Recapping Boston College's Epic Fail Of A Weekend
by Brian Favat on Nov 21, 2011 12:01 PM EST
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PrintJeff: It was tough for all BC sports this weekend. Men's basketball loses by a million at Holy Cross. Both soccer teams lose in the NCAA Tournament. And of course in the biggest games, the Eagles went 0-2 in South Bend.
How bad was the weekend? It feels like it was unprecedentedly bad. Was it?
Brian: Last weekend, right before an extremely busy BC sports weekend, DeFilippo tweeted this:
"AD's delight today! Watching BC in ACC soccer championship on ESPN, headed to NCAA women's soccer shortly, then to BU-BC hockey tonight"
One week later and it's less like "AD's delight" and more like an AD's nightmare. If you go back to last Sunday's 5-0 home hockey beatdown against Boston U., this is how the week has gone:
Men's Basketball. Like you said, hoops got ran off the court out in Worcester against our once Jesuit basketball rivals. Playing without Patrick Heckmann, the Eagles sorely lacked depth and on defense, let the Cross score at will. Hopefully hoops can rebound tonight as they host UMass in the Commonwealth Classic.
Women's Basketball. Dropped a pair of games to 15th ranked Rutgers and Arizona State on Sunday. Falls to 1-2 on the year.
Men's Hockey. Gets crushed by Boston U. on Sunday. Then on Friday night, has a legitimate goal disallowed, goes to overtime with the Irish and loses with less than two seconds left on the clock. This game likely will have huge PairWise implications come NCAA Tournament selection time. Basically, this isn't the last we'll hear about this loss. This one will hurt a good deal come March.
Soccer. Both the men's and women's soccer teams get bounced from the NCAA Tournament on the same day. The women's loss is a bit more easy to swallow as everyone other program is probably going to lose to Stanford too. This season was also the third straight year BC has been bounced from the NCAAs by the Cardinal, losing in last year's National semifinals (2-0) and the 2009 quarterfinals (3-1). Still would have been nice to make a deep run in this year's tournament after the season the women had.
But the men had a clear path to the College Cup and couldn't parlay a deep ACC Tournament run into any success in the NCAAs, getting bounced in their first game of the tournament. BC is now just 2-8-2 all-time against the State University of New Jersey.
Football. Loses a close game to a thoroughly mediocre Notre Dame team (I bet Spaz would love to have that 1:19 back at the end of the first half, eh?). Spaz is now 0-3 against some 'meh' Irish teams and the Eagles go into the regular season finale as more than a 2 TD underdog. Mercifully, the Eagles 2011 football season ends a day early this year as BC gets Miami on Friday.
NFL. The New York Giants lose to the Eagles 17-10 in Mark Herzlich's first career start at linebacker. I only throw this in here because I'm a Giants fan.
Not counting BC women's soccer team's penalty kick shootout victory over Cal, that's 0-8 on the weekend. 0-9 if you are a Giants fan. About the only bright spot on the weekend was the women's hockey team's performance in a sweep of 8th ranked Northeastern (3-1 and 4-1).
Suffice it to say it was one epic fail of a weekend. Weekends like this make me want to stand on top of my car in stand-still traffic and belt a few verses from a real sad song, Michael Stipe style. This one goes out to you, Boston College.
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"There is no need to panic," GDF told me so over a year ago!
GDF November 2010
Gene DeFilippo: Yes, I do believe that Frank Spaziani will lead us to the Orange Bowl within the next three years. We haven’t played in a major bowl game since 1984, and I believe that Spaz will lead us to one. We are all spoiled, especially me. I hate losing and have suffered as much or more than anybody through our five-game losing streak
Gene DeFilippo: My vision for Boston College football is to win the ACC Championship and play in the Orange Bowl. In the five years that we have been in the ACC, we have played in the championship game twice and we have the best record in the Atlantic Division since we joined. We have the third-best conference record in the ACC since we joined; only Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech have won more games than BC in that time period. There was noone more disappointed than me when we losts five consecutive games, but this program is headed in the right direction. The next several years are going to be very good years around here. There is no need to panic.
(maybe you BCi guys can update GDF’s stats about 3rd best conference record. that can’’t be true anymore)
Passed by Clemson in last year ...
BC is now 32-23 (.582) in ACC play, a half game ahead of Florida State 32-24 (.571) — pre-vacated wins. Will be tied for fourth with FSU with a loss on Friday.
1. Virginia Tech — 45-10
2. Georgia Tech — 37-19
3. Clemson — 34-22
4. Boston College — 32-23
5. Florida State — 32-24
6. Miami (Fla.) — 28-27
7. Wake Forest — 27-29
8. Virginia — 24-31
9. North Carolina — 23-32
10. Maryland — 22-33
10. N.C. State — 22-33
12. Duke — 6-49
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by Brian Favat on Nov 21, 2011 3:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Maryland and NC State battle for sole possession of 10th place this weekend!
BC is one of Duke’s six ACC wins over last seven seasons. Sad panda.
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by Brian Favat on Nov 21, 2011 3:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
At 8-3, and as a homer I would have a hard time calling the Irish thoroughly mediocre.
BC’s defense played well and field position was a major factor in the game. Rees is not an elite quarterback, but is surrounded by superior talent on the line and skill positions. BC game planned around this and was successful limiting big plays after the first series. The Eagles dropped 8-9 defense men into coverage at times, and Rees never threatened to run.
BC’s execution on offense with poor QB play and WR drops held the Eagles back. Without a strong passing game, it is very hard to win with a rushing attack that gains less than 100 yds.
At 8-3, the Irish are a good (not great) team. BC turned in one of the better defensive performances against us this year, which includes a ranked Michigan (Gag), Michigan State, and USC. Mediocre on the day, but good enough to be undefeated against the Atlantic Division and a solid 20-25 team.
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Undefeated against arguably the three worst teams in the ACC Atlantic
In my opinion, if this year’s Irish team played all 12 ACC programs, ND would probably go 7-5 or 6-6. Losses to Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Miami and two of Virginia / NC State (TOB, ND’s kryptonite) / North Carolina.
This is the definition of mediocre.
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by Brian Favat on Nov 21, 2011 3:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I think you are being a little harsh on ND. They did beat a very good Michigan State team this year and lost to USF who they should’ve beaten. If they played BC’s ACC schedule, they beat Duke, Wake, Maryland and NC State(TOB factor aside) and lose at VT and at Clemson. Split FSU at home and Miami on the road. 5-3 against our conference schedule is mediocre like you said, but not 6-6 overall. So a little harsh, just a little.
by Jeff Martyn on Nov 21, 2011 6:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Tough call
VaTech and Clemson would be tough games. Even though VaTech takes the month of September off, I think their defense could prove too much. Clemson could always pull an NC State special, but their offense can really move the ball. ND would get the benefit of the doubt over Miami because of the bowl win last year. FSU is a talented team that can play with anyone, unless they turnover the ball 5 times (see Wake game). Sagarin has us favored over the ACC on a neutral field today. So 8-4 is probable with 7-5 being a dumpster fire season, and 9-3 or 10-2 being the upside.
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