5 Observations from our spring visit with Bryant

March 24, 2025

We visited Bryant on Saturday in front of a packed house for Junior Days. The Bulldogs scrimmaged for about two hours. There plenty of things to take away, most notably the talent that was on the field. Bryant is young and it showed in some of the mistakes they were making but there is no denying that once they gain and experience and maturity, this will be a better football……

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Local Pro Day Week preview: Everything you need to know

March 23, 2025

Many eyes of the NFL world will be fixed on New England this week. 95 and the Pike will be jammed (even more than usual) with scouts, coaches, GMs and media members from around the country It’s officially Pro Day week in New England, with BC, UConn, UMass and Holy Cross hosting their events on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday respectively this upcoming week. Pro Days are the final steps…

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URI Spring Preview: Rams looking to replicate 2024

March 22, 2025

The Rhode Island Rams kicked off spring practice this week and they will be looking to carry the success they had last season when they won a program record 11 games and a playoff game. It will not be easy as the Rams have to replace several key contributors on both sides of the ball. Running back Malik Grant is gone as are mainstays on defense like A.J Peña who……

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Dan Herbert named offensive coordinator at Stonehill

March 21, 2025

Courtesy of Stonehill Athletics Stonehill has a new offensive coordinator. Dan Herbert replaces Tyler Moody who left the program in January to become the head football coach at the The College of New Jersey. Herbert comes to Stonehill from Dartmouth where he served as wide receivers coach last season. He previously coached at Kentucky from 2022 to 2023 serving as a graduate assistant. Prior to that, Herbert coached at Central……

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UMass announces lengthy Pro Day list

March 20, 2025

New England will be swarming with NFL executives, scouts and even some head coaches next week. While Pro Days around the country have already kicked off heading down the home stretch of the NFL Draft process, the region will be hosting a bunch of them next week. BC’s is Monday, UConn’s is Tuesday and Holy Cross is holding its big event on Thursday. In between all of that will be…

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Some encouraging early developments for BC

March 18, 2025

CHESTNUT HILL – It’s March, so everything you see at any of the local spring college practices should be taken with a grain of salt. A lot can change between now and August when real training camp begins. However, with that in mind, BC fans should be encouraged with the team through the first four practices of the 15-session spring calendar. Practice No. 4 took place on Tuesday morning and…

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BC announces crowded list for highly anticipated Pro Day next week

March 17, 2025

Chestnut Hill will be the place to be for quite a few NFL scouts and coaches as well as media members next Monday. Boston College will host its Pro Day with Donovan Ezeiruaku and Ozzy Trapilo two of the more highly talked about names this offseason, particularly since their respective performances at the Reese’s Senior Bowl as well as the NFL Combine. BC put out the full list of participants…

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College Journal for 3/16/25

March 17, 2025

Spring football has kicked off in earnest throughout the region. Here is a sample of some the conversations we have had with coaches the past two weeks.  Bill O’Brien has been pushing his team hard so far, especially on Saturday when the team had their first practice in pads. The bar has been set and O’Brien expects nothing but a maximum effort out of his team.  Speaking of the Eagles…….

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UMass fans may finally be able to see light at the end of the tunnel

March 15, 2025

FOXBOROUGH – On Friday night at Gillette Stadium, new UMass head coach Joe Harasymiak presented for one hour about the culture of his program. Minutes later, Harasymiak was kind enough to take some time out of his evening to chat with us for a toughly 10-minute interview (you can find the full segment here). It’s one thing to say you’re going to change a culture, but since its decision to…

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Observations from Day 1 of BC spring practice

March 11, 2025

A few nuggets from day one of spring ball in Year 2 of the Bill O’Brien Era: -Number changes throwing me off big time. Grayson James is now wearing No. 3. Jordan McDonald has taken Kye’s old No. 5. -Lonergan (wearing No. 9) is impressive and he’s clearly been through ‘real’ football with Alabama. Looked like a vet both in drills and team stuff. He and Shaker Reisig did miss…

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