Midseason Awards for 2022 Eagles
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Boston College fans have been begging for something other than a six- or seven-win season for years. This isn't what they meant.
BC is off to its worst six-game start since 2017. At 2-4, ESPN's FPI projects that the...
DePalma Carving Out Career Season in Year Five
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Vinny DePalma got on the field as a redshirt freshman at Boston College. He was playing meaningful snaps, too.
The only problem was, he was part of an Eagles defense that allowed a program-worst 32.2...
Quotables and Notables: Louisville Game
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
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Boston College’s offense, which combined for just 24 points in its first two ACC games and ranked in the bottom third of the FBS in practically every major statistical category, finally clicked this past Saturday...
Quotables and Notables: FSU Game
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
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Murphy's law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
The adage sums up Boston College's opening half against Florida State Saturday night. BC was shut out, 31-0, in the first two quarters of its 44-14 defeat at Doak...
Behind Strong First Half, BC Enters Win Column Against Maine
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At first, Zay Flowers was putting Boston College on his back Saturday night against Maine. Quite literally.
After two BC drives that netted a total of 12 yards and a Black Bears field goal...
BC-Rutgers Is Full of Shared History Among Coaches, Players
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
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Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley said that he has more than 60 tickets reserved for Saturday's season opener against Rutgers.
"My brother, my sister, my cousins, they all went to...
Vol. 2: 2022 Fall Camp Notebook
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
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Boston College got after it again Saturday morning in Fish Field House. The humidity level was hovering around 75%. The temperatures were hiking up to the mid-to-high 80s. And the sweat was dripping.
After the two-hour...
Post-Spring Break BC Football Notes
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
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Spring break is part of spring ball. And, although it arrived just three practices into the Eagles' spring season this year, it was a much-needed break, redshirt senior linebacker Vinny DePalma said.
"I think it was...
Bryce Steele Not Taking True Freshman Season for Granted
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
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Bryce Steele didn’t have a senior high school football season. Not at Episcopal in Alexandria, Virginia. And not at Millbrook when he returned back to his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina...
Bowl Prep Notes: With More ‘Good on Good,’ Intensity Increases
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
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By the time the Military Bowl rolls around, it will have been 30 days since Boston College’s regular season finale. More than four weeks.
As much as bowl prep is about recovery and...
Reflecting on Virginia Tech: What Did Hafley Say During His Sunday Presser?
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
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Phil Jurkovec dominated headlines this weekend. The Boston College quarterback unexpectedly returned to the field after a six-game hiatus and starred in the Eagles’ 17-3 Red...
Quotables and Notables: Syracuse Game
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
Staff Writer
Boston College rotated two quarterbacks, went for it on fourth down three times and reached the red zone on four separate occasions, yet the Eagles still couldn’t score a touchdown against a Syracuse defense that...
While BC Tries Something New at QB, Syracuse Runs Away With Win
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
Staff Writer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It took Boston College true freshman Emmett Morehead three collegiate snaps to do what Dennis Grosel has only done three times all season: complete a pass that travels...
Five Games in, Kam Arnold ‘More Comfortable’ at Linebacker
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
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Kam Arnold says that Boston College’s defense isn’t that hard to figure out.
“You just got to read your key,” he said Tuesday. “Just play fast.”
Speed is what Arnold brings to the table at...
UMass Game: Quotables and Notables
Andy Backstrom (@andybackstrom)
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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.
Boston College escaped Amherst with a 45-28 victory...
Takeaways from BC’s Second Scrimmage of Fall Camp
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
There is a bunch of buzz surrounding Boston College. The Eagles were picked as high as third in the Atlantic Division in the ACC Preseason Poll, and they’re one of five teams in the conference to appear in the AP...
Takeaways From First Full-Padded Practice of BC Fall Camp
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
The 2021 season is fast approaching, but Boston College still has at least a week and a half of normal fall camp before game prep comes into play, according to second-year head coach Jeff Hafley. Friday, BC’s...
Hafley Discusses Kam Arnold’s Position Switch, Vinny DePalma’s Return
Andy Backstrom
Staff Writer
Boston College lost two of the top-four leading tacklers in the ACC and a third multi-year starting linebacker with 197 career total tackles this offseason.
There are shoes to fill in the second...