Crickets from Trin7-2...

Being the OG Lord Jeff that I am picking Amherst over Tufts. They certainly seemed vulnerable to pressure vs. the Polars and the Mighty Tusks need to continue to hone their blitzing skills. But a word about the non-football-related comments.

I'm sure NM regrets his athlete-related comments, but let's not make it worse by commenting on each other's student bodies. True AC fans (and I bleed purple and white) are good guests, even at rival schools, and know well, that the bathrooms are "gender neutral."  The only thing that needs neutering is this silly back and forth about off-field stuff.  And once again, let's leave the kids outta this!!

Lastly, while I grant you that Wes students might have taken different paths, you are confusing arm pit, leg hair, and Birkenstocks with the Hampshire student body that proudly wears that mantle to this day, or perhaps the Polars circa 1989.  So let's keep it to that MD, shall we!?

Quote from: NESCAC BULLY on November 18, 2023, 07:23:41 PM
Congrats to Hartford State and Middlebury on being co-NESCAC champions. However, if we examine the two teams in-depth, it is clear Hartford State was the more dominant program. Simply check the scores of the two teams games, Hartford State obliterated every other opponent besides there singular mishap. Sean Clapp is certainly a candidate for OPOTY with 74 receptions, 1169 receiving, and 14 TDs. The thing that makes those stats even more impressive is the fact in almost every game he only played a measely 2 or 3 quarters due to HS utter pulverization of teams like Weirdsleyan. Spencer Fetter should be the only other possible candidate. Please correct me if im wrong. HS has been screwed over many times this year by the NESCAC, and if they get this one wrong it will be a disgrace.

Bantamweight, I know proofreading isn't your strength so let me help you. The original post quoted here (and all mentions therein of HS instead of Trinity) was made by NESCACBULLY. I recommend asking them why they chose the Hartford State moniker and leave the grammar to the rest of us.

Quote from: NESCAC BULLY on November 18, 2023, 07:23:41 PM
Congrats to Hartford State and Middlebury on being co-NESCAC champions. However, if we examine the two teams in-depth, it is clear Hartford State was the more dominant program. Simply check the scores of the two teams' games (. or semicolon) Hartford State obliterated every other opponent besides there (their) singular mishap. Sean Clapp is certainly a candidate for OPOTY with 74 receptions, 1169 receiving (yards), and 14 TDs. The thing that makes those stats even more impressive is the fact in almost every game he only played a measely (measly) 2 or 3 quarters due to HS utter pulverization of teams like Weirdsleyan (Wesleyan). Spencer Fetter should be the only other possible candidate. Please correct me if im (I'm) wrong. HS has been screwed over many times this year by the NESCAC, and if they get this one wrong it will be a disgrace.

Consider yourself corrected.

GroundandPound, make sure to add Hamilton to the list of schools without a 2023 football roster published.

More Trinity offers...

Harrison Brown @HarrisonBrown53
Jul 24 - After a great call with @CoachDevanney I am blessed to receive my first college offer from @TrinCollFB!

Christopher Oliver @ceoliver78
Jul 24 - After a great conversation with @CoachDevanney, I am proud to announce that I have received an offer to @TrinCollFB! Thank you to @CoachCrayton_@coachmelnitsky

Austin McGoey @austin_mcgoey
Jul 22 - After a great camp I am exited to announce that I have earned my first offer from @TrinCollFB! Thank you @CoachDevanney & @CoachAcq @RidgefieldFball

Miles Clay @MilesClay71
Jul 22 - After a great camp @TrinCollFB and a conversation with @CoachDevanney I'm extremely excited to receive an offer from Trinity College! @Coach_Sets

Speaking of early offers, looks like Trinity got an even bigger head start:

Troy A. Worrell @Troystory221
Jul 25 - After a great phone call with @_coachdwilliams I am beyond grateful to receive my first college offer from @TrinCollFB

Dean Blackwell @DeanjBlackwell
Jul 25 - After a great conversation with @CoachDevanney I am beyond excited to have received my first offer from Trinity College
@TrinCollFB

Tre Mcclellan @TreMcclellan
Jul 24 - GOD DID!! Blessed to receive my first offer from Trinity college!!!#GoBantams  @CoachRuss2 @BantamSports

Christopher Oliver @ceoliver78
Jul 24 - After a great conversation with @CoachDevanney, I am proud to announce that I have received an offer to @TrinCollFB! Thank you to @CoachCrayton_@coachmelnitsky @CoachRuss2

Bowdoin commits with other NESCAC offers:

Nelson Dorsey III - Middlebury and Wesleyan
Jake Reiser - Wesleyan
Henry Sheldon - Wesleyan

Several additional commits/recruits have visited other NESCAC schools and are in touch with NESCAC coaches.

Don't sleep on Aidan Reidy from Bowdoin...

2022 Defense Statistics:

GP   SOLO   AST   TOT    TFL-YDS   SACKS-YDS   INT   PD   FF   FR   BL
9     15       11     26         8-25        3.5-17         0      2     0    0    1

Lumbercat - Not splitting hairs here, but JB Wells was fired after his fourth season at Bowdoin. He was head coach from 2015-2018 and finished his career with an overall record of 3-31. During that four year stretch, Bowdoin finished 2-6, 0-8, 0-9, and 1-8 respectively. Under Wells, Bowdoin went through the longest losing streak in program history of 24 games. Wells' four years with the team marked the shortest tenure of any head football coach since Peter Kostacopoulos' three-year run between 1965 and 1967.

In his first three years at Bowdoin, BJ Hammer's record is 4-24. Bowdoin has finished 0-9, 1-8, and 3-6 respectively. The Polar Bears finished with three wins in a season for the first time since 2013 and ended the year 3-1 at home to post their first winning campaign at Whittier Field since 2011. Additionally, four players were named All-NESCAC in each of the last two seasons, the most for the program since the 2009 season.

Building a program takes time. But I strongly believe that any coach at Bowdoin has been, is, and will be at a significant disadvantage fighting an uphill battle with the administration, admissions, and culture. Until those are aligned, Bowdoin will continue to be in this cycle.

IMHO, there is an egregious omission. While I cannot disagree with the selections of Devine, Glantz, Helbig, and possibly Kenary, how is Drew Ortiz not first team DL? Edward Iuteri (Tufts) had a nice season but it's not even close. Reeks of politics.

League Leaders Tackles for loss:
                                                 Solo  Asst  YDS    Total    AVG/G
1   Drew Ortiz (Bowdoin)               11    6     78      14.0      1.56
2   Ian Devine (Williams)               12    3     72      13.5      1.50
3   Nick Helbig (Wesleyan)             10    3     66      11.5      1.28
4   Glantz,Noah (Trinity)                  8    7     60      11.5      1.28
7   Tomas Kenary (Middlebury)        9    2     54      10.0      1.11

League Leaders Sacks:
                                                 Solo   Asst  YDS     Total      AVG/G
1   Glantz,Noah (Trinity)                6        6     55        9           1.00
2   Nick Helbig (Wesleyan)             7        2     49        8            .89
3   Ian Devine (Williams)               8        0     59        8            .89
4   Drew Ortiz (Bowdoin)               6        3     62       7.5          .83
7   Tomas Kenary (Middlebury)      5        2      48        6            .67

Trinity HCOF Devanney ran up the score against Bowdoin as well. He kept his starters in up 31-3 well into the 4th quarter.  With about 9:00 minutes to go in the game, Spencer Fetter threw a touchdown pass to Sean Clapp.

#rollcards

Lumbercat - We can confirm that Boel left the game in the beginning of the 2nd quarter with a suspected lower body injury.

From the Bowdoin perspective vs. Bates...

On offense: Bowdoin moved the ball effectively between the 20s with short and intermediate passes. Eden was contained for the most part on the ground but did have a nice touchdown run on fourth down and a few catches for positive yards out of the backfield. Unfortunately, Bowdoin was plagued by a number of dropped passes, questionable and predictable play calling (wait... I think they just ran another Eden ISO up the middle for minimal gain), poor clock management, turnovers (especially in the red zone), and lack of 3rd down conversions. Not to mention, 2 starting offensive lineman were out due to injury. During the 4 game skid:

Williams - 1-13 on 3rd down, 1-2 in the red zone, 1 INT, 14 points
Middlebury - 5-19 on 3rd down, 1-5 in the red zone, 10 points
Tufts - 4-16 on 3rd down, 2-3 red zone, 2 INT, 2 fumbles lost, 13 points
Bates - 8-18 on 3rd down, 1-4 red zone, 2 fumbles lost, 1 INT, 14 points

Totals - 27% on 3rd down, 36% in the red zone, 4 INT, 4 fumbles lost, 51 points (12.75 points per game)

On defense: The defense held Bates in check for most of the game but was victimized by missed tackles and chunk plays. Bowdoin gave up a 60 yard TD run, 53 yard run, and a 61 yard pass. Outside of the 2 long runs, Bates rushed for a total of 61 yards. Outside of the 61 yard pass, Bosselait was 9-17 for 126 yards. Story of the season so far, except for the meltdown at Tufts. Not to mention, Bowdoin was without a starting defensive end, 1st string safety, 2nd string safety, and 3rd string safety. I have no doubt Coach Coyne saw that on film and exploited it.

We don't like to divulge too much either, but a few Bowdoin players have eligibility left as well. Drew Ortiz has two years of eligibility (Covid, and a medical redshirt his sophomore year after suffering a season ending knee injury against Williams). Speaking of converted positions, Ortiz was an All-State middle linebacker in high school and converted to defensive end under Hammer's scheme. Not sure what Ortiz plans to do post Bowdoin, but rumor is Coach Saleh of the New York Jets has his eye on him