FB: Conference of New England

[lewdogg11]

Why is it a slap in the face?

Teams have to be seeded somewhere. 

In this scenario that the D3 staff has MHB would be playing MUC in the 2nd round, if anything that's a slap in the face...

Good point upstate.

I totally agree on all fronts. I just feel these two teams are getting the shaft in whole. Since both would need flights for most of their games, I feel like committee is saying;

1. Since we have two teams, Maine and MHB, that will need to fly to play the majority of their games lets save money and fly Maine to MHB, have them lose and not risk the chance of paying for an additional flight for Round 2.

2. Lets have MHB be the 4 seed, fly them to Alliance, have them eliminated by Mount, so we don't have to fly them anywhere after Round 2.

Enough with the flying conversation.  Most d3 kids will think it's totally cool to actually have to fly to a game.  How many teams ever get the chance to do that before the final 8 final 4?  It's ALMOST like real football that way.

[lewdogg11]

Why is it a slap in the face?

Teams have to be seeded somewhere.  

In this scenario that the D3 staff has MHB would be playing MUC in the 2nd round, if anything that's a slap in the face...

Good point upstate.

I totally agree on all fronts. I just feel these two teams are getting the shaft in whole. Since both would need flights for most of their games, I feel like committee is saying;

1. Since we have two teams, Maine and MHB, that will need to fly to play the majority of their games lets save money and fly Maine to MHB, have them lose and not risk the chance of paying for an additional flight for Round 2.

2. Lets have MHB be the 4 seed, fly them to Alliance, have them eliminated by Mount, so we don't have to fly them anywhere after Round 2.

Enough with the flying conversation.  Most d3 kids will think it's totally cool to actually have to fly to a game.  How many teams ever get the chance to do that before the final 8 final 4?  It's ALMOST like real football that way.

Stop it. You think New Mexico St thought it was cool to fly to the Horseshoe and play Ohio St and lose 45-0.

New Mexico St. doesn't play d3 football in the worst conference in the country.

[pumkinattack]

Eh, maybe 2nd worst with the new ECFC. 

[lewdogg11]

Eh, maybe 2nd worst with the new ECFC. 

True dat.  You get my drift. 


Stop bitching and be happy that you have a chance for a team OTHER than Curry to give the conference some respect, no matter who they play or where they travel!

[Boxer7806]

Eh, maybe 2nd worst with the new ECFC.  

Thanks pumkin. But at least we have two playoff wins to our credit both coming in the last two years. But by throwing in the whole "NEFC is the worst conference in the country" crap is besides the point. If it was your team going to MHB, I don't think you would be all giddy in support. If Maine had to play Montcliar, most would agree they would have a shot at beating the NJAC champ. That is something we could not say 3 years ago.

[lewdogg11]

Eh, maybe 2nd worst with the new ECFC.  

Thanks pumkin. But at least we have two playoff wins to our credit both coming in the last two years. But by throwing in the whole "NEFC is the worst conference in the country" crap is besides the point. If it was your team going to MHB, I don't think you would be all giddy in support. If Maine had to play Montcliar, most would agree they would have a shot at beating the NJAC champ. That is something we could not say 3 years ago.

1.  The brackets on this site are a PROJECTION!!!  Chances are, it won't even happen.
2.  No matter what the choices end up being, the NEFC has a new team to represent it!  Maybe they will show something.  You should be happy for that.
3.  I saw somewhere where you said '4 hour flights of misery'.  The team is in East BumF--- Maine!  No matter where they play, they are going to have a long travel.  Stop being a ****ing crybaby.

[Boxer7806]

Eh, maybe 2nd worst with the new ECFC. 

Thanks pumkin. But at least we have two playoff wins to our credit both coming in the last two years. But by throwing in the whole "NEFC is the worst conference in the country" crap is besides the point. If it was your team going to MHB, I don't think you would be all giddy in support. If Maine had to play Montcliar, most would agree they would have a shot at beating the NJAC champ. That is something we could not say 3 years ago.

1.  The brackets on this site are a PROJECTION!!!  Chances are, it won't even happen.
2.  No matter what the choices end up being, the NEFC has a new team to represent it!  Maybe they will show something.  You should be happy for that.
3.  I saw somewhere where you said '4 hour flights of misery'.  The team is in East BumF--- Maine!  No matter where they play, they are going to have a long travel.  Stop being a ****ing crybaby.

1. Listen, I know its projections, but all of you admit that they are usually dead on.
2. I was the one who posted saying Maine was better then Curry all along, and you were crying "How could someone other then Curry in the NEFC be ahead of Union in the Regional rankings". I am happy for them and said they have a chance at representing the conference well and would be a good matchup with most teams in the east.
3. The "4 hour flights of misery" was referring to Maine going to play MHB at their place, which I don't think you would want your team to do. I addressed the travel issue in an earlier post and never cried about it.
4. We all know you do not like the conference and give it no respect. So stop bashing at every chance and coming on with the name calling. Grow up.

[lewdogg11]

Eh, maybe 2nd worst with the new ECFC. 

Thanks pumkin. But at least we have two playoff wins to our credit both coming in the last two years. But by throwing in the whole "NEFC is the worst conference in the country" crap is besides the point. If it was your team going to MHB, I don't think you would be all giddy in support. If Maine had to play Montcliar, most would agree they would have a shot at beating the NJAC champ. That is something we could not say 3 years ago.

1.  The brackets on this site are a PROJECTION!!!  Chances are, it won't even happen.
2.  No matter what the choices end up being, the NEFC has a new team to represent it!  Maybe they will show something.  You should be happy for that.
3.  I saw somewhere where you said '4 hour flights of misery'.  The team is in East BumF--- Maine!  No matter where they play, they are going to have a long travel.  Stop being a ****ing crybaby.

1. Listen, I know its projections, but all of you admit that they are usually dead on.
2. I was the one who posted saying Maine was better then Curry all along, and you were crying "How could someone other then Curry in the NEFC be ahead of Union in the Regional rankings". I am happy for them and said they have a chance at representing the conference well and would be a good matchup with most teams in the east.
3. The "4 hour flights of misery" was referring to Maine going to play MHB at their place, which I don't think you would want your team to do. I addressed the travel issue in an earlier post and never cried about it.
4. We all know you do not like the conference and give it no respect. So stop bashing at every chance and coming on with the name calling. Grow up.

I'm bashing you and your crying like a baby.  You can't pick who you want to play for a better matchup in the playoffs.  Montclair is an 8.5 hour drive.  That will be a good 2 hours of flying either way wouldn't it?  So OBVIOUSLY, it's not the travel you're whining about.  It's the potential of playing a better team and getting further embarrassed.  It's the playoffs.  Teams like Maine Maritime should be happy to be there.

[Boxer7806]

Your a joke if you think your bashing me. Your right I don't want Maine to go MHB and get destroyed. But almost every team in the East would go to MHB and get beat up pretty good. Do you disagree with that? Would I rather have Maine travel to Montclair because it makes more sense then a trip to MHB? The answer is yes. I am happy Maine is in the playoffs but I don't think they will get embarassed by most teams in the east like you think. Your the same guy who came on here and said Curry was going to win after I stated Maine was going to.

I'm not on here to fight with you, I'm just stating It makes more sense for Maine to go to Montclair. Going to MHB would be bad for the conference and East in general. IF MHB played any other East team, they would most likely beat all of them, and do it convincingly. If you want to call that "crying" and want to in your terms "bash" me on that then go ahead. But if you just want to come on here and bash the conference do it somewhere else.

[pumkinattack]

I gotta agree with Lew here.  It is pretty apparent that it's about the opponent and not the travel.  I would've loved to fly to Texas for a playoff game against a top team.  Frankly, the NEFC doesn't represent well in OOC.  OOC:

0-3 vs. E8 (incl bottom two teams)
0-1 vs. MAC (losing record Widener)
0-5 vs. the LL (winless in league WPI and losing conference record RPI)
0-0 vs. NJAC

There's no evidence that the NEFC should get any preferential treatment vis-a-vis reps from the E8/NJAC/MAC/LL

One Curry win vs. IC (don't bother bringing up the Hartwick 07 game - that team was suspect and half the people thought Curry would win that one) is great, but it doesn't change the overall perception and reality that the NEFC rep should be playing the #1 seed (MUC) and anything else is an unfair advantage to the rest of the field's conference reps.  

By psyched that it's a new team, your team, and that they get to potentially play a unique and excellent team in a different part of the country.  That's how I felt about Hobart going to MCU last year.  

[lewdogg11]

Your a joke if you think your bashing me. Your right I don't want Maine to go MHB and get destroyed. But almost every team in the East would go to MHB and get beat up pretty good. Do you disagree with that? Would I rather have Maine travel to Montclair because it makes more sense then a trip to MHB? The answer is yes. I am happy Maine is in the playoffs but I don't think they will get embarassed by most teams in the east like you think. Your the same guy who came on here and said Curry was going to win after I stated Maine was going to.

I'm not on here to fight with you, I'm just stating It makes more sense for Maine to go to Montclair. Going to MHB would be bad for the conference and East in general. IF MHB played any other East team, they would most likely beat all of them, and do it convincingly. If you want to call that "crying" and want to in your terms "bash" me on that then go ahead. But if you just want to come on here and bash the conference do it somewhere else.

'Why can't we just play Montclair?  Then we would only lose by 5 touchdowns and not 7!!!'

[theoriginalupstate]

Why is it a slap in the face?

Teams have to be seeded somewhere.  

In this scenario that the D3 staff has MHB would be playing MUC in the 2nd round, if anything that's a slap in the face...

Good point upstate.

I totally agree on all fronts. I just feel these two teams are getting the shaft in whole. Since both would need flights for most of their games, I feel like committee is saying;

1. Since we have two teams, Maine and MHB, that will need to fly to play the majority of their games lets save money and fly Maine to MHB, have them lose and not risk the chance of paying for an additional flight for Round 2.

2. Lets have MHB be the 4 seed, fly them to Alliance, have them eliminated by Mount, so we don't have to fly them anywhere after Round 2.

Enough with the flying conversation.  Most d3 kids will think it's totally cool to actually have to fly to a game.  How many teams ever get the chance to do that before the final 8 final 4?  It's ALMOST like real football that way.

Stop it. You think New Mexico St thought it was cool to fly to the Horseshoe and play Ohio St and lose 45-0.

New Mexico St. doesn't play d3 football in the worst conference in the country.

That and Maine isn't getting a 6 figure check for their troubles...

[Boxer7806]

Its not about the travel, Maine has to sleep overnight for most games, but I will take it for what it is worth and if they play MHB then they do and wish them the best of luck. Your right about the Hobart playing MUC comparison. I would just like to see the conference do well. I know the OOC doesn't point for Maine to get any preferential treatment in anyway. If Curry had beat Maine, then they would have been playing most likely Montclair in what would of been a good game. Their would have been no chance for them playing MHB. That is why I think it sucks Maine has to play MHB in these current projections.

This got all out of hand anyways and I was just posting with agreement that I think it sucks for Maine and MHB because MHB gets screwed playing MUC in the second round if things shake out the way they do. I just wish Lew would send me a box of tissues now. How bout it?

[pg04]

Your a joke if you think your bashing me. Your right I don't want Maine to go MHB and get destroyed. But almost every team in the East would go to MHB and get beat up pretty good. Do you disagree with that? Would I rather have Maine travel to Montclair because it makes more sense then a trip to MHB? The answer is yes. I am happy Maine is in the playoffs but I don't think they will get embarassed by most teams in the east like you think. Your the same guy who came on here and said Curry was going to win after I stated Maine was going to.

I'm not on here to fight with you, I'm just stating It makes more sense for Maine to go to Montclair. Going to MHB would be bad for the conference and East in general. IF MHB played any other East team, they would most likely beat all of them, and do it convincingly. If you want to call that "crying" and want to in your terms "bash" me on that then go ahead. But if you just want to come on here and bash the conference do it somewhere else.

'Why can't we just play Montclair?  Then we would only lose by 5 touchdowns and not 7!!!'

Honestly I think Maine would have a chance with Montclair... 

[lewdogg11]

Its not about the travel, Maine has to sleep overnight for most games, but I will take it for what it is worth and if they play MHB then they do and wish them the best of luck. Your right about the Hobart playing MUC comparison. I would just like to see the conference do well. I know the OOC doesn't point for Maine to get any preferential treatment in anyway. If Curry had beat Maine, then they would have been playing most likely Montclair in what would of been a good game. Their would have been no chance for them playing MHB. That is why I think it sucks Maine has to play MHB in these current projections.

This got all out of hand anyways and I was just posting with agreement that I think it sucks for Maine and MHB because MHB gets screwed playing MUC in the second round if things shake out the way they do. I just wish Lew would send me a box of tissues now. How bout it?

I'm on my way...Be there in 16-18 hours.