FB: New England Small College Athletic Conference

bant551 · October 18, 2005, 09:57:19 PM

Love the gold unis, and the cock on the helmet was hilarious.

Pat Coleman · October 18, 2005, 10:32:47 PM

Big toe and Saul post from the same IP address, as does BobbyJ. How many people do you need to create to back up your point, Saul?

formerbant10 · October 18, 2005, 11:08:04 PM

Get 'em Pat...hahahahhahahahahha.....That's absolutely pathetic.

Gold Uniforms are they way to go, all the teams are starting to take the old gold look after the hoops did it a few years back. I like the gold top with the blue pants, never been a fan of matching top and bottom for football....I'll agree with Roonyfarts that the all white was pretty good. But the team must be good for it to look good, otherwise you can ask Colonel Nathan Jessup how he feels about all white uniforms.

Trin9-0 · October 19, 2005, 09:09:08 AM

Love the uni talk. Pat, you just made my day. You're a clown Saul.

Tufts should definately get the elephant back on the helmet. Bowdoin needs to get either the paw or the bear back on the theirs. Amherst should go back to the old english A. Bates needs a new bobcat logo. Wesleyan needs to redo their entire look. Hamilton has good uni's (can't go wrong with Nike) they just make it look terrible because they're so bad. No beef with the Ephs (a cow just doesn't belong on a helmet and they've had that same look for so long it would be a shame to change it). Colby has a solid look as long as they stick to the C on the helmet and ditch the #'s.

If Trin changes it's official school colors to old gold I'd be good with it. But the school colors are navy and gold, not navy and old gold. I don't like the inconsistency with the teams wearing different colors (even if it's only a slight difference).

I like the gold jersey look mostly because of their personal significance. The first time Trinity wore them was against Williams in '03, and no one knew about them. We did our pregame warm-up in the navy jersey's, but when we got back to the locker room they were all laid out for us. The locker room erupted and Trinity beat Williams for the 1st time since '96.

I think the gold jersey's with the gold pants is a little bit too much, maybe a stripe would help. I agree white on white is a GREAT look, and I never realized they haven't worn it since their last loss.

I wouldn't mind seeing the Bantam back on the helmet. Maybe, Chuck will get some throwback uni's for Homecoming one of these years.

formerbant10 · October 19, 2005, 03:37:10 PM

Trin: I heard that the original school colors were Old Gold and Navy, but the use of Varsity Gold became very popular and much cheaper to buy. I agree with the inconsistency of the Gold....the women's soccer team was wearing a bright bright yellow, hurt the eyes of the older people watching the game. Wrestling uses Old Gold, hoops does too, baseball has used both in the last 3 years but more recently Old. Men's hockey dons Varsity Gold, I think Old would not look good on the ice. I like that the Old was a surprise for you guys, I was quite surprised as well when I first saw it.

Jonny Utah · October 19, 2005, 06:58:27 PM

I think one of them is called "vegas" gold now???

dirtybirds8-0 · October 19, 2005, 07:00:06 PM

I love goooooooooooooold!

dirtybirds8-0 · October 19, 2005, 07:12:45 PM

Alright ladies here are the winning picks for this week:

Colby @ Hamtech 35-10, Look out, the mules are upset that they wont get
their 8-0 season after all.

Westech @ Amherst 7-35, The Lord Jeffs have once again played the bad guy
(good guy) spoiling Colby's shot at 8-0. They will
play with alot of confidence through the rest of the
season.

Middlebury @ Bates 21-10, The Panthers are not as bad as thier record.

Bowdoin @ Trinity 14-31, The Bants have not lost on their home field for over 2
years now. Last weeks win should have been 28-0
(touchdowns called back). Dirty Birds keep the streak
alive, pounding polar bears back to mediocrity.

Tufts @ Williams 21-24, The Jumbos should have some confidence going in, but
the Ephs finally exploded on offense last week. Home
field advantage goes to the Ephs who barely pull out a
win.

mariner75 · October 19, 2005, 08:06:43 PM

hey dirtybirds....talk to me about the "touchdowns called back".....
there was one..and it was obvious...the others?

formerbant10 · October 19, 2005, 08:15:52 PM

Utah...Vegas Gold is the same as Old Gold....I'll get my picks out hopefully tomorrow. Lotta pressure this week w/ the 3 way tie right now, huh boys?

mariner75 · October 19, 2005, 08:29:16 PM

DB.......either you got bad info or you were mired in the mud with some Jumbo homecomers. Watch the replay on Jumbocast (the best) and you'll see there were no other touchdowns called back.

2sportdevil · October 20, 2005, 09:38:03 AM

After reviewing Div III top 25 today, anyone know why Trinity wouldn't be included? Is there politics since NESCAC doesn't participate in the playoffs?

Trin9-0 · October 20, 2005, 09:53:59 AM

Dirty: Solid picks once again. I wish I could disagree with them:

Colby 31
Hamilton 7

This one's a no-brainer. Look for the Mules to cruise to their season finale against Bowdoin in a game that could decide second place in the NESCAC.

Amherst 28
Wesleyan 6

A good tune up for Amherst before they get to the tough part of their schedule. Wesleyan blew their only chance for a win this year last week against Bates.

Middlebury 21
Bates 20

After a much needed win last week the Bobcats fall to Middlebury in a tight one. The Panthers finally get their first win of the year.

Trinity 45
Bowdoin 10

The Bantams leave no doubt as to who the better undefeated team is. Priore will have his team anxious to redeem themselves after a close call against the Jumbos. The Polar Bears imporobable streak ends at 4.

Williams 12
Tufts 7

The Ephs have really stuggled against good defenses this year. However, I think last week they turned the corner and will edge out Tufts in a sloppy home win.

Former: This is your chance to take the lead or fall behind. Whatcha got?

frank uible · October 20, 2005, 10:05:04 AM

2sport: The rankers like as much advance certainty in their picks as they can get. The fact that Trinity's opposition plays only within its conference makes the rankers extremely nervous. Consequently they tend to resolve doubts against NESCAC colleges. Additionally my eyes tell me that NESCAC is much weaker this year than usual - not that the rankers are necessarily aware of that condition.

Trin9-0 · October 20, 2005, 10:05:34 AM

2sport: It's impossible to say how Trinity would fair against the rest of DIII because they don't play anyone outside of the NESCAC. The reason they're not included is that the voters either don't respect the level of football being played in the NESCAC in relation to the other conferences that have top 25 teams, or they just don't want to deal with the controversy of ranking a NESCAC team higher than a traditional D3 power.

I'm curious to see how the Bants would do if they were eligible for the NCAA's... but I guess we'll never know.