Another big week for Adam (8-3) while John went 6-5 and Stone went 7-4. Overall, Adam now leads with a 45-21 record through six weeks of picks. John is 43-23 and Stone’s hovering around .500 at 34-32. Got some big games at both the high school and college level again this week and the Pats…well, let’s just hope they cover the spread. High School CM-St. John’s Prep Stone: I said…
Five and counting for the Crimson. 17th-ranked Harvard has opened the season with five straight wins, all of them in impressive fashion. Now, a huge road test looms on Saturday when Tim Murphy’s squad visits an angry Princeton team coming off a heartbreaking loss to Brown. The Tigers walked into Harvard Stadium last season and embarrassed the Crimson on a Friday night. Now, not only is Harvard looking for a…
Image courtesy of Dartmouth Athletics It’s official. Sammy McCorkle had the ‘interim’ tagged removed on Thursday and was named the Robert L. Blackman Head Coach at Dartmouth. After being elevated from associate head coach following the accident involving Buddy Teevens, McCorkle has quickly earned even more love and support from the team and Dartmouth community. Since Teevens’ tragic passing, McCorkle has taken over in a nearly impossible situation and led…
Image courtesy of BC Athletics The Eagles are back, baby. Ok, so they’re only 3-3, but the old running team that most of us are used to seeing through the years is finally back after being non-existent the last few seasons. A main reason for that is new sophomore transfer QB Thomas Castellanos, who has exploded onto the scene and currently leads the country in rushing yards for quarterbacks. “It…
Hard to believe it’s Week 8 of the college season already. A lot of the local teams are on the road this weekend, but there’s some intriguing matchups around the region as well. UMass is the only one of the 16 teams on a bye this weekend, the MInuetmen’s first of two byes in the next month or so. WEEK 8 (October 19th-21st) South Florida @ UConn (1:00 PM) (10/21)…
The first of several major tests for Holy Cross on their quest for a fifth straight Patriot League title takes place this weekend at Fitton Field. The Crusaders (4-2, 2-0) currently sits in first, but both Georgetown (4-3, 2-0) and Lafayette (5-1, 1-0) are lurking behind. Fordham is also 5-2 and 1-1 in the league. After this Saturday’s game, Holy Cross faces Fordham, Lehigh, Army and Georgetown to end the…
Image courtesy of Cody Glenn/Getty Images By Alan Segel NEFJ Correspondent Picture this: You are driving with a personal mission through Arizona and you come to the end of the road with a wide space (call it a Grand Canyon) in front of you. You need to get to the other side to accomplish what you want to but you know the only way to do that is build a…
Now that the proverbial monkey is off their back and they’ve had a week to recover from injuries, the vibes around the UConn program are back to being positive. Head coach Jim Mora was back for his usual Tuesday morning presser and after explaining the team would be wearing special helmets for their cancer awareness game, he dove into how the Huskies – the staff in particular – treated the…
Another weekend of big time performances in the area, specially the Ivy League. Here are our College Dudes of the Week for Week 7. Maine quarterback Derek Robertson completed 20-of-32 passes for 235 yards and 3 touchdown passes in a 24-13 win over LIU. DUDE! Joe Gillette caught 8 of those completions for 102 yards in the Black Bears win over LIU. DUDE! Max Brosmer completed 29-of 49 passes for…
URI simply couldn’t afford the setback it had against Richmond last weekend. Not at home. Not with a 35-year playoff drought looming over the program. The now unranked Rams are 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the conference. If there was any hope for an at-large playoff berth finally arriving on Jim Fleming’s doorstep this year, that opportunity took a massive blow with the loss to the Spiders. Now with losses…