FB: New England Small College Athletic Conference

[mariner75]

Arsenault being out hurts alot but Walsh points towards this game each year as much as any on the schedule.  Could be a sloppy field once again based on the weather report.

[Roonyhufsfarts]

Looks like trini is in trouble.  0-0 at half vs. midd.  w/ 2 picks in the closing minutes of the half.

time to get nervous?

[speedy]

A couple of final scores:

Trinity 14 Middlebury 0

Bowdoin 35 Wesleyan 10

[cruiser]

colby 24 bates 17. tough game for both teams, mules came out firing but soon deflated and bates was fired up. due to the huge talent disparit between the two, colby still managed to win.

[First6Ws]

Panthers prove tough again in Vermont's late October, but the swarming Trinity D is too much.  4 shutouts in 6 games, 9 points in 6 games!  That is absolutely ridiculous.  Amherst has been beating up on people but they will have to top the scoring output of all Trinity opponents to date combined and/or pitch a near shutout to win.  I just don't see either one of those scenarios happening.  Maybe too early for the prediction but i'm going with 14-6 Trinity.  How bout them BANTS!

[speedy]

Panthers prove tough again in Vermont's late October, but the swarming Trinity D is too much.  4 shutouts in 6 games, 9 points in 6 games!  That is absolutely ridiculous.  Amherst has been beating up on people but they will have to top the scoring output of all Trinity opponents to date combined and/or pitch a near shutout to win.  I just don't see either one of those scenarios happening.  Maybe too early for the prediction but i'm going with 14-6 Trinity.  How bout them BANTS!

Bantams have seemed eminently gettable the past 3 weeks - nothing like the powerhouse that they seemed to be in the first 3 weeks of the season. My money is on the Jeffs, who seem to be clicking at just the right time.

[Roonyhufsfarts]

speedy, i agree the bants have not been playing up to their potential the past few weeks and the trip to amherst is going to be a tough one.  the boggest problem for them is going to be putting up poiunts on arguably the best bant defense in years, and that is saying quite a bit. and trinity will score, they hjave too many weapons not too.

but

its going to be a good one and if amherst gets a couple of big plays and turnovers they could definitely end the streak.

[Trin9-0]

5-0 with my picks this week (they were all no brainers though). I think the Trinity-Amherst game will be a classic, and I'm definately heading up to the game! The Jeffs have a legit shot at beating Trinity. They are playing excellent football right now and the Bants have looked complacent the last few weeks.

HOWEVER, I belive Trinity's relatively close games are a product of conservative play calling and a team that has been unmotivated. Trinity will be amped for this game and I expect Priore to pull out all the stops in order to win this game. I think we'll see a very tight low scoring game, but at the end of the day the team with more talent will prevail and Trinity will clinch it's 3rd consecutive perfect season (Wesleyan should just forfeit).

[frank uible]

Roony: If it keeps raining, that game certainly could be a bog problem.

[bant551]

Maybe its worse for Amherst that Trinity has been playing like crap?

Trinity certainly has the talent to have put up a ton of points in the last few games, but I think that would be counterproductive.  Now, they can go through a tough week of practice with their coach telling how overrated they are.   I think that works in their favor.  Plus, it made it ALOT more interesting to watch and listen to the past 2 games (the fact that they were close, that is).

[frank uible]

bant551: Of course it is. For obvious reasons the Amherst coaches would love to have had Trinity rolling its opposition by huge margins (and to have had Amherst merely squeaking by).

[speedy]

What about the Trinity QB situation for the Amherst game?? Looking at the boxscore for the Trinity-Middlebury game, it looks as though Schweitzer was pulled at the end of the first half after  throwing two interceptions and replaced by Pitcher, who was more effective in moving the offense. Is Pitcher likely to get the call for the Amherst game or will the helm be returned to Schweitzer??

[Jonny Utah]

bant551: Of course it is. For obvious reasons the Amherst coaches would love to have had Trinity rolling its opposition by huge margins (and to have had Amherst merely squeaking by).

Frank, I think if Trinity was rolling its opposition and Amherst was just squeaking by this game would be trinity rolling by ahmerst........maybe not gonna happen though

[frank uible]

jonny: And that's the exactly way the Amherst coaches would like the forecasting to go in all person's minds except for Amherst players' and coaches'.

[frank uible]

speedy: Schweitzer, Pitcher, Joe Spitzfix - what's the difference? Trinity will rise or fall on its defense and ground game.