FB: Conference of New England

[d3fan142511]

6-1 on Picks this week. Missed on the Maritime game. Funny how sports works. SUNY Beats up on Maine ...Gets Crushed By Mass Then Mass and Maine play and Maine wins a shootout.

Power Rankings: Like Jackson said it really is a 3 team race (Personally I think the title is between Salve or WNE) Teams 4-8 are really bad this year

Top Tier
1. WNE
2. Salve
Middle of Pack

3. Endicott

Bottom Tier
Nichols/MIT/Coast Guard/Maine/Curry

[jackson5]

Conference schedule starts this week. Not a great batch of games, onlyou close one is gonna be salve vs Coast Guard

Friday: WNE at Curry- taking WNE
Saturday: Maine Maritime at MIT- MIT
Endicott at Nichols- Endicott
Salve at Coast Guard- Salve

[d3fan142511]

WNE at Curry- WNE 42-10
Maine Maritime at MIT- I think this game will be pretty close. I am going to go with the semi upset here Maine 35-31
Endicott at Nichols- Endicott- 38-7
Salve at Coast Guard- Salve 28-7

[jackson5]

You're selling MIT short. Atomic ratings have them as a 17 point favorite. While they aren't the elite team we expected they are still a notch above the bottom.
http://www.al.com/atomic-football/index.ssf?d3-predictions

[Boxer7806]

You're selling MIT short. Atomic ratings have them as a 17 point favorite. While they aren't the elite team we expected they are still a notch above the bottom.
http://www.al.com/atomic-football/index.ssf?d3-predictions

MIT is not good. They are back at the bottom of the Conference.

[Boxer7806]

Also quick point about Admiral Cup. That game is extremely underrated and you can truly throw the records out when those two play. Even back in Maine's hey day, which was when MASS Maritime had some pretty lousy teams, the games were extremely close. I hate trying to evaluate either team after that game because they play each other pretty tough, regardless of their end of year records.

[jackson5]

You're selling MIT short. Atomic ratings have them as a 17 point favorite. While they aren't the elite team we expected they are still a notch above the bottom.
http://www.al.com/atomic-football/index.ssf?d3-predictions

MIT is not good. They are back at the bottom of the Conference.

There's a difference between being not good and putrid. They'll finish midpack and will be behind the big 3,  but they are still a level above the Nichols and Curry's

[jackson5]

Conference schedule starts this week. Not a great batch of games, onlyou close one is gonna be salve vs Coast Guard

Friday: WNE at Curry- taking WNE
Saturday: Maine Maritime at MIT- MIT
Endicott at Nichols- Endicott
Salve at Coast Guard- Salve

3 out of 4. Told you guys MIT was still way above Maine Maritime

[jackson5]

For next week, I got it handicapped at.

MIT @ Endicott -4.5
Coast Guard -13.5 @Maine Maritime
Nichols @ WNE -34.5
Curry @ Salve -21.5

[dlippiel]

Dlip has watched MIT play twice. He believes they are a decent team with some talent. He believes they will do well within the league this season.

[D3MAFAN]

Just went through the recap and box score of the Salve vs. Coast Guard game. Although a great win for Coast Guard, I don't think this win helps the conference all that much, it appears that Salve gave this one away. One thing that stood out for me were the penalties from Salve (12-140) to Coast Guard (4-42).

[jackson5]

Just went through the recap and box score of the Salve vs. Coast Guard game. Although a great win for Coast Guard, I don't think this win helps the conference all that much, it appears that Salve gave this one away. One thing that stood out for me were the penalties from Salve (12-140) to Coast Guard (4-42).

I caught apiece of the 4th, it looked like Salve was the better team. I agree it's not a good thing for the league. Was really hoping that Salve and WNE would be undefeated when they faced each other in conference play. It looks like WNE is the only one left that would have a shot at being ranked ahead of the MASCAC winner when it's time to do the bracket

[d3fan142511]

2-2 this week. Shocked by the Salve vs Coast Guard Score. I watched Coast Guard Week 1 and they did not look so impressive over Anna Maria. Must have been week 1 growing pains.

This division this year very very bad and a team like MIT/Coast Guard can finish in the top 3. Will be interesting to see how they match up against Endicott. WNEC might run away with conference and this conference after them is very comparable to the ECFC.

Week 4 Power Rankings:
1. WNEC- Clear Top Team
2. Endicott
3. Coast Guard
4. Salve
5. MIT
6. Maine
7. Curry
8. Nichols

[d3fan142511]

Week 5 Predictions:

Coast Guard vs Maine- HUGE HUGE Game for Coast Guard they win this game they could be 4-0 in conference going into WNEC. Coast Guard wins 31-28

Curry vs Salve- Salve bounces back wins 31-14

Nichols vs WNEC- WNEC BIG 45-7

MIT vs Endicott- Endicott by a FG 24-21

[Boxer7806]

WNEC is solid, but still from an overall perspective of New England football, I don't think we have a team that will win a playoff game from either league. The only hope is that Husson wins the ECFC again and causes a massive logjam because of travel restrictions, where either Framingham or WNEC gets a favorable matchup. Personally I hate seeing it work out that way, it doesn't make the New England schools any better and it makes a second round game potentially a second round bye. No offense to MIT, but that was what they were to Wesley last year. But there is A LOT of football left to be played.