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Bryant Bulldogs
Private
Founded 1863
Smithfield, Rhode Island
Students: 3,785
Independent (Northeast Conference in future)
Colors: Black, Gold, White
Bulldog Stadium (5,500)
2008 Record: 7-4 (1st year Transitional)

Bryant University was founded in 1863 as a branch of Bryant and Stratton.[5] In 1916, the college was sold and merged with Rhode Island Commercial School.[5] Bryant became non-profit in 1949 and offered its first master's program in 1969.[5] Bryant was originally located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, but moved to its current campus in Smithfield, Rhode Island when the founder of Tupperware, Earl Silas Tupper, a Bryant University alumnus, donated the current 420 acres (1.7 km2) of land to be the new campus.[5]

Alumni:
Nicholas Colasanto (Coach from "Cheers")

Their football facilities on campus have benefited from past association with the New England Patriots (pre-season camp was held there for a number of years)...

yea Bryant!

dgreco wrote:yea Bryant!

Alumni, Lorenzo Perry!

Don,
The Conference currently considers Bryant a member albeit a reclassifying one. The institution has voting rights at our administrative meets, but will not be eligible for a NEC championship until the 2012-13 academic year, when the Bulldogs complete the mandatory four-year reclassification process. They will be included in our regular season standings beginning next year, but will have no postseason privileges until the four-year period is completed. Thanks for your interest in the Northeast Conference.

Ralph S. Ventre
Assistant Director of Communications
Northeast Conference
Phone: (732) 469-0440 ext. 7
www.northeastconference.org

read this on HP, I think that it is good that they are already a conference member with conference schedules and will not be an "independent for four years". I like that they also already have voting rights in the conference.