FB: Conference of New England

[mel]

I do agree completely that the NEFC does little to help itself in terms of non league play.
The crossover games in week two which are locked in do little to help the league.  AMOF it is Curry that needs to go out and get a non conference game in week one, that seems to be a must.  I think it is only CGA and WENC that had out of conference games in weeks one and two.
CGA seems to be locked into their game with Kings Point and WENC had Hartwick.
I can not argue any longer.
Just by the posts in the NEFC threads you can tell that no one really cares about the league, I mean with 16 teams involved there are barely enough posts to get interest over 110 pages.
The E8 has over 1100 pages of posts.

Once again, a Curry loss would set the league (NEFC) back in any argument for years. 

[Jonny Utah]

I do agree completely that the NEFC does little to help itself in terms of non league play.
The crossover games in week two which are locked in do little to help the league.  AMOF it is Curry that needs to go out and get a non conference game in week one, that seems to be a must.  I think it is only CGA and WENC that had out of conference games in weeks one and two.
CGA seems to be locked into their game with Kings Point and WENC had Hartwick.
I can not argue any longer.
Just by the posts in the NEFC threads you can tell that no one really cares about the league, I mean with 16 teams involved there are barely enough posts to get interest over 110 pages.
The E8 has over 1100 pages of posts.

Once again, a Curry loss would set the league (NEFC) back in any argument for years. 

I dont think a Curry loss would set the league back that much.  Curry and Plymouth are two schools that have attracted national talent in the past.  They will continue to do well in the future as well.  CGA also has a good system and a team that is always dangerous to any d3 team.

Hartwick has one of the best offenses in the country.  In the country!  It should be a great game thats for sure.

[gobombers15]

Mel, as it stands right now, Hartwick is indisputably the third best team in the E8. Frankly, if 'Wick played either Fisher or Ithaca on a neutral field this weekend, I sincerely doubt they'd stay within 2 TD's of either team. I have to give credit to Hartwick for making every single play they had to make in order to win in both the Ithaca and Fisher games. With that said, Ithaca has been rolling over teams the last six weeks and Fisher is a great team. It's unfortunate that Hartwick took the AQ, but that is why there are three E8 teams. It is obvious that the committee thought that Ithaca and Fisher deserved to be in (and they did)...but they had to let Hartwick in, too. Suck it up.

[met_fan]

If it's going to happen for the NEFC it's going to be this year.  They get the weakest team in the region and avoid Ithaca.  If they can't do it now, I find it hard to envision a scenario when it's going to happen.

[Findtheball]

   the hell with MEL

[mel]

I knew it would come down to that...

I am done with this.

[irish]

NLG, is that your first post since the blood bath?

[lewdogg11]

The NEFC has to be DREAMING if they think they should have gotten 2 teams into the tournament.  I mean, let's think reality here.  The NCAA would have rather brought in a team from the South Region if it needed to.  The NJAC coulda snuck another in as well.  Do you think a 9-1 Plymouth is more deserving than an 8-2 Montclair St. who beat Wilkes, Springfield, Wesley and Rowan???

You would have to be smoking something resembling a crack rock to believe that. 

I DO think Curry can win this week, with Hartwick at their place, since Hartwick doesn't play well on the road, but they could also lose by 4 touchdowns too. 

Bottom line, until the NEFC branches out and wins out of conference games against quality teams, year in and year out, they will have an AQ, and nothing more...and other than a few dreamers, I think everyone understands that.

[Senor RedTackle]

The NEFC has to be DREAMING if they think they should have gotten 2 teams into the tournament.  I mean, let's think reality here.  The NCAA would have rather brought in a team from the South Region if it needed to.  The NJAC coulda snuck another in as well.  Do you think a 9-1 Plymouth is more deserving than an 8-2 Montclair St. who beat Wilkes, Springfield, Wesley and Rowan???

You would have to be smoking something resembling a crack rock to believe that. 

I DO think Curry can win this week, with Hartwick at their place, since Hartwick doesn't play well on the road, but they could also lose by 4 touchdowns too. 

Bottom line, until the NEFC branches out and wins out of conference games against quality teams, year in and year out, they will have an AQ, and nothing more...and other than a few dreamers, I think everyone understands that.

the NEFC could make a start by beating RPI when Endicott plays them. Everyone makes fun of RPI's weak out of conf. schedule but the flip side of that is that if the NEFC wants to get credibility, it could start improving its performance against regional powers like RPI. I agree w/ LD's sentiment...there's no way that the NEFC should get 2 teams in.

[63Center]

I agree that E8 has earned the right to get 3 teams in the playoffs, while NEFC is lucky to get one in by AQ.  If Curry can beat Hartwick, which I think they should then maybe the NEFC will get a little more respect.  I also agree  that until the NEFC starts playing some tough out of conference opponents they will have no idea what a good team looks like.  Everyone in the NEFC thinks Curry is tough, but look at their record over the last few years when they played competition in the playoffs.   Although I congratulate PSC for a great season they did not earn the right to go to the playoffs.   Good luck Curry and let everyone speak their opinion here without sinking to name calling.

[Senor RedTackle]

I agree that E8 has earned the right to get 3 teams in the playoffs, while NEFC is lucky to get one in by AQ.  If Curry can beat Hartwick, which I think they should then maybe the NEFC will get a little more respect.  I also agree  that until the NEFC starts playing some tough out of conference opponents they will have no idea what a good team looks like.  Everyone in the NEFC thinks Curry is tough, but look at their record over the last few years when they played competition in the playoffs.   Although I congratulate PSC for a great season they did not earn the right to go to the playoffs.   Good luck Curry and let everyone speak their opinion here without sinking to name calling.

RPI is a "tough out of conf. opponent" ...you just need to add more. Endicott getting smoked by RPI doesn't help. Curry should add an E8 or LL team

[RockRB11]

First off, I agree with the last few posts here... I am a fan of the NEFC as I played in it once, but lets be objective here... There is no freakin' way 2 NEFC teams deserve to go to the playoffs... There are multiple other teams to be considered before somone like plymouth st. comes up on the list...

That being said, yes we all know what needs to be done for this conference to reach the next level, but its too damn big to do that.  It needs to split up one way or another, because there just isnt enough room on the schedule to play anything but a conference game. 

Good luck to Curry in the first round.  It will be interesting to see which Hartwick team shows up to play. 

[63Center]

I agree that E8 has earned the right to get 3 teams in the playoffs, while NEFC is lucky to get one in by AQ.  If Curry can beat Hartwick, which I think they should then maybe the NEFC will get a little more respect.  I also agree  that until the NEFC starts playing some tough out of conference opponents they will have no idea what a good team looks like.  Everyone in the NEFC thinks Curry is tough, but look at their record over the last few years when they played competition in the playoffs.   Although I congratulate PSC for a great season they did not earn the right to go to the playoffs.   Good luck Curry and let everyone speak their opinion here without sinking to name calling.

RPI is a "tough out of conf. opponent" ...you just need to add more. Endicott getting smoked by RPI doesn't help. Curry should add an E8 or LL team

SR Red Tackle,  I agree that RPI is a tough out of conference team and they have killed EC every year they have played.  What I meant was that other teams in the NEFC need to play some tough out of conference teams, such as RPI and Springfield ( to name just a couple).  Curry is probably the toughest team that many of the NEFC teams play each year and look what has happened to Curry in the playoffs.

RockRB11, I agree that the NEFC is too big and with the requirements to play each team in your division and a cross-over game there is no room for out of conference games.  If the NEFC would at least drop the cross-over game then teams would have a choice to play either a cross-over game or a tougher out of league team. 

[Jonny Utah]

I agree that E8 has earned the right to get 3 teams in the playoffs, while NEFC is lucky to get one in by AQ.  If Curry can beat Hartwick, which I think they should then maybe the NEFC will get a little more respect.  I also agree  that until the NEFC starts playing some tough out of conference opponents they will have no idea what a good team looks like.  Everyone in the NEFC thinks Curry is tough, but look at their record over the last few years when they played competition in the playoffs.   Although I congratulate PSC for a great season they did not earn the right to go to the playoffs.   Good luck Curry and let everyone speak their opinion here without sinking to name calling.

RPI is a "tough out of conf. opponent" ...you just need to add more. Endicott getting smoked by RPI doesn't help. Curry should add an E8 or LL team

SR Red Tackle,  I agree that RPI is a tough out of conference team and they have killed EC every year they have played.  What I meant was that other teams in the NEFC need to play some tough out of conference teams, such as RPI and Springfield ( to name just a couple).  Curry is probably the toughest team that many of the NEFC teams play each year and look what has happened to Curry in the playoffs.

RockRB11, I agree that the NEFC is too big and with the requirements to play each team in your division and a cross-over game there is no room for out of conference games.  If the NEFC would at least drop the cross-over game then teams would have a choice to play either a cross-over game or a tougher out of league team. 

They can all play one nonleague game.......

[mel]

As sad as it may sound I bet many NEFC teams administrations do not want to travel and spend the $$$$$$$$ putting up their teams in a hotel for one night. That is probabally why a school like Curry just plays another NEFC team in week one before the cross over.
CGA is never dropping Merchant Marine in week one due to its rivalry.
The crossover game is a way for the Admins of the NEFC to collude and save money on travel.
This is the most activity this board has had in months, good to see the people putting up an opinion.