> My personal feeling is that  RIT is ripe for a move up to Division I.
 
If you think RIT is ready to move I guess Middlebury should already be
there, few teams have been as dominate as they have been in the 90's.  I
remember when UVM use to play Middlebury and Norwich every season.  Norwich
was usually the opening game and was a blowout but a physical game (you have
to know the history of the two schools).  Middlebury was usually in
December-January and was always a battle.  Very good games with Vermont
usually winning but I remember an upset in 1990.  The victory came after
Vermont had a few good seasons in a row.  These games were dropped from the
schedule in the early 90's.  Just as Middlebury was becoming a dominate
power in DIII.
 
Too bad these games can't stay on the schedule.  The Middlebury-Vermont
games were usually very good games.  I think Middlebury could finish as high
as maybe 7th or 8th in the ECAC now.  They would get some good wins too!
They are building a new state of the art facility that opens either this
season or next.  It will sit about 4000 I think.  Norwich just finished
building their new digs that is really nice.  It sits about 2500-3000 I think.
 
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