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FCS Playoffs: (10) Rhode Island 21, Central Connecticut State 17 — Rams move on

November 30, 2024

By Charlie Adams NEFJ Staff KINGSTON — Rhode Island’s historic season is not over yet. After a 39-year wait, the Rams returned to the FCS playoffs on Saturday and proved they belonged. No. 10 URI defeated the NEC champion Central Connecticut State in the first round of the FCS playoffs, 21-17. “It’s a historic deal,” Rhode Island head coach Jim Fleming said. “Out of 129 years of playing football……

UNH FCS playoff preview vs. UT Martin

November 30, 2024

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Image courtesy of UNH Athletics For the second time in three years and the 16th time in the last 20, UNH will play a postseason game. The 16th-seeded Wildcats host UT Martin at Wildcat Stadium on Saturday afternoon (1:00 p.m.) with a date against No. 7 Mercer in the second round on the line next week. UNH (8-4) has won four straight games and has seemingly played its best ball…

Boston College 4 down preview: Pitt Panthers (7-4) @ BC Eagles (6-5)

November 30, 2024

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Image courtesy of ESPN Kickoff: It’s hard to believe, but Year 1 of the Bill O’Brien Era ends on Saturday. Well, the regular season at least. The Eagles have a chance to win 7 games for the first time since 2018 if Pitt goes down. No matter what happens on Saturday, I do think there’s been more positive developments than negative ones this season and fans should be encouraged knowing…

CCSU Blue Devils at Rhode Island Rams FCS playoff preview

November 30, 2024

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The Rhode Island Rams are hosting a playoff game for the first time in 39 years this afternoon at Meade Stadium. The Rams will square off against NEC Champion. Central Connecticut State University who last made the playoffs in 2019. CCSU has won the NEC seven times in program history. The Blue Devils have a strong football tradition. Both programs are good defensively. The Blue Devils are 20th in the……

UConn (7-4) at UMass (2-9) Preview – Battle for the 1st Southwick Jug in 78th meeting

November 29, 2024

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(Trophy image from @MidnightRideNIL) By Ryan Barry NEFJ Staff Kickoff: The regular season in New England comes to an end with longtime rivals UMass and UConn squaring off at for the 78th time at McGuirk Alumni Stadium on Saturday afternoon, although the rivalry is technically 127 years old. This will be the first time the Southwick Jug will be up for grabs too, in a trophy created by The Midnight…

Recapping Jim Mora’s UConn-UMass game week press conference

November 26, 2024

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By Ryan Barry NEFJ Staff UConn head coach Jim Mora took to the podium for his usual Tuesday press conference to discuss the Huskies’ 31-24 loss to Syracuse as well as the upcoming road match-up against the UMass Minutemen on Saturday afternoon to close out the regular season. A win will give UConn eight wins ahead of a second bowl appearance in three years.Here’s everything Mora had to say… Mora…

CCSU’s quick turnaround not surprising to Lechtenberg

November 26, 2024

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Image courtesy of NCAA FCS In 2019, you could make an argument that CCSU was the best college football team in New England. Actually, there probably wasn’t even much debate. The Blue Devils were 11-2 and the Northeast Conference champions. The next two seasons (excluding the pandemic), CCSU went 4-7 in 2021 and 2-9 in 2022. Enter Adam Lechtenberg. After going 3-8 a year ago in his first season, Lechtenberg…

UNH’s remarkable run of consistency continues

November 26, 2024

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For the 16th time in the last 20 seasons, UNH is heading to the FCS postseason. The Wildcats brought the Brice-Cowell Musket back to Durham with a convincing win over Maine on Saturday and were the first at-large team called on Sunday during the selection show. The 16th-seeded Wildcats even got a home game this Saturday against UT Martin. During Monday’s CAA call, head coach Rick Santos – who has…

Top 16 College Poll: Week 14

November 26, 2024

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The regular season wrapped up for several programs this week. Rhode Island, New Hampshire and CCSU qualified for the FCS playoffs with the Rams winning the CAA and the Blue Devils winning the NEC. In the Ivy League, Yale beat Harvard and Dartmouth beat Brown which means Harvard, Dartmouth and Columbia all shared a piece of the Ivy League title. Finally, B.C became bowl eligible with an impressive win……

Great weekend for New England college football as three teams get FCS playoff bids

November 25, 2024

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It is going to be a busy late fall, early winter in New England as three teams earned FCS playoff bids on Sunday. Rhode Island and Central Connecticut State won their respective conferences and earned automatic bids while New Hampshire earned an at-large bid. The Wildcats will host UT Martin on Saturday. Coming into the season, none of these programs were expected to contend for conference titles or playoff appearances,……

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