Breaking down the 2025 CAA schedules
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Ivy League to participate in the FCS playoffs beginning in 2025
After a year-long process initiated by the Ivy League’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), the Ivy League Council of Presidents has approved a proposal to participate in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs beginning next season. The announcement is great news both for the Ivy League and college football in New England. Four Ivy League programs reside in New England. Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale. All four can……
BC staff making noise in the transfer portal
Bill O’Brien’s first dip in the transfer portal as head coach at BC is off to a pretty damn good start. After locking up speedy wide receiver VJ Wilkins from Campbell over the weekend, FAU tight end Zeke Moore and Ball State running back Vaughn Pemberton joined the program on Monday night. Then, on Tuesday, the staff made its biggest splash yet. Alabama quarterback Dylan Lonergan – who had 22…
Dartmouth’s Ejike Adele named Ivy League’s Asa Bushnell Cup Defensive POTY
Image courtesy of Dartmouth Football The prestigious Asa S. Bushnell Cup for the Ivy League’s Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year was announced and presented in New York on Monday and Dartmouth brought home some more hardware. Ejike Adele earned Defensive Player of the Year honors, beating out Columbia’s Hayden McDonald (DB) and Harvard’s Ty Bartrum (DB). Adele is now the Big Green’s first Bushnell Cup winner since the…
Harasymiak adds first few coaches to new UMass staff
New UMass head coach Joe Harasymiak announced a trio of staff additions on Thursday in a statement released by the program. Joe Castellitto (Special Teams Coordinator), Tre Bell (Cornerbacks) and Kayon Whitaker (Defensive Analyst) are all joining this new era of Minuteman football. Castellitto spent the previous two seasons at Dartmouth under the late Buddy Teevens. Castelitto joined the Big Green as the special teams coordinator and nickels coach initially….
BC players weigh-in on Belichick joining the ACC
Image courtesy of BC Athletics While BC and North Carolina don’t technically play against each other again until 2028, this is going to be fun. Bill Belichick is of course joining the ACC as the new head coach at North Carolina, meaning Bill O’Brien is now back in indirect competition with his former boss and mentor. The prospect of the two of them squaring off in the ACC title game…
UConn coach Jim Mora speaks about Bill Belichick, transfer portal
On Thursday, UConn coach Jim Mora participated in a Zoom call leading up to a December 27 Wasabi Fenway Bowl against North Carolina. Of course, UNC is the next destination for former Patriots coach Bill Belichick. During the Zoom call, most of the discussion was around both that, and the comings and goings of the transfer portal. When asked about Belichick, Mora was extremely complimentary of him. “I think it’s……
UNH announces six new recruits in 2025 class
Last Wednesday was the first National Signing Day for the 2025 season and while UNH didn’t make anything official on the actual day, the program did finally do so on Monday. The No. 19-ranked Wildcats – yes, UNH is still in the Top 20 despite the playoffs still going on – announced the addition of six recruits in a statement Monday afternoon. The players are listed below: Seven Bullock, (WR),…
FCS playoffs: Mercer 17, Rhode Island 10 – Rams see magical season end with tough road loss
Image courtesy of Connor Caldon It may sound like sour grapes, but the University of Rhode Island should be preparing for an FCS quarterfinal against North Dakota State right now. Instead, the Rams’ last road trip of the season was a crushing flight home from Macon, Georgia after URI lost 17-10 to Mercer in the second round of the playoffs on Saturday. Shawn Harris Jr. had two first half touchdowns…
UMass officially introduces Harasymiak as another new era begins
Image courtesy of UMass Athletics By Andrew Guindon NEFJ Staff AMHERST – Recently hired University of Massachusetts Amherst football head coach Joe Harasymiak was officially introduced at a news conference Friday morning. One aspect of the football program was continuously visited throughout the press conference: the beginning of a new era for football in Amherst. UMass Athletics Director Ryan Bamford was adamant that the athletic department is “very serious” about…