FB: Conference of New England

[Findtheball]

 Thanks Pat , I missed that article . Now I see why you wouldn't make the trip liviving in Minny . A friend of mine lives in Minny , you might of heard of him before . Bill Smith GM for the Twins , he's from my home town .

It's too bad you'll miss this game , it's going to be ''smashmouth" football all day long .







quote Pat Coleman sazs
I live in Minneapolis. Not making the trip, sorry.

Those independents formed a league and will play in the North Atlantic Conference. If you'd read Around the Northeast you couldn't miss it.
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[MC3]

Bridgewater over Westfield - 28-7
Framingham over Maine - 49-28
MIT over Salve Regina - 35-28
Coast Guard over Worcester - 35-21
Plymouth over Curry - 35-31
Mass-Dartmouth over Nichols - 42-21
Endicott over WNEC - 21-14
Fitchburg over Mass - 35-3

[vttanker]

My picks for the week:

Plymouth over Curry, 15-14 - Last team with the ball wins this one
MIT over Salve, 28-24
WNEC beats Endicott, 28-21
UMD blows by Nichols, 35-14

In the Bogan which gets tougher each week to figure out:
Bridgewater over upset minded Westfield, 35-28
Maine holds off Framingham, 28-21
Worcester rebounds and beats Coast Guard, 28-24
Fitchburg is too much for Mass Maritime, 35-14

[InTheMix]

Well, I guess I have put it off long enough. Here are my picks for an exciting week of football in the NEFC

Bridgewater tops Westfield: 28-14
Maine Maritime over Framingham: 42-12
MIT over Salve: 35-28
Coast Guard tops Worcester: 28-7
UMD over Nichols: 35-7
Endicott over WNEC: 38-21
Fitchburg over Mass Maritime: 56-7

Finally, the game of the year in the NEFC....

Curry over Plymouth: 28-24

As much as I'd like to see someone come in and knock off the top dog I just can't pick against Curry. They have been the king in the NEFC and until someone knocks them off I have to pick them

Good luck everyone!

[InTheMix]

NLNG:

In response to your question(s)

I do think that the NEFC is too big. When I played I thought it was too big, and that was before USCGA and PSU were added. When you look at your schedule, you have all of your conference/division games, there is only one week left in the season for any out of conference games.

I heard a rumor last year that the NEFC was going to break into two conferences and make it basically private schools in one conference and state schools in the other. But I guess that would take away an at large bid for the NCAA tourny.

[Findtheball]

 ITM,
What year did you stop playing at EC , did you play with Kevin Hornburger ?

[Findtheball]

NLNG:

In response to your question(s)

I do think that the NEFC is too big. When I played I thought it was too big, and that was before USCGA and PSU were added. When you look at your schedule, you have all of your conference/division games, there is only one week left in the season for any out of conference games.

I heard a rumor last year that the NEFC was going to break into two conferences and make it basically private schools in one conference and state schools in the other. But I guess that would take away an at large bid for the NCAA tourny.


Actually there are 2 weeks you can play outside the conference . We played a Div 2 team ( St . A's ) and a independent (Mt Ida )

[Findtheball]

                        I'll have my picks in later today

[63Center]

OK, here are my picks for the week.

BSC 28  Westfield 14
Framingham 35 MEM 7
MIT 28 Salve 21
Worcester 21 USCGA 10 - The Coasties have not shown me anything that would make them worth picking
UMD 35 Nichols 7
EC 21 WNEC 14 - EC should win, but they have not been that reliable this year, and WNEC is really down.
Fitchburg 35 MAM 14

Game of the Season for NEFC - Curry 30 PSU 24 - I would love to see someone besides Curry win every year, but I just don't think it will happen this year.  Last year everyone though Plymouth State would do it and Curry manhandled them.  Hopefully it will be a closer game this year, but I still can't see Plymouth State unseating Curry.  One advantage that Plymouth State has is being home.

Good luck to all of the teams this weekend and may the best teams win (as long as I picked them).

[InTheMix]

NLNG:

I graduated in 2006 so my last playing season was 2005. My senior year was the year that EC finished ranked 7th in New England. I played a little with Kevin, he's a tough kid.

[63Center]

Well it is about time we got around to the same question that has been asked and debated on this site for at least the last 6 years and that is: "Is the NEFC too big?"  The answer each year is a resounding "YES".  There is no way they can seriously consider adding any more teams unless they drop some.  I am not sure what it would do to the AQ if the dropped some teams and only had 1 division of about 6-8 schools. 

[63Center]

I agree that the quality of football in the NEFC has improved over the last few years.  I also agree that teams must continue to play tough opponents outside of the conference.  This is one place where the conference size hurts the scheduling.  I know that some of the state schools can't afford to travel either to play some of the tougher opponents.  I am not sure whether some of the tough LL or E8 schools would want to play against the weaker NEFC schools.  There certainly is a lot more room for improvement in the NEFC.  Curry winning a tournament game was a bug boost for recruiting in the NEFC.  Over the last 6 years I have not seen any real intense rivalries develop in the conference.  I could be missing something as I don't attend that many game, but if there were some really great rivalries, I think that would add some excitement and maybe help with recruiting. 

[63Center]

OK, here is a question for the NEFC folks to tackle, based on my last posting.

In your option, what are the biggest rivalries (if any) in the NEFC?

[union89]

I agree that the quality of football in the NEFC has improved over the last few years.  I also agree that teams must continue to play tough opponents outside of the conference.  This is one place where the conference size hurts the scheduling.  I know that some of the state schools can't afford to travel either to play some of the tougher opponents.  I am not sure whether some of the tough LL or E8 schools would want to play against the weaker NEFC schools.  There certainly is a lot more room for improvement in the NEFC.  Curry winning a tournament game was a bug boost for recruiting in the NEFC.  Over the last 6 years I have not seen any real intense rivalries develop in the conference.  I could be missing something as I don't attend that many game, but if there were some really great rivalries, I think that would add some excitement and maybe help with recruiting. 

Honestly, this is not meant to be a dig at Curry, but I would almost guarantee that the mid to upper echelon E8 and Liberty League would LOVE to play them during the regular season.  Curry has made it a habit of going undefeated in the NEFC.....many teams would salivate to get Curry's regional winning % on their resume for Pool C time.

[Jonny Utah]

I agree that the quality of football in the NEFC has improved over the last few years.  I also agree that teams must continue to play tough opponents outside of the conference.  This is one place where the conference size hurts the scheduling.  I know that some of the state schools can't afford to travel either to play some of the tougher opponents.  I am not sure whether some of the tough LL or E8 schools would want to play against the weaker NEFC schools.  There certainly is a lot more room for improvement in the NEFC.  Curry winning a tournament game was a bug boost for recruiting in the NEFC.  Over the last 6 years I have not seen any real intense rivalries develop in the conference.  I could be missing something as I don't attend that many game, but if there were some really great rivalries, I think that would add some excitement and maybe help with recruiting. 

Honestly, this is not meant to be a dig at Curry, but I would almost guarantee that the mid to upper echelon E8 and Liberty League would LOVE to play them during the regular season.  Curry has made it a habit of going undefeated in the NEFC.....many teams would salivate to get Curry's regional winning % on their resume for Pool C time.

I actually think Curry gets a bad rap from a lot of people on the east boards.  I've seen them play 3 times in the last two years and I think they would compete in the LL or E8.  Im not saying they would win most of their games, but they could compete.  They have some legit size and speed on defense but lack the skill positions on offense to put up points against regionally ranked teams like Ithaca, SJF or Union.