fantastic finish at tufts today. first time in a while i've seen the game come down to the very last second.the tufts qb was excellent again, but a lack of talent around him made it difficult. Should make for some interesting finishes next weekend. of course the bantams beat amherst...amherst has been able to capitalize on strong defense and excellent field position all year. the bantams are too well coached to consistently give amherst's offense the field position it needs to be able to score. It'll be interesting to see if Williams runs up the score on amherst in an attempt to make a statement from the new coaching staff era to the recruits deciding between amherst or williams.

Thoughts on favorites to win the conference? I'm guessing Amherst will struggle as it had a mediocre offense and virtually the entire defense graduates. Trinity will be strong, Galligan is an excellent wr. I think Colby will surprise a lot of people. Outside of a couple of lineman and 2 linebackers and a safety they return their entire team, which competed with both Amherst and Williams and lost in the final minutes. I'm interested to see if Middlebury does well this year. Thoughts?

the problem with removing the 75 cap limit is that schools with lower admissions standards, i.e. trinity would gain an even large advantage in recruiting.

also, though i would agree that nescac has made strides in promoting diversity it still has a ways to go. I would say both amherst and williams do a good job with promoting diversity but the rest of the schools have a ways to go. and as for the elitist conception, i would def say that exists though i dont think it has any racial indications but more of a socio economic one.

if you want to go by stats instead of seniority then the colby safety should be first team as he was 4th in the league in total tackles...ahead of all other defensive backs. also the wr galligan from trinity probably should have been first team as well. the fact that tufts has 7 all league awards is a bit of a shame..if they had 7 all league caliber recipients than they would have had a better record.

I was also impressed how Amherst though without much of an offense, was able to close out every game. Kudos to their front seven for creating enormous pressure all game all season.

Although Amherst has an outstanding defense, the offense is mediocre at best. They certainly don't have a strong rushing attack, ranked 7th in the nescac with a 2.5 yard rushing average. Their pass offense isn't much better, as they are ranked 6th in the league with less than 200 yds passing a game. With all of the talented skill players Amherst has, its a shame that their offense is so mediocre.