Much like their rival UNH, the Maine football program had a much different plan for the start of this unprecedented spring season. Playing for the first time in over 400 days, Maine visited Delaware on Saturday afternoon and got blown out 37-0 in the first game of the season for these CAA rivals. Things went south in a hurry for the Black Bears on Saturday, in fact, they couldn’t have…
College: 2020-21 Bryant Football Preview
Bryant is going to be playing an abbreviated schedule this season. The Bulldogs are scheduled to play a four game season this month starting this weekend with a trip to LIU. The Bulldogs return a talented skill group led by Ohio State transfer quarterback Kory Curtis. Curtis became the starter down the stretch of 2019 and threw for 1,700 yards and seven touchdowns. Curtis will have plenty of weapons at…
Patriots Draft: 60 Players in 60 Days: Alijah Vera-Tucker, OT USC
Image courtesy of USC Athletics The Patriots value versatility more than any other team in the NFL. All teams value it, but Bill Belichick places a premium on it. When it comes to versatile offensive lineman in this draft class, no one is more versatile than USC’s Alijah Vera-Tucker. During his time at USC, Tucker played both guard and tackle. At 6-4 315, he has the size and the requisite…
CAA: UNH falls to Albany in spring season opener
DURHAM – After over 400 days of waiting, this wasn’t how the New Hampshire football team envisioned things going. With head coach Sean McDonnell back on the sidelines, the Wildcats hosted Albany in the first ever March football game for the CAA and the “season opener” for this strange six-game schedule on Friday night. UNH had the ball deep inside Great Danes territory with just seconds remaining on the clock…
College: New England 2021 CAA Previews
The CAA has already kicked off its season but the New England schools in the conference, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island kick off their season this weekend. New Hampshire will host Albany in Durham while Maine travels to Delaware. Rhode Island was suppose to open their season last weekend against in-state rival Bryant but the game was canceled. The Rams first opportunity to play comes next weekend when they…
High School: Falcons’ Lindstrom puts coaching hat on for Shepherd Hill
It started out as a joke. Now, Atlanta Falcons offensive linemen, Boston College Eagle and Shepherd Hill alum Chris Lindstrom is being called “coach” these days. Lindstrom – who was part of the Shepherd Hill program from 2011-2015 – is the brother of head coach Ryan Dugan, so the two had joked numerous times the past several months about Chris coaching, but neither of them had taken it very seriously….
Patriots Draft: 60 Players in 60 Days: Jaycee Horn, CB South Carolina
Jaycee Horn knows his way around an NFL locker room. The son of former NFL receiver Joe Horn has been wanting to follow in his dad’s footsteps since he was a little boy. Now, he will get the opportunity to make a name for himself. As a true freshman at South Carolina in 2018, Horn started 10 of 11 games and had 45 tackles with 2 sacks and was named…
High School: Divisions 7 & 8 Fall II Preview
The Fall II football season kicks off on Monday February 22nd. After a year and half of no football, student athletes in Massachusetts will be hitting the gridiron once again. Today we preview Divisions 7 and 8. Both divisions have programs that have had dominant seasons in recent years. From Abington to St. Bernard’s, these two divisions have produced some of the most dominant teams in any division. Here are…
CAA: New Hampshire ready for opener against Albany on Friday
When New Hampshire head coach Sean McDonnell met with the media for his first “regular season” Zoom press conference on Wednesday, the energy radiating from Durham was palpable. McDonnell has been waiting a long time to get back on the sidelines since having to sit out the 2019 season. It may not look normal and the calendar may scream March Madness and golf more than it does college football, but…
Patriots Draft: 60 Players in 60 Days: Zaven Collins, OLB Tulsa
Zaven Collins burst onto the scene nationally for the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes in 2020 but if you ask people around the program, they would tell you he has been a force for two plus years. At 6-4 260, Collins was a do it all, three down linebacker in the Golden Hurricanes 3-3 Stack defense. He could rush the passer, cover in man or zone and play in space. He finished…