College Football Journal for 2/9/25

February 9, 2025

It was a busy week in local college football with the second national signing day on Wednesday. Here are some thoughts on the week that was in college football in New England.  Big week for B.C in Cali: Boston College landed two key 2027 recruits this week in Furian and Wesley Watts. Both are three star prospects who have a lot of upside and a chance to develop into five…

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2024 NEFJ Division One All College Teams

January 27, 2025

It was another great season of Division One college football action this past fall in New England. Several players put together memorable seasons. It is time recognize those players. Here are our annual Division One All College teams for 2024.  First Team Offense QB: Jaden Craig, Harvard RB: Jermaine Corbett, Merrimack, Sr. RB: Malik Grant, URI, Sr. WR: Logan Tomlinson, UNH WR: Marques Buchanan, URI TE: Chris Corbo, Dartmouth, Jr….

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NEFJ Preseason All-Division 1 College Teams

August 30, 2024

Our fourth annual preseason All-Division One teams are here. As always, a lot of work goes into this list and we hope we recognized all the players that deserve the recognition. We do our best to promote the players and the programs.  Here are our three teams and our Honorable Mention team.  First Team Offense  QB: Thomas Castellanos, Jr. Boston College RB: Jordan Fuller, Sr. Holy Cross RB: Kye Robichaux,…

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Top 16 College Poll – Week 9

October 31, 2023

We coming down the stretch in the college football season in New England. There was a lot of movement once again with some teams losing 1. Harvard (6-1)- Crimson grind out big win at home against Dartmouth. They visit Columbia on Saturday. 2. Boston College (5-3)- Eagles ground and pound their way to a win over UConn. The final score may not show it, but the Eagles dominated. A visit…

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Top 16 College Poll – Week 8

October 24, 2023

The top of the poll took a hit this past weekend with Harvard, Holy Cross, URI and Yale all losing. There is a major shake up at the top. Here goes. 1. Harvard (5-1)- Bad loss on the road to Princeton. Crimson come home this weekend to take rival Dartmouth. 2. Boston College (4-3)- Eagles win their best game of the season at Georgia Tech. They have won three in…

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Top 16 College Poll – Week 7

October 17, 2023

Week seven featured five programs locally on bye weeks. We also saw a thrilling finish at Brown and a couple of blowouts including Harvard blowing out Howard and UMass getting blown out at Penn State. Here is Top 16 Poll after Week 7.  1. Harvard (5-0)- Crimson cruise past Howard. Next up is a trip to New Jersey to take on Princeton, 2. Holy Cross (4-2)- Crusaders had a bye…

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Top 16 College Poll – Week 6

October 10, 2023

The top of the poll remains the same but there was some movement in the middle and the bottom of the poll.  Here is our Top 16 poll after Week 6.  Harvard (4-0)- Crimson roll to 41-23 win over Cornell at home. Host Howard on Saturday. Holy Cross (4-2)- Crusaders bounce back with blow out win at Bucknell. They have a bye this week. Rhode Island (4-2)- Rams beat Brown…

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College Dudes of the Week – Week 5

October 4, 2023

Rhode Island quarterback Kasim Hill completed 19-of-33 passes for 332 yards and three touchdown passes in the Rams 49-26 win over Bryant. DUDE!  Maine quarterback Derek Robertson threw for 394 yards and five touchdowns to power Maine to a 56-28 win over Stony Brook. DUDE!  UNH quarterback Max Brosmer completed 26-of-40 passes for 326 yards and two touchdown passes in a 54-51 OT loss to Towson. DUDE!  Yale quarterback Nolan…

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College Week 7 Top 16 Poll

October 19, 2022

Week seven has come and gone. Boston College, Holy Cross and CCSU all had byes but there were still plenty of games and movement in this week’s poll. 1. Holy Cross (6-0): Crusaders had a bye. They are back in action this week when they travel to Lafayette. 2. Harvard (4-1): Crimson outlast Howard ahead of Friday night’s showdown with Princeton in Cambridge. 3. URI (4-2): Rams upset #14 Elon…

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NEWFTBJ Staff Picks for Week 4

September 29, 2022

Yeah I know we’re a little late to the pick party, but we dithered back and forth as to whether or not we wanted to do picks. Well, we decided we are. So here are Patriots, college and high school picks for the weekend. Patriots at Packers John: No Mac, no chance. Green Bay is not what they once were offensively but they’ll score enough to win what should be…

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