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College Dudes of the Week – Week 4

Dylan Laube, RB, UNH- Laube had a 100 yard kick off return for a touchdown and 163 all-purpose yards in a 29-25 loss to Delaware.  Matt Sluka, QB, Holy Cross- Sluka completed 18-of-26 passes for 186 yards and four touchdowns in a 47-7 win over Colgate. Jacob Dobbs, LB, Holy Cross- Dobbs had 12 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss in the Crusaders win over Colgate. Nick Howard & Q……

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Patriots’ lack of a playmaker shows up once again

The Patriots lack of a playmaker was once again evident in Sunday’s 15-10 win over the Jets. New England had several opportunities to blow the game open but the lack of a skill player who can stretch the field and make defenders miss in space hindered the offense once again. Having to drive the hall on every possession is hard. You need to mix in short drives that are the…

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Five underrated high school results from Week 3

Every week, we profile games from the past weekend that include teams that were not in our preview or rankings. Still, these results grabbed our attention, and feature programs that bear watching. Abington 33, Silver Lake 0 — Abington had a down year in 2022, and finished with a 4-7 record. The Green Wave are coached by the legendary Jim Kelliher, who is one of the good guys in the……

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Top 16 College Poll – Week 4

There is some movement at the top of this week’s poll although Holy Cross remains the number one team in our poll.  Here goes. Holy Cross (3-1)- Crusaders roll Colgate 47-7. Harvard visits this week in the Polar Park game.  Harvard (2-0)- Crusaders edge Brown and visit Holy Cross this week. New Hampshire (2-2)- Tough loss to Delaware drops the Wildcats one spot. They host Towson this week. Bryant (2-2)-……

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Seven Points on the Patriots 15-10 win over the Jets

Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports The Patriots picked up their first win of the season, beating the New York 15-10 in a defensive struggle. The offense had its moments, but they sputtered in the second half. Despite that, the defense did what they needed to do down the stretch to keep New York out of the end zone. Here are seven points on the Patriots win. 1. Defense thrives: The Patriots…

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Pats’ win over Jets was big for rookie kicker Chad Ryland

Image courtesy of New England Patriots The box score will show that Chad Ryland was 2/4 on field goals in a 15-10 win over the Jets Sunday, but his day was much better than that. Kicking in brutal elements with the season ultimately on the line three weeks in, Ryland made kicks from 48 and 51 yards, while missing a 57-yarder at the end of the first half and a…

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Patriots 15, Jets 10 – Gritty not pretty; Pats grind out much-needed 1st win of the season

Image courtesy of Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – We knew it wasn’t going to pretty, and boy, it wasn’t. The Patriots held the Jets to less than 100 yards of total offense through much of the game (171 total) and made Zach Wilson look as bad as he ever has en route to a desperately needed 15-10 victory on a miserable afternoon in New Jersey. The Patriots offense…

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Week 1 Chaos Poll

All right, another year of the ever-popular Chaos Poll. We always release the first one the weekend of the first ISL games. We do this because the seasons between the MIAA and NEPSAC are staggered and don’t start at the same time. That makes it difficult to do this in the preseason. With that, here is our Chaos Poll for the best teams in Massachusetts, MIAA and NEPSAC combined, the……

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