration the way we were playing when I was there in the mid to late 90's.  Don Brown was the man, and now that he is Maryland's D- Coordinator, we know we had something special going on up there.  When Curry rolls into Bentley on their homecoming while Bently is the cream of the crop in The NE 10, as we did in '99 I'd be impressed.

This should be another interesting season all across D3.  It can't come soon enough.

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Curry is a good football team, but the league is catching up and they are not getting better. Despite the NCAA win last season they are not getting better and it is all about the athletes they have. They are unsound in so many things they do because they had a better athlete.

As other teams get better recruiting classes and get the same athlete Curry has, they are going to be in for a big surprise. They no longer will be able to blitz and play man on a every play. It's only a matter of time.

Prove it.

Didnt Plymouth do that?
Manhandled them.

Didn't Curry win the NEFC for the past 6 years?

Oct. 25  1:00 PM  at Plymouth State * •  L, 28-17   

Curry lost this game at PState last year and PState deserves credit for the win no doubt. Yet Curry still sits on top until Pstate or another NEFC team makes a run like Curry has the past six years and/or wins at least one NCAA playoff game (which I don't see happening anytime soon). You just can't **** with a 37-3 record in conference thats all. For that purple drank to have fought through so much doubt from all around D3 football for the past three/four years and then to be questioned as not dominating their own conference is crazy.

Ahh yes, but of course.  Don't mind LD, he is extremely hungover on this fine Monday morning.  Regardless, 1 loss in the Championship game doesn't mean the league has caught up.  From my understanding, Plymouth had a pretty good team last year, but looks to be a one-year wonder.

1 Year Wonder?  I am reading through the past few posts, and to see how many feel that Curry is historically the New England power?  I can remember a time not too long ago when Plymouth State was a dominant FFC member that needed to travel to upstate NY, and NJ for out of conference games because the NEFC squads left much to be desired. 

They did have a few down season earlier this decade, but winning the NEFC last season shouldn't be a surprise.  It was just a matter of time. 

dlippiel hears ya panther pride but no one in that division can **** with  Curry's accomplishments in the past 6-7 years. To say because PState won the title last year they are the new power in the NEFC is simply wrong (not saying you said that). Hence Pstate losing to Cortland last year and Curry beating Ithaca at Ithaca made it clear to dlippiel that Curry is on top and they have not been knocked off yet. Would dlippiel like to see some parity in the NEFC? Absolutely, dlippiel would like to see the NEFC grow in strength and provide the East with more depth. When you look at Curry's record and the fact that they are the only NEFC team to win 1 let alone 2 NCAA games the discussion of them not ruling the NEFC is moot.

Well put, Young Wiseman.....

I see what panther pride is saying though.  Although you can't argue that Plymouth is the best NE team the last 10 years, I wouldn't call them a one year wonder.  They were better than Curry last year.  They beat them and both teams got smoked by an average Cortland team.  (Ok, maybe above average, but I was not impressed with them).

Plymouth St. has the potential to be a top team in the NEFC. 

Definetly agree with you 3 guys. Definetly great to see a program like PSC correct whatever was holding them down for 4 years or whatever it was. Glad they are off the mat and making a name for themselves again. Beating Curry 1 year was a statement.....BUT they have to keep beating Curry AND beat some LL/E8/NJAC teams in OOC games/NCAAs or ECACs to be able to say that they are truly a regional power. They have been there before so it is certainly possible. But still too early to go that far......

My main point is that Plymouth State has only been in the NEFC for a few years.  If you want to talk NEFC history, look no further than the White Mountains....9 out of 10 NEFC titles in the 80's.  When Curry has a run like that we can talk a little more about history.  We are also talking about a program that carried the highest all-time D3 program winning % into 2000 and what became a low in the program to start this decade. 

They will compete year in and year out.....because of that Panther Pride.