LINE: Missouri -1 (O/U 58) Three keys offensively for Boston College: 1.) Run, run, run… I know people want to see this offense open up a bit, it would give all of us a little more confidence in where Dennis Grosel can take this team, but this isn’t the week for it. Missouri enters this game giving up an absurd 269.3 yards per game on the ground. I want to…
LINE: COASTAL CAROLINA -36 (O/U 65.5) Three keys offensively for UMass: 1.) Tick, tick, tick…The only shot UMass has at keeping this close is by controlling the clock. Brady Olson has shown the ability to quickly answer back with a fast drive, but this game is going to require quite a bit of patience from the freshman quarterback. If Olson and whoever is deployed out of the backfield are able…
DANVERS – The old saying goes that defense wins championships. After scoring 58 points combined its first two games, the Reading football team needed its defense in crunch time on Friday night. Clinging to a 14-10 lead in the final minute, the Rockets watched as a pass interference call on 4th-and-10 turned into a first down conversion for Danvers from its own 1-yard line. Moments later after a second 4th-down…
MILFORD – One play, no time left on the clock, game on the line. It’s a scenario every kid played through in their head in the backyard at some point. With a rare opportunity to play on a Thursday night due to the forecast on Friday, Natick and Milford staged an instant classic in front of a raucous crowd that ultimately came down to one play with zeros on the…
It’s been 34 years since an SEC team took the field at Alumni Stadium. Leading up to the game with Missouri on Saturday, there has suddenly become quite a bit of intrigue surrounding the game far beyond the novelty factor. Any time an SEC team travels to the Northeast there’s going to be a big following and Alumni Stadium should be just about sold out, but there was no real…
Let’s get this out of the way upfront, UMass is not going to beat Costal Carolina this weekend. That’s not the point. Well, it is, obviously winning is always the main objective, but where UMass is at right now, I think everyone can agree continued progress and not getting blown out on Saturday is plenty. The Minutemen have shown signs of life on offense the last two weeks against Boston…
Story by Liam Gambon/NEFJ CORRESPONDENT Photo: Mark Seliger/HC Athletics In 2014, Derek Ng walked into the football coach’s office at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Gaels were fresh off their first-ever national championship. “Walking into the coach’s office to basically say, ‘hey, I wanna tryout to be your kicker,’ they kinda laughed me off,” said Ng, a senior at Holy Cross. “I was 5-foot-7 135-pounds. They thought it was a joke because they just won a…
Photo: NFL.com I’m sure Mac Jones had a bit of a different picture in his head when he dreamed of his first win in the NFL. It wasn’t a 300-yard, four-touchdown performance. It wasn’t a blowout. It wasn’t even all that entertaining, but New England’s 25-6 win over the Jets on Sunday gave Jones the first victory of his career. Jones finished with 186 yards and 22 completions on 30…
Photo: USA Today After costing his team a chance to win against Miami in Week 1, Damien Harris needed to have a bounce back week. Not only did he have an important bounce back performance in a 25-6 win over the Jets, he provided Patriots fans with one of the most impressive runs they’ve seen since the days of clock killin’ Corey Dillon. Harris finished the day with 62 yards…
Photo: Elsa/Getty Images Mac Jones has his first of (hopefully) many NFL wins, but Sunday was all about the defense. The Patriots offense contuined to struggle in the red zone and it appears the coaching staff hasn’t quite taken the reins off of Jones yet, but the defense intercepted Jets rookie quarterback Zach Wilson four times and sacked him four times in a 25-6 win. Nick Folk also made four…