FB: New England Small College Athletic Conference

[polbear73]

Was MIT ever considered for NESCAC? It certainly appears that they could compete.

[frank uible]

amh63: Although my questions were rhetorical, good grandparenting probably indicates that I sit tight and keep my mouth shut - an usually good approach with respect to most subjects as well as football.

[fulbakdad]

I was just throwing Tilton out because I had seen them....

My son graduated from Tabor 5 years ago and this year just finished a great career out at Lake Forest.

Let's hope there aren't more schools following NMH......

[amh63]

Polbear73....the Nescac was formed in 1971 .  Since the formation, Union college left, and Conn College joined.  At the time, MIT did not have a football team.  There has been some talk that maybe Tufts due to its undergrad enrollment would join the UAA...better fit?

[polbear73]

Thank you, ahm63.  While I was aware of NESCAC's history, your reminder that MIT's football program (and success) was relatively recent answered the question. I don't think anyone NESCAC fan would want Tufts to leave the league, but one would have to think that MIT would now be a great fit for NESCAC. 

[gridiron]

Attended "The Game" again in Cambridge yesterday.  With all due respect to the ancient NESCAC rivalries Trinity/Wesleyan, Williams/Amherst and Colby/Bowdoin, the Harvard/Yale event is in a class of its own.  I hope all passionate football fans who also appreciate history (and I think most on this board qualify) get a chance someday to take in a H/Y contest.

[gridiron]

MIT is more like Tufts in terms of size and being a national university than the rest of the teams in the NESCAC. Not sure they would ever change leagues, but certainly a game between the two would be a natural rivalry, if the NESCAC ever got momentum enough to fix the "short schedule" issue.

[middhoops]

MIT would be a great fit for the NESCAC.
And Tufts really does resemble a UAA school, although I can't imagine they'd want to budget for the traveling required in that conference.

[frank uible]

gridiron: I've been to Michigan/Ohio State (3), Washington/Washington St., Cal/Stanford, Pitt/Penn St. (discontinued), Texas/Texas A & M, UCLA/USC, Mizzou/Kansas (4), BYU/Utah, Maine/NH and Duke/UNC, among others. Will any of those do?

[banfan]

Frank were you at the Harvard Princeton game in Cambridge when Charlie Gogolak was the attraction?

[gridiron]

Frank, all awesome games to attend for sure.  Have been to a few of those myself as well.  Auburn Alabama and Army Navy are a couple more to consider for sure and still on my list to make.

Biggest one in NE that comes to mind though is still HY.

[frank uible]

banfan: No, but I saw Ed Marinaro play for Cornell on November 6, 1971 against Brown at Cornell, the year in which he lead the nation in rushing, scoring and all-purpose yards, became the all-time career leading rusher and narrowly missed winning the Heisman. My first attendance at a college game occurred in September of 1946 with Baldwin-Wallace against Western Reserve at East Cleveland Shaw Stadium and featuring Warren Lahr at single wing tailback for Western Reserve. Later Lahr was an all-pro quality defensive back for the Browns - truth be known he clearly was a significantly better player than Marinaro.

[wcrosby]

Was MIT ever considered for NESCAC? It certainly appears that they could compete.

I don't know for sure, but I have to believe they never considered it when we were looking at conferences over the years...

[amh63]

Time of the year for gathering of family and friends.....happy Thanksgiving to all the posters.  Stay warm and drive carefully!

[FourMoreYears]

NESCAC Fall All-Academic announced ... I wish they broke it out by sport and not just school:

http://www.nescac.com/honors/allacademic/index