In Coach Loney's first season at the helm of the Nichols College Bison we have faced many obstacles that were out of the ordinary for an average season. The end of football camp was followed up by a hurricane that caused students to evacuate campus which threw off our regular practice routine. We got back on track and found ourselves playing a Friday night game against Westfield, at Vendetti Field. We found ourselves down 21-7 when the offense drove down the field and scored a touchdown to cut the lead to a one possession game. Westfield was on the attack and with about three minutes to go in the game and the ball on the Nichols five yard line, Westfield ran the ball to make a 21-14 game a done deal. When all of a sudden Peter Curto our middle linebacker stripped the ball from their running backand returned it 94 yards for a touchdown. We lined up to kick the game tying extra point. Westfield’s defensive line gave a push and a Westfield player came through and blocked the extra point. We ended up losing the game 21-20.
The Westfield loss is one we can look back on and say that it ultimately changed our season. This began the slippery slope of a season we were blown out of next two games against Framingham and Worcester State. The losing just kept on coming as we began to lose to opponents that we should beat because our confidence is so low. Last week we played MIT which is a great opportunity for us to pick up our first win and of course the weather conditions were about 25 degrees and rain/snow mix we found ourselves packing it in early and losing 23-0. We have one more game to go and it is against Salve Regina. Unfortunately for us this week we experienced a severe snow storm and the school was evacuated, which lead to minimal number of people showing up for practice. We were unable to get quality looks which now leads us to the situation where we are forced to just go out unprepared and work as hard as we possibly can to win this one for our seniors.
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