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.

.............I have Comcast which NOW carries the ACCN; I am old and could use some help.
Thank you! Go BC Beat Cornell!

There is supposedly a football game between Boston College and Duke scheduled for 7 PM.

I haven’t been this psyched for a basketball season in a long time. I think the freshmen are going to rock and we’ll be NIT bound at least. Hop on board

Back on the warpath!!!

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He couldn't make it to the game but seems like a visit that could happen after the season. Stuck to regional travel so far.

How much money do you think Doug Flutie would have made back in the day? I just saw Brice on a Dr Pepper commercial