The Rhody Report

Independent coverage of Rhode Island Athletics.
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Rhode Island football deserves year-round coverage.

So we built it.

Welcome to The Rhody Report.

News. Recruiting. Analysis. History. Players. Culture.

Independent coverage of a program that has earned a bigger spotlight.

Independent. Unfiltered. All Rhody.

Let’s go to work

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Game 1 is handled. Game 2 raises the stakes.

Rhode Island at Temple
Saturday, Sept. 5
2 p.m. ET | ESPN+

The Rams take a 1-0 record and a defense fresh off four takeaways into Philadelphia.

Temple week starts now.

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#GoRhody #3MoreFeet

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FINAL: No. 7/8 Rhode Island 34, Merrimack 7. 🐏

Rhody scored the final 27 points, forced four turnovers and committed none.

Tyler Budge threw a TD and rushed for 51 yards. Alex McClelland ran for two scores. Moses Meus closed it with a 49-yard pick-six.

1-0.

#GoRhody

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@GeauxTigers2026 Congratulations 🎊

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Rhode Island 27, Merrimack 7 — 9:26 left. 🐏

Andre DePina-Gray intercepted AJ Hairston Jr. in the end zone and returned it deep into Merrimack territory.

Three takeaways for the Rhody defense. Zero turnovers for the offense.

#GoRhody #3MoreFeet

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@GeauxTigers2026 Sounds like someone lost money on this game. They have a hotline to keep that stuff under control. It’s anonymous like your account

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TIED UP: Rhode Island 7, Merrimack 7 — 10:55 left in the second quarter.

Tyler Budge is 5-of-10 for 66 yards, including a 16-yard touchdown to Marquis Buchanan. Merrimack answered with a two-yard Malik Latham touchdown run.

#GoRhody #3MoreFeet

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KICKOFF. 🐏

No. 7/8 Rhode Island opens the 2026 season at Merrimack.

The Rams are 6-0 in FCS openers under Jim Fleming. Tonight, the chase for a third straight CAA championship begins.

Follow @RealRhodyReport for verified updates throughout the night.

#GoRhody #3MoreFeet

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75 MINUTES TO KICKOFF. 🐏

No. 7/8 Rhode Island at Merrimack.
📺 ESPN+
🎙️ Varsity Network
📊 Live stats via Merrimack Athletics

We’ll have the verified postgame Rhody Report tonight.

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Rhode Island opens the season at Merrimack tonight at 6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT. 🐏

The Rams are 6-0 in FCS openers under Jim Fleming. Merrimack wants the upset. Preseason expectations are finished.

Subscribe now for tonight’s verified postgame Rhody Report.

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It’s game day!!!! Football is back tonight!! The Rhode to a three-peat begins with step 1 at Merrimack.

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we're back 😎

🆚 Merrimack
⏰ 6 p.m.
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#3MoreFeet

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One day.

Tomorrow night, the rankings disappear. Rhode Island walks into Duane Stadium as a top-10 team, back-to-back CAA champion, chasing history.

The final chapter of The Rhode to a Three-Peat:
Tomorrow, It Gets Real. ⚓️

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Rhody isn’t sneaking up on anybody anymore. 🐏

No. 7 Rhode Island will be the highest-ranked road opponent ever to play at Duane Stadium when the Rams visit Merrimack Friday night.

Merrimack is treating this like a measuring-stick game.

That’s what happens when you become the standard.

#GoRhody | #FCS

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Rhode Island’s captains weren’t chosen by a preseason poll. They were chosen by the locker room.

Marquis Buchanan: All-American, FCS receiving leader.
Case Mankins: returning captain, veteran voice in the trenches.

Why the pairing fits this moment for @RhodyFootball ⬇️

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Rhody has made a habit of starting fast. 🐏

Under Jim Fleming, Rhode Island is 6-0 in season openers against FCS opponents.

Next up: Merrimack.

URI is also 2-0 all-time against the Warriors and enters Friday night ranked No. 7/8 nationally.

Different year. Same expectation.

Start 1-0.

#GoRhody | #FCS

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Rhody’s leaders are set. 🐏

Rhode Island has named Marquis Buchanan and Case Mankins its 2026 team captains.

Buchanan enters the opener with 34 straight starts and First Team All-CAA honors on his résumé. Mankins is coming off a Third Team All-CAA season.

Two proven veterans. One clear mission.

#GoRhody | #FCS

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Just let all 22’s who want the 5th year have it!! The NCAA, again, screws the entire situation up! These guys have to go through all kinds of legal hurdles to play a fifth yes, but we have other guys who have played 9 years for different injuries and reasons. If you make it 5 in 5 then the 22’s should be in too.

#cmonman #rhodyfootball

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AJ Pena and Justin Carcel are hoping for one more year in Kingston. @RhodyFootball HC Jim Fleming gives @KevinMcNamara33 an update on where their eligibility cases stand.

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#GoRhody #3MoreFeet

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THE RHODE TO A THREE-PEAT — DAY 6 ⚓️

Temple can wait.

Merrimack knows exactly who's coming to North Andover Friday night:

A nationally ranked team.
The two-time defending CAA champs.
A program with playoff expectations.
Rhody gets everybody's best shot now.
Don't look past Game 1.

Full story 👇
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#GoRhody #FCSFootball

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National champs loading………

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the 2026 Rhode Island Rams ⚓️🐏🏈

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2025 @RhodyFootball recap

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