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5 observations from our spring visit with CCSU

April 28, 2025
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NEW BRITAIN — On Friday, April 25, the Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils held their 2025 Spring Football Game. The Blue Devils played an offense-defense game for about an hour before players and coaches were presented their 2024 NEc Championship rings. Many key players didn’t play and some new faces did. Here are five observations from Friday’s game and CCSU’s month of spring practice: Merrimack transfer Donovan Wadley shines……

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5 observations from the 2025 Maine spring game

April 27, 2025
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Image courtesy of Maine Athletics The University of Maine Black Bears football team wrapped up their spring practice sessions with the 19th annual Jeff Cole Memorial Spring Game on Saturday at Alfond Stadium in Orono. Despite rainy conditions, the Black Bears showcased their progress and gave fans a glimpse of what to expect for the upcoming 2025 season. With continuity on the coaching staff and at the quarterback position, there’s……

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5 observations from our visit with the Brown Bears

April 20, 2025
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It was a gorgeous 75 degree morning when we visited with the Brown Bears on Saturday. The Bears are coming off of a difficult 3-7 season in 2024. A season that led to changes.  The Bears have a new defensive coordinator in former Anna Maria coach Dan Mulrooney. Mulrooney was recently the head coach at Lock Haven. He is bringing with him an aggressive, physical defense built on playing fast…….

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Recapping the UMass spring game

April 19, 2025
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By Ryan Barry NEFJ Staff AMHERST – A warm afternoon at McGuirk Alumni Stadium was the setting for the unofficial start of a new era as the 2025 UMass football spring game took place in Amherst between Team Maroon and Team White. Using a mostly traditional format of four quarters and a running clock, Team Maroon outlasted Team White 18-17 in what was a very entertaining event. While every program…

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Recapping the URI spring game

April 19, 2025
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By Charlie Adams NEFJ Correspondent KINGSTON – Following last year’s historic campaign that saw Rhode Island reach the postseason for the first time in 39 years with a CAA title, many fans got their first taste of the 2025 season in URI’s Blue-White spring game on Saturday. The final matchup to close out the month-and-a-half long practice session gave the offense four quarters of running clock to try to make…

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Spring Practice Preview: Big Green looking to maintain success

April 19, 2025
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Dartmouth Athletics Spring is a beautiful time of year in Hanover, New Hampshire and for Sammy McCorkle’s squad, it is a time of renewal as several new faces are expected to set up and make an impact.  Gone are established contributors like Nick Howard, Q. Jones and Paxton Scott on offense and Derrell Porter, Micah Green and Danny Cronin on defense. Several new faces are going to be expected to……

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Harvard makes history naming Katie Patton as Director of Football Operations

April 18, 2025
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In a day and age where women in football – regardless of what level – is becoming more the norm than the aberration, Harvard took that a step further on Friday afternoon. Head coach Andrew Aurich and the Crimson announced that Katie Patton has been named the program’s Director of Football Operations. Patton is now the only female DFO in the Ivy League and is both Harvard’s first woman DFO…

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Harasymiak, Minutemen ready for spring game on Saturday

April 17, 2025
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AMHERST – With the annual spring game just a few days away, new UMass head coach Joe Harasymiak met with the media after practice on Thursday. UMass will take the field at McGuirk Stadium ‘officially’ for the first time under their new leader at noon with anticipation just as high – if not higher – than it was when Don Brown took over a few years ago. Here’s everything Harsymiak…

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Merrimack unveils 2025 schedule

April 16, 2025
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Year two of the Mike Gennetti Era already feels different. There was a buzz on the field and in the stands in North Andover despite the terrible weather last weekend as the Warriors closed out spring ball with their annual spring game. The physicality and intensity for a meaningless scrimmage in April was hard to ignore. While that doesn’t win you games in September, October and November, the tone has…

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Recapping the Holy Cross spring game

April 13, 2025
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WORCETSER – A new tradition may have started in Worcester on Saturday. With some miserable New England April weather rolling through this weekend, the annual spring game was forced inside the St. Ignaitus indoor facility at Holy Cross. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The atmosphere was phenomenal as recruits, their families and alumni lined one sideline and the far end zone as the Crusaders capped off…

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