FB: Conference of New England

[SullyMustGo]

Worcestor is better than I thought they were I just don't think they'll win their side of the conference.

[D3FAN05]

I heard the Curry-Nicols game was delayed due to flooding in the area. Curry took care of business today setting up the big homecoming game with EC.

[Popsman]

Worcester's record is misleading.  They lost to Curry, barely beat Salve 28-27, and the rest of their games were against MIT, Framingham, Mass Maritime, all at the bottom of the league.  Beating Westfield by a lot is a plus, but is Westfield overrated? 
Worcester plays Maine, Bridgewater & Fitchburg to close season.  Tough schedule and will say a lot if they can win all three.  They need all three to get Bogan 1st place.

[ctforce]

Ok folks, so what happened to maine maritime this week???  I thought you all said Fitchburg was all done and couldn't stop their run game??  I do not disagree that Fitchburg did not play well against EC and give EC credit for beating them.  But, here we go again with no respect!  Sound familiar EC fans.  I remember Bridgewater having a fantastic back that Fitchburg held to well under a 100 yards.  Now another tremendous back comes in and is held to 51.  Says something about the Fitchburg 'D' does it not?  Maine did not look good from the opening play.  I am not sure why, but they looked like a deer in headlights.  I guess thats what happens now that they are in the meat of their schedule. 

And how about sportsmanship?  I know a lot of you feel Fitchburg has no class, well, what was the Maine coach doing out on the field by the numbers arguing with the officials?  He did this a few times during the games.  Oh, thats right, Fitchburg sets up the officials to help them like they did in the Bridgewater game.  Lets get real fans.  You are really nieve if think this happens.

I really am still amused by you folks that label Fitchburg as the only team that does things relating to what you all call bad sportsmanship.  I will not disagree that we have had our moments, but so have a lot of other teams.  I kind of feel that Fitchburg is the Oakland Raiders of the NEFC that way you all talk.  Oh well, it is what it is.

All that aside, I think maine has a good chance of beating Worcester as they are a tough team to play at home.  Plus, Worcester has to travel to Fitchburg for the last game of the season so I think their chances of winning the division are slim.

I think the best NEFC championship game we can all hope for is EC vs Fitchburg rematch.  Have you ever heard of the saying 'kick a sleeping dog to wake it up'??  Well, I think thats what EC did to Fitchburg and a rematch would be great. 


Hats off to the Fitchburg tailgaters who did not let the rain deter them from taking care of their team!!!!

[Jonny on the Spot]

Nichols got smoked by Curry, and they finish with MIT, WNEC and EC, anybody think they will go winless. They were in the hunt a few years ago, but have gotten progressively worse since 2000. It looks like the Curry/Endicott game next week will decide the Boyd. I got to go with experience and pick Curry. Anyone have any thoughts on either topic

[Popsman]

Didn't Nichols lose their QB Michael Carven after the first game this year?  He both ran and passed and was the focus of their offense the last two years.   I think he led the league in total offense last year.   If so, it might explain some of their losses.

[63Center]

ctforce,

Looks like Fitchburg should be in the drivers seat for the divisional championship with only one real challenging game left (Worcester) while Worcester has a tough road to go with MEM, Bridegwater & Fitchburg.  I agree with your comment about  "kicking a sleeping dog" in regards to the potential rematch with EC.  I said after the EC win that it could be tough if they meet again.  Of course EC has to take care of their own business on Sat at Curry.  Of course it could also be said that Curry may be looking for a rematch with Fitchburg after loosing to them early in the year.  Looks like there might be a number of sleeping dogs that are starting to wake up.

[HerbTuck89]

I agree with you that it looks like the Falcons are in the driver seat.  A friend and I became a fan while they were playing their games at Luenburg High School.  We decided to take in the Maine game in the pouring rain and saw a team that looked much better then when they played Bridgewater.  I also disagree about Fitchburg being unsportmanlike.  I have been to Big 10 D1 games that got a lot more rowdy than that.  Imagine over 10,000 student body strong taunting and berating opposing players, coaches and refs.  I enjoyed the overall college football game atmosphere at Fitchburg including Cheerleaders.  One question, I thought D3 schools weren't allowed to recruit.  If so how in the heck did they get starting players from Marshall, Florida South Carolina, NY and CT?  It sounds like Coach Haverty is building a true football program.  Also would it be possible for a team like Fitchburg to move up to Division 2?

[Pat Coleman]

One question, I thought D3 schools weren't allowed to recruit. 

There's no such restriction in Division III.

[HerbTuck89]

Pat,

Thanks for the answer... I'm going to google some of these guys.  I'm just curious on why some of these players ended up in Fitchburg.

I modified because I just saw a post on NJ board that answered the question and then some....

Thanks again

[Pat Coleman]

We posted some lists of recruits and links to local newspaper stories this past summer in the Daily Dose. I know the Florida Fitchburg player was listed and his local paper did a piece.

http://www.d3football.com/dailydose/?cat=3

[AptosDad]

Regarding talk about Nichols, no one has made a prediction yet for their upcoming game against MIT.  I know it ranks as a "who cares?" for most hardcore fans, but it isn't the typical slamdunk that most MIT games are.  I noticed that Nichols starts a few freshmen, but MIT started 10 in last week's game.    Is it possible those guys that were playing high school ball last year are starting to get a feel for the college game and improving at a faster rate than their older class teammates?

[Jonny Utah]

herbtuck, fitchburg st will not go d2.

[HerbTuck89]

Pat - thanks

Jonny Utah - I was just wondering if they could.  I looked at their roster and it looks like they have players that were either D1, D2 recruits at one time and may be adding Junior College transfers.  Coach Haverty looks like he is building a pretty solid team for the next couple of years.  Googled a couple of these guys and it was pretty impressive.  It is odd that they would come to a small Div 3 school if they have had pretty solid High School and College careers especially the ones out of state.  FL, SC, NY, NJ and CT that are among the starters.

[Jonny Utah]

Pat - thanks

Jonny Utah - I was just wondering if they could.  I looked at their roster and it looks like they have players that were either D1, D2 recruits at one time and may be adding Junior College transfers.  Coach Haverty looks like he is building a pretty solid team for the next couple of years.  Googled a couple of these guys and it was pretty impressive.  It is odd that they would come to a small Div 3 school if they have had pretty solid High School and College careers especially the ones out of state.  FL, SC, NY, NJ and CT that are among the starters.

Yea they could go d2 if they wanted, but they have all those out of state players because the coach must recruit there.  And lets not forget, if those guys were d1 or d2 transfers, they might not be very good ones.   Fitchburg St is still probably one of the worst d3 teams in the country.....in the bottom 10 percent anyway.