Boston College 17, Virginia 13: Eagles Survive, Bowl Eligible
by Brian Favat on Nov 20, 2010 3:41 PM EST
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PrintGreat to see the seniors go out with a win on Senior Day. It certainly wasn't pretty. Several bounces just didn't go BC's way today and those two Virginia fumbles that went out of bounds were killer. But a win is a win, the Eagles' fourth straight.
With the win, the Eagles are bowl-eligible for the 12th straight season. If you are scoreboard watching this afternoon, keep an eye on Duke-Georgia Tech and Clemson-Wake Forest. Duke beating Georgia Tech would be a good thing for the Eagles if you don't want to see them travel back across the country to play a WAC opponent in mid-January. Clemson is taking care of Wake Forest at halftime (13-0), but a Tigers loss would also do the trick.
If both Clemson and Georgia Tech win one of their last two games, it looks like BC will be San Francisco bound for the second straight season.
Hopefully Montel Harris is on the mend, after leaving the game with a left knee injury.
Full analysis Monday. Go Eagles!
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A trip to the San Francisco Bowl seems better to me than getting picked to go to Shrevesport, LA for the Advocare Independence bowl. At least last year we drew USC, this year looks like it’ll be Nevada or maybe Hawai’i. Does anyone know what the payout for this bowl would be? Last year it was 750k for the ACC and 900 for the Pac-10, since BC would essentially be taking the place of the PAC-10 team in their new format (PAC-10 v WAC), would BC get the 900k?
by chicagofire1871 on Nov 20, 2010 9:25 PM EST reply actions
DC would be better for fans. It’s also a better spot on the calendar.
San Fran is on a Sunday on the day before the BCSNCG. No one will travel for that.
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by Brian Favat on Nov 20, 2010 10:21 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, but the thing about these bottom tier bowls is that they aren't really about travel dollars.
It is mostly all about TV ratings at this point.
I don’t think ANY ACC team traveled to SF, no matter where they were on the schedule. My understanding is that BC was the only ACC team that wanted to keep the SF Bowl as part of the ACC line-up due to BC’s relatively strong CA alumni base.
by chicagofire1871 on Nov 20, 2010 11:16 PM EST up reply actions
That's possible
But remember all the heat GDF got for not sending the band, etc.? The San Francisco bowl has also changed a lot year-over-year. Instead of a name-brand Pac-10 program, we are going to draw a middle-of-the-pack WAC team. And instead of the game being in a favorable December game slot, it’s the day before the seasons over nearly a week into January.
Attendance will be terrible. Only propagates the myth that we don’t travel. With DC, at least we had the possibility of traveling more fans.
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A myth?
“the myth that we don’t travel”
It is a myth? Really?
Any proof of that Mr. Brian ?
by blockparty1616 on Nov 21, 2010 9:02 AM EST up reply actions
"Myth" meaning BC is far from the only program that doesn't travel well to bowl games.
But there are so many bowl games now and BC has been to so many over the last 11 years that the poor bowl travel reputation sticks a little more to BC than other programs.
BC doesn’t travel well to bowls … gets passed over by better bowls as a result … fans are disappointed and don’t travel to the bowl we get into … everyone says we don’t travel well as a result … perpetuates the myth. It’s a downward cycle.
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So Mr Brian myth does not mean myth?
Who travels worse than BC? Uconn? Syr? Miami? Hawaii? Rutgers?
by blockparty1616 on Nov 21, 2010 12:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Take your pick ...
Minnesota — sold just 1,512 tickets to the 2008 Insight Bowl. They bought 10,500 full-price tickets.
Virginia Tech – sold less than 20 percent of their 17,500 tickets to the Orange Bowl.
Maryland — sold less than 100 tickets total for their trip to Boise.
For the size of the school, and for the distances fans and alumni have to travel to our bowl games, BC travels as well as most other programs.
So yes, it’s a myth, Mr. Blockparty1616.
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by Brian Favat on Nov 23, 2010 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
If DC happened
Any guesses on how many ppl would go? Is 10,000 a reasonable estimate given the location?
Think that is way too high given the opponent (likely a middle-of-the-road Conference USA team) and the way this season has gone.
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by Brian Favat on Nov 23, 2010 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
Payout is 900k. But ACC splits all bowl payouts equally so it doesn’t matter much what our individual bowl payout is.
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by Brian Favat on Nov 20, 2010 10:19 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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