FB: Conference of New England

[lewdogg11]

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.

St Anselm is terrible.  Bentley is decent.  If you ask me, those 2 games show nothing.  ANY team losing to St. A's is embarrassing.

Thought Plymouth would have won that one...

Funny, cause this dude wants everyone ogling over Plymouth's close loss...as opposed to a larger margin loss.

[union89]

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.

St Anselm is terrible.  Bentley is decent.  If you ask me, those 2 games show nothing.  ANY team losing to St. A's is embarrassing.

Under normal circumstances, I would agree with LD 100% in this one, but St. A's opened the season with a 17-14 loss to Kutztown.  Kutztown is usually pretty good....St. A's might not be THAT bad this year....ah, but it could be business as usual and they could suck again....I have no idea about these teams.

[dlippiel]

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.

St Anselm is terrible.  Bentley is decent.  If you ask me, those 2 games show nothing.  ANY team losing to St. A's is embarrassing.

Thought Plymouth would have won that one...

Funny, cause this dude wants everyone ogling over Plymouth's close loss...as opposed to a larger margin loss.

dlip is not familiar with St Anslem FB at all. If the Dogg says they suck than that is most likely the case and good enough for dlip. Plus makes perfect sense why no one is talking about it. Who the **** wants to talk about a possible league contender losing to a team that is ****ing horrible? to dlip it seems quite clear why there was no disucussion...because it was embarassing.

[lewdogg11]

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.

St Anselm is terrible.  Bentley is decent.  If you ask me, those 2 games show nothing.  ANY team losing to St. A's is embarrassing.

Thought Plymouth would have won that one...

Funny, cause this dude wants everyone ogling over Plymouth's close loss...as opposed to a larger margin loss.

dlip is not familiar with St Anslem FB at all. If the Dogg says they suck than that is most likely the case and good enough for dlip. Plus makes perfect sense why no one is talking about it. Who the **** wants to talk about a possible league contender losing to a team that is ****ing horrible? to dlip it seems quite clear why there was no disucussion...because it was embarassing.

Kutztown was 5-6 and the last two years, so hopefully that was sarcastic U89.

[union89]

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.

St Anselm is terrible.  Bentley is decent.  If you ask me, those 2 games show nothing.  ANY team losing to St. A's is embarrassing.

Thought Plymouth would have won that one...

Funny, cause this dude wants everyone ogling over Plymouth's close loss...as opposed to a larger margin loss.

dlip is not familiar with St Anslem FB at all. If the Dogg says they suck than that is most likely the case and good enough for dlip. Plus makes perfect sense why no one is talking about it. Who the **** wants to talk about a possible league contender losing to a team that is ****ing horrible? to dlip it seems quite clear why there was no disucussion...because it was embarassing.

Kutztown was 5-6 and the last two years, so hopefully that was sarcastic U89.

Wasn't being sarcastic there.....just clueless.

[Findtheball]

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.

St Anselm is terrible.  Bentley is decent.  If you ask me, those 2 games show nothing.  ANY team losing to St. A's is embarrassing.

Thought Plymouth would have won that one...

Me too!! plymouth left the door open for sure

[PantherPr1de]

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

[stimulator]

Here you go PP...

Went to the game.. posted this over on the LLPP

43-17 final Bentley over Curry. 

Impressions:

Score really not totally indicative of game.. Bentley with TD after pick then a pick six to put it away early in 3Q.. Curry secondary was a bit outmatched.. QB for Curry not able to make any plays with his feet like last year's QB.. Curry had only really one solid drive to start game.. front 7 for Curry played well..16-10 for most of 1st half then Bentley scored with < min to close out half..Bentley scored on first offensive playfrom scrimmage with ~ 70 passing TD.. Bentley was not really all that successful running ball.. starters were out for Bentley at start of 4th.. Curry really agressive with D scheme..blitzed 75% of time mostly OLB's.. Curry knocked Bentley QB (on blitz) out of game in 1st Q.. came back in middle of 2nd Q.. punter for Curry was very good..noticeable but not huge talent difference mostly in WR's of Bentley vs secondary of Curry.

All in all sad to see the score so lopsided for the D3 crowd essentially going up against a middle of the road D2 opponent..although again the game was not as bad as the score indicates.  Still think from what the Stim has seen of NEFC competition they will be near or at the top.  Predict Bentley will scuffle (.500?) in their league.

[NEFCFAN]

I went and watched Bridgewater State play their home opener last Saturday.  While watching them warm up, their size and athleticism caught my eye. A lot of big skilled position guys.  Mt. Ida played them tough and in my opinion could have won the game. Ida had some costly drops and mishaps with their secondary blowing coverage.  Bridgewater States kickoff man will hurt them down the road against the powers of the league. (Very short with not much hang). Their punt returner showed some signs of youth, or nerves, not sure which one is true though. Their two running backs are excellent. Big, bruisers that make you have to wrap up on every carry. No flicking of the "hit stick" on these guys. Qb a bit undersized but quick. Throws a good fade ball but seemed to struggle on 5 step drops where he had to read the defense and work his checkdowns. Plenty of triple showed. Qb needs to be hit on everyplay, has way to fresh in this game in the second half.  Their D-line in my opinion was a bit slow and out of shape. Weather and it being the first game must have played a role with this though. Ida's qb went down real early with knee injury and that is when Bridgewater was able to get on them. Once he returned he somewhat picked them apart.

[NEFCFAN]

I saw Curry play at Bentley the night before and as expected they looked pretty good, the score does not reflect the type of game it was.  I believe Bridgewater will match up well with Currys size and speed.  With Curry blitzing a great amount it will be interesting to see if Bridgewaters qb will be able to stay healthy and composed enough to be productive if they can get to him and put him on his back often.  Curry's qb throws an excellent ball, much better than Bridgewater's.  WR #5 for Bridgewater state is a transfer from Framingham State. Just looking at the kid he looks like a D1 player.  (Plays far from it though) Word on the street is that he is soft and a bit of a behavioral issue, will be interesting to see how that plays out.  At 6'4 225 he will create dramatic size mismatches on the outside against Curry's smaller secondary...

[dlippiel]

Just looking at the kid he looks like a D1 player.  (Plays far from it though) Word on the street is that he is soft and a bit of a behavioral issue, will be interesting to see how that plays out.  At 6'4 225 he will create dramatic size mismatches on the outside against Curry's smaller secondary...

With that size you would think he would get it together and really focus. His size is a gift let's see what he chooses to do with it. dlip will say one thing. If that kid is in the weight room, working on his speed, hands, and agility he has the potential to be nasty.

[Jonny Utah]

I read in kickoff that MIT spends next to nothing on its football program (and that the NEFC in general follows suit). Now I can understand state funded schools being a little stingy with the cash but how can a private school with some serious economic clout like MIT not pump some $$ into the program? Will the new head coach bring some changes to the program?

This has been a news item in Boston during the recent economic downturn.  Im not sure how much endowment MIT has lost, but here is an article about Harvard's endowment in 2009.  It dropped 27% or 11 billion dollars from 2008.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=528856

[footballfan81]

the 6 3 wide receiver or around that size is clearly not only found with that one receiver, take benoit from westfield, dont know exactly how tall he is but he was a d 1 transfer i believe and yeah it does take a toll on teams, especially in the nefc, where i find particularly weak corner backs. There is not a team that i can say could match up with that size of receiver and effectively shut them down. There are also two large wide recievers for maine maritime, but you cant really take that into account since i believe they run the triple option exclusively. The tight end from mit a year ago was 6'7 i believe and he was extremely effective. Bottom line is there really is no answer to an athletic tall wide receiver at this level, and teams need to aim to recruit more of them

[nefan]

If only recruiting was that easy.. every Offensive lineman would be 6'5 and 270 plus, QB would be 6'3 or taller, backs would all have 4.5 speed or quicker, etc. 

[footballguy32]

Sounds like a sloppy weekend for football. Does anyone think Endicott has a chance at he new RPI stadium. And what about Salve? I thought they were suppose to be a sleeper, how tough was WPI?, they have Hartwick today so maybe we will see.