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    Hafley Believes N.C. State Is Best Team BC Has Faced This Year

    Hafley Believes N.C. State Is Best Team BC Has Faced This Year Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Usually Clemson is penciled in as Boston College’s most difficult opponent, year in and year out. Not this season. At least, according to second-year Eagles head coach Jeff Hafley. He...
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    Gill Says Foot ‘Feels Really Good’ Ahead of N.C. State Game

    Gill Says Foot ‘Feels Really Good’ Ahead of N.C. State Game Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Jaelen Gill recorded 58.2% of his receiving output in the back half of the 2020 season. The Boston College wide receiver is hoping for another strong finish this fall. Especially because...
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    With LT Tyler Vrabel Day-to-Day, Jack Conley Ready to Step in

    With LT Tyler Vrabel Day-to-Day, Jack Conley Ready to Step in Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer When Boston College left tackle Tyler Vrabel injured his shoulder in training camp last year, the Eagles’ coaching staff put BC’s offensive line in a blender. Zion Johnson moved to the...
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    BC Football Mailbag: What if Vrabel Is Out Long Term?

    BC Football Mailbag: What if Vrabel Is Out Long Term? Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Boston College has its bye this week. That doesn’t mean the talk about the Eagles’ 4-1 start and crushing loss to Clemson has to slow down, though. Eagle Action is back with another mailbag...
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    How Does BC Rank Statistically Through Five Games?

    How Does BC Rank Statistically Through Five Games? Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Boston College coasted to a 3-0 start, outscoring its opponents, 124-31, but has played back-to-back Power Five teams, and those games have given us a better sense of where the Eagles are in the...
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    Clemson Game: Quotables and Notables

    Clemson Game: Quotables and Notables Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Series note: After every game this season, Eagle Action will compile notable stats, milestones and moments from that matchup as well as the best postgame quotes. Heartbreaking. There’s no better way to describe...
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    Reflecting on Clemson: What Did Hafley Say During His Sunday Presser?

    Reflecting on Clemson: What Did Hafley Say During His Sunday Presser? Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Boston College has lost 21 straight games to AP Top-25 opponents. Three of the Eagles’ last five losses, including Saturday’s 19-13 defeat at then-No. 25 Clemson, have been...
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    BC Football Mailbag: Where Is the Pass Rush?

    BC Football Mailbag: Where Is the Pass Rush? Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Boston College gets a vulnerable Clemson team Saturday night in Death Valley. The Eagles are 4-0 for the first time since 2007—that’s also the last season BC beat the Tigers on the road. Clemson has won...
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    Hafley Believes Clemson Is ‘Inches Away’ From Clicking

    Hafley Believes Clemson Is ‘Inches Away’ From Clicking Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer The sky is falling in Clemson. Not really. But it feels that way. The No. 25 Tigers are ranked lower than they have been since Week 7 of 2014. They’ve yet to score more than three touchdowns...
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    With 2019 Start at Clemson, Grosel Learned to ‘Simplify’ the Game

    With 2019 Start at Clemson, Grosel Learned to ‘Simplify’ the Game Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Dennis Grosel’s first career road start was an adaptation of David vs. Goliath. Grosel, a former preferred walk-on sixth-stringer, was going up against Trevor Lawrence, probably the...
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    Sebastian Paid Tribute to His Late Brother With Overtime Interception

    Sebastian Paid Tribute to His Late Brother With Overtime Interception Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Brandon Sebastian dropped to the turf, protecting his game-sealing interception from Missouri wide receiver Keke Chism. Nickelback Josh DeBerry threw up his arms in jubilation and...
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    What Did Dabo Swinney Say About BC?

    What Did Dabo Swinney Say About BC? Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney met with the media Tuesday, ahead of the No. 25 Tigers' date with Boston College. Most of the questions directed to Swinney were about Clemson's surprising 2-2 start, offensive...
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    Grosel’s Guts, Leadership on Full Display in Mizzou Win

    Grosel’s Guts, Leadership on Full Display in Mizzou Win Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Dennis Grosel threw a pick on Boston College’s first play from scrimmage Saturday. He could have easily had a few more. And, at one point, he piled up five straight incompletions. But the...
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    PK Connor Lytton Got His Break Against Mizzou

    PK Connor Lytton Got His Break Against Mizzou Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer When recruiting true freshman place kicker Connor Lytton, Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley told the Christiansburg, Virginia, native that they were going to share a moment. A moment when Lytton, who...
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    BC Beats Mizzou in OT, Improves to 4-0 for First Time Since 2007

    BC Beats Mizzou in OT, Improves to 4-0 for First Time Since 2007 Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Boston College led Missouri, 41-34, in overtime. At home. In front of an almost sold out crowd that shook Alumni Stadium Saturday afternoon. And Brandon Sebastian ran the wrong...
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    Hafley 'Hoping' Eagles Get Jaelen Gill Back for Mizzou Game

    Hafley 'Hoping' Eagles Get Jaelen Gill Back for Mizzou Game Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer In April, Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley called wide receiver Jaelen Gill’s development “one of the best stories of the spring.” “The jump Jaelen has made from even after the season...
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    Grosel Says He’s ‘Back in Rhythm Again’ After First Start

    Grosel Says He’s ‘Back in Rhythm Again’ After First Start Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Boston College quarterback Dennis Grosel didn’t play the first six games of the 2020 season. He lost an offseason position battle to Notre Dame transfer Phil Jurkovec, who starred last fall...
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    Hafley Isn’t Hung up on ACC-SEC Matchup Talk

    Hafley Isn’t Hung up on ACC-SEC Matchup Talk Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz said Tuesday that Boston College will be a “tremendous test” and that BC head coach Jeff Hafley has “done a tremendous job” in Chestnut Hill, but he also said that, if he...
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    Film Room: How Did Dennis Grosel Perform at Temple?

    Film Room: How Did Dennis Grosel Perform at Temple? CLICK HERE FOR BEST READING EXPERIENCE (INCLUDES EMBEDDED TWEETS AND GIFS) Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Dennis Grosel’s numbers at Temple looked a lot more like the ones he put up in former offensive coordinator Mike...
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    Grant Carlson Named ACC Specialist of the Week

    Grant Carlson Named ACC Specialist of the Week Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom) Staff Writer Grant Carlson is quietly having a career year. The graduate Boston College punter received ACC Specialist of the Week honors Monday after averaging 51.4 yards per punt at Temple, with a long of 62...
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