Jim Fleming and his staff enjoyed every bit of the history-making CAA title a year ago. After all, it was the first time the program could celebrate a conference championship in 39 years. But, the final game of the season is what’s stuck with the staff, the players and the fan base the most. The playoff loss to Mercer is what’s fueled them in the offseason and now as training……
UNH head coach Rick Santos couldn’t have made it any clearer on Wednesday. The bar remains high in Durham. Santos, defensive end Zach Garron and tight end Colby Ramshaw represented the Wildcats during their portion of the CAA Virtual Media Day. Each program in the conference over the next two days got about 15 minutes to talk about the upcoming season and the expectations that await them. Santos talked about…
Courtesy of Sacred Heart Football Sacred Heart University announced this morning that the school is joining the CAA in football starting in the Fall of 2026. Sacred Heart President Dr. John Petillo called the move an exciting new chapter for the university and the football program. “Joining the CAA begins an exciting new chapter for our university. This move not only strengthens our commitment to athletic excellence, but it also……
It’s getting closer and closer. Slowly, but it’s happening. Football season is truly almost here, even though it feels like we’re always saying that once July hits. But, we did get another sign of it when the CAA announced its football Media Day schedule on Wednesday afternoon. It’ll be a two-day event for the conference this year, with virtual press conferences taking place on both Wednesday the 23rd and Thursday…
As the start of college training camps creeps closer and closer, lists and rankings are starting to trickle out ahead of the 2025 season. On Tuesday, FCS Stats Perform – secondary to the AFCA rankings and polls, but noteworthy nonetheless – released its preseason All-American teams. New England schools are well-represented with defending CAA champs URI and the local Ivy League schools making the biggest splash. First team offense: Marquis…
Image courtesy of URI Athletics In just a few short weeks, the URI Rams will begin training camp as defending CAA champions for the first time in 40 years. The only way to truly continue competing in the most competitive conference in all of FCS is to add as much talent as possible, both from the high school level and from the portal. With that in mind, on Friday, the…
Carter Gooden is California-bound. The four-star defensive end from Tabor Academy officially committed to UCLA on Thursday afternoon, joining teammate and line-mate Marcus Almada, who also committed to the Bruins right around 4:00 p.m. Both guys were highly sought after, with Gooden holding 20 offers according to On3/Rivals, including schools like BC, Michigan State, Penn State, UNC, Cal, Minnesota, Stanford and Texas A&M. “It checked every box for me both…
It’s almost football season. Finally. We’re one month from training camp and many programs will be having Media Days this month. That also means that it’s time to start planning those tailgates and road trips. With that in mind, we’ve done some of the hard work for you already. Below is the full schedule for each of the 17 programs here in New England. We will be updating this…
By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent MIDDLETOWN — Summer is a good time for people to enjoy the outdoors and for youth football players across the state of Connecticut to get better. With school out, the end of June is a time where they can absorb football knowledge from players like NFL quarterback Tim Boyle. On Saturday, Boyle – a 2013 graduate of Xavier High School – hosted his fifth quarterback…
You don’t think rivalry when you hear UConn and Duke – at least not on the gridiron – but the two have developed a nice little competitive animosity over the last couple of seasons. This is going to be a regular occurrence going forward too. On Wednesday, the Huskies announced that the two schools have agreed to additional games on September 11, 2027 in Durham and then October 14, 2028…