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Stanford 30, Boston College 20 – Cardinal make Eagles look bad in late night debacle

September 14, 2025
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Image courtesy of The Mercury News Well, this certainly wasn’t what fans envisioned when the schedule came out. After three weeks, BC is 1-2 and searching for answers. The Eagles were double digit favorites heading into a game against Stanford late on Saturday night, but turnovers, missed opportunities and an inability to stop the run all added up to a rather stunning 30-20 loss. The Eagles entered the game banged……

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No. 5 Rhode Island 9, Holy Cross 7 – Rams squeak out win over Crusaders in defensive slugfest

September 13, 2025
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Image courtesy of URI Athletics  By Brendan Flynn NEFJ Correspondent WORCESTER – Trailing by one with 2:23 left to play on the road, Rhode Island kicker Garth White cleared with uprights with plenty of room to spare on a go-ahead, 41-yard field goal to cap the Rams game-winning, 60-yard drive. The field goal was the third of the day for White, who accounted for every URI point in the 9-7…

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Boston College Four Down Preview: BC Eagles (1-1, 0-0) @ Stanford Cardinal (0-2, 0-0)

September 13, 2025
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Image courtesy of ESPN Kickoff: Back in prime time. Boston College has the late game Saturday night at 10:30 on ACC Network. After last week’s wild one in East Lansing, this offense has a chance to put on another show for the rest of the country. More importantly, the Eagles can back on the right side of things heading into a now much-needed early bye week. First down: The defense -…

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UMass Four Down Preview: UMass Minutemen (0-2) vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (1-1)

September 13, 2025
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Image courtesy of ESPN By Ryan Barry NEFJ Staff Kickoff: The UMass Minutemen (0-2) hit the road for the first time this season to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes (1-1) in the first of two straight games against Power Four opponents Reeling from an upset 27-26 loss to Bryant last week, the Minutemen face an uphill task in securing their first win of the season against the Big Ten foe. 1st…

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New England college preview – Week 3

September 11, 2025
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Week 3 is upon us. Once again, 13 of the 17 local D1 schools are in action this weekend with the Ivy League teams still one week away from kickoff. There’s some big matchups, must-win games and a late night cap that we’re all going to need som caffeine for. Let’s take a look at the intriguing slate on tap this weekend: 9/13 St. Francis (PA) @ CCSU (Noon) Big…

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No. 5 URI has huge early season test coming up this weekend as target gets bigger

September 10, 2025
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Five and rising. The defending CAA champs and now 2-0 URI Rams have moved up to No. 5 in the AFCA Coaches Poll this week after beating Stony Brook on the road. Jim Fleming’s team has another huge early season test this weekend when the Rams visit perennial FCS playoff contender Holy Cross in the Cruaders’ home opener. This will be Rhody’s first non-conference game after opening the year with…

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Bryant’s first win over FBS opponent serves as validation

September 9, 2025
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It’s not often you can say you did something for the first time in history. The 2025 Bryant Bulldogs and head coach Chris Merritt can now say that forever after earning the program’s first win against an FBS school, beating UMass last Saturday. Perhaps more importantly, it was validation for the belief that the tide was turning for Bryant with a big investment from the school behind the program and…

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Victor Cruz inducted into UMass Hall of Fame

September 7, 2025
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By Ryan Barry NEFJ Correspondent AMHERST – Located just 6.5 miles north of the campus of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst sits Mount Sugarloaf. With its sweeping views of the Pioneer Valley and open rock faced slopes to its south, one could say there’s enough room for a “Mount Rushmore” should anyone ever be interested in such a project. If the UMass Athletics department were up to task, no doubt…

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