FB: Conference of New England

[HerbTuck89]

Jonny U.

Why would you say such a thing?  They are division champs and they do have a pretty good record right now.  I did google a couple of their out of state players and they look to be pretty good studs on their high school teams and were either being recruited or were going to other colleges that they were recruited too.  I have seen lots of football and they are not bad. I saw them stop what was suppose to be a very good Maine Maritime team and Bridgewater team.  They do have their act together.  I also heard at the Maine game their team should be full strength in the next week or two.  The offense backfield has been hurting and the DL has only two starters that have been playing the last two weeks.  I would think that they would need to play better competition if NEFC is not too good.  They did beat Curry who I thought was the major competition of the NEFC.  Maybe they could change conferences.

[Jonny Utah]

Im just trying to be honest herbtuck.  I went to highschool with a few guys that played up at fitchburg and they were good players, but the school doesnt have the depth to compete on the national level yet...many new england d3 teams have a lot of out of state players (mt ida, Mit, becker)  that doesnt mean they are good teams....again, Im just comparing them to other d3 teams nationally.

[HerbTuck89]

As I mentioned earllier it looked like Coach Haverty was building a team.  He only has a few players graduating this year.  Your right he doesn't have much depth but they have been hurting the last couple of weeks and a parent told me that they should be ok in the next week or two.  Even with the injuries they seem to play pretty well in spite of that.

[footballfan2005]

Herbtuck,

Fitchburg college won't win the NEFC... what makes you think their a great D3 football team??...If they played in the Liberty League they would be lucky to be a 500 ball team... That being said the Liberty League has trouble after making it out of the region (or past the 2nd or 3rd game of the NCAA playoffs), except for RPI a couple of years back.  The real issue is teams like Rowan, Mt. Union, Linfield are powerhouses... they have mainly D1 transfers and have huge squads... name 1 NEFC team that has a frosh, jv, and varsity team?  In upstate a few teams that do this are Ithaca, Fisher and maybe a couple of others...

[SullyMustGo]

Fitchburgh has to win the NEFC before their name can be even mentioned in the same sentance as D2....which they would never move up anyway. Just cause they get D1AA or D2 transfers doesn't really mean a whole lot unless they're quality players. Some get recruited by top schools but they never pan out becuase they arnt good enough. Transfers who actually played would be a different story. And whoever says Fitchburgh has class is a moron. They are the sorest losers I have ever seen. No team discipline at all.

[footballfan2005]

not to mention half of the D2 teams in the region are terrible... i'd put my money on the upper Liberty League Teams such as Hobart or RPI against any of the MASS D2 football teams

[footballfan2005]

Johnny Utah i picked this out for you:

The Princeton Review says WSC is a  "Best Northeastern College"
Worcester State College was selected by The Princeton Review as a "Best Northeastern College" for the new 2006 edition of its book, The Best Northeastern Colleges (Random House / Princeton Review, August 2, 2005). WSC is one of 224 select colleges and universities in the Northeast to receive this distinction. Worcester State College is the only state college selected in Massachusetts distinguished by this recognition. This is the second year in a row that WSC has been selected.

[footballfan2005]

Worcester 35      @ Maine Maritime 21
>>> Worcester stops the run and are ready to make a run at the Bogan Division!!

Fitchburg 48        @ Mass Maritime 0
>>> Starters out at the half... trying to get healthy

WNEC 13             @ UMass Dartmouth 21
>>> U-D keeps it rolling

Salve Regina 21   @ Bridgewater 35

Westfield 21         @ Framingham 28
>>> They getta win one sometime

GAME OF THE WEEK
Endicott 28 @ Curry 38
>>> Curry retains its crown with a equal amount of run and pass... homefield advantage (who ever is in charge of their stero... it will be playing whenever EC has the ball on third or 4th down... it cost WSC a few costly penalities in week 1)... not sure if it's legal... but they do it!!

[ctforce]

Fitchburgh has to win the NEFC before their name can be even mentioned in the same sentance as D2....which they would never move up anyway. Just cause they get D1AA or D2 transfers doesn't really mean a whole lot unless they're quality players. Some get recruited by top schools but they never pan out becuase they arnt good enough. Transfers who actually played would be a different story. And whoever says Fitchburgh has class is a moron. They are the sorest losers I have ever seen. No team discipline at all.

Hey sullymustygo,

You need to go back to complaining about Framingham because you obviously don't know what's going on up at Fitchburg!  How can a team that has no discipline beat the likes of Curry, Bridegwater and Maine which you guys have been picking over them?  I don't think it was just a fluke.  You are obviously a very opinated person and don't look at the big picture.  As I have often said before and others have posted, a lot of what you're talking about goes on with most of the teams.  If you can't acknowldge that, don't knock other teams down. 

Most of the transfers up there would have played at the level they were recruited but not as much as they are here, thats a reality.  Coach Haverty has knack at being able to find transfers that are unhappy where they were at and sells them on his philosophy and that they can be a part of building this program into a steady NEFC and DIII contender.  Which is exactly what is happening.  Kind of like Sullys 7 year plan but only in 4.  How can a state school in Mass get to the power level of some of these schools when they are limited in the number of players they can have on their roster and they're lucky to have one full time coach?  There are a lot of logistics/funds that go into building a top notch DIII program that a lot of these schools don't have access to.  Kind of comes down to the STUDENT/athlete portion of going to college and what is more improtant.

[gullgrad]

Oh my, I was gone for a week, and now everything is a mess.

1.  No one in New england ii (or at least should) go to D2.  As a matter of fact, the D2 teams should go to D3, but that is another story.  If you move up in one sport, I think every other sport has to go up as well, so there is no way anyone is ready to do that.

2.  I was at the BSC- Maine game a week ago, man, Keavey looked good, but Fitchburg Shut him down, then this week they shut down # 44 for Maine, but they coudl not stop Festa, so why doesn't he get any of the respect he deserves.

3. Who is this NEFC FOOTBALL 2005 or whatever his name is, he made his picks on a Monday (maybe early Tuesday), that is just not accecptable.

4.  CT Force, I know you like FSC, and I actually think they are rather good too, but they are a bit of a ruff-necked team.  As an EC grad, I heard about them not reacting awesome to the loss, some even not shaking hands.  But to try to say they are good sports might be a stretch.  But that also makes them fun to see.  I like watching the Raiders, so maybe that is what the Falcons have going for them.

5.  I think this weekends game with Curry and EC will be great, sounds like the kids are ready for it and so are the fans, I know that much.

[ctforce]

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.

Hey 63center,

I actually feel that EC will get by Curry.  They're playing pretty good football with a lot of confidence and would just love to spoil Curry's homecoming just like they did Fitchburg's winning streak.  But, a Curry/Fitchburg matchup could be good.

[Popsman]

I can't believe that I'm hearing that it's OK for Fitchburg to show such unsportmanship and no class because other teams do it ! ! !  Hey, it's a bad attitude no matter who does it.  I'm not talking about during a game; pretty much anything goes then.  I'm talking about after a game.  Be a good winners & losers and show some respect for opponents. 

[gullgrad]

I don't think anyone is saying its okay to be bad sports, but at the same time, if you think a team is going to sit there and just have tea with their opponents after the game you must be watching MIT vs Framingham (ouch, but I had to do it.)

[ctforce]

Popsman

Do you think that at the higher levels of college football the same stuff doesn't go on??  If so you must not see/watch much college football.  Thanks Gullgrad for your response!  I am not saying its OK to be bad sports, but some of the stuff we are labeling here on this site as bad sportsmanship is part of the game within the game.  Enough said on this topic.  As I said Fitchburg will just have to be happy being the raiders of the NEFC in your folks eyes while winning this years championship.

[Bomber Backer]

Fitchburg is unclassy, it's as simple as that. It starts with the coach, who players usually take on the personality of. I do, however, think that they do some good things on the field, but it is overshadowed by thier lack of repect for opponents. Bet they didn't do much talking after they got waxed by springfield last season. Also, in my opinion there are two levels of college football. Scholorship and non-scholorship. D2, D3 and even 1 AA non-scholorship players are basically intertchangable.