Image courtesy of Yahoo Sports FOXBOROUGH – Saturday was a special day at Gillette Stadium for a few different reasons. Big picture, the Navy vs. No. 5 Notre Dame rivalry matchup – which the Fighting Irish won 35-13 – brought a lot of national eyes to Massachusetts for college football. That’s a rare occurrence. Smaller picture, it was a special opportunity to come back home for a number of players……

Image courtesy of UMass Athletics By Ryan Barry NEFJ Correspondent AMHERST – For five years, Dallas Elliott has embodied the heartbeat of UMass football. A local kid from Leeds, Massachusetts, who honed his craft at The Williston-Northampton School, Elliott’s journey in Amherst is the quintessential underdog story. He arrived in the program as a walk-on and relentlessly grinded to earn a well-deserved scholarship and a critical role on the team…