Eastern Collegiate Football Conference

[MASCACAlum]

Husson reminds me of the Framingham teams with van alystein. I don't think anyone in this league has a shot at Husson. Norwich has the best shot still not sold on Mt. Ida and castleton blew their shot last week.

[H.C.Mosely1895]

Weekend Predictions:
Gallaudet 19 @ AMC 12
Castleton 31 @ Becker 20
Maritime 20 @ Mount Ida 14

This last one is a tough one for me. On paper, Husson is the clear favorite. I think a talented Norwich team comes into Bangor with a huge chip on their shoulder as the defending conference champion who has been all but written off in this one. My heart says Norwich and my head says that an upset is a very real possibility this weekend, but in trying to be objective it's hard to pick against the Eagles.

Norwich 20 @ Husson 21

[D3MAFAN]

Weekend Predictions:
Gallaudet 19 @ AMC 12
Castleton 31 @ Becker 20
Maritime 20 @ Mount Ida 14

This last one is a tough one for me. On paper, Husson is the clear favorite. I think a talented Norwich team comes into Bangor with a huge chip on their shoulder as the defending conference champion who has been all but written off in this one. My heart says Norwich and my head says that an upset is a very real possibility this weekend, but in trying to be objective it's hard to pick against the Eagles.

Norwich 20 @ Husson 21

While I agree that the Husson vs. Norwich game is going to be close, I don't think it is that close. Although Norwich has loss multiple games and has ended Husson postseason plans before. I just have a gut feeling that this Husson team is not going to let that happen at home this year. I say Husson wins by +10 pulling away second half.

[AUPepBand]

Weekend Predictions:
Gallaudet 19 @ AMC 12
Castleton 31 @ Becker 20
Maritime 20 @ Mount Ida 14

This last one is a tough one for me. On paper, Husson is the clear favorite. I think a talented Norwich team comes into Bangor with a huge chip on their shoulder as the defending conference champion who has been all but written off in this one. My heart says Norwich and my head says that an upset is a very real possibility this weekend, but in trying to be objective it's hard to pick against the Eagles.

Norwich 20 @ Husson 21

While I agree that the Husson vs. Norwich game is going to be close, I don't think it is that close. Although Norwich has loss multiple games and has ended Husson postseason plans before. I just have a gut feeling that this Husson team is not going to let that happen at home this year. I say Husson wins by +10 pulling away second half.

Pep agrees....Husson 31, Norwich 16...Eagles are flying higher this year than last.

[MASCACAlum]

AMC gets there first win of the season this weekend
Castleton should beat Becker 28-7
SUNY lines are going to be to much for Ida 81-7
Husson in a close one over the cadets 28-17

Regional rankings came out no respect for NE teams hope someone can win a playoff game from NE soon

[D3MAFAN]

AMC gets there first win of the season this weekend
Castleton should beat Becker 28-7
SUNY lines are going to be to much for Ida 81-7
Husson in a close one over the cadets 28-17

Regional rankings came out no respect for NE teams hope someone can win a playoff game from NE soon

Technically, it has been done before (i.e Curry), other than Husson playing another New England school. The respect has to be shown during the season in the OOC games. I think with the NE Bowl games this year, NE teams should try and continue to schedule themselves against other leagues outside of the NE. It appears that the top teams in the NE has done it, but the others not so much.

[d3fan142511]

Some nice pub in the Quick hits for the ECFC from Frank and Keith.

Frank is predicting Husson to clinch this week:

"This takes two events: 1) Husson beats 4-4 Norwich; and 2) SUNY-Maritime beats 4-4 Mount Ida (the Privateers nearly beat Norwich a week earlier)".

No one seems to be giving Ida a chance this week vs SUNY at Home.....They mention that SUNY nearly beat Norwich (at SUNY) but Mount Ida already went up to VT and BEAT Norwich.

I think it would be great for the conference to have a "Championship Game" in Newton next week.

Go Mustangs.

[MASCACAlum]

Just reread my post in no way did I mean to put SUNY over Ida 81-7 I ment 21-7 sorry Ida fans

[dlippiel]

Weekend Predictions:
Gallaudet 19 @ AMC 12
Castleton 31 @ Becker 20
Maritime 20 @ Mount Ida 14

This last one is a tough one for me. On paper, Husson is the clear favorite. I think a talented Norwich team comes into Bangor with a huge chip on their shoulder as the defending conference champion who has been all but written off in this one. My heart says Norwich and my head says that an upset is a very real possibility this weekend, but in trying to be objective it's hard to pick against the Eagles.

Norwich 20 @ Husson 21

While I agree that the Husson vs. Norwich game is going to be close, I don't think it is that close. Although Norwich has loss multiple games and has ended Husson postseason plans before. I just have a gut feeling that this Husson team is not going to let that happen at home this year. I say Husson wins by +10 pulling away second half.

Pep agrees....Husson 31, Norwich 16...Eagles are flying higher this year than last.

Husson is going to take Norwich to the wood shed.

[H.C.Mosely1895]

Halftime in Bangor:
Norwich 0
Husson 7

Total yardage is something like 250 for Husson to 62 for Norwich. The Cadets' defense has forced two big turnovers in the Red Zone, one on a fumble and the other on a great play by the defender to to take a ball away from the defender in the end zone. Smith has been able to break free for two big runs, but for the most part the Norwich D has done a pretty good job in bottling him up.

The real story in this game and where the difference is being made is in the passing game. Maybe Husson's QB gets overshadowed by Smith, but he has made some nice passes on third-and-long crossing routes to keep drives alive. This is in contrast to Norwich who, to be blunt about it, have an absolutely pitiful passing game. Horrid. Without double-checking the stats, I believe they've completed one pass for two yards (while exercising a sort of QB platoon). Given this inability and Husson's #1 defense allowing just 27 rushing YPG, Norwich should be pretty happy with getting 60 on the ground in the first half. No doubt the run game would be even more effective if the Eagles were forced to have even a little bit of respect for the passing game.

[H.C.Mosely1895]

Start of 4th:
Norwich 13
Husson 13

[H.C.Mosely1895]

Final:
Norwich 13
Husson 27

With about 3:00 minutes left and the Eagles up by 7, the NU defense got a big stop to force a Husson punt. The punter preceeded to fumble the snap, somehow avoid the swarm of Cadet defenders, and clumsily punted the ball off the bottom of his foot as he stumbled forward. The ball went about 7 yards, bounced off a Norwich blocker, and the Eagles recovered the fumble. On the next set of downs the deflated Cadet defense allowed a 56 yard touchdown pass in what culminated perhaps the most infuriating sequence of plays I have witnessed as a Cadet fan.

Total offense:
Husson 445 (219 passing/226 rushing)
Norwich 199 (71 passing, 128 rushing)

Overall, as a Cadet fan, the team has some obvious flaws but I'm proud of the way they competed. They traveled to Bangor and took the game down to the final minutes. A tip of the cap to the Husson Eagles, though. It's been a fun couple of years watching these teams develop a rivalry while competing for championships and I'm going to miss it next year.

[H.C.Mosely1895]

Maritime 17 @ Mount Ida 14
Norwich 13 @ Husson 27
Gallaudet 13 @ Anna Maria 27
Castleton 23 @  Becker 22

Husson wins the 2016 ECFC Championship.

[NED3Guy]

Been off the board for a while due to a little email security issue (Yahoo hack), but all is set now.

Congrats to Husson on taking the ECFC title.
Congrats to Norwich for giving them a game and making them earn it.
Congrats to Castleton on winning their second come from behind, 1 point, score and let the defense close it out game.
And congrats to SUNY on winning a close one vs Ida. After the previous two weeks gut wrenching losses to CU and NU it says a lot about the SUNY yeah that they battled hard and won that game yesterday.

I have no idea how tie breakers work but, I believe the winner of the NU v CU game finishes second in the conference, and then there will be a clump of three loss teams in third? (For discussions sake, I'm assuming Husson beats Ida)

As part of the new NE Bowl series does second place team automatically go? Could be high stakes game in VT.

[NED3Guy]

Also congrats to Amcat U on getting a win in their coach's last home game.

Curious if that's the only ECFC coaching change this off season. My guess is no. Time will tell.