FB: Conference of New England

[RockRB11]

And I'd hope that the people that so negatively rip this league and put everyone else up on a pedestal were past players who at least have some perspective.  Otherwise who are you to judge if you've never been there.

[Jonny Utah]

Calm down.  No one is saying they arent good schools.  But if you had to rank them it would look something like this.....

1-MIT
2-CGA (kind of in a different category anyway)
3-The rest of the LL
4-The rest of the NEFC

And Ive never been to Harvard or U-Maine Farmington but I can tell you Harvard is the better school.

[bearyear]

as a player and fan of this league i feel that the talent in the nefc can compete with any other conference...the limiting factor with most of the schools in the nefc is the coaching staff...i never really whitnessed how much the coaching staff actually matters in a game, but i sureley found out this year. play calling on offense and defense are highschool level at best. you can see why cg and curry are in the championship, its clear they have the best staff in the conference. ill go out and say that i would put our best players against any other conference and it would be a good game.

just some thoughts dont beat me up.

cmon more posts people!!!!

[RockRB11]

I'll "calm down" when everyone stops trashing the NEFC. Go post in the LL or E8 if thats what you want to talk about.

[Jonny Utah]

Ill post wherever I want first of all. 

Second of all, d3 posted an opinion on how the NEFC is a league that offers kids a good education while also being competitive.  Then Gro comes on and points out that there are many leagues that do the exact same thing.

And I myself played against an NEFC team in 1996 that was very well coached and tough.

[ctgridironmom]

you can see why cg and curry are in the championship, its clear they have the best staff in the conference.

I have to say that I totally agree with BearYear.  My experience with coaches is as follows: played 2 varsity sports in H.S., played Division I basketball at 2 different schools, I am married to a H.S. coach, my son played 3 varsity team sports in high school and I went on several "recruiting" trips with him in the NEFC.  He ended up at Curry. 

I cannot say enough about their coaching staff and program.  They are strict and serious but care about their athletes having fun, after all it is a game.  They are knowledgable and caring. 

In turn the players are dedicated, serious, driven and have the best camaraderie top to bottom I have ever seen.  I have seen a player get their first start ever, play 2 series and have someone else go in for him.  The player being pulled goes up to the player going in, pats him on the back, slaps him on the helmet in encouragement and total support - amazing.

And coaching does make all of the difference between winning and losing.

[bomberbacker]

Should be a good championship game this weekend. What a difference it makes to have talented full time coaches. Also, Tom Kelley named the new head coach at Framingham State......Is this the AD? Or the AD's son? either way they have their work cut out for them.

Coast Guard 20
Curry 17

[bearyear]

if curry wins it will now be 4 years in a row....
now i dont know if i would rather see them get their 4th championship in a row or have a new team to the conference come in and sweep the league.
id have to stick with curry on this one.
curry 17 cg 10

[63Center]

I am not going to get into the debate over which schools and which leagues have the better academics.  Since this is a football chat site, I will restrict my comments to football.  Although I like the NEFC and my son played 4 years in the NEFC, if the measure of success on the field is how well you do against the competition, I have to agree that the NEFC is a weak conference.  They are 0-7 in the NCAA.  Internally, against each other, they do play great games and they do give a great opportunity to kids to continue to play football after high school, but outside the NEFC they do have a long way to go.

Curry 28, CGA 24

[lewdogg11]

I'm going to have to root for Coast Guard.  Will be lovely to see LL cellar dwellar win the NEFC.  Might send a message to the rest of the conference.

And you're all right...Coaching makes a HUGE difference.  But don't tease yourselves.  The NEFC talent can't touch the other leagues depth wise.  maybe a few players per team, but that's about it.

[bearyear]

And you're all right...Coaching makes a HUGE difference.  But don't tease yourselves.  The NEFC talent can't touch the other leagues depth wise.  maybe a few players per team, but that's about it.
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agree 100 percent, but all of that circles right back to the coaching staff and their ability to recruit. well i am hopeful for the future of the nefc.i read in an earlier post that you are only as good as your worst team. so i will say it is refreshing to see that framingham is attempting to bring life back into their program. once we get better competition within our conference it will make everyone a stronger team and prepare us for better talent when it comes playoff time.
gl to both teams today.

o and was there any word on george playing today?

[63Center]

Congrats to Curry for winning their 4th straight NEFC Championship.  CGA had 3 opportunities in the red zone and came away with nothing.  You can't do that in a championship game.  Also CGA turned the ball over 4 times (3 INT ane 1 funble).  CGA did come back from a 3 TD deficit in the 2nd half to make a game of it, but ran out of time.

[BVHawk]

Congrats to Curry on making the post season and best of luck!

[D3 Fan]

Lewdog, who would you want the message to be sent to?  The players who are doing all that they can?  The coaches who are trying to be better or the administration who doesn't care about winning an NCAA game.  I'm just asking because you have parents and players reading these posts but I'm sure the School Presidents or AD's aren't.  I'm just curious because it seems that poeple,like yourself,like to continue putting the NEFC down because why??? Does it make you feel better about your league?   The players get it.  They know that they haven't won a tourney game yet....How many times can it be repeated???

My point is that the poeple who can really make a difference aren't hearing what you're saying...and aren't judging the success of the league based on winning an NCAA gane.  Just my opinion....


Congrat's to Curry and CC

[Gr8Day2BaBear]

thanks d3 that was my point all along when i started this discussion u just put it a lot better.....and your right, we do know and our sick of hearing it.