NEC 2012 non-conf results

[aceinthehole]

Overall: 9-18

Home: 6-3
Away: 3-15

vs. ranked FCS opponents: 1-10

vs. Patriot: 3-5
vs. CAA: 2-5
vs. Pioneer: 3-2
vs. Ivy: 1-1
vs. MVFC: 0-2
vs. Big South: 0-1
vs. MEAC: 0-1
vs. FBS: 0-1

[aceinthehole]

Albany
W – vs. Colgate
L – at #5 Youngstown State
W – at #23 Maine

Bryant
L – vs. Marist
L – vs. #25 Maine
L - at Bucknell

CCSU
L – at #17 Stony Brook
L – vs. #14 Lehigh
L – at #18 New Hampshire

Duquesne
L – at #8 Old Dominion
W – vs. Dayton
W – vs. Valparaiso

Monmouth
L – at #16 Lehigh
W – vs. Rhode Island
L – at Cornell

Robert Morris
L – at #2 North Dakota State
L – at Dayton
W – vs. Lafayette

Sacred Heart
L – at Morgan State
L – at Colgate
W – at Dartmouth

Saint Francis (Pa)
L – at #5 James Madison
W – at Morehead State
L – at #13 Towson

Wagner
L – at Florida Atlantic
L – at Georgetown
W – vs. Holy Cross

[dgreco]

bad year for Bryant. Hopefully Bryant turns it around next year and wins the OOC games it should have won this year.

[aceinthehole]

Central was horrible as well (but with an awfuly difficult schedule). Here's my takeaways:

- The NEC is getting better, but we are at a huge disadvantage with just 40 schollys.
- Playing ranked FCS teams are great, and each team should try to schedule 1 per season.
- As expected, very difficult to win when overwhelming majority of games are on the ROAD.
- Need more home/home deals, which is likely limited to teams from the Pioneer/PL/Ivy/Big South/MEAC.

CCSU's schedule was brutal. Too difficlut for any NEC team year in and year out. Would like to see a more balanced schedule. IMO - Bryant, Monmouth, RMU and Sacred Heart had perfect schedules for their expected strenght. I would like to see SFPA schedule closer to SHU, and Duquense can step it up a little.

It will be intersting to see how the NEC schedules for 2013 and 2014, when each team will have the opportunity to schedule up to 5 non-conference games.

[dgreco]

I know Bryant has home/homes with Maine for at least the next 4 years (so 6 years total)

and on another note, Wagner is hosting in the playoffs.