Photo – Charles Krupa/Associated Press Over the last decade or so, the Patriots-Ravens rivalry has turned into one of the best in all of pro football. Whether it was the Rex Ryan timeout game on Monday Night Football in 2007, the 2011 AFC Championship game and Billy Cundiff’s missed kick, the (ugly) 2012 AFC Championship game, the double pass/eligible receiver playoff game of 2014, or one of the Sunday night slugfests…
College: Week Three Top 16 Poll
Week three saw Boston College and UMass win their first games of the season while URI and UNH both had disappointing losses. Harvard narrowly escaped against Merrimack and Holy Cross beat Yale to continue its strong start. Here is this week’s top 16 poll. 1. Holy Cross (3-0): Crusaders flex their muscle against Yale. They open up Patriot League play with a visit to Colgate. 2. Harvard (1-0): Crimson needed…
UMass: With first win out of the way, Minutemen looking to build momentum
For years, UMass football fans have worried if one loss would turn into two, two into three, three into four, and so on, until another one-win season was staring them in the face. Now, the loyal fan base can wonder, ‘can one win suddenly turn into two this week?’ after beating Stony Brook in the home opener. There’s a different energy around the program and a feeling like things are…
Patriots: Players honored to be part of Kraft’s 500th game as owner
Image courtesy of the New England Patriots On September 4, 1994, Robert Kraft watched as the Patriots suffered a heartbreaking 39-35 loss to the Miami Dolphins. That day, Kraft wasn’t just a lifelong fan, but the new owner of the Patriots after taking over in January. The team got him his first win two weeks later, beating the Bengals 31-28 on September 18, 1994. Nearly 28 years to the day…
College: Week 3 New England College Round-Up
It was another great weekend of college action in New England. Here are some thoughts on Week 3. 1.Boston College finally got their ground game going in a 38-17 win over Maine. Let’s see if they can sustain it this week against Florida State. Speaking of Maine. Hat tip to coach Jordan Stevens and his staff. The Black Bears played tough in the loss to Boston College. Congratulations to Don…
High School: Week 3 Top 25-New Hampshire
By Justin Roche Week three is over in New Hampshire and it is too early to start talking about playoffs?? 1. Londonderry (2-1) Last week ranking 1 Londonderry staying at the top of the rankings for another week. After Londonderrys loss in week two no one expected them to come out and not put a beating on Windham but that wasn’t the case Windham came out swinging and Windham was…
High School: New England High School Football Round Up
We are already two weeks into the high school season in Massachusetts and Connecticut and three weeks in Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. It was yet another great week of action. Connecticut Number one Greenwich survived a 49-42 shootout win over Ridgefield. Cardinals can score but the defense is going to need to be better moving forward. Maloney beat Simsbury 35-13. The Spartans defense and special teams have…
Boston College: Eagles hoping first road test helps with preparation for visit to FSU
CHESTNUT HILL – For decades, Florida State has been one of the toughest places to play in all of college football, even with the Seminoles going through some down years. On Tuesday morning, Fish Field House sounded a bit like Doak Campbell Stadium as head coach Jeff Hafley had his team preparing for the noise it’ll hear on Saturday night. There wasn’t 79,000 screaming, hammered college kids and fans inside…
Holy Cross: Crusaders hitting the reset button heading into Patriot League play
The Crusaders couldn’t have asked for a better start to the season, but none of it matters now. Holy Cross may be 3-0 and on the precipice of jumping into the FCS top-10 rankings, but as Bob Chesney and the rest of the program prepare to play the first league game of the season against Colgate on Saturday, the reset button has been pushed. “Now, this is playoff football,” Chesney…
High School: Connecticut Top 25 – Week 2
Greenwich Even after they fell behind 21-0 at Ridgefield Friday, the Cardinals played to their strength: the run game. For the second week in a row, quarterback Jack Wilson had three rushing touchdowns, while Jack Konigsberg ran for 163 yards and two scores and George Vomvolakis rumbled 40 yards for a TD. Greenwich proved it can hang in a shootout, turning around the early deficit with a 42-7 run in the middle of the game. Next…