Maine Football

Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) football coaches and media relation directors have picked the defending champion UMaine Black Bears to finish third in the league this fall. James Madison University is the overwhelming choice to finish in first place.

UMaine running back Ramon Jefferson, who rushed for 1,037 yards and eight touchdowns last season, is leaving the Black Bears program.

The first two FCS college football polls are out for the 2019 season and the UMaine Black Bears are getting some big time attention coming of their trip to the NCAA semi-finals a year ago.

Add LB Sterling Sheffield and WR Micah Wright to the list of former UMaine Black Bears getting a shot at the NFL. Both players were signed to free agent contracts after impressing at the rookie tryout camps over the weekend.

The University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame will open its doors to the 1965 Tangerine Bowl football team and seven individual standouts of the past at a banquet in September.

The Nick Charlton era of UMaine football began in earnest on this chilly March morning. His first spring practice as Black Bears head coach.

The Detroit Lions have released linebacker Trevor Bates, the former UMaine and Westbrook HS player.

New UMaine football coach Nick Charlton and his staff got National Letters of Intent from 14 players. Add in transfers plus mid-year commits and the incoming class totals 21.

Ice, wind, rain and snow has caused the Mahaney Dome on the UMaine campus to collapse again. It happened late last week. No one was injured.

In 2016 and 2017 Liam Coen was running the UMaine Black Bears offense as the offensive coordinator. This week he's prepping for ways to beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.