Week 4. We’ve got some of our first bye weeks (and well-timed ones too) along with the start of Ivy League play. There’s some great ‘double local’ matchups around the region and some interesting road tests for some other teams. Here’s a breakdown of the 15-team, 12-game slate: 9/20 Harvard @ Stetson (1:00) The two-time defending Ivy League co (tri?) champs kick off their season on Saturday with a road……
By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff It’s hard to believe that we’ve already reached Week 3 of the high school football season in New England. It’s about the time of year where we start to separate the contenders and pretenders and it’s another good slate this weekend. Below, we take a look at the top 20 games in Massachusetts, plus the top contest in the other five New England states: Massachusetts…
FOXBOROUGH – On Wednesday morning, head coach Mike Vrabel told reporters that he expected Christain Gonzalez to do some things at Wednesday’s practice. Moments later in the locker room, Gonzalez had a throng of reporters surrounding his locker, which was another indicator that No. 0 would be taking the field. About a half hour after that, Gonzalez was in fact back out on the field with his teammates, practicing for…
The headline sounds weird with an 0-3 team, I get it. But, Holy Cross has lost its first three games this season by a combined total of seven points. After nearly upsetting a good MAC team in NIU, the Crusaders went up to Wildcat Stadium and narrowly missed taking down the UNH. Last week, the Crusaders took No. 5 Rhode Island to the final minute at Fitton Field before falling…
In 2024, Bryant didn’t get a single conference win in its inaugural season with the CAA. This year, the Bulldogs have gone toe-to-toe in a loss to FBS New Mexico State, beaten UMass for the first win over an FBS team in program history and then blew out Bentley. Something is different about this year’s Bulldogs. Now another year older and looking to show last year was simply an adjustment…
Jim Fleming knew a road game against Holy Cross would be a tough, physical affair. He just didn’t know the final score would resemble a game from the 1950s. No. 5 – now No. 6 this week in the latest AFCA Coaches Poll – URI survived a tight 9-7 game against the Crusaders on the road last Saturday to move to 3-0 on the young season. The offense struggled and…
Even after a loss, the Wildcats moved up a spot in the latest AFCA Coaches Poll this week. UNH is No. 23 in the country despite a tough 34-29 road loss to FBS opponent Ball State this last weekend. The Wildcats’ had a chance to steal the program’s seventh win over an FBS team all-time, but instead dropped to 2-1 on the year. In defeat, head coach Rick Santos learned…
Rob Gullo & Andy Close NEFJ Correspondents It was an exhilarating Week 1 of the high school football season in Connecticut. The top teams all took care of business, but there were a few upsets along the way and some scores that certainly put some teams on notice throughout the state. With that, here’s the CT Top 25 Poll heading into Week 2: 1. New Canaan – New Canaan started…
Image courtesy of MaxPreps By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff Week 2 proved to be uneventful for movement in the top 25. Marshfield fell in lopsided fashion to St. John’s Prep to drop to 0-2 on the season. The Rams are out of the top 25 this week. Milford debuts at number 16 after dominating Leominster on the road. Xaverian, Catholic Memorial and Springfield Central were all idle last weekend. Each…
Image courtesy of Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photos Was it pretty? Absolutely not. Do the Patriots have a lot to work on to beat the upper echelon teams in the NFL? Of course. Are they at least fun to watch again? Will the Pats get people emotionally invested, living and dying with every third down or two-minute drive throughout the fall and winter again? Yup. Given the way things have been around…