Image courtesy of Boston College Athletics Boston College hired Blake James earlier this week as the school’s new athletic director. James has served as athletic director at Miami (Fla) and Maine and has a wealth of experience. In a statement, James said it was an honor to be coming to Boston College. “It is truly an honor to join the Boston College family as the William V. Campbell Director of…
Boston College: Tyler Murphy and Steven Daniels return to Boston College as part of the recruiting department
Two familiar faces are back at Boston College in new roles, the program announced Wednesday. Former Eagles quarterback Tyler Murphy and ex-BC linebacker Steven Daniels have been slotted to spots as assistant director of recruiting/player personnel. https://twitter.com/bcfootball/status/1532129280179707908?s=21&t=77yT2VAKxZvn7wXgdNaamw Both Murphy and Daniels had success — and relatively recent success — in playing with BC. It helps to have two young people who know what it is like to play at The…
Boston College: Eagles to name Blake James as their new athletic director
Boston College has a new athletic director. The school is expected to hire former Miami (Fla) and Maine Athletic Director Blake James to lead the school’s athletic department. Sources: Boston College has targeted former Miami athletic director Blake James to be the school’s next athletic director. An announcement is expected in the upcoming days. — Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) May 31, 2022 James replaces Pat Kraft who left in April to…
Patriots: Sights, sounds & thoughts from 2nd OTA practice
FOXBOROUGH – The Patriots were back on the practice field in front of the media for the second time on Tuesday afternoon. With mandatory mini-camp set for next week (June 7-9) there were still some guys missing since this week is still voluntary. Bill Belichick spoke prior to practice too, here’s what stood out… -In total there were only 10 guys still missing, which is pretty damn good attendance for…
UMass: Minutemen land big time commitment in Ahmad Haston
UMass landed its biggest quarterback commitment ever last week when three star recruit Ahmad Haston out of Palm Beach Central High School committed to the school. COMMITTED !! @FBCoachDBrown @UMassFootball pic.twitter.com/RtuN0qcsHw — Ahmad “The Problem” Haston (@ahmadhaston2) May 20, 2022 In Haston, the Minutemen get an athletic pocket passer who is a great fit in offensive coordinator Steve Casula’s system. Haston has plus arm strength and is accurate vertically. He…
Recruiting: Finding the right camp is the key to getting noticed
Image courtesy of Elite Football Clinics. It is camp season in football. That means thousands of prospects across the country will be attending football camps ahead of their football season. When making the decision to attend a camp, it is all about finding a camp where you can get the most eyes on you and to get better. FBS or D1 college camps are a great way to get noticed…
Pirates: Bismarck Bucks (3-7) at Massachusetts Pirates (6-3)
The Pirates will look to make it two straight when they host the Bismarck tonight at the DCU Center. The Pirates are 4-0 all time against the Bucks. Bismarck is coming into the game riding a five game losing streak. Here three keys to the game. 1. Glass must step up again: Mike Glass will get the start in place of Alejandro Bennifield. Bennifield wasn’t on the pre-game injury report…
Patriots: Vintage Belichick responses in the first in person press conference proves he doesn’t care what we think
Bill Belichick was in mid-season form in Monday’s press conference after voluntary OTA’s. Belichick was asked questions on several topics and needless to say, he was in mid-season form. The first question Belichick was asked was how he would characterize the level of participation thus far in OTA’s. His answer: “You know, it is what is.” Belichick was then asked about how involved he is on the offensive side of…
UMass: A springtime look at the program from Coach Brown’s point of view
NEWTON – Don Brown could have been anywhere he wanted to be on Wednesday afternoon, a rare option for football coaches. With head coaches unable to go out on the road with their assistants during this recruiting period, Brown has had some rare downtime from the end of spring ball until the start of camp in a few months. Instead of relaxing at home or golfing at the Charles River…
Patriots: Sights, sounds & thoughts from the first day of OTA’s
FOXBOROUGH – Football is back. Ok, obviously not really, but the practice fields behind Gillette Stadium were buzzing on Monday morning as the Patriots were out for their first OTA practice. We’re still in the non-mandatory portion of mini camp, with mandatory OTA’s set for June 7-9. Still, there was an impressive amount of players on hand for the first practice and we started to get a little bit of…