FB: Conference of New England

[NCAAFootball67]

Nichols over WSC (always play each other tough)
BSC over Salve (not buying into the early season loss for bridgewater)
Curry over Westfield (Curry already proved its still on top)
UMD over Fitchburg (How real is UMD)
MAM over EC (Don't call it an upset, hahaha, whats up with endicotts RB's)
WNEC over MEM (WNEC looks legit)
USCGA over PSC (Coast Guard are BIG)
MIT over Framingham (MIT is better than they looked)

[gullgrad]

Okay, let me try here:

WSC over Nichols, Close for a while, but then WSC is stronger.
BSC over Salve, BSC is pretty mad from last week.
Curry over Westfield, I heard Curry looked strong last week.
UMD over Fitchburg, I heard FSC looked not strong last week.
EC over MAM, The Gulls (Cheer) are ready for some NEFC comp.
WNEC over MEM, This is a home team win, if it was at Maine then the story would be reversed.
USCGA over PSC, Coast Guard wins the Bogan
Framingham over MIT, MIT 0-2, its nothing new.

[bignefcfan15]

Nichols over WSC
BSC over Salve
Curry over Westfield
UMD over Fitchburg
EC over MAM
WNEC over MEM
USCGA over PSC
Framingham over MIT

[InTheMix]

EC over MAM
WNEC over MEM
Coast Guard over PSU
MIT over Framingham
Fitchburg over UMD
Curry over Westfield
BCS over Salve
Nichols over WSC

[sickofBS]

Curry 27 Westfield St. 0

[waggle09]

What's going on in the NEFC this year.? Any suprises? I've seen 4 games and was not to impressed by any of them. How are the new adds, Coast guard and Plymouth?

[jeff]

why do folks continue to pick framingham to beat anyone? 

and herein lies the problem with NEFC that a school like Framingham, with easily the WORST head coach I have ever played for or have seen in action, is allowed to remain at the school and go 3-35 over 4+ years!  In today's day in age, how can ANY division head coach of ANY sport teams win 8% of their games and keep their job!  and to boot we got folks in here that pick this team to win!!!!!  WOW...

the good stuff is that Plymouth and Coast Guard, two teams that will bring up the conference, have been added, now the conference needs to get all members to 10-games with at minimum 1 out of conference game and drop the garbage like framingham

and how that coach has taken a brand new field and brand new athletic complex and make an already bad program WORSE is beyond me...

[waggle09]

Jeff, Your right on. The nefc needs to play a 10 game schedule and you see that the better teams in the Nefc already do that. I do not know the scituation at framingham state but you should know best where you were part of the program. I can't believe the BS I've seen the last several years in this conference. I can understand why the NEFC has not won a playoff game.

[NCAAFootball67]

Framingham st. has limitations on coaches, i mean there head coach is a fulltime teacher, u tellin me hes puttin in the hours of filming and recruiting, its real tough.  They need to committ to it and they could be alright.  If they allowed that program to have a couple of full time coaches maybe in the system workin for admissions or soething and a GA or 2, they could compete.  They have great location and girls which are two highlighted points anywhere.  The problem lies not on the head coach as much as it does the AD and the president, i dont understand why they put the money into the program and half ass it, either drop it or committ fully to it.   

There are some fun games this weekend, and i might be the only one but i stand by carvens call at nichols going for 2.......we do play to win the game, open for thoughts


Good day to all

[waggle09]

NCAA FOOTBALL 67, Your right on . You will notice that all the teams in the NEFC that are rising to the top are the programs that  have Full time coaching.  Plus the coaches have to get out to the high schools and recruit the bubble kids that are thinking of   playing  1AA and D2, because many of them come to a d3 program a year later.. This weekend the Curry vs. WNEC game should be interesting , I'm not sure if WNEC is there yet. It will be interesting to see how the new 2 adds do in CG and PState.

[jeff]

football67, we respectfully disagree...he  flat-out isn't a good coach...he teaches nothing and is dry as the mojave desert...he couldn't motivate you to jump out of the way of a tank...

Lets face it, the football at this school hasn't been the best, but there were a handful of guys I played with that could have played at a much higher level...however...

From 1998-2001, 4 years where players changed in the parking lot for practice and played on easily the worst football field in the region and had ZERO workout plan, the team remained competitve with these schools and had players of note to watch...During those years, the team went 10-29, which is bad enough...

Now from 2002-2006 with a brand new athletic complex, great locker rooms, brand new weight room and brand new field turf, this awful coach [no disrespect to awful coaches by the way] has gone 3-35...

So the question is...how can you add things to the football experience and get worse? 

The direction of this school and this coach should not be allowed in this conference...Period...he is an awful motivator, mismanges personnel and I could continue but wont...The AD and school wasn't on the side of the previous coach either, but that guy managed to at least knock off some better teams and for the most part remained competitive until the end...

You want to know why the NEFC is a bottom basement conference look no further than FSC...

On that note

[footballfan2005]

Jeff,

You are definately correct with your judgement of the coaching staff at fram. st, however, framingham isn't the only school in the division facing these same problems.  As a former college D3 player it obvious how BAD the coaching is.  Another great example would be Nichols,MIT, Worcester State..etc!  I don't know why Coach Cullen still has a job... the program has been sliding for the past 3 years... he goes from a modern spread offense to a 1950s I-Formation smash mouth football... the problem is he doesn't have the size to do so!!!

WSC first game against Curry was terrible... and it got worse w/WPI

Until this conference establishes full-time coaches they might as well call it an intramural league!

[NCAAFootball67]

Youve got to be kidding me with all do respect that he doesnt have the size to do that, his smallest lineman is 6-4 255.  Hes got some hogs look at that roster man.  Plus both of his quaterbacks are miserable.  I think I would make that change also.  Opinions

[tecmobowler]

My opinion is that I hope my alma mater draws the NEFC team in the first round of the playoffs.

[63Center]

I have been on this site for the last 4 years and over the last 4 years, there have always been several posting criticizing the Framingham coach.  Usually they also criticize the President and the AD for keeping him.  So we are on par for this year and we are only into week 4.

I stated a couple of years ago that the NEFC needs to force schools to play 10 games including at least 1 non-conference game.  I am not sure that they have that power, but until they do the NEFC will be a bottom dweller.  The good programs have fulltime coaches, play 10 games, including non-conference games.

There are some great match-ups this weekend.  I think the Nichols-MIT game should be interesting.  Both teams should be playing better than they have shown so far.  I think the CGA-Westfield game will tell us how well CGA will do in the NEFC this year.  Of course the laugher of the weekend will be FSC at FSC.   I'll have my picks later.