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Give Boston College's defense a ton of credit. Frank Spaziani and his staff elected to run a lot...

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Give Boston College's defense a ton of credit. Frank Spaziani and his staff elected to run a lot of new stuff they had not run this year. FSU's coaches had not seen it before. It's not difficult to run new stuff, but it is difficult to run it well. The Eagles kept Jimbo Fisher off balance all day and he has to be very frustrated and feeling fortunate to escape with a win considering the circumstances. I have seen Christian Ponder make poor throws before, but I have not seen him this confused in a long time. It was reminiscent of the play-calling beating Fisher gave to Miami last week. Boston College's defense does not have incredible talent, but it is physical and extremely disciplined. If BC does fire Spaziani, some team is going to get one heckuva defensive coordinator in Spaziani (and McGovern as well).

Tomahawk Nation had some nice things to say about BC's defense on Saturday. Too bad similar things couldn't be said of our offensive performance. 'Nole Your Opponents: Week 8 (Tomahawk Nation)