We visited Bryant University yesterday and checked in with the Bulldogs on Day 5 of training camp. Here are ten takeaways. 1. Experience: The Bulldogs have a lot of experience back on both sides of the ball. Head Coach Chris Merritt believes that experience will help his team navigate through the upcoming season. “It’s the been there, done that factor. We’ve got a lot of returning players with a lot…
Every coach in America will tell that the two goals they have for their football team at the end of spring ball is that they got better and the team got out of it healthy. Central Connecticut State Head Coach Ryan McCarthy is no different. I spoke with McCarthy on Wednesday night about spring practice and the upcoming spring game. McCarthy gave an honest assessment of where his team is…
It’s the finally weekend of the season for the majority of division one programs in New England. There are a lot of great games today to wrap up the season. Here our final preview of the season. Maine Black Bears (5-5) at New Hampshire Wildcats (3-7): Maine has won five of its last six and the Black Bears were impressive in their win over UMass last week. Quarterback Joe Fagnano…
The college football season is winding down with the NEC, CAA and Ivy League wrapping up their seasons next week. All three leagues could come down to the final weekend of the regular season depending on what happens today. Here is our preview of some of today’s games. Holy Cross Crusaders (7-2) at Fordham Rams (6-3): If Holy Cross is going to continue their recent dominance in the Patriot League,…
Week eight is upon us and it is a week dedicated to bouncing back. Boston College and URI will look to bounce back Holy Cross, UMass and Maine will look to build off of their most recent wins. It should be another great weekend if Division One football action in New England. Here is our preview of this week’s games. Middle Tennessee State (2-4) at UConn Huskies (1-7): The Huskies…
UConn finally picks up their first win of the season in a game they had to have. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Hill) Week seven was rather disappointing for the Boston College and Rhode Island faithful as both teams dropped big games. It was especially disappointing for Rams fans coming off a big win over Delaware. Now both programs go from potentially being in the drivers seat to playing second fiddle…
The UMass win over UConn was the big story in New England College Football this past weekend. The Minutemen snapped a 16 game losing streak with the win and enter a much needed bye week. Rhode Island was the other big story this weekend. The 18th ranked Rams upset 9th ranked Delaware 22-15. The Rams won the game thanks to a blocked punt by senior defensive tackle Andre Biebeault. Here…
Week six features some important games as the second half of the season commences. Boston College, New Hampshire and Holy Cross are on byes but the other programs in the area have games, big games in fact. Here is our preview to kick off the college football weekend in New England. #9 Delaware Blue Hens (3-1) at #18 Rhode Island Rams (4-0): The Rams have been impressive thus far this…
With Boston College losing to Clemson, there is a shake up in our Top 15 poll heading into Week 6. So without further ado, here is our poll for this week. 1. Rhode Island (4-0): Rams beat Stony Brook in OT to go 4-0 for the first time since 2001. 2. Harvard (3-0): The Crimson look impressive once again in their win over Holy Cross. 3. Boston College (3-1): Eagles…
It’s week five of the college football season. We are now into October, the make it or break it month in college football. The local division one programs have some big games today most notably Boston College at Clemson, James Madison visiting UNH and Harvard visits Holy Cross. Of course, there are other games as well. Here is this week’s preview of some of those games. #3 James Madison Dukes…