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August 30th, 2014, 11:02 AM
Central Connecticut football pregame coverage from the Hartford Courant and New Britain Herald:
Pete Rossomando Ushers In A New Era At Central
By MIKE ANTHONY, [email protected]
NEW BRITAIN — The first thing Pete Rossomando had to do was learn the names of about 75 players. That was the easy part.
In the seven months since being hired to resurrect the struggling Central Connecticut football program, he has had to establish new expectations, implement new schemes, introduce new language. He has recruited and finalized a roster that has 40 new faces, changed the position of several players and implored everyone in the program to buy into his vision and accept his style.
It has been a complicated offseason in New Britain. The first step in an effort to shake things up always is.
http://www.courant.com/sports/hc-central-connecticut-football-preview-0829-20140828,0,4032043.story
CCSU football seeks quick change under Rossomando
By MATT STRAUB, New Britain Herald
NEW BRITAIN — It will be a few months before the success of Central Connecticut’s new-look football team can be judged. What is already clear, however, is how quickly CCSU wants to turn things around, and not just in the win column.
Whatever happens to the Blue Devils this season, both good and bad, will happen quickly. The Blue Devils will be on the move this season. This much is certain.
New coach Pete Rossomando has worked hard to change the culture of the CCSU football program, but the most tangible difference between the previous coaching staff and the new one will be the offense, which will now be a frenetic, rapid-fire series of plays designed to get into open space and down the field quickly.
http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2014/08/30/sports/doc54013d35df0b9293500804.txt
Bristol's Holmes ready to help lead Blue Devils
By MATT STRAUB, New Britain Herald
NEW BRITAIN — Tyrell Holmes has long been a mature, responsible young man. He has had to be for his family’s sake. So it makes perfect sense that Holmes has become a leader on the football field as well. One of Central Connecticut’s four captains for the 2014 season, Holmes is ready to help lead the Blue Devils on the field and in the locker room on the way to what he hopes is the best year of his career.
http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2014/08/30/sports/doc54013df58d66b069140027.txt
CCSU opens at Towson tonight
By MATT STRAUB, New Britain Herald
If Central Connecticut wanted the chance to see where it stood right out of the gate with its new systems under first-year coach Pete Rossomando, there are few better places to start than at Towson. The 2013 national FCS runners-up will provide a stiff challenge and a taste of what CCSU would face if it won the NEC and made it to the FCS playoffs.
“It’s a great program,” Rossomando said of Towson. “It will be a great challenge for us.”
The Tigers will also present a huge clash of styles as compared to the Blue Devils. Towson is big and physical, while the Blue Devils hope to be fast and explosive.
http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2014/08/30/sports/doc54013e98a9f56222401741.txt
CCSU Football website - http://www.ccsubluedevils.com/sports/fball/index
CCSU Game Notes - http://www.ccsubluedevils.com/sports/fball/2014-15/files/Towson_8.30.14.pdf
Pete Rossomando Ushers In A New Era At Central
By MIKE ANTHONY, [email protected]
NEW BRITAIN — The first thing Pete Rossomando had to do was learn the names of about 75 players. That was the easy part.
In the seven months since being hired to resurrect the struggling Central Connecticut football program, he has had to establish new expectations, implement new schemes, introduce new language. He has recruited and finalized a roster that has 40 new faces, changed the position of several players and implored everyone in the program to buy into his vision and accept his style.
It has been a complicated offseason in New Britain. The first step in an effort to shake things up always is.
http://www.courant.com/sports/hc-central-connecticut-football-preview-0829-20140828,0,4032043.story
CCSU football seeks quick change under Rossomando
By MATT STRAUB, New Britain Herald
NEW BRITAIN — It will be a few months before the success of Central Connecticut’s new-look football team can be judged. What is already clear, however, is how quickly CCSU wants to turn things around, and not just in the win column.
Whatever happens to the Blue Devils this season, both good and bad, will happen quickly. The Blue Devils will be on the move this season. This much is certain.
New coach Pete Rossomando has worked hard to change the culture of the CCSU football program, but the most tangible difference between the previous coaching staff and the new one will be the offense, which will now be a frenetic, rapid-fire series of plays designed to get into open space and down the field quickly.
http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2014/08/30/sports/doc54013d35df0b9293500804.txt
Bristol's Holmes ready to help lead Blue Devils
By MATT STRAUB, New Britain Herald
NEW BRITAIN — Tyrell Holmes has long been a mature, responsible young man. He has had to be for his family’s sake. So it makes perfect sense that Holmes has become a leader on the football field as well. One of Central Connecticut’s four captains for the 2014 season, Holmes is ready to help lead the Blue Devils on the field and in the locker room on the way to what he hopes is the best year of his career.
http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2014/08/30/sports/doc54013df58d66b069140027.txt
CCSU opens at Towson tonight
By MATT STRAUB, New Britain Herald
If Central Connecticut wanted the chance to see where it stood right out of the gate with its new systems under first-year coach Pete Rossomando, there are few better places to start than at Towson. The 2013 national FCS runners-up will provide a stiff challenge and a taste of what CCSU would face if it won the NEC and made it to the FCS playoffs.
“It’s a great program,” Rossomando said of Towson. “It will be a great challenge for us.”
The Tigers will also present a huge clash of styles as compared to the Blue Devils. Towson is big and physical, while the Blue Devils hope to be fast and explosive.
http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2014/08/30/sports/doc54013e98a9f56222401741.txt
CCSU Football website - http://www.ccsubluedevils.com/sports/fball/index
CCSU Game Notes - http://www.ccsubluedevils.com/sports/fball/2014-15/files/Towson_8.30.14.pdf