• Great weekend for New England college football as three teams get FCS playoff bids
  • NFL reinstates Jabrill Peppers
  • With playoff drought officially over, URI turns its attention to CCSU
  • Recapping Shane Montgomery’s UMass-UConn game week press conference
  • Seven Points on the Patriots 34-15 loss to the Dolphins

Uxbridge 33, Auburn 0 — LaChapelle leads the way for Spartans

By Tony Catalina NEFJ Correspondent UXBRIDGE — The beat goes on for the Uxbridge Spartans, as the high-flying offense continues to make plays en route to a perfect regular season. On Friday night, they beat the Auburn Rockets, 33-0. What started off slow and looking like an even defensive battle between the two teams turned into the Spartans once again flexing their muscles for their eighth win of the season…….

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Return of the Mac. The perception of Jones is drastically different outside of New England

Mac Jones has had a tumultuous season thus far. He has played well in spurts but he has also been benched twice in blow out losses to the Cowboys and Saints. Jones tenure in New England in many ways mimics his three seasons as a Patriot. You get some good and you get a fair amount of bad when it comes to Jones play. What we saw Sunday was good…

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Taking a peek at the power rankings

It’s almost time for the postseason, which makes it as good a time as any to go over the power rankings one last time. Division 1 As usual, we kick off the look at D1 with some analysis of Everett. The Crimson Tide are No. 16, and would play top-seeded and undefeated St. John’s Prep if things ended today. Everett has obviously been hurt by its Greater Boston League schedule,……

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How different is Pats’ preparation playing an opponent twice in a month?

On Thursday morning, I asked both Jahlani Tavai and Lawrence Guy how much harder – or easier – it might be preparing for a team when facing them for the second time in a month. The Pats will be playing the Dolphins Sunday, wrapping up the season series already just eight weeks into the regular season. Playing a divisional opponent always provides problems because of the familiarity, but twice in…

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