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I received the email, which I posted below, this morning from Blake James looking for donations. I want bostonwailer to put his money where his mouth is because he is a big shot and thus, donate to Flynn Fund Leadership Society. Thanks wailer, Fr. Leahy loves you.

When did BC have a first round draft pick who was a difference maker in his first year at BC? I think Hanifin might have elevated his game to that level in the second half of his freshman year. But I can't think of anyone else (other than Trevor Knight) whose play reached that level in his freshman year. In fact, I wonder how many players in all of college hockey have played at that level in their first year. Certainly, there was Jack Eichel. Paul Kariya played at that level as a freshman (but I can't recall whether he was a first round pick). But I can't think of many. I'm inclined to think that BC's best freshman player was not a high round draft choice at all. I'm thinking of Johnny G.

I know we get excited when expected first round choices commit to BC, But if they leave after one year, how often will one of these players actually have an impact?

9. VT BC RIP Big East (2-7)​

Kids, did you know at one time these big, massive, scary animals once roamed the Earth, stomping across the land, devouring enemies and asserting their dominance everywhere they walked? Scientists call that time period B.C., and they also believe today's smaller, weaker birds were begat from those mighty beasts once known as Hokies.

Prince earned a lot of praise in the game thread last night for game one of his BC hoops career. Well deserved for sure. I bet he is a bit disappointed with his shooting percentage as he missed some bunnies, but that aside he was really impressive. I thought he showed a really well-rounded game. One of my favorite aspects of his performance last night was that he brings great energy to the team, and plays with some fire, for sure. Really impressed by how he reentered the game with about 5 minutes left after sitting for good stretch and watching his team lose the lead. He was assertive right away and seemed to up the level of intensity for BC -- actually he was assertive from the opening tip (when he jacked a quick 3) for that matter and played with a ton of confidence even when he missed a bunch of makable shots early.

Kind of funny to read, 'wish he had a couple more inches', because, yeah sure, don't we wish that for all of our players. If he was two inches taller he probably would have been a 5* and very well landed elsewhere. At 6'7" there's no doubt he'll see some athletic bigs in the ACC that will make it tough for him to operate around the rim, but he looked pretty crafty down there (even if he snuggled to finish some of those last night), but based upon videos of him I think he's a better finisher than he showed last night and looks like can score at the other two levels too (mid and 3 pt).

While he got a bit lost on D at times, he got after it and made some nice plays. Looks to me like he has the athleticism and will to play Earl level D.

I also loved seeing him try to pump up the crowd out there and getting fired with Zay right after the dub. (Side note: Zay has earned any and all success that come his way in how he has handled the last year of his life. Super impressive kid. Loved seeing him there getting fired up for the hoops team). Prince giving the student section a shout out on Twitter after the game was great stuff too. His postgame interview was high character stuff too.

Gonna be easy and fun to root for this kid

Very pleased to let all of you know that Kevin Stone is going to be joining us here at Eagle Action to cover Boston College athletics.

Kevin was born and raised in Waltham, MA and has long been a diehard New England sports fan. He began freelancing in August of 2008. His first ever gig was covering a team from Palo Alto, California in the Babe Ruth World Series in Quincy and from there he began covering high school and college games for The Daily News Tribune in Waltham, as well as various Patch.com sites.

He covered Norwood High School extensively for a few years at The Norwood Record before getting a job with The Metro West Daily News in 2012.

He wrote for the Metro West until 2020 until he, John Sarianidies, and Adam Kurkjian started New England Football Journal in February of last year. There, he has covered 16 DI schools at both the FBS and FCS levels, high schools in six states, and the Patriots.

He has also been writing for Hockey Night in Boston, Boston Lax, and the Boston Globe.

After talking to Kevin several times in trying to find someone for the site he really was a no brainer. He's been at the pressers and will be able to hit the ground running. He's setting up an account here and I look forward to you guys being able to interact with him starting this week! He'll be putting out daily content.

Getting it started way early! Pumped for the season!

Where: Conte Forum
Tipoff: 8:00pm
Opponent: Cornell
Who’s missing: Supposedly QPost is out and DeMarr is day to day
BC Game Notes: https://bceagles.com/documents/2022/11/4/01-Cornell.pdf

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. CORNELL - ALL-TIME SERIES

• Today's game marks the fourth meeting between the two schools.
• Boston College is 3-0 all-time vs. Cornell, dating back to 1969-70.
• The last meeting came on Dec. 31, 1976, with BC winning, 74-70.

BOSTON COLLEGE VERSUS THE IVY LEAGUE

• Boston College is 96-30 in games versus Ivy League opponents.
• Harvard is BC's' most common Ivy League foe (51 meetings; 35-16).
• This is the lone content against an Ivy League opponent in 2022-23.
• Last year, BC opened the 2021-22 season with a 73-57 win over Dartmouth (11/9/21) and took a 73-60 win over Columbia (11/26/21).
• BC versus the Ivy League: Brown (20-1); Columbia (4-0); Cornell (3-0); Dartmouth (23-8); Penn (1-2); Princeton (1-0); Yale (9-3).

BOSTON COLLEGE IN SEASON OPENERS

• In its 90 previous season openers, Boston College has posted an outstanding 70-20 (.778) winning percentage.
• Last year, the Eagles ushered in the Earl Grant era with a 73-57 win over Dartmouth on Nov. 9, 2021.
• In 2020-21, BC dropped a 76-67 decision to No. 3 Villanova in the season opener on Nov. 25 in the 2K Empire Classic at Mohegan Sun.
• BC won its 2019-20 lidlifter - 77-70 - at home over Wake Forest.
• BC has played its season opener at Conte Forum in seven of the last eight seasons and 32 of the last 36 years.

BOSTON COLLEGE AT CONTE FORUM

• Boston College is 335-199 all-time - and 65-81 in ACC games - played at the Silvio O. Conte Forum.
• The Eagles started 6-0 at home in 2021-22 - the 18th time that BC has won its first six home games to start a season.
• BC was 10-8 at home in 2019-20 - the 18th time that BC won 10+ games at Conte Forum in a single-season.

What to know about Cornell
• The Cornell men’s basketball team opens the 2022-23 season when it visits ACC foe Boston College on Monday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. at Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
• The contest will be the first meeting between the programs in more than a half century (1969), with the Golden Eagles winning all three previous meetings.
• Picked fifth in the Ivy League Preseason media poll, the Big Red is coming off a 15-11 season that included an appearance in the Ivy Tournament and a fourth-place finish among the Ancient Eight.
• Four starters have departed, with three of the seniors moving on to play as graduate transfers at other Division I institutions (Ivy League does not allow graduate student eligibility) — Dean Noll (Stony Brook), Kobe Dickson (Howard) and Sarju Patel (Albany).
• Over the past two seasons, seven grad transfers have gone on to play Division I basketball elsewhere — Jimmy Boeheim (Syracuse), Bryan Knapp (George Washington), Terrance McBride (Rice) and Riley Voss (Wright State).
• While the loss of four starters is usually crippling, the Big Red returns eight players who saw at least nine minutes of action per game for a squad that played at least 11 in each of its 26 contests.
• A win for the Big Red over the Golden Eagles would be the program's first win over an ACC school since 1951-52, snapping a 37-
game skid (last win was 58-51 vs. Wake Forest on Dec. 27, 151 at the Dixie Classic in Raleigh, N.C.).

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Heading to the game Saturday, any suggestions from those who have been. Do's and don'ts ?

#GeauxTigers

That is what the math suggests.

#10.

Keeping track of teams on the schedule:

URI: lost at home to Quinnipiac.

Is their oc as bad as ours?

I was shocked that the coach for Cornell didn't foul TJ Bick when BC had the ball with 17 seconds to go even if he was shooting 2 free throws. We all know he's a horrible free throw shooter. I was yelling "WTF" at Grant for letting him stay in. I thought Cornell miss an opporunity there

Antoine Davis has already scored over 3,000 points - has a chance to beat Pistol Pete's NCAA record. Will be a tough test for our guards to contain...and should be fun to watch.

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Here are some of the Dr's thoughts & what i've heard from my conversations:

• Hafley is a young, energetic guy who can recruit. The players genuinely like him more than a Daz. I think he will continue to succeed in recruiting. Where he has fell insanely short is the hiring of the staff around him. Hafley came over as Defensive centric coach. That means Hafley needed to hire an OC who has a solid track record/experience as thats not Hafley's game. Enter John McNulty, a career school hopper whos been OC one year at Rutgers? TE coach at ND before this? A capable OC would've recognized the lack of depth at OL as a real issue and urged the portal to be utilize more effectively. Fire McNulty, bring me a 1aa OC who lit up the competition.
• It's apparent Hafley was a DB coach, look at all the DBs he's bringing in. Good on paper! but that doesn't mean sh!t without people in the trenches. Shift focus to DL, DE, LB, OL PLEASE!
• Don't expect WR Jaden Williams to play for BC again
• I cant express enough about how great the student section has been at games. The atmosphere has improved and I am not sure who to give credit to other than the students. Blows similar schools like Wake, UVA, Duke out of the water. A top education, ACC football, good atmosphere, early playing time - if wake can put top 25 teams on the field with worse recruiting classes we should expect the same.
• I honestly thought this year was a bowl team but injuries and Jurks regression was the biggest surprise to me. If Hafley had any balls he would start Morehead to finish the year. Give him some confidence moving forward. That won't happen though.
• I know a BIG TIME BC donor who withdrew all donations after the Uconn Loss. Hopefully those types of moves will send waves internally.

Just some random tidbits. This is an open canvas so paint your thoughts below.

Onwards we climb with fortitude and grace

Signed your friend,

The Great Dr. Bunson Honeydew

According to an article in today's N.Y. Times female athletes are cashing in on social media. They can have a strong internet following and companies pay them to advertise their stuff. It helps a lot to have sexy photos. The article does not mention how much male athletes are making but this does indicate that NIL can bring in huge amounts of money and is going to have huge impact on college athletics.

Pool is up to $1.9BN. Get your tickets.

Did not label this OT because one of us winning the Powerball is probably the best chance BC football has of becoming relevant again in the foreseeable future.