As the Huskies try to right the ship with a home game against FIU this weekend, Jim Mora spoke Tuesday during his weekly presser. Here’s what stood out… ON THE GEORGIA STATE LOSS 7 BOUNCING BACK “We just got beat bad at Georgia State and that’s the reality of the situation. We have to continue to just work and look for answers and put our guys in the best position…
With BC heartbreaker behind them, rejuvenated Holy Cross turns attention to Yale
Image courtesy of Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images After coming up an inch and a fumble shy of upsetting BC and taking down its in-state rivals for the first time in 45 years, Holy Cross wasted little time getting back to work. “It doesn’t matter, get better,” has been a line head coach Bob Chesney uses every single week since he’s been in Worcester whether or not Holy…
New England High School Round Up- Week 2
High School football season is well underway in New England with Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island kicking off this past weekend. The weather wrecked havoc on a bunch of games but there was still some great football action in all six states. Here are my thoughts on some of the top games in the region. Connecticut – Greenwich made a statement in their 35-21 win over Fairfield Prep. The Cardinals…
Patriots rookies look strong in Week 1
Photo by John Rivera/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Patriots dropped a 25-20 game to the Eagles in Week 1, a result that was more about the Patriots’ mistakes than anything else. However, one significant bright spot was the play of New England’s Rookie class. In order for the Patriots to contend for a playoff spot, they will need to get impact production from their rookie class. Offensively, Demario Douglas…
College ‘Dudes of the Week’ – Week 2
We had another fantastic week of performance s by some of the top Division One players in the region. Here are College Dudes of the Week for Week 2. UNH quarterback Max Brosmer completed 32-of-50 passes for 493 yards and four touchdown passes in the Wildcats 45-42 loss to Central Michigan. DUDE! Brosmer’s teammate Dylan Laube caught 12 passes for 295 yards and three receiving touchdowns. Laube also had a rushing touchdown…
Top 16 college poll – Week 2
Week one will be remembered for the impact the weather had on football at all three levels. Several games featuring Division One programs in the area were disrupted by weather most notably the B.C, Holy Cross game and the Miami of Ohio, UMass game. I cannot remember a weekend this bad for weather since 2002. In any event, we saunter along with our poll and there are some changes this…
Five underrated high school results from Week 1
There were a few results that caught our eye over the weekend that were not included in our preview or Top 25 and 15 out teams. These squads aren’t ranked at the moment, but still bear watching. (in alphabetical order of winning team) Attleboro 20, Old Rochester 13 — Attleboro is a team that several people in the Hockomock League told us to watch out for this season. Well, this…
Stonehill trio, CCSU rookie take home weekly Northeast Conference awards
Image courtesy of Northeast Conference (@NECFootball) As Stonehill continues to find its footing in year two as a D1 FCS school, the Skyhawks are showing they’ve got some talent all over the field. Literally. In all three phases. A last-second 52-yard, game winning field goal for senior Perry Shelbred ultimately earned him NEC Special Teams Player of the Week, which the conference announced on Monday. Shelbred accounted for nine points…
Historic performance for UNH’s Laube earns him multiple accolades
Image courtesy of UNH Athletics New Hampshire may have come up just sort of a wild upset against Central Michigan, but its star running back is reaping the rewards of his outstanding effort. Laube had a program-record 295 receiving yards (fourth all time in CAA history) on 12 catches. The electric back also racked up a total of 371 all purpose yards with three touchdowns. Two of Laube’s receiving TD’s…
Recapping Don Brown’s weekly UMass press conference
Image courtesy of UMass Athletics After a crazy day, night and then morning in Amherst on Saturday, UMass was right back to work Monday prepping for a trip to Eastern Michigan. The Minutemen are now 1-2 with two straight losses, but the defeats haven’t felt like the abysmal train wrecks fan have grown accustomed to over the last few years. The team clearly has some fight and the talent is…