Photo courtesy of the UConn Athletic Department. Improved quarterback play and adding offensive linemen were both focal points for Jim Mora and his staff during the recruiting process. On Wednesday, the Huskies signed five Class of 2022 recruits and eight transfers on National Signing Day, Part Two. The gem of the 2022 recruiting class was quarterback Zion Turner out of St. Thomas Aquinas in Florida. Turner is a dual threat…
NFL Draft: Brown’s Perry wins East-West Shrine Bowl Offensive MVP with huge second half while BC, UConn & UMass are all represented
Photo: NFL Network Brown University certainly isn’t a no-name school in the college football world, but compared to somewhere like Michigan for instance, there is no comparison. A quick Google search will tell you that the enrollment in those two schools in 2021 had a difference of about 36,000. So, when players from smaller schools get the opportunity to showcase their talent in a game like the 97th East-West Shrine…
Patriots Draft: 10 Patriots type players to watch in the East-West Shrine Game
The 97th East-West Shrine game will be played tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada. There will be five New England prospects in the game. Brown quarterback E.J Perry, Boston College center Alec Lindstrom, Boston College cornerback Brandon Sebastian, UMass cornerback Bryce Watts and offensive tackle Ryan Van Demark of UConn. The Patriots will keep tabs on all five but there are other players here that they will evaluate as well. Players…
Holy Cross: Crusaders welcome ten new players in the Class of 2022
Holy Cross coach Bob Chesney and his staff have it rolling on multiple fronts right now. The Crusaders are coming off their third straight Patriot League championship, and they followed up the last one with a FCS playoff win. The loss was a close game to a very good Villanova program. And it is obvious that Chesney and Co. are recruiting well. Freshmen and sophomores are finding their way on…
Recruiting Round Up: Milford High School
After Milford had a successful Fall II, there were many who expected the Scarlet Hawks to take a dip the following season. That did not happen. Milford went 9-3 last fall, and earned signature wins over teams like Mansfield, Foxboro, and Natick (twice). This is a program that’s on a roll, and we expect that to continue into next fall. One byproduct of that success on the gridiron is players…
UMass: Minutemen add four new players on National Signing Day while Brown, Casula & Dudzinski meet with the media as new culture continues taking shape
Photo: @UMassFootball The term “Dude Mass” is becoming more and more popular by the day because of the players, staff and culture Don Brown is trying to bring back to UMass. On Wednesday, Brown took another big step towards continuing to change the way people view the team in Amherst by adding four new players on National Signing Day. Jeremiah McGill (DB), Derrieon Craig (LB), Donovan Turner (DB), and Aaron…
Boston College: Almost a decade after first working together, McNulty & Hafley reunite at BC
It’s been nine years since Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley and new offensive coordinator John McNulty worked together for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2013. The stop in Florida was the fifth at the time for Hafley, while McNulty was on his seventh and the two missed each other by just three years at Rutgers. Hafley was Tampa’s assistant defensive backs coach and McNulty was the quarterbacks coach. Now,…
Patriots: What the Patriots Lose with McDaniels’ Departure
Throughout his 14 seasons as the Patriots’ offensive coordinator, Josh McDaniels has often drawn the ire of Patriots fans. Despite coordinating the most prolific offense in NFL history and winning three Super Bowls from 2014-2018, McDaniels is often a fall guy for a fan base loathe to criticize Tom Brady or Bill Belichick. That trend exploded in 2020, with a poor Patriots offense frustrating the New England region. This past…
UMass: Legendary name lives on in New England as AJ Vinatieri commits to UMass
A couple weeks ago, we posted a story about Adam Vinatieri’s son AJ possibly bringing the legendary last name back to the forefront of New England football when he had UMass as an option for his college destination. On Monday night with roughly 700 people watching live on AJ’s Instagram page, he put on a UMass hat while the whole family revealed they were wearing UMass shirts, including Adam. Soon…
Patriots: As a sports fan, witnessing Tom Brady’s career up close was everything you could ask for
Where do you even start? Growing up as a sports fan, you ultimately learn that the greatest part of a local team winning a championship is the memories created along with it. Everyone has countless stories of where they were and who they were with for any of the titles we’ve seen since 2001. Stunningly, Tom Brady provided every Patriots fan with six of those special occasions in a 20-year…