FB: New England Small College Athletic Conference

[Trin9-0]

Saul: The squash comment was a joke, of course nobody cares about squash. And the Nescafe thing is getting old.

Dirty: We are all thrilled about your "great career and sucess in the classroom at Trinity" By the way, how's the job search going? Haha.
Solid picks, but i think the Williams-Colby game will be a closer/lower scoring game because of Colby's strong running game and two good defenses.

[formerbant10]

Saul....not trying to pick on you, but Trinity Squash has the biggest following of a small sport in the country... Sports Illustrated did a piece on them last year about it when they won their 100th straight match....I believe they are at 126 in a row right now.  The squash team actually took a hit from admissions the last year with regards to the number of international students they could get it, but they still managed to beat everyone again.

[frank uible]

Trin8: You are right. I would be shocked if the then current representatives of NESCAC didn't dance on my grave.

[dirtybirds8-0]

Trin8-0:  The job search is going well, and I have narrowed it down to several Commercial Real Estate companies....the Morgan Stanley gig was nice but I had to be free for the Williams game. HAHA
          I really do not believe that Colby is as good as advertised.....I think they will lose at least 2 games this year....

See you week 2 at Trincol:  Maybe you can get a Ninja finally

[formerd3db]

Trin8-0:
Your comments and discussion appreciated on this topic.  Frank, I and many others have discussed and "bantered" this out several times in the past.  Your conferences schools do not see their philosophy regarding post-season play, etc. as flawed, and that is okay and their perogative.  However, the other philosophy within DIII is not flawed either.  Basicall it is that old saying "to each his own".  So the rest of us can enjoy our seasons and the post- season playoffs and the great experience that provides (if any of our teams make it there in whatever year) and the NESCAC can enjoy their regular season.   I still say they are missing a great time, but, then again, that's their own choice and that's okay.

[Trin9-0]

Formerd3db: I couldn't agree more, and though I am a Trinity football alum and proud to have been a part 3 NESCAC championship teams I do not share the philosophy of the NESCAC powers that be.

I, and the rest of the '02 -'03 and the '04 Bantams, would have loved a shot at the best in DIII football. Just as I'm sure the other great NESCAC teams would have loved the opportunity. However, because this will likely never happen, I am content to watch as many Trinity games as I can this year and hopefully see another 8-0 season for the Dirty-Birds.

[Jonny Utah]

Frank maybe the charlestown townies can join a d3 league???

[dirtybirds8-0]

If Trinity recieves more publicity this year (Last year...Hartford Current, Local News Broadcasts, and ESPN HIGHLIGHTS) I think they should use the media attention to reach out about this topic.  I'm sure the city of Hartford could use something to be proud of.....imagine if their local college could fight for the National Championship.  If Trinity becomes national news once again this year...lets see some movement towards the issues we are discussing behind our little computers.

[Jonny Utah]

I know leo is good but losing finkeldey is huge this year.  That guy was a stud

[saul]

  trin 8-0 : i think Trin folks really care about squash --see formerbant10's comments on SI article. Squash has brought trin its only recent national titles so it's really the gemstone of the trin athletic scene. those guys are elite athletes on a national and, often international, scale. can't really say that about any nescac football guys.

formerbant10: just saying that during nescac competitions trin sqaush really has no competition and for those matches not a lot of trins' opposition's fans show. the match is a foregone conclusion.  among nescac schools squash is pretty low profile. but even if there was a big turnout for a squash match would it even be half of a trin-amherst football tilt? i don't think so.

dirtybird: i don't think trin is ready for the national scene, at least not this year.  no disrespect intended but depth would be a major issue and after a half things might get ugly. those schools have larger recruiting bases that run deep and many don't have the academic distractions the trin guys do. 

[frank uible]

boston: The Charleston Townies should be able to join any league, DIII or otherwise; provided the Townies and the league are agreeable. God bless the freedom to contract in almost any form or manner, among a lot of other things which ought to be blessed.

[Jonny Utah]

ok I see where youre comming from now,

Frank Uible: the libertarian of american football

[frank uible]

bomber: There is some truth to your assessment.

[formerbant10]

Saul, I'm tellin you that the crowds for squash are much, much, much bigger than one would think.  Many times they outdrew the basketball team.  Of course the attendance at football games is bigger, but half the crowd is parents and the other half is drunk Trinity students who could care less about the game.  I would bet that there are more die hard squash fans than football fans for the Bantams.
Bomber, yeah Drew is gone and he was a huge part of the running game...but they lost Tommy Pierandri (NESCAC POY) from the year before and didn't skip a beat.  They roll RB's off the assembly line, so I wouldn't worry too much about them.

[Jonny Utah]

sounds like d3squash.com is next??? or is trinity squash d1?