The University of Rhode Island football team hosted its annual Spring Blue-White Game on Saturday at Meade Stadium. The scrimmage marked the first time that the defending Coastal Athletic Association co-champions put the pads on since Dec. 7, 2024. The Rams are coming off a historic season that featured the most victories in program history,…
There truly is no place like Philly and no fans like Philly sports fans. So when the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl 44-20 on Feb. 9, I knew it would be well worth the trip to go to the Eagles victory parade. At 5 a.m. my crew and I…
The “art of war” is something that the modern American citizen requires a proxy to understand. For many of us, sports give us a taste of battle. The 2024-2025 Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs understood this art. Both teams overcame the attrition of an National Football League regular season to go on crazy…
They are inevitable. They are the Kansas City Chiefs. The first team in the National Football League’s history to win back-to-back Super Bowls and make it to the next one, they have a chance to do the first ‘three-peat’ in the Super Bowl era. They are already the undisputed greatest NFL football dynasty ever. And…
After a season filled to the brim with records and a revolution of program identity, the 2024 season for the University of Rhode Island football team came to an end with a 17-10 loss to Mercer University on Saturday in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. “We had a tremendous run, a…
With a final drive touchdown, fourth-quarter comebacks and a blocked field goal shining at the front of a slurry of highlights, the University of Rhode Island football team recently concluded its most successful season in program history. In 2024, the Rams won the most games in a single season in the history of URI football…
During the 2010s, the University of Rhode Island football team had a combined record of 26-84, with two single-win seasons and a winless campaign in 2012; this season the Rams put together their best season since 1985 and claimed 11 wins for the first time in program history. There were rumors of a complete shutdown…
With four teams making the postseason, the Coastal Athletic Association displayed why it’s one of the most highly-regarded conferences at the Football Championship Subdivision level this season. Every week throughout the year, the Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff has come up with a ranking of all 16 teams within the conference. As the postseason…
In a season of dramatic comebacks, the University of Rhode Island football team pulled off one of its most improbable yet on Saturday, storming back from a 17-point halftime deficit for a 20-17 victory over the University at Albany. By moving to 9-2 on the season, the magnitude of the win can’t be overstated for…
With five teams sitting inside the national top-25 rankings, another receiving votes and upsets over Football Bowl Subdivision opponents scattered throughout, the Coastal Athletic Association has proved itself as one of the best Football Championship Subdivision conferences in the country. Every week, the staff at The Good Five Cent Cigar will rank the 16 teams…