Eastern Collegiate Football Conference

[AUPepBand]

Husson beats Dean tonight 43-23.  John Smith, 39 rushes for 280 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Dean's going to be in the top half of the conference next year I think.  Young team.

Kinda telling when a middling JuCo program moves to a D3 conference and you think it's going to be in the top half of it.

Not a good look for the conference they're moving to.

If any other conference is willing to take Husson, I'm sure they'd be excited for the opportunity.  Until then, I'm not really concerned about shots at Husson's conference.  Either let the Eagles battle for an autobid against better teams, or stop complaining when they get one against the only teams that will let them compete for one.

Trade you Hartwick for Husson straight up!

Pretty sure they'd do about as well as Hartwick has.

But Pep would much rather travel three hours to the cage than twelve hours to Bangor.

[NED3Guy]

Seeing a school like Catholic join the soon to be NEWMAC, with the likes of Norwich, Maine Maritime, WPI, and Springfield; or the large footprint of the current ECFC (Bangor, NYC and DC all in the league) makes me think there's hope for Husson to change leagues.

A large footprint football conference means a long trip once every two years for most teams, and significant travel for the outlier for four weekends a year.

I still can't think of anyplace they'd be a good "fit" within the current New England conferences, but if another AQ shuffle happens and conferences are looking to fill spots Husson should be on the top of the list, despite their geographic location.

[ccd494]

Husson 35 Alfred State 0

Husson outgained ASC 497-43.  John Smith 30 carries, 153 yards, became Husson's all time career rushing leader.

[ITH radio]

Husson vs. WNE or Fram St in Rd 1 of the playoffs. Book it.

[D3MAFAN]

Husson vs. WNE or Fram St in Rd 1 of the playoffs. Book it.

I'll take it...unfortunately as with other regions as well. This may result in two other teams facing off in the 1st round as oppose to the 2nd round. However, I really like WNE this year. However, Husson played Alfred well and as Alfred continues to win, it makes them look better. Then that potential game will look even more intriguing.

[NED3Guy]

500 mile rule will strike again!

Husson is on a different level among conference teams, but I am very curious to see SUNY Maritime play them this weekend.

Husson's best resume point so far in 2016 is a "good" loss to Alfred. SUNY beat a USMMA team who just completely mopped the floor with Rochester. I don't know how good Rochester is this year, but SUNY's win over USMMA certainly seems like the marquee out of conference win for the ECFC this year.

Still not going to call the upset and say that they beat Husson, but I think this game will be closer than many expect. 

[D3MAFAN]

500 mile rule will strike again!

Husson is on a different level among conference teams, but I am very curious to see SUNY Maritime play them this weekend.

Husson's best resume point so far in 2016 is a "good" loss to Alfred. SUNY beat a USMMA team who just completely mopped the floor with Rochester. I don't know how good Rochester is this year, but SUNY's win over USMMA certainly seems like the marquee out of conference win for the ECFC this year.

Still not going to call the upset and say that they beat Husson, but I think this game will be closer than many expect.

I have Husson winning 40-28. The two previous scores were 40-14 and 40-0, the last two years respectively.

[AUPepBand]

500 mile rule will strike again!

Husson is on a different level among conference teams, but I am very curious to see SUNY Maritime play them this weekend.

Husson's best resume point so far in 2016 is a "good" loss to Alfred. SUNY beat a USMMA team who just completely mopped the floor with Rochester. I don't know how good Rochester is this year, but SUNY's win over USMMA certainly seems like the marquee out of conference win for the ECFC this year.

Still not going to call the upset and say that they beat Husson, but I think this game will be closer than many expect.

Alfred State actually led Rochester, 27-20 in the third quarter of their game at Pioneer Stadium, before the wheels fell off. Pep figured that UR would lose to MM, but 55-7? Someone sneak into the locker room and spray Raid?

In Pep's opinion, Husson will handle SUNY-Maritime. Solid defense. Good offense. Eagles will fly.

[d3fan142511]

Week 4 Power Rankings

1. Husson 2-1...Did what was needed vs Alfred State....Is Alfred State Officially Joining the ECFC still i no there was some questions?
2. SUNY 2-1...Big test this week vs Husson
3. Becker 1-2....Opens up at Gallaudet...always tough place to play
4. Norwich 0-3..Opens up conference play vs Mt. Ida
5. Castleton 0-3 ...Opens at home vs Anna Maria
6. Mt. Ida 0-3
7. Gallaudet 1-2
8. Anna Maria 0-3

Game Predictions:
Becker 31 Gallaudet 10
Castleton 17 Anna Maria 7
Norwich 27 Ida 10
Husson 34 SUNY 17

[ccd494]

500 mile rule will strike again!

Husson is on a different level among conference teams, but I am very curious to see SUNY Maritime play them this weekend.

Husson's best resume point so far in 2016 is a "good" loss to Alfred. SUNY beat a USMMA team who just completely mopped the floor with Rochester. I don't know how good Rochester is this year, but SUNY's win over USMMA certainly seems like the marquee out of conference win for the ECFC this year.

Still not going to call the upset and say that they beat Husson, but I think this game will be closer than many expect.

Alfred State actually led Rochester, 27-20 in the third quarter of their game at Pioneer Stadium, before the wheels fell off. Pep figured that UR would lose to MM, but 55-7? Someone sneak into the locker room and spray Raid?

In Pep's opinion, Husson will handle SUNY-Maritime. Solid defense. Good offense. Eagles will fly.

Yeah.  Rochester gave up a lot of points and yards to Alfred State.  Husson held Alfred State to under 50 yards of total offense and completely dominated.  I think Rochester might be really bad this year.

[dlippiel]

500 mile rule will strike again!

Husson is on a different level among conference teams, but I am very curious to see SUNY Maritime play them this weekend.

Husson's best resume point so far in 2016 is a "good" loss to Alfred. SUNY beat a USMMA team who just completely mopped the floor with Rochester. I don't know how good Rochester is this year, but SUNY's win over USMMA certainly seems like the marquee out of conference win for the ECFC this year.

Still not going to call the upset and say that they beat Husson, but I think this game will be closer than many expect.

Dlip thinks Rocha Cha Cha is pretty ****ing bad this year. Hopefully the Yellowjackets can turn it around. However the Alfred State game seems pretty telltale...

[H.C.Mosely1895]

Game Predictions:
Becker 31 Gallaudet 10
Castleton 17 Anna Maria 7
Norwich 27 Ida 10
Husson 34 SUNY 17

These predictions look right on. Four clear favorites this week, with Husson-SUNY being the most intriguing with SUNY playing so well.

[NED3Guy]

Becker 42 - Gall 17
Castleton 48 - Amcats 27
Norwich 35 - Ida 21
SUNY 28 - Husson 24
Gotta pick this upset, because none of the other games are really that interesting enough to talk about. From all accounts that trip from Bangor to NYC is a tough one. SUNY is playing with confidence and it sounds like they have the skill kids to make big plays. Should be interesting.

Norwich, Ida, Castleton, AMC are all winless so far. Got a feeling that the Vermont teams are both going to start conference play off in dominating fashion; putting themselves right back in the ECFC discussion.

Castleton seems to have found a QB, and Norwich has been 0-3 before and knows how to respond.

[H.C.Mosely1895]

Week 4 Scores
Becker 42
Gall 18

Husson 33
SUNY 12

Castleton 23
AMC 13

Ida 15
Norwich 14

A bad, heartbreaking loss for Norwich. Offense has really struggled this year. They haven't been able to get their running game going which has forced them to try and throw the ball more, and that has never been their strong point. Zero margin for error the rest of the way.

[d3fan142511]

3-1 on last week games with a big upset happening up in Norwich.

Power Rankings
1. Husson 3-1 1-0...Big win on the Road at SUNY...Dominated the whole game
2. SUNY Maritime 2-2 0-1....Could not get the offense going against the Husson D...Still think they are number 2 but will have some challengers
3. Mount Ida 1-3 1-0....Big win over Norwich first time to win at Norwich in school history...Defense played a great game...If they can get offense moving could set themself up for last two weeks to contend for ECFC chip
4. Becker 2-2 1-0...Closer game then I expected in the first half vs a weak Galludet team
5. Norwich 0-4 0-1...Heatbreaking loss to Mount Ida
6. Castleton 1-3 1-0...Struggled vs Anna Maria but a W is a W
7. Gallaudet 1-3 0-1...Wheels fell off in 2h vs Becker
8. Anna Maria 0-4 0-1

Game Predictions:
Gallaudet at Husson- Husson 41-10
Norwich at Becker- Becker 24-17
Maritime at Anna Maria- SUNY 35-10
ECFC Game of the Week:
Castleton at Mount Ida- Both teams come in 1-0 and looking for a big second win in conference to keep pace with Husson. Ida has dominated the overall series but Castleton won last years game. I am going to go with Mount Ida at home. The Castleton Offense stalled vs Anna Maria and Ida has a much better defense.

Mount Ida 17- Castleton 13