There was little sleep for the BC football program following Saturday nights agonizing defeat in Death Valley. As he does every Sunday, coach Hafley met with the media to put the final touches on Clemson Week before the Eagles head into a bye week. At 4-1, things are about as good as BC fans and alumni could have hoped for through this first portion of the season, but it didn’t…
WORCESTER – The Harvard football team wasn’t planning on going to Worcester just to help Holy Cross celebrate homecoming on Saturday afternoon, the Crimson were coming to completely spoil the party. That’s exactly what they did too, blowing out the Crusaders 38-13 at Fitton Field, upsetting the 24th-ranked team in the country in the process on what was an absolutely perfect fall afternoon. Harvard (3-0) got contributions in all three…
The storybook ending was already written, the Eagles just needed to execute for 11 more yards. Trailing by six with 49 seconds left and the ball at the Clemson 11-yard line, BC was finally going to beat a ranked team for the first time since 2018 and end the Tigers’ 31-game home winning streak. Then, the unthinkable happened. With the play clock winding down and deafening noise making things even…
The Crimson visit Holy Cross today to take on a Crusaders team that has been playing at a high level thus far this season. Harvard has been impressive themselves thus far in back to back blow out wins over Georgetown and Brown. Running back Aaron Shamplkin has been the story thus far for the Crimson rushing for 304 yards and four touchdowns through two games. He will be the key…
It’s week five of the college football season. We are now into October, the make it or break it month in college football. The local division one programs have some big games today most notably Boston College at Clemson, James Madison visiting UNH and Harvard visits Holy Cross. Of course, there are other games as well. Here is this week’s preview of some of those games. #3 James Madison Dukes…
PHOTO: ESPN LINE: Clemson -15 (O/U 46), BC +475 Moneyline THREE OFFENSIVE KEYS FOR BC 1. Keep pounding the rock – After Pat Garwo and Travis Levy helped the Eagles rumble past UMass and Temple, the run game continued to play a huge factor against Missouri last week. If you’re going to keep DJ U (no chance Im typing that whole name out for this) off the field and play…
PHOTO: ESPN LINE: Toledo -27 (O/U 56.5), UMass +1,500 Moneyline THREE OFFENSIVE KEYS FOR UMass 1. Don’t get out-gained by 400 yards – I mean, it seems simple, but after last week’s debacle against Costal Carolina – albeit a very talented and Top 20 team – the Minutemen simply HAVE to have a better showing on offense. It was revealed this week that Tyler Lytle will still be out for…
If you’re a Boston College fan or just a fan of college football in general, it doesn’t get much better than Saturday night. The upstart, unranked, unbeaten Eagles against a .500, suddenly reeling, No. 25 Clemson team that has been the cream of the crop in the ACC for what feels like a decade. Can BC stay unbeaten and show the world just what’s happening over at The Heights? Can…
Unless you’re a Heisman Trophy candidate or a just an absolute stud at the Division 1 level, odds are there’s going to be maybe a handful of plays that you take from your college career that were truly memorable or game changing for your team and the fan base. Brandon Sebastian has had two of those plays in two seasons. The scoop-and-score in Death Valley last year was an incredible…
We don’t need to go over what happened against Costal Carolina again. We all know how bad it was. With that in mind, UMass turned the page officially today as they started practicing with eyes on the game against Toldeo on Saturday at McGuirk. It can’t get any worse, so what kind of problems will the Rockets present on defense, arguably UMass’ biggest problem right now aside from health and…