Line: Chiefs -11 Opening Kickoff: The Patriots travel to Kansas City to battle the Chiefs tonight in a game that was rescheduled after it was revealed on Saturday that starting quarterback Cam Newton tested positive for COVID-19. The Chiefs also had a positive test of their own as back quarterback Jordan Ta’amu tested positive as well. Subsequent tests on both teams and personnel were negative. The two teams are going…
Boston College: Eagles continue to grow in four point loss to No. 11 UNC
Two points. That’s all that stood between Boston College and forcing overtime against the 11th-ranked team in the country on Saturday night. Trailing by eight with a little over five minutes remaining, Phil Jurkovec led the Eagles downfield and eventually found CJ Lewis for a touchdown to cut the lead to six. Unfortunately, the ensuing two-point conversion that would have forced overtime was picked off and ran back the other…
Boston College Preview: #12 North Carolina Tar Heels (1-0) at Boston College Eagles (2-0)
Line: North Carolina -13.5 North Carolina Players to Watch: Sam Howell (QB), Dyami Brown (WR), Beau Corrales (WR), Dazz Newsome (WR), Michael Carter (RB), Javonte Williams (RB), Chazz Surratt (ILB), Tomon Fox (OLB) Opening Kickoff: The Eagles host the Tar Heels at Alumni Stadium this afternoon. This will be the eighth all time meeting between the two programs. The Tar Heels hold a 5-2 series lead all time. The Eagles…
X’s and O’s: Breaking down the Air Raid from the beginning to now
Image courtesy of Sean Gardner/Getty Images The Air Raid. An offensive system synonymous with scoring. A system that has taken the football world by storm the last 25 years. Notice I said system. The Air Raid is not an “offense” per say like the Spread, Wing-T, Flexbone or Wishbone. The Air Raid is a variation of the West Coast Offense and the Run & Shoot. Perhaps the biggest difference between…
High School: NEFJ Featured Team of the Week – Abington
Photo courtesy of Marc Vasconcellos/Enterprise We’ve survived a month without high school football here in Massachusetts, but, it hasn’t been easy. We here at New England Football Journal have tried our best to keep the high school game relevant in the months it should be with John’s weekly Coaches Chat and our featured team of the week as well. The response has been phenomenal and we know there are tons…
College: CAA announces a six game schedule with the option to play two non conference games
The CAA announced yesterday that they will play a six game schedule in the Spring of 2021. Schools will have the option to also pick up two non conference games. The conference will be split up into a North and South divisional format. All six league games will be against teams within the division. The team with the best conference record will be the conference’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA…
Boston College: It’s UNC Week, here’s what you need to know before Saturday
It’s that time of week again, it’s nice to be back in a little bit of a rhythm, isn’t it? Here is everything you need to know about the BC football program heading into a huge, nationally televised matchup with North Carolina at Alumni Stadium Saturday afternoon (ABC, 3:30). FINAL THOUGHTS FROM COACH HAFLEY ON THE WIN OVER TEXAS STATE On Sunday afternoon coach Hafley met with the media briefly…
Tompa Bay Tuesday: Brady and the Bucs move to 2-1 with win in Denver
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports It still doesn’t look right, but Tom Brady and the Buccaneers are 2-1. Brady went in to what is usually a house of horrors for him and had a good day to help get the Bucs a 28-10 win over the Broncos. We all know how it’s usually looked when he went to Denver in his career, so this was probably a nice little mental hurdle…
Patriots: Recapping Bill Belichick’s weekly OMF interview on WEEI
This week’s interview with Bill Belichick by Glenn Ordway, Lou Merloni and Christian Fauria was the best one yet. Some failed humor regarding nicknames made for some outstanding awkward silence, but Bill also had some interesting stuff to say regarding Sunday’s 36-20 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. This week the running game will be absolutely critical if the Patriots have any shot to hang with the high powered Chiefs…
Patriots: Running game and defense carry the Pats to 36-20 win over Las Vegas
AP Photo/Charles Krupa FOXBOROUGH — They don’t ask how, just how many at the end of the year. It wasn’t pretty at times on Sunday afternoon, but the Patriots beat the Las Vegas Raiders 36-20 at Gillette Stadium to move to 2-1 on the season. With David Andrews out the offensive line struggled to protect Cam Newton early, but, thanks to 117 yards from Sony Michel and three total touchdowns…