FB: New England Small College Athletic Conference

[bant551]

I know man... and maybe then my sarcasm wasn't directed towards you, but the self-proclaimed academic watchdogs who write pathetic articles for their school athletic departments.

[cruiser]

no comment on that stuff. those arguments are getting pretty old and id rather discuss more interesting topics at this point

[bant551]

I'm certainly with you on that one.  For obvious reasons, whenever there are posts about a big recruit on this message board, or another dominant team in the league, all I can think is "Yeah, imagine what they'd be saying if Trinity got such a highly-touted recruit" or "The only reason they won is that they ________".

I am a product of my environment.  But I agree, moot topic.  I offer my deepest apologies, and may God have mercy on my soul.

[WLCALUM83]

Here's some news about a Wisconsin prep kicker headed Middlebury's direction:

The link is:  http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=590261

[Col. Partridge]

Former Amherst WR to star in movie about Heisman winner Ernie Davis.

[nescac1]

Article on Eph QB recruit:

http://www.jonesborosun.com/archived_story.php?ID=26631

Williams needs to find someone to back-up Lucey as they don't have a lot of depth or experience on the depth chart, so hopefully some of the frosh can learn the ropes quickly. 

[Col. Partridge]

An article about digital video systems.  Amherst uses the same setup as the Pittsburgh Steelers:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0413/p11s01-alsp.html

[speedy]

. . .
It's pretty rare, as far as I know, that a kid who is 6'6 w/ 4.6 and great stats goes the NESCAC route, let alone someone listed on these type of recruiting sites and apparently recruited by various Div-I's.  Obviously, all very speculative, but seems strange -- either he just really loved Amherst and was happy to play at D-III, or he must suffer from a serious lack of coordination. 

I found an article that indicated that Kettering had a season-ending knee injury. The article did not specify the nature of the kness injury but it was severe enough so that he missed the entire basketball season.  That injury may have played a role in sendig him in the direction of D3 . .

[frank uible]

Capt.: On the other hand, if I were Amherst's Mills, I would trade all my video systems for one 210 lb. TB with 4.60 speed and a hard nose.

[Pat Coleman]

How does the hardness of one's nose get measured, by the way?

[frank uible]

Violently.

[nescac1]

Hey Frank, isn't Amherst's star frosh RB from last year about as close to that as you'll get in NESCAC, anyway?   Not sure about the 4.6, but he looked to have a pretty unusual size / speed combo ...

Speaking of NESCAC runners, here's a nice article on a future Williams RB:

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18214660&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=178120&rfi=6

[frank uible]

nescac: His name is Aaron Rauh. His roster numbers are 6'2" and 194 pounds - which my eyes tell me are about right, the height number perhaps being a little generous. I estimate his speed to be in the 4.70 neighborhood. He runs with good power, balance, lateral movement, vision and determination and okay quickness but given his height a little too upright. He slides well after contact, picking up extra yardage. I don't have an opinion on his ability to catch. He's from Hudson, Ohio, and he played HS football at Western Reserve Academy (no slouch institution academically) in Hudson and set northeastern Ohio HS football afire. As you probably know, the quality of HS football there is extremely high. He looks like the real deal to me - potentially of the quality of Fletcher Ladd who at Amherst was NESCAC's best RB in the last 6 years. If I had been Mills, I would have run him inside against Williams last fall until his (Rauh's not Mills') tongue hung out - but that did not happen at least partly because Williams' passing took Amherst out of its run game by the middle of the 2nd quarter.

[Ralph Turner]

The April 23, 2007 edition of Sports Illustrated has an excellent article about the Carlisle Indians and their contribution to modern football as we know it.

The article contains a reference to the "first downfield overhand spiral" which was completed on September 5, 1906, by Saint Louis Univeristy QB Bradbury Robinson to teammate Jack Schneider against current Midwest Conference member, Carroll College.

A more notable pass was completed by Wesleyan on October 3, 1906, against Yale.  Wesleyan's coach Howard R. Reiter claimed that he learned to throw the overhead spiral from a Carlisle Indian in 1903 when Reiter coached the semipro Philadelphia Football Athletics and that Indian was on the team.

[Trin9-0]

Speaking of SI: The April 16th issue mentions Krystyn Elek a goaltender on the Amherst womens hockey team in "Faces in the Crowd". However, they incorrectly identify the Amherst mascot as the Cardinals.

No love for the NESCAC.