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Bowl Preview 9: The Emerald Bowl
When a collection of unmotivated fast twitch muscles takes on a motivated cellular mass made up of mitochondria, grit, and want-to, who wins? I'd be interested from answers from anyone but Jimmy the Greek and Al Campanis. But that aside, we'll get to see a pretty good case study tonight in San...
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Boston College vs. Nevada, What You Need To Know
What you need to know for Sunday's 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco (9:00 PM EDT, ESPN) ... Proper name: "2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl," the only bowl named for a cause. Date: Sunday, January 9, 2011Time: 9:00 PM EDT Setting: AT&T Park, San Francisco ... again. College Football at...
The ACC's Bowl Game Win-Loss Record: Still Not So Hot
It's pretty much common knowledge that the ACC doesn't exactly set the world on fire when it comes to bowl season. Sure, N.C. State's 23-7 win over West Virginia in the Champs Sports Bowl was nice and all, but Georgia Tech early bowl season loss serves as a reminder of just how 'meh' ACC teams have...
College Football Bowl Game Travel Distances: No Home-Field Advantage?
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at bowl game travel distances in an attempt to disprove the fact that teams that travel shorter distances win a majority of their bowl games: "In the coming college bowl season, San Diego State plays in San Diego, Hawaii makes the long hike to Honolulu from its...
Bowl Game Strength Of Schedule Comparisons Good News For BC?
College football guru Phil Steele takes a look at which teams played the toughest schedules in 2010. Not surprisingly, the Eagles finished in the bottom third of the ACC with a SOS of 54. Florida State (14), Miami (15), Duke (20) and North Carolina top the conference this year, while Boston College...
College Football Bowl Sponsors: This Is Getting A Little Ridiculous, No?
Long gone are the days when Boston College played in the Orange, Sugar, Cotton and Tangerine Bowls. And I mean long gone. Those select few college football bowl games have been replaced by an ACC bowl lineup that includes the Advocare V100 Independence Bowl, the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, the Hyundai...
2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Nevada An Early 9.5-Point Favorite Over Boston College
The early betting lines have installed Nevada as a 9 1/2-point favorite over Boston College, according to OddsShark. Two sites already have the Wolf Pack as a double-digit favorite. If the line holds at game time it will be just the third time this season BC will be as significant an underdog this...
Food Chain: Toughest Boston College Bowl Opponents 2001-2010
BC is in the odd position of falling to the ACC's last bowl slot, yet playing the second toughest opponent of any ACC bowl team (at least according to the BCS). So how does Nevada stack up to BC's last 10 years of bowl opponents? Food Chain: Toughest Boston College Bowl Opponents 2000-2010 We...
Notre Dame 31, Boston College 13: Searching For Positives
Brian: It's hard to find positives in a game where your: Usually stout offense spots Notre Dame 21 points in the first quarter Offense goes just 4-for-19 on third downs Team commits 12 penalties for 120 yards True freshman quarterback making his first collegiate start gets knocked out of the game...
Boston College's Starting Offensive Line Adds 38 Pounds
Offensive Lineman 2009 2010 Wetzel 286 303 *Castonzo 295 308 *Richman 292 300 *Claiborne 325 332 *Cleary 297 300 *Lapham 322 323 Spinney 292 282 Tennant 291 Graduated Goodman Jr. 322 Shifted to D-Line Halloran 277 Left off...
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