Here we go again. My little preseason exercise in "what if?" There are lots of reasons to be optimistic this year, but we know things can fall apart quickly. So here is how the season might play out if nothing goes our way. Tuesday will be the what the perfect season would look like and Wednesday will be my actual predictions for the year.
UMass. Win. Brown looks rusty, but BC still runs all day on UMass.
Holy Cross. Win. Another sloppy game, but BC has enough talent to cruise.
at Wake Forest. Loss. A short week leads to major confusion. Brown still struggles and Wake loads up to stop Dillon.
at Purdue. Loss. BC can't keep up in a shootout. Suddenly the preseason hype starts turning to hot seat talk.
Temple. Win. Another game that is much closer than it should be. The Offense continues to look one dimensional, but the BC D carries the team.
at NC State. Loss. BC doesn't give up the big play and hangs for a while, but NCSU chips away on offense, controls the clock and the game.
Louisville. Loss. A game BC should win but doesn't. There are some mistakes and now a winless ACC schedule starts to seem possible.
Miami. Loss. It is a national TV and red bandanna game. BC is hyped and it is close. But mistakes hurt BC again and the passing game remains one of the worst in college football.
at Virginia Tech. Loss. Another high scoring offense pulls away from BC.
Clemson. Loss. BC plays well, but can't hold back Clemson.
at Florida State. Loss. Another ugly game. The narrative continues that BC is "playing better" but just unlucky.
Syracuse. Win. Senior Day and a positive way to end a bad season.
This would leave BC at 4-8 and home for the bowl season. In my opinion it would also be time to make a head coaching change.
I guess "Worst Case" is just that - and the thought stinks. So let's deal with it and move on.
ReplyDeleteHowever, there's no question that our ACC games are all potential losses - and also potential wins. I will put Miami and Clemson in separate categories.
These two are critical early indications. Go BC - beat both of these teams - you are experienced enough to do so.
at Wake Forest.
at Purdue.
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These four games will be very interesting, and it would be great to get 3 out of 4.
at NC State.
Louisville.
at Virginia Tech.
at Florida State.
Final thought about Syracuse. If Dungey is healthy, he can scare anybody.
Go BC - stick this worst case into the wastebasket - the "Round File" - and use it for motivation.
One game at a time. Do your jobs, guys!!!!!
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ReplyDelete2015 was a collective brain fart for BC football. Overall, pretty darned good.
ReplyDeleteBJK is right with Wake and Purdue being bellwethers. Winning at Wake should happen, especially with their starting QB suspended. Purdue is a weak sister in the B1G. If we go 0-2 there, we're in deep trouble and Daz is probably looking for work at the end of the season.
Fox Sports College Football analysts discussing the ACC.(Matt Leinart;Dave Wannstedt;Rob Smith Bruce Feldman etc ) All Clemson, Miami and some FSU......
ReplyDeleteRob Smith said something to the effect "Don't sleep on BC - they have a very good, strong program there...."
Go BC - shock em this year.
Joel Klatt, Robert Smith, Bruce Feldman, Dave Wannstedt, Matt Leinart and host Rob Stone.
ReplyDeleteAll Big Ten running back at OSU Rob Smith - praised Boston College!
But they can’t play like they did when they lost to Georgia tech in Dublin.
ReplyDeleteWinnable game
Bad loss
I was in Dublin, working rich - and it was a brutal loss - I agree.
ReplyDelete4th down conversions cannot be allowed when there are many yards to be made. Not this year for sure.
I think ATL developed a pretty accurate worst case scenario. It could happen but the team is likely to do better. I am interested to see his best case scenario...my guess will be 10-2 with losses to Clemson and Miami. Actual will likely be 8-4 which would offer some improvement over last year and becomes 9-4 and a potential top 25 ranking with a bowl win.
ReplyDelete9-4 would be acceptable and back to the standards of the O'Brien years.
ReplyDeleteJust think happy thoughts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnMdVsgGyGk
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ReplyDeleteAny reactions to the two deep? See page 11 - https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/bceagles.com/documents/2018/8/27/2018_Football_Game_Notes.pdf
ReplyDeleteThe defense was 6th in ACC in points allowed. Within 1.1 points of third.
ReplyDeleteThe comment at 7:47 is misleading and unnecessarily negative. It is also written by an asshole.
There was never a positive statement made about Don Brown by the 7:47 commenter when Brown was here. Now that he is gone he is sliced bread and better than what we have now. Typical bitch comment.
ReplyDeleteThis worst case wont happen. As for the defense, they were good last year despite being decimated by injuries at LB and with Landry. The DL might be thin this year and there are questions at CB, but overall this should be a very good unit.
ReplyDeleteNB - reactions to two deep later.
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ReplyDeleteYou have no idea what you are writing about Mod. Literally no idea.
ReplyDeleteOffense is starting two TE's. They are going to dominate the right side of the defense with Petrula there they put the TE's next to him. Can see them go right 2-3 times and then hit a wheel off the left. Dillon will have the cut back to the left when the D overlaods the right. Not to mention that Walker and White will be 1:1 most of the time.
ReplyDeleteVrabel's son from Texas made it as a freshman - good genes. New faces (or relatively new) in Barlow, Emer, Berry, Sebastian, Alec Lindstrom, Carlson and Haynes. Cautiously optimistic about this team - and I only say cautiously because nearly everyone else in the ACC loads up every year with solid recruits, etc. Against the better ACC clubs we should be able to keep it
ReplyDeletewithin range - so our special teams play, stability at QB and game day coaching (Addazio/Loeffler) will be important. Brown doesn't need to be the second coming - just needs to stay under control and avoid turning the ball over in our end of the field.
Bleacher Report had their first of three profiles of guys who will be superstars this year;
ReplyDelete1. Nick Busa
2. AJ Dillon
3. Ed Oliver
Think about that company. Busa and Oliver are projected #1 and #2 in next year's draft. Dillon getting a TON of hype now ...
Worst case scenario is Dillon gets injured Saturday and misses the season.
ReplyDeleteMod would genuinely enjoy that scenario.
ReplyDeleteHold your breath. Here we go.
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