FOXBOROUGH – The quiet passing of the NFL trade deadline in Foxborough on Tuesday was not a cause for panic, nor was it a missed opportunity that should leave the New England Patriots faithful tearing their hair out. In fact, for a team that has only recently turned a significant corner, standing pat—or, more accurately, having already executed a pair of forward-thinking trades in the preceding days—was a sign of…
BC fans turn ‘building a monster’ into ‘stop whining & win games’
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MIAA Playoff Preview
Image courtesy of the MIAA By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff Nine weeks of regular season football games are in the books. It’s time to turn the page to the postseason. The MIAA football playoffs begin Friday night. State champions will be crowned at Gillette Stadium December 4-6. Some divisions are more predictable than others, but we’re in store for another exciting postseason in Massachusetts. Division 1 The field: 1. St. John’s…
Surging Maine has legitimate shot to make a run at CAA title
Don’t look now, but after an 0-4 start, Maine has ripped off five straight wins and has a real shot to threaten for the CAA title this season. With three games to go, the Black Bears (4-1 in the CAA) have stunningly shot up the standings with the winning streak. More importantly, they’ve taken a program that had become a laughing stock in recent years and restored the pride that…
UMass hires URI AD Thorr Bjorn to oversee football program
Image courtesy of UMass Athletics One night after another embarrassing showing for the UMass football program, the Minutemen made a significant addition. On Wednesday afternoon, the school officially announced that former Minuteman player and longtime URI Athletic Director Thorr Bjorn would become the new Senior Deputy Athletic Director. In a statement, the school says Bjorn will serve as the Chief Administrative Officer and oversee the football program. “I am honored…
Everything Joe Harasymiak said after UMass’ 44-10 loss to Akron
Image courtesy of UMass Athletics Another night, another disappointing performance for the Minutemen. UMass had its first true ‘MACtion’ game in the middle of the week on Tuesday night when the Minutemen visited Akron. Unfortunately, the new era in the MAC has led to many of the same results fans have grown far too accustomed to. UMass lost in pretty embarrassing fashion, 44-10, dropping to 0-9 on the year and…
MIAA Top 25 – Final regular season poll
By Tyler Amaral NEFJ Staff It’s officially playoff season in Massachusetts. The final week of the regular season was a memorable one; there were ranked vs. ranked battles, upsets and plenty of changes to the playoff seeding. Abington, Bedford, and Burlington each debut in this week’s Top 25. Andover, Marblehead and Bridgewater-Raynham are out after suffering losses last week. Catholic Memorial and Bishop Feehan have first round bye weeks due to…
UMass Four Down Preview: UMass Minutemen (0-8, 0-4) at Akron Zips (3-6, 2-3)
Image courtesy of ESPN By Ryan Barry NEFJ Staff Kickoff: The UMass Minutemen (0-8) head back to Ohio to take on the Akron Zips (3-6) in their first dosage of midweek MACtion since 2014. With four games left in the season, head coach Joe Harasymiak only has four games left to try and get his first win of the season. 1st Down: The Minutemen got a much needed weekend off after their…
High School Dudes of the Week for Week 8
More big time performances this week. Here are this week’s Dudes of the Week for High School Football. Connecticut Maloney’s Devan Bacote rushed for 102 yards and scored 3 touchdowns in Maloney’s 30-28 loss to New Britain. DUDE! Plainville’s Chase Bouchard caught five passes for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns. He had an 80-yard kickoff return to start the game in a 56-20 win over Lewis Mills. DUDE! Fitch’s Sean……
New England Chaos Poll – Week 9
Let the Chaos commence! As always, we’d love your feedback. Who deserves to be on this list? Who did we leave out? Let us know! Tabor Academy (MA) 7-0 Avon Old Farms (CT) 8-0 New Canaan (CT) 7-0 St. John’s Prep (MA) 8-0 King Philip (MA) 8-0 Springfield Central (MA) 7-1 Greenwich (CT) 6-1 Killingly (CT) 7-0 Tewksbury (MA) 8-0 BB&N (MA) 6-1 Wilton (CT) 7-0 Windsor (CT) 7-0 Catholic…