Boston College Daily Links: The Eagles Remain Well Coached?
by Brian Favat on Oct 3, 2011 10:30 AM EDT
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Winless BC Eagles a lost cause this season? (The Patriot Ledger)
The Eagles remain well coached. Spaziani has a pedigree, developing superb defenses for years as a coordinator at BC under Tom O’Brien and Jeff Jagozinski – the coaches whose sudden departures damaged two of BC’s recent recruiting classes, players who would now be in their third and fifth years in the program, respectively. Current defensive coordinator Bill McGovern worked under Spaziani, and players like Luke Kuechly, Donnie Fletcher and Kevin Pierre-Louis have grown under his tutelage. On offense, sophomore quarterback Chase Rettig is better than he was a year ago, a young receiving corps is improved, and a patchwork offensive line continues to progress. The coaching is there. The experience is not. Take the word of the opposition.
Eagles off to face Death (BostonHerald.com)
"Obviously they are on a roll and they always have very good players and they have high expectations in their program," said BC coach Frank Spaziani during a conference call yesterday. "This is a real step up from the competition that we’ve faced, and that’s not slighting the people that we’ve faced."
Road gets tougher for Eagles (The Boston Globe)
"They say you practice how you play,’’ said middle linebacker Luke Kuechly, who is definitely not one of the problems BC coach Frank Spaziani has this morning. "If you practice slow, then you are going to start slow in the game. That’s one of Coach Spaziani’s things - from the first whistle blown to the last, it needs to be important, because the game is practice.’’
ACC Football Power Rankings, Oct. 3 (ACC Sports Journal)
12. Boston College (1-4, 0-2). After starting out 2-5 last year, the Eagles won their last five regular-season games. Don’t expect a similar turnaround this season. The second half of their schedule is extraordinarily tough this time around. In fact, the Eagles will be the underdog in each of their remaining seven games. The play of Montel Harris (22 carries, 108 yards) on Saturday does provide some hope.
Grading Week 5 in the ACC (Fox Sports South)
Boston College – Give the Eagles credit for scrapping in their 27-19 home loss to Wake Forest. BC just isn't a very good team, and could have wilted after Wake waltzed down the field for a touchdown on its first drive, but the Eagles made the Deacons earn it. Grade: C.
Preview: #2 Boston College (Fear The Triangle)
While BC lost a bunch of scorers all they lost on defense is Ulf Samuelsson’s son and even some BC fans thought they may be addition by subtraction. The defense will be led by Tommy Cross and Brian Dumoulin, but also features solid blueliners like Patrick Wey, Patch Alber, and Ed Shea. This experience on defense will be key as BC looks for someone to fill John Muse’s place in net. They’ll return junior Parker Milner to go along with a couple of freshmen out of the EJHL in Brian Billett and Brad Barone.
No. 7 Women's Soccer Tames The Clemson Tigers, 4-0 (BCEagles.com)
Senior Stephanie Wirth scored her first two goals of the season to lead No. 7 Boston College past Clemson, 4-0, in an ACC match at Historic Riggs Field on Sunday afternoon. The Eagles improved to 4-0 in the ACC and 9-0-2 overall, while Clemson dropped to 0-5 in the conference and 5-7 overall.
Finally, in case you missed this over the weekend ...
The Nadir Of College Sports History (SBNation.com)
Yes, yes, losing to Duke and Wake Forest is pretty bad, but Boston College Eagles fans are now hearing football taunts from UConn fans. "RT @theuconnblog Raise your hand if you didn't become the first ACC team in 20 yrs to lose both Wake and Duke. Not so fast Boston College."
Followed closely by:
Western Michigan Broncos vs. Connecticut Huskies - Recap - October 01, 2011 (ESPN)
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Alex Carder threw for a career-high 479 yards and five touchdowns to lead Western Michigan to a 38-31 win over Connecticut on Saturday.
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My head hurts from reading that Patriot Ledger article. It reads like a pro-Spaz propaganda piece, complete with throwing players under the bus.
Soaring to Glory: On the #FireSpaz bandwagon before it was cool
agreed STG. total Spaz propaganda --
Well coached! ha ha ha. Jags is too blame. What kind if idiot reporter accepts such nonsense.
The Eagles remain well coached.
Spaziani has a pedigree, developing superb defenses for years as a coordinator at BC under Tom O’Brien and Jeff Jagozinski – the coaches whose sudden departures damaged two of BC’s recent recruiting classes, players who would now be in their third and fifth years in the program, respectively.
Current defensive coordinator Bill McGovern worked under Spaziani, and players like Luke Kuechly, Donnie Fletcher and Kevin Pierre-Louis have grown under his tutelage. On offense, sophomore quarterback Chase Rettig is better than he was a year ago, a young receiving corps is improved, and a patchwork offensive line continues to progress.
The coaching is there.
They’ve coached up the BC offense to 14.5 points per game against Division I-A competition, and the easier Division I-A competition at that.
Editor, BC Interruption
"a patchwork offensive line continues to progress"
The author forgot to add the word “backwards.”
Soaring to Glory: On the #FireSpaz bandwagon before it was cool
by SoaringtoGlory on Oct 3, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s a tremendous challenge, and the higher the reward the more opportunity there is. Playing a ranked team in their own stadium is a tremendous opportunity.
No Spaz, it is not the higher the reward, the more opportunity there is. It is the greater (higher) the risk, the bigger (higher) the reward.
If he keep talking like this people are going to think he is a jabroni or even stupid. geez.
He called seven penalties for 56 yards "unconscionable. They are not trying to do it. But we can’t overcome some of that stuff. We have to get it corrected.’’
I don’t think so. I remember one penalty that made a difference – the late hit.
“unconscionable – unscrupulous or unprincipled, greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation”
Kinda like the BC offense that puts up 14.5 ppg against I-A opponents?
Editor, BC Interruption
forde yard dash
Called out spaz for being terrible. His hot seat has gone national. We need to send a gift basket to pat forde
by cwm2005 on Oct 4, 2011 1:10 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
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