BC Football Mailbag: Is the O-Line Overrated?
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
Staff Writer
After a slow first quarter, Boston College rolled over Colgate to start the year 1-0. It wasn’t much of a game, but we did learn a good bit about this year’s Eagles team from Saturday alone.
Let’s take...
BC Fall Camp Feels “Normal,” But Program Still Cautious About COVID-19
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
Boston College football’s success preventing COVID-19 last year was the program’s biggest victory. It was a testament to the “For The Team” culture Jeff Hafley fostered during his first year in...
Fall Camp Updates: TE and Linebacker Battles, Developments Up Front
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
In his first year at Boston College, head coach Jeff Hafley made it clear that he didn’t want to live in the transfer portal. That hasn’t changed.
That said, there’s no hiding the fact that the...
How the Pandemic Confirmed Hafley’s ‘For The Team’ Mantra
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
Jeff Hafley’s first few months at Boston College were a tease.
Meeting the media in the Yawkey Athletics Center, holding in-person team meetings, going to Logan Airport to recruit a transfer quarterback. It...
BC’s Best Two-Star Players in Last 10 Years
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
Steve Addazio helped excavate Boston College football from the conference cellar but never got the Eagles over the hump of ACC mediocrity.
It’s that second clause that caused BC fans excruciating pain.
His coaching...
After Career Year, RB Travis Levy Returning for 2021 Season
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
With an established role in Frank Cignetti Jr.’s offense and 10 offensive starters set to return, Boston College running back Travis Levy is staying aboard for the second year of the Jeff Hafley era.
The...
Another Week, Another Dual-Threat QB for BC’s Defense
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
Boston College had no answer for Malik Cunningham last week.
The Louisville quarterback accounted for 427 of the Cardinals’ 493 total yards, or 86.6% of their offensive output. When scrambling, he often sprinted...
BC’s Remarkable COVID-19 Success is Program's 'Biggest Victory'
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
With a victory at Virginia on Saturday, Boston College—picked by many to bottom out the ACC in Jeff Hafley’s inaugural season—would finish with a winning record in league play for the first time since...
Midseason Awards for the 2020 Eagles
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
ESPN college football writer Andrea Adelson revealed Monday morning on ACC Network’s “Packer and Durham” that her pick for midseason ACC Coach of the Year is Jeff Hafley.
“I did not have Boston College 4-2 at this point of the...
Hafley Announces Team Captains for 2020 Season
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
When Jeff Hafley went on ACC Network’s morning show, Packer and Durham, on Aug. 18, he shared a story from training camp—a brief anecdote that encapsulates what Hafley believes it means to “sacrifice for one another.”...
Takeaways from BC’s Updated 2020 Roster
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
No one has any idea about what kind of college football we’ll be getting in 2020, if it even happens in the first place. But we now know what Boston College will look like. Well, on paper.
The Eagles released their updated...