FB: New England Small College Athletic Conference

[eph69]

will those of you who attend games on Saturday send the rest of us scores and roundups ASAP
thanks

[Pat Coleman]

Hopefully the SIDs at the schools will do so. That's what this is, after all, a news site first.

If you don't see a score from your favorite school, let them know you are looking for it here.

D3football.com scoreboard

[saul]

   ephs69: assuming you're an eph, don't wait for that to happen. go to http://www.williams.edu/athletics/
to get periodic updates before you'll see anything here. also,  "the Colby student station (WMHB) will be webcasting the game, accessible via the Internet at www.colby/edu/wmhb. When the WMHB home page opens up click on Listen Live Via Webcast on the top of the page.


The Colby webcast can also be heard on the Williams student station WCFM, 91.9 FM and on the WCFM web site. Go to: http://wcfm.williams.edu/listenlive.htm. If you don't have Quicktime audio playing software, then click on "Download Quicktime" and follow the instructions on the Quicktime download website. If you do have Quicktime, then click on the play button on the bottom Quicktime player, the one under "Off-Campus Use Below." After 10-20 seconds, the game should start playing. If it doesn't work, try again." Good luck to all nescac teams today.

[eph69]

thanks for the info Saul--- and i am an eph--- class of 69

[speedy]

Those who have said Colby is for real this year may be on to something as Colby thumped Williams, 35-9, this afternoon . .

[speedy]

Bowdoin over Middlebury, 22-21.

[Trin9-0]

No real suprises this week huh? (except for the score of Colby-Williams). 

Trinity dominant despite a relatively slow start (13-0 at half).

Amherst much better than Hamilton.

Colby... the REAL DEAL and they don't play Trinity RIDICULOUS!

Tufts better enjoy one of their few wins this year.

Bowdoin, needed that win for a shot at 5-3.


Looks like Trinity is gonna break that NESCAC win record after all.

[camper]

35-9 colby win vs williams. no one can dispute the legitmacy of the mules now

[nessy]

No one read my post after the Colby/Bates Scrimmage.  Colby is for real.  Too many weapons.  The score was 35 to 9 over Williams, but the game wasn't nearly that close.  Colby could have put up 60 today if they hadn't called off the dogs after their 4th TD.  Williams got spanked maybe for the first time ever by Colby.  I don't see how you stop them.  Williams concentrated on stopping Stepka today by putting 9 in the box and  leaving the corners in tight man coverage.  The results were passes to 9 different receivers and 4 TD passes.  On defense, Colby let their backers take apart the run while playing a lot of 2 deep zone to take the big play away.  Williams put up lots of yards underneath, but had to run too many plays to score.  The results were turnovers and good field position for Colby.  There are still a lot of games left, but I don't see who will be able to stop Colby.

[camper]

colby vs trinity would be an amazing matchup

[nescacdad]

Hamilton is a little better this year than last but the Amherst game went about as expected.  If I remember correctly, amherst got great field position on a fumble early and got a score, the placekicking looks shaky but the kicker converted all his PATS.  There were two occasions whare Ham had gotten amherst third and really long, and Amherst proceeded to score touchdowns on the third and long plays, once on a medium long pass over the middle and the other on an 89 yard run down the sideline.  Very deflating for Ham.    I was  bummed because I had made the trip up to Ham and son didnt get in.  Amherst went on D with like 7:40 left in the game up 25 points and I had my camersa out, but Amherst continued with their starters.   I was bummed and so was my son after the game.  I thought they might have done it to keep Ham at 3, because of Colby had Wms at three(they announced the other NESCAC scores during the game) and Trinity was shutting out Bates, but turns out that there is a "JV" scrimmage with Williams today for the frosh and sophs so they were probably kept out deliberately so as not to exceed NESCAC stds.  I wish I could have known that before driving 5 hours up to Ham with my father in law. 

     I knew Colby was going to be excellent because they were excellent last year and have a lot of talent coming back including Stepka who didnt play last year.  The only thing I can say about Colby is that Amherst may have a shot at them if its low scoring.  As the previous poster noted about putting 9 in the box to stop Stepka and the run, Amherst won't have to do that, because their front three Kovolisky, Spinnato and McKee are all excellent, strong and have quickness, their inside linebackers are strong and their outside linebackers are quick, and the D is well coached.  Doesn't mean Amherst will win, but they have the ability to stop a good running attack playing "straight up".   On "O" there were a lot of dropped passes for Amherst, but a few were caught and the running attack looked solid.  Otieno isn't as strong as Fletcher Ladd, but he's fast.  Hannon looked good too.  Coaches for Amherst called a nice O attack, , there was one reverse and a nice screen like the one Williams ran against them in the scrimmage that went for big yards, in addition to the 89 yard run wehre the Ham d let the runner outside.  But basically  I think kept any other trick plays under wraps.  Holtzag the QB for Ham is a dangerous scrambler and they have a couple planned runs for him, too, and throws decently, but he doesn't have much of a running attack to keep the pressure off.   

[camper]

-post amended-

[saul]

camper: you are quite the gracious winner! SIDs are notorious for putting a positive for putting a positive spin on losses--consider their audience.  the previous williams sid was a family friend so i was curious and  checked out the article.  I found it surprisingly even-handed.  the coach was quick and emphatic in his praise of colby ( " I want to emphasize that Colby is a good football team" ) and he didn't go on to qualify this. he lamented his team's play and said they needed to clean up their act. pretty standard stuff coming from a losing coach. I think you may have been offended by the statement to the effect of     'this week we played a good team (colby)  and next week we have to play a great team ( trinity)'. no disrespect intended there at all  and most everybody here would say that's an accurate statement.  if this is what's got you upset then you i'd say you're pretty thin-skinned. i think many people were surprised by the margin of victory- you included, judging by your prediction-- and come to the conclusion that williams probably had a bad day, while colby was surprisingly good. colby's leading a very charmed life this season in having just about all their tough games this year at home while all their away games are fairly easy ( bowdoin a possible exception). . . and, of course, no trinity. i know colby's had some good seasons in the recent past but nescac folks wouldn't confuse the colby program with amherst, williams and trinity ( perennially ) just yet. i hope that changes because the nescac could use some new blood. until then, check that glaring sense of insecurity at the gate and ' act like you've been there before.'

[Trin9-0]

The only thing that suprised me more than Colby's margin of victory over Williams was the post game comments made by Eph head coach Mike Whalen:

"If we play (against Trinity) like we did today, we could lose 70-0. We're going from playing a good team to a great team... we're going to go down there and give it our best shot and when we come off the field we'll know that we're a better team than we were this week."

Those sound like the words of a coach preparing his team for another sound beating. I can understand that you have to be humbled after a loss like that, but if I were a player on Williams I would want to hear something a little more encouraging from my head coach.

[dirtybirds8-0]

Trin8-0:  I could not agree with you more.  The comments made by whelan were degrading to his own program....the NESCAC is so wacky you never know what could happen...he should be a little more optimistic about saturday.  With that said, it is clear that Trinity is going to be dominant again this year.  I was SHOCKED by the Colby score, but nailed the other scores right on the head.  I still think Colby will lose this year....Williams was an unfortunate victim of not knowing how Stepka would affect the game...Whelan obviously felt that Stepka and the Colby coaching staff would try to run all over them....they were wrong....now other teams have a better understanding of what Colby brings to the table.  If I remember correctly, Amherst in 2003 came out throwing against Trinity, despite the fact that Ladd was a great threat to run.....Trinity was completly suprised, and Amherst managed to put up a quick 14 on the outstanding defense that year....granted Trintiy won....but it is an example of catching a good team by suprise.  Colby has talent....but can they do it?  Lets see what their coaching staff does this week?

Last Week (my picks were)

Trin @ Bates 45-6 (check)
Midd@ Bow 14-21 (check)
Will @ Colby 24-17 (woops)
Tufts @ Weslyan 21-10 (check)
Amherst@ Hamilton 31-10 (check)


This week

Weslyan @ Hamilton 14-24   Hamilton finally does what they have been close to
                                             doing the past few seasons. Still think Holstag is a
                                             great player

Bowdoin @ Amherst  14-28   Good win last week for polar bears...but long trip
                                              to Herst stops the excitement.

Colby @ Middlebury 31-16     Colby impressive again...Could this be their year?

Tufts @ Bates          10-24     Bates marched on Trin and Tufts only put up 17
                                              against a bad Weslyan team.  Bobcats scratch
                                              their way to a win.

Williams @ TRIN  10-31         Williams mentally beaten...Very difficult to come to
                                              Hartford and play the Bants.  Trinity sets New
                                              England win streak record against program who
                                              set it 14 years ago.