Thoughts on Tufts

Our Ephmen came out strong again a rising Tufts Jumbo team, took a lead at 7 – 0 early in the first quarter, had the lead at 13 – 7 at the end of the first quarter, but relinquished the lead off 13 points in the 2nd quarter, were down 27 – 13 at the end of the 3rd, and just couldn’t overcome the Tufts defense despite making the score 27 – 20 in the 4th quarter with 5:22 left in the game.
Unfortunately for the Ephs, following the last Eph score, Tufts retained possession of …

Thoughts on Middlebury

In a seesaw game in which our Ephman led 3 – 0 after a quiet first half, 10 – 7 at the end of the third, and 17 – 10 with 60 seconds left in the game, the Williams College football team came out on the short end of the stick this past Saturday when they lost 23 – 20 in a heartbreaking OT loss to the Middlebury Panthers.  The Ephs got Joe Mallock’s 2nd FG of the game to go ahead 20 – 17 in the first possession of the OT period, but the Ephs were unable to …

Thoughts on Bates

In a seesaw game in which 4 of 5 combined PAT’s were unsuccessful and the lead changed hands 4 times, Bates defeated a tough visiting Williams football team last Saturday 19 – 12 (after leading 13 – 12 at the half).  The game wasn’t decided until the final minute when a Williams drive that began on the Williams 40 with 2:17 left that potentially could have won or tied the game stalled on the Bates 31 yard line when the Ephs turned the ball over on downs with 53 seconds left. Bates then ran out the clock to secure the
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