FB: Conference of New England

[Bartman]

Good luck to MIT .... grab that undefeated season.

[rlk]

Good luck to MIT .... grab that undefeated season.

Thanks!  The guys did it, 24-13.  The first half was all ours, a field goal in the first quarter, a couple of really nice 95 yard drives, and a pick 6 late in the second quarter.  But Coast Guard is nothing if not resiliant, and got their offense untracked in the second half and as advertised their defense hung tough.  We intercepted a desperation third down pass with about a minute left, and the place erupted.

[wcrosby]

As one of the founders of the original MIT Club Football Team in 1978 -- last night was a huge point of pride in our great players.  This kind of season doesn't come around that often.

[Boxer7806]

First trip the playoffs, get to host a playoff game, and do it against a very beatable opponent. It doesn't get much better than that.

Unless your the ECFC and Husson who also has the best chance at a playoff win for their conference as well.

[Boxer7806]

First trip the playoffs, get to host a playoff game, and do it against a very beatable opponent. It doesn't get much better than that.

Unless your the ECFC and Husson who also has the best chance at a playoff win for their conference as well.

I lied... they are going to Maine.

[wcrosby]

Nice screwing by the NCAA.

[Boxer7806]

Who knows why. But "screwing" isn't the word I would use. You get Husson in the first round. That seems pretty good to me, whether you go there or not.

[Pat Coleman]

Nice screwing by the NCAA.

The NCAA doesn't do that without cause, wcrosby. I know this is your first football playoff but try to come in with better assumptions.

[jackson5]

There's no football reason for MIT to go to Husson. They are a better team with a better resume and should be hosting. I know this is preaching to the chrior but being sent to Maine for that game is a screw job by the NCAA.  Although getting matched up with Husson is a gift to begin with. So I guess its a wash?

[Jonny Utah]

There's no football reason for MIT to go to Husson. They are a better team with a better resume and should be hosting. I know this is preaching to the chrior but being sent to Maine for that game is a screw job by the NCAA.  Although getting matched up with Husson is a gift to begin with. So I guess its a wash?

Can MIT even host?  They have a facility that may not be suitable for NCAA playoff purposes.

[ECoastFootball]

There's no football reason for MIT to go to Husson. They are a better team with a better resume and should be hosting. I know this is preaching to the chrior but being sent to Maine for that game is a screw job by the NCAA.  Although getting matched up with Husson is a gift to begin with. So I guess its a wash?

Can MIT even host?  They have a facility that may not be suitable for NCAA playoff purposes.

Having been to MIT, my guess would be that no, they cannot. When they played big games this year, most of the fans watched from the adjacent parking garage. There is not a D1, D2 or D3 high school team in Massachusetts that has a smaller set of stands than MIT does. If they are good again, hopefully they can get the ok to play at Cambridge HS or something, but I doubt they'd be in position to host if they made it back.

[Jonny Utah]

There's no football reason for MIT to go to Husson. They are a better team with a better resume and should be hosting. I know this is preaching to the chrior but being sent to Maine for that game is a screw job by the NCAA.  Although getting matched up with Husson is a gift to begin with. So I guess its a wash?

Can MIT even host?  They have a facility that may not be suitable for NCAA playoff purposes.

Having been to MIT, my guess would be that no, they cannot. When they played big games this year, most of the fans watched from the adjacent parking garage. There is not a D1, D2 or D3 high school team in Massachusetts that has a smaller set of stands than MIT does. If they are good again, hopefully they can get the ok to play at Cambridge HS or something, but I doubt they'd be in position to host if they made it back.

Yea and the press box fits like 4 people max?  That's the way I remember it anyway.

[ECoastFootball]

There's no football reason for MIT to go to Husson. They are a better team with a better resume and should be hosting. I know this is preaching to the chrior but being sent to Maine for that game is a screw job by the NCAA.  Although getting matched up with Husson is a gift to begin with. So I guess its a wash?

Can MIT even host?  They have a facility that may not be suitable for NCAA playoff purposes.

Having been to MIT, my guess would be that no, they cannot. When they played big games this year, most of the fans watched from the adjacent parking garage. There is not a D1, D2 or D3 high school team in Massachusetts that has a smaller set of stands than MIT does. If they are good again, hopefully they can get the ok to play at Cambridge HS or something, but I doubt they'd be in position to host if they made it back.

Yea and the press box fits like 4 people max?  That's the way I remember it anyway.

Yep. It is VERY small. Thanks for bringing that up. I thought it was weird and made no sense that they had to go up to Maine, but it definitely makes sense that they can not host.

[lewdogg11]

Everybody is up in arms over this whole thing and it's really because they don't put seeds next to the teams anymore.  My guess based on pure data is that Husson is not the higher seed but MIT couldn't host which Utah mentioned a few weeks ago.  RPI hosted Curry a few years ago as the lower seed because Curry could not host at their facility.  It's not the first time this needed to be done.  No one had a 'screw job'.  Anyone who has been around this for more than 15 minutes has seen this happen before.

I think more than who is hosting, people outside of MIT and Husson fans should be pissed because both of these teams should have been fed to the wolves but instead, one of them(MIT my guess) will get a postseason victory with the equivalent of playing a team like Rochester in the playoffs.

[wcrosby]

There's no football reason for MIT to go to Husson. They are a better team with a better resume and should be hosting. I know this is preaching to the chrior but being sent to Maine for that game is a screw job by the NCAA.  Although getting matched up with Husson is a gift to begin with. So I guess its a wash?

Can MIT even host?  They have a facility that may not be suitable for NCAA playoff purposes.

Having been to MIT, my guess would be that no, they cannot. When they played big games this year, most of the fans watched from the adjacent parking garage. There is not a D1, D2 or D3 high school team in Massachusetts that has a smaller set of stands than MIT does. If they are good again, hopefully they can get the ok to play at Cambridge HS or something, but I doubt they'd be in position to host if they made it back.

Guys -- the people that watch from the garage doe it because they don't have to pay, they can tailgate, and can drink up there -- There are usually more away fans up there than home fans.  The stands are more than comfortable, and yes, the press box is small, but there is nothing wrong with the top-notch facilities and training rooms.