Photo courtesy of Ken McGagh It’s been 10 months since Ashland head coach Andrew MacKay and the Clockers celebrated a Division 6 Super Bowl title at Gillette Stadium. Instead of being in the thick of another title chase, the Clockers – like many others – are in a state of uncertainty right now. Other districts have allowed teams to begin some workouts, but Ashland isn’t one of them and the…
Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports Can you believe we’re now going to be four weeks in to the Boston College football season? Time flies when you’re having fun, so let’s get right to it. Here is everything you need to know about the Eagles as they head into another ACC matchup with Pittsburgh at home on Saturday: FINAL THOUGHTS FROM THE UNC LOSS The UNC loss was another one that came…
It’s been quite a week or so for the Patriots. Glenn Ordway, Lou Merloni and Christian Fauria had the unenviable task of interviewing the coach on Tuesday afternoon. The loss was one thing, but, just the circumstances surrounding the team right now are making the “focus on what you can control” mantra harder than ever to follow. What stood out Tuesday? Ordway opened by addressing that very topic, asking Bill…
Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images Tom Brady looked as good as good as ever on Sunday. Brady was forced into a shootout with rookie Justin Herbert and prevailed like an old veteran should, dragging the Buccaneers to a 38-31 win over the Los Angeles Chargers. Brady and the Bucs trailed by 17-points at one point, but, he thew for 369 yards and five touchdowns (and a pick 6) in the…
Charlie Riedel/Associated Press This was setting up to potentially be one of the greatest regular season wins in franchise history. October 5, 2020 was going to be a night Patriots fans remembered in the same class as the comeback against Denver on that frigid night in Foxborough or, Drew Bledsoe’s win over Minnesota. The incredible story was unfolding before all of our eyes. New England’s starting quarterback was diagnosed with…
Two points. That’s all that stood between Boston College and forcing overtime against the 11th-ranked team in the country on Saturday night. Trailing by eight with a little over five minutes remaining, Phil Jurkovec led the Eagles downfield and eventually found CJ Lewis for a touchdown to cut the lead to six. Unfortunately, the ensuing two-point conversion that would have forced overtime was picked off and ran back the other…
Photo courtesy of Marc Vasconcellos/Enterprise We’ve survived a month without high school football here in Massachusetts, but, it hasn’t been easy. We here at New England Football Journal have tried our best to keep the high school game relevant in the months it should be with John’s weekly Coaches Chat and our featured team of the week as well. The response has been phenomenal and we know there are tons…
It’s that time of week again, it’s nice to be back in a little bit of a rhythm, isn’t it? Here is everything you need to know about the BC football program heading into a huge, nationally televised matchup with North Carolina at Alumni Stadium Saturday afternoon (ABC, 3:30). FINAL THOUGHTS FROM COACH HAFLEY ON THE WIN OVER TEXAS STATE On Sunday afternoon coach Hafley met with the media briefly…
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports It still doesn’t look right, but Tom Brady and the Buccaneers are 2-1. Brady went in to what is usually a house of horrors for him and had a good day to help get the Bucs a 28-10 win over the Broncos. We all know how it’s usually looked when he went to Denver in his career, so this was probably a nice little mental hurdle…
This week’s interview with Bill Belichick by Glenn Ordway, Lou Merloni and Christian Fauria was the best one yet. Some failed humor regarding nicknames made for some outstanding awkward silence, but Bill also had some interesting stuff to say regarding Sunday’s 36-20 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. This week the running game will be absolutely critical if the Patriots have any shot to hang with the high powered Chiefs…