Boston College Vs. Maine Football Set For September 8
by Brian Favat on Jan 28, 2012 7:59 AM EST
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PrintAccording to a report in the Portland Press Herald, the FCS Maine Black Bears will travel to Alumni Stadium to take on the Eagles on September 8, 2012.
"The University of Maine football team will begin its 2012 season against an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent, facing Boston College for the second time in six years.
The Black Bears will visit Chestnut Hill, Mass., for a game against the Eagles on Sept. 8. Boston College beat the Black Bears 22-0 in 2006."
If some of the conference's other non-conference dates hold, it's looking like week 2 in the ACC will be an all non-conference game affair.
Clemson -- Ball State
Florida State -- West Virginia
N.C. State -- at Connecticut
Maryland -- at Temple
Boston College -- Maine
Georgia Tech -- Middle Tennessee State
North Carolina -- at Louisville
Miami -- at Kansas State
Virginia -- Penn State
Duke -- at Stanford
Only Wake Forest and Virginia Tech don't have games scheduled for the September 8 weekend yet, though my guess is Virginia Tech will have the week off after the Hokies' Labor Day game against Georgia Tech. Wake Forest, as odd team out, might as well.
I can't say I'm thrilled with the placement of Maine on the schedule as this most certainly means the Eagles will host a quality ACC opponent on Parents' Weekend. Well, or Maryland. Without a Parents Weekend attendance boost, my guess is BC's home game against Maine will be very lightly attended. Last season, BC hosted Massachusetts, a program transitioning to the Football Bowl Subdivision, in front of the smallest home crowd of the season -- 30,176.
But if BC does open the season at home against Miami, followed by a home game against Maine, the early season schedule is more than manageable for a team that returns 19 starters from last year's 4-8 team. On paper at least, it's looking like BC's 2012 football schedule will mirror this past season's schedule -- extremely back-loaded with a bunch of winnable games in the first half of the year.
Mad Lib 2012 Boston College Football Schedule
Sep. 1 -- Miami
Sep. 8 -- Maine
Sep. 15 -- at Northwestern
Sep. 22 -- Clemson / at Florida State / at Georgia Tech / Maryland / at N.C. State / BYE
Sep. 29 -- Clemson / at Georgia Tech / Maryland / at N.C. State / at Wake Forest / BYE
Oct. 6 -- at Army
Oct. 13 -- Clemson / at Florida State / at Georgia Tech / Maryland / at N.C. State / at Wake Forest / BYE
Oct. 20 -- Clemson / at Florida State / at Georgia Tech / Maryland / at N.C. State / at Wake Forest / BYE
Oct. 27 -- Clemson / at Florida State / at Georgia Tech / Maryland / at N.C. State / at Wake Forest / BYE
Nov. 3 -- Clemson / at Florida State / at Georgia Tech / Maryland / at N.C. State / at Wake Forest / BYE
Nov. 10 -- Notre Dame
Nov. 17 -- Clemson / at Florida State / at Georgia Tech / Maryland / at N.C. State / BYE
Nov. 24 -- Maryland / at N.C. State / Virginia Tech
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What happened to Miami at end of year?
I though Miami was supposed to be our new end of year rival? You know, in homage to the Hail Flutie classic??? Maybe not? Last year was just a fluke schedule-wise?
by eagleosprey on Jan 28, 2012 8:40 AM EST via mobile reply actions
We don’t play Miami every year and the ACC tries to avoid Atlantic vs. Coastal matchups as regular season finales (due to possibility of an ACCCG rematch the following weekend, however small the possibility).
Right now, Miami is scheduled to play USF on the final weekend of the season. I think those two programs want to create a regular season finale rivalry game to go with Florida-Florida State, Georgia-Georgia Tech, Clemson-South Carolina, Wake Forest-Vanderbilt.
Though if Miami-USF isn’t moved off the final weekend, one ACC program will have to finish the season a week early (after FSU, Clemson, Wake, GT and Miami … as well as an assumed UVa-Virginia Tech game, there are 5 ACC programs remaining). One team might be the odd man out.
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Yes, if Miami and USF move their game to the first weekend of the season.
Then opening weekend would be:
Boston College — at Wake Forest
Clemson — vs. Auburn (CFA Kickoff Classic)
Florida State — Murray State
Maryland — William & Mary
N.C. State — vs. Tennessee (CFA Kickoff Classic)
Wake Forest — Boston College
Duke — FIU
Georgia Tech — at Virginia Tech
Miami — USF
North Carolina — Elon
Virginia — Richmond
Virginia Tech — Georgia Tech
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In other words ...
BC, Miami and Wake Forest are the only ACC teams that don’t have a game tentatively scheduled for opening weekend.
BC and Miami have no more non-conference games left to schedule. Wake still has to schedule their game against I-AA Liberty.
Miami and Wake don’t face one another this season.
So unless BC or Miami move a previously scheduled non-conference game to opening weekend (which could very well happen with Miami-USF given the problems that game creates at the end of the season), likely that BC hosts Miami and Wake opens with Liberty.
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Sounds about right.
Maybe higher Miami since an already scheduled UM non-conf game would have to be rescheduled.
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Wow This Just Notches Up the Excitement Level
With any luck, Coach Spaz will lead us to a close, but exciting and satisfying victory over the Black Bears. I predict we get as many as five downs in the first half!! Alumni Stadium will be rocking as GDF proves all his critics wrong!
Maybe Gene will get the cheerleaders to toss some BC super fan shirts or some little stuffed UM black bears into the stands – that we can keep for free..
Miami or WF or BYE, interesting?
BF—
Miami has a huge freshman class and QB issues and may want a stronger team late in the season for upcoming Florida rival and come to the Heights when it is warm and cozy 09-01??
If not the WF would be tough, but if WF says give me cupcake Liberty and give me a warm-up layup W… would we get a dreaded bye??
Does that mean we get to arrive for fall practice 1 week later?
THX!
Having a bye week at the beginning of the season or the end would be a disaster. BC will definitely need an off week with this schedule.
The problem with ACC football scheduling is that programs want the flexibility to schedule non-conference games first, and then the league bolts on the conference schedule after the fact. This is backwards imo. The ACC should first maximize its own TV revenue and then dictate to other conferences what weekends are available for non-conference games.
The ideal ACC football schedule has non-conference games the first two weeks of the season, the last week of the season and either the third weekend in or the next to last weekend before the end of the season.
Weeks 1-2 – non-conference
Week 3 – optional non-conference game
Weeks 4-11 – ACC schedule, front loaded with Atlantic vs. Coastal matchups and back loaded with intra-divisional games
Week 12 – optional non-conference game
Week 13 – non-conference and/or rivalry game (Virginia-Virginia Tech)
This would allow BC to play 2-3 non-conference games at the start of the season, Notre Dame towards the end of the year, and put games against Virginia Tech, Miami, etc. in September or early October.
Would also help to avoid these final weekend scheduling difficulties, as you’d be left with a final weekend schedule that looks like this:
Non-Conference
Florida State vs. Florida
Georgia Tech vs. Georgia
Clemson vs. South Carolina
Wake Forest vs. Vanderbilt
Miami vs. USF
Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia
Atlantic Division
Maryland vs. N.C. State
Boston College vs. Syracuse
Coastal Division
Virginia vs. Virginia Tech
North Carolina vs. Duke
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