Quote from: Mr.Right on November 16, 2015, 08:31:47 AM
Tufts with a great comeback yesterday and looked dangerous on the turf. Back to the grass at Kenyon.

I also just found out this Seton Hall Prep Stud committed to Tufts this summer. More Jersey roots / connections for Shapiro. This kid is going to be a good one in Nescac.

http://leagueathletics.com/Page.asp?n=55813&org=fccopa.com

Interesting. There's also a kid headed to Williams. Mr. Right, have you heard anything about him?

I don't have anything else to add that hasn't already been expressed, but the anti-Amherst bias in the NESCAC has become farcical.

Quite an interesting final. I wonder what the Vegas odds were for this one.

Wesleyan 1 Bowdoin 0. Wes is the NESCAC Champs.

Quote from: lastguyoffthebench on November 06, 2015, 03:35:54 PM

Whatever ADs come up on your browser are the ones you surf frequently.  Cargurus.com comes up often for me.

Atleast we know Mr.Right's taste... Let me know if there are any legit prospects.

This post made my day. Awesome!

Quote from: Mr.Right on November 03, 2015, 08:57:41 AM
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Any luck, Mr. Right? 😜

Quote from: blooter442 on November 06, 2015, 03:01:54 PM

Quote from: 1970s NESCAC Player on November 06, 2015, 02:56:12 PM
Looking at Blooter's post, we can wait until the completion of tomorrow's games before picking the final (since we don't actually know the teams yet), unless we agree to make all predictions before the first game and live with whatever we pick.

I'm thinking the former, if we're going to be completely fair. The latter could be fun, though. Thoughts?

(If it's the latter, then I'll live with what I said "for fun.")

Former

Midd 2 Wes 1
Conn 1 Bowdoin 1 (conn in PKs)

Quote from: Corazon on August 28, 2015, 01:00:52 PM
The pre-season rankings for both Massey and Bennett are out.  The NESCACs rank as follows (out of 410 D3 teams):

Massey
Tufts (1)
Amherst (8)
Bowdoin (16)
Williams (17)
Midd (20)
Wesleyan (21)
Conn (36)
Trinity (38)
Colby (42)
Hamilton (71)
Bates (104)

Bennett
Tufts (1)
Amherst (6)
Bowdoin (8)
Midd (19)
Williams (22)
Wesleyan (24)
Trinity (41)
Colby (44)
Conn (46)
Hamilton (47)
Bates 80

Board consensus (as of today)
1. Amherst
2. Middlebury
3. Tufts
4. Williams
5. Wesleyan
6. Bowdoin
7. Colby
8. Conn
9. Trinity
10. Bates
11. Hamilton

I thought it would be fun to see how well the consensus board did in picking the NESCAC standings in late August (see above).

Here are the actual standings:

1. Amherst
2. Midd
3. Tufts
4. Conn
5. Williams
6. Bowdoin
7. Trinity
8. Wes
9. Bates
10. Hamilton
11. Colby

We did pretty well and correctly picked the top 3, which is outstanding considering everyone else in the country did the lazy thing and picked the defending champs #1. We most underrated Conn, which did 4 spots better than predicted. We most overrated Colby, which did 4 spots worse. Other than that, we were pretty spot on.

Quote from: 1970s NESCAC Player on October 30, 2015, 03:20:00 PM

Quote from: Corazon on October 30, 2015, 01:52:38 PM
Guys, given that we're in the home stretch, let's agree on playoff scoring upfront.

For games that go into PKs, they are technically considered ties but in our case, I think we need to just give 1 point to correctly picking whomever ends up advancing. Agree?

I agree.  Also Corazon, could you check your picks from this week and confirm that you really have 35 points.  I've lost track of scoring and can't recall whether we're giving an extra point for correct score.  You only had two correct picks from Tues./Wed. games, so I'm not sure whether you're at 34 or 35.  Thanks.

The scoring is correct. Yes, I only picked 2 games correctly, but one of them was the Bates - Colby tie. Thus, I got 3 points.

It's you or me, 1970. Bring it on!

Guys, given that we're in the home stretch, let's agree on playoff scoring upfront.

For games that go into PKs, they are technically considered ties but in our case, I think we need to just give 1 point to correctly picking whomever ends up advancing. Agree?

Middlebury 2 Trinity 1
Amherst 2 Wesleyan 0
Conn 1 Williams 0
Tufts 1 Bowdoin 0

Conn 1 Wes 0
Midd 1 Williams 1
Tufts 2 Bowdoin 0
Trinity 0 Amherst 3
Colby 0 Bates 0

Williams 1 Tufts 1
Hamilton 1 Colby 0
Midd 2 Bates 1
Conn 2 Bowdoin 1
Amherst 2 Wes 1

For me, I think the feel-good story in the NESCAC this year has to be Conn. There were many comments on these boards about how Kenny Murphy was too negative and that many players weren't coming back. Well, the board was wrong ...

I've personally seen how hard that coaching staff worked to bring in talented, under the radar recruits. Plus props for this year's exciting freshman class and for allowing them to do their thing. They are a fun group to watch.

Quote from: NCAC New England on October 21, 2015, 06:10:17 PM
At this point it's probably almost better for Wesleyan to know they must win AQ.  The odds of that obviously aren't great, but they go up significantly if you knock off a favorite in the quarters.  They are capable of playing competitively with any team in the NESCAC.

Agree. Wes is one of those teams I always respect and wouldn't be shocked if they beat an Amherst on any given day.

Quote from: NCAC New England on October 21, 2015, 05:23:50 PM
Without getting overly technical can someone explain how Midd has such a high SOS when most here presumed it would be devastatingly low and how there can be so much difference between an OWU and Kenyon when the schedules look so similar, and Kenyon has 1 blemish and OWU 4?

I think TJ is on to something with away and home games.  This is the first year I can recall in the last 5 that Kenyon has more home games than away.  Actually used to drive me crazy that they had so few home games!

That is a very good point, NCAC. Midd had arguably the worst non-conference schedule imaginable. Sure, the NESCAC is a brutal conference, but very surprised their out of conference didn't drag them down.