Fitting retrospective Bantam 9-0. I'm confident any competitor that lined up against Blair would rate him ever bit as high as you have.

If only the AI overlords could allow us to drill down on the performance per snap played, I trust Blair would rank extremely high in the the conference history with Sacks Per Play and TFL Per Play. He was 'victim' to the success of the defense, as he would give way to the 2nd-Team players quite early in many games. Trinity's average margin of victory in 2003 was 27+, 2004 was 32+ and 2005 was 30 (on the button). Needless to say, there were many 4th quarters throughout his career that didn't require wearing a helmet.

Truly enjoying the Mt Rushmore of modern-history NESCAC D-Line discussion. I see Helbig has been mentioned as a notch above Mike Blair. I'd love to hear Trinity 9-0 (or Coach DiCenzo's) comparison of these behemoths.

For those unaware of Blair's accomplishments, he was a 4-time All-American Heavyweight for the Bantams (125-10 career record) and generally considered their cornerstone for the Defense that led all of D3 in multiple defensive categories (scoring, rushing yards, etc.) for each of the 8-0 years. The team was 31-1 when he was on the field.

He was the NESCAC rookie of the year (2002), NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year (2005), D2/D3 Defensive Player of the Year (2005) and AFCA All-American (2005).

Simply put, from his Freshman year forward, he was the most disruptive force for what is likely the greatest defense in NESCAC-history (4.9 points per game allowed over a 3 year period, 24 wins/0 losses...6.8 ppg if you add in the 2002 stats, 31 wins/1 loss).

His speed was likely the hinderance from sincere looks at the next level, though it would have been quite interesting to see an NFL team bring his weight up to 290 lbs. and move him to OG. His wrestling talent (balance/leverage), natural power and pugnacity would have given him a reasonable chance to make a roster.

The anonymity of the posters, mixed with the blatant trolling and boasting leads those that have viewed the board from afar for decades to question the veracity of numerous accounts.

I trust it is fun for friends, relatives, roommates, fans to muckrake in April for the sake of a jolly---but no one with an ounce of judgement capabilities is trusting the braggarts on the NESCAC board.

Any 'bulletin board materials' from these posts is of similar reliability as the 'false flag' from Charles Jefferson's Camaro ("Fast Times..." reference for the Gen Y/Gen Z crowd).