Happy Time: Flutie, Peterson-to-Gonzalez and ACC Pocket Passers

Get happy, Eagles!


Happy 46th Birthday Doug Flutie! What should we get Flutie for his birthday ... hmm. Oh, I know. How's this for a birthday present?
Lifesize statue immortalizing the Boston College great ... that should do the trick.


Happy Anniversary to the BC football team. On this date four years ago, the Eagles rallied down 13 points at half to beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 24-23 in South Bend. Down 23-17 in the fourth quarter, Paul Peterson hit Tony Gonzalez on a 30 yard strike in the right corner of the endzone with 0:54 seconds left in the game. Peterson outdueled Irish quarterback Brady Quinn on the day, going 27 of 41 for 383 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. The win pushed the Eagles win streak to 4 over the Irish.

Until last year's trip to Blacksburg, this game was one of the best comeback wins we've ever attended.


Happy Trails to the five-step drop and the ACC pocket passer, says The Times-Union (FL). With the spread of the spread, the ACC has embraced the duel-threat quarterback. Florida State will see five run-threat quarterbacks in their final seven games this season. Luckily for the Eagles, with the exception of our road trip to Tallahassee, we will have already faced the better of the league's mobile quarterbacks.

Rushing stats for the ACC's top quarterback rushers below.

Player	School	GP	Att.	Yards	Avg.	TD	YPG
Tyrod Taylor	Virginia Tech	6	81	448	5.5	2	74.7
Josh Nesbitt	Georgia Tech	5	82	367	4.5	5	73.4
Christian Ponder	Florida State	6	55	291	5.3	0	48.5
Jaybo Shaw	Georgia Tech	3	36	125	3.5	3	41.7
Chris Crane	Boston College	6	47	119	2.5	7	19.8
Russell Wilson	N.C. State	5	48	96	2.0	2	19.2