Can you believe that training camp is now just a few weeks away? UMass and UConn will get started a week earlier than most teams and Boston College is set to start on August 4. The FCS schools will be ramping up too and Ivy’s start a bit later, but football season is basically here. Most people look at you funny when you tell them there’s 16 Division 1 programs…
For about an hour on Friday night, the local football recruiting world revolved around Henry Hasselbeck. The legendary last name carries quite a bit of weight around these parts and most Boston College fans have been hopeful that Hasselbeck would ditch his lax stick and join the maroon and gold in Chestnut Hill. Well, they got that first part. Henry officially de-commited from Maryland lacrosse early in the evening in…
In this week’s college journal, we recap our time at the Best of New England Camp and some of the information we got there. There was some good intel. We will share what we can of course. 1. UConn Head Coach Jim Mora stood by his national championship aspirations when he appeared on the New England Football Show last week. Mora believes that the pieces are in place for UConn…
The Michigan Panthers lost a heartbreaker in last night’s North Division title game to the Pittsburgh Maulers, 31-27. https://twitter.com/newftbj/status/1672791955309318151?s=46&t=0-klhPVppXQ66vGpXhGesA Andover native and Brown alumnus E.J Perry, who signed with the team three weeks ago did everything in his power to will the Panthers to a win but they ultimately fell short. Perry completed 23 of 38 passes for 370 yards, 2 touchdown passes and an interception. He also scored a…
Michigan Panthers Coach Mike Nolan has been around professional football for a long time. So when he needed a spark a couple of weeks ago, he turned to a quarterback who has a penchant for rising to the occasion. He turned to E.J Perry. Perry led the Panthers to a 23-21 win over the Philadelphia Stars. With the win, the Panthers will play for the North Division title tonight against…
The Behind The Pads 7-on-7 travel team out of Providence is used to having long days. Whether it’s Texas, Kentucky, Michigan, Georgia or Massachusetts, the team is accustomed to grinding through various tournaments. Next up on the docket was the BC 7-on-7 tournament on Friday, which BTP won by beating North Kingstown (RI) in the finals. “Experience and exposure, first,” said coach Nadim Robinson. “Experience and exposure, that’s what it’s…
The Arlington Renegades of the XFL drafted former Holy Cross and New Haven quarterback Connor Degenhardt in yesterday’s XFL Draft. https://twitter.com/xfl2023/status/1669798517169070089?s=46&t=0-klhPVppXQ66vGpXhGesA The Westford native told us at yesterday’s Best of New England Camp that it was a possibility that he could get drafted and he did. I spoke with Connor last night about what it felt like to get drafted and to have the opportunity to continue playing professionally. “Getting…
New England vs. everyone. And New England is winning. With nearly hundreds of kids in attendance and FBS, FCS, JUCO, D2 and D3 schools represented by coaches and scouts at Springfield College, The BONE camp (Best of New England) was another big hit on Friday morning. Steve Martin is the man who has now made this a destination event for every New England college football team and even those in…
Image courtesy of Bentley Athletics. Saj Thakkar has been named the new head football coach at Bentley University. Thakkar was hired as offensive coordinator earlier this year and was named interim head coach in April. After a nationwide search, he was officially appointed to the top job today. We briefly caught up with Thakkar this morning at the Best of New England camp. He was genuinely excited about being named…
Some good stuff in this week’s college journal. First we stopped up at the M2 Quarterback Academy Showdown where we had a chance to catch up with some of the college coaches in attendance. We talk about that and about two local guys making their CFL debuts this past weekend. So without further ado, here goes. – I had a chance to catch up with Yale Head Coach Tony Reno. Coach Reno…