Top 16 Division 1 College Poll for Week 1

September 3, 2024

Our first Top 16 poll of the season is here. The Boston College Eagles are number one after an impressive win on Monday night against Florida State.  Rhode Island survived a hard fought game against Holy Cross to land the second spot on our poll.  Here is the rest of our poll. As always, we welcome your feedback.  1. Boston College (1-0)- The Eagles kick off the Bill O’Brien era……

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Conlan ready to lead West Haven back to the Class LL title game

September 2, 2024

West Haven quarterback Nick Conlan still remembers the sting of losing the Class LL state game to Staples last season. Conlan, a three year starter going into this season wants another shot at getting back to the game and he knows what it is going to take to get there.  “We need to focus on the goal and not take anything lightly we have the guys, the talent, and the……

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5 observations from our visit with the Brown Bears

August 31, 2024

Image courtesy of Brown Athletics PROVIDENCE- Brown made major strides last season finishing 5-5 but the expectations are much higher this season for a team that returns seven fifth year players and 23 seniors overall.  Despite the higher expectations, Coach James Perry doesn’t look too far ahead. He wants his team to focus on the day to day and to have short and long term goals.  It was the first……

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NEFJ Preseason All-Division 1 College Teams

August 30, 2024

Our fourth annual preseason All-Division One teams are here. As always, a lot of work goes into this list and we hope we recognized all the players that deserve the recognition. We do our best to promote the players and the programs.  Here are our three teams and our Honorable Mention team.  First Team Offense  QB: Thomas Castellanos, Jr. Boston College RB: Jordan Fuller, Sr. Holy Cross RB: Kye Robichaux,……

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Patriots make a flurry of roster moves

August 29, 2024

The Patriots were busy on Wednesday, signing seven players who they released to their practice squad and claiming four other players.  The Patriots claimed LB Curtis Jacobs off waivers from Kansas City, OT Demontrey Jacobs off waivers from Denver, DT Eric Johnson off waivers from Indianapolis and OT Zach Thomas off waivers from the Los Angeles Rams. In order to add those players, the Patriots cut CB Isaiah Bolden, DT…

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3 observations of the Norwood at Walpole scrimmage

August 28, 2024

WALPOLE- It was a beautiful afternoon to renew a rivalry at Walpole’s Turco Field as crosstown rivals Norwood and Walpole met in a game scrimmage. The long time rivals both return talented squads and are among the favorites in their respective leagues.  Here three observations from the scrimmage. 1. Mustangs return good senior class: Norwood returns a good senior class led by Jack Dwyer, Drew Bartucca, Danny Russo and Brian……

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Banner day for former local college players as they make NFL rosters

August 28, 2024

Image courtesy of Thad Brown/WROC It was a great day for New England College Football on Tuesday as several former FCS players from the region made NFL rosters.  Former Holy Cross star receiver Jalen Coker made the Carolina Panthers roster while fellow Crusader teammate C.J Hanson made the Kansas City Chiefs roster. Another former Crusader, defensive end Benton Whitley made the New York Giants roster.  Former Yale All-Ivy League wide……

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UConn names Wisconsin transfer Nick Evers team’s starting quarterback

August 28, 2024

Image courtesy of UConn Athletics UConn coach Jim Mora announced on Tuesday that Wisconsin transfer Nick Evers will be the team’s starting quarterback. The decision was made “couple of weeks ago” according to Mora. Evers beat out former Maine quarterback Joe Fagnano, former Wachusett standout Tucker McDonald and Texas true freshmen Cole Welliver.  Mora did not want to make the decision publicly but he felt pressed into during Tuesday morning’s……

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NEFJ Patriots Final 53 Man Roster Projection

August 27, 2024

The Patriots have to get down to 53 players on their roster by today at 4 pm. The team has already started cutting players as a dozen players were released yesterday. After final cuts are made, the team can bring players back as part of their 16 member practice squad. Here is who we think will make the final cut. QB’s (3) Jacoby Brissett Drake Maye Joe Milton Thoughts: Zappe is…

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Mayo and the Patriots are putting on a masters class on how not to make a quarterback decision

August 27, 2024

It is time for Patriots coach Jerod Mayo to pick a starting quarterback and move on from the circus that he has created in many ways.  Mayo’s mixed messaging all spring and summer has come to a head. Either put an end to the shenanigans and name Jacoby Brissett the starter or bypass Drake Maye’s development and throw him to the wolves. Enough with the back and forth!  The Patriots…

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