Scot Loeffler named OC & QB coach a couple of days ago. I suppose anything would be an improvement.
What a cupcake schedule and really awful for season ticket holders. If Addazio can't get this team into a bowl he should be fired.Of course the only home game of note is Friday night. GJGE.
BOSTON COLLEGE
Sept. 3 GEORGIA TECH, ESPN2,
7:30 a.m. (Dublin, Ireland)
Sept. 10 at Massachusetts
Sept. 17 at Virginia Tech
Sept. 24 WAGNER
Oct. 1 BUFFALO
Oct. 7 CLEMSON (Fri.)
Oct. 15 OPEN
Oct. 22 SYRACUSE
Oct. 29 at NC State
Nov. 5 LOUISVILLE
Nov. 11 at Florida State (Fri.)
Nov. 19 CONNECTICUT
Nov. 26 at Wake Forest
What happened to the end of the year "rivalry" game with the 'Cuse? They are playing it in October? Begs the question as to what happened with Wake and their "rival"? I guess it doesn't make much difference anyway. The schedule is awful.What a cupcake schedule and really awful for season ticket holders. If Addazio can't get this team into a bowl he should be fired.
I'm mainly annoyed at paying $150 or whatever it is for season tickets and then being able to get them at significantly discounted prices on Groupon and the likes. Friday games also suck because trying to get to Chestnut Hill on Friday at 7 using public transportation, let alone if you're driving, is quite the pain in the ass.I'm not sure why the majority of posters here seem to think that BC should model itself after Boise State or similar programs. More home games means more money; weaker opponents means a greater likelihood of making a bowl, or of doing something truly special if you happen to catch lightning in a bottle with an unusually good team coupled with a healthy dose of luck. I don't have data, but it seems to me that the majority of lower-end P5 programs follow basically the same approach as BC. (I don't consider a single game against a big-time opponent to be a fundamental departure from this strategy.)
Next season's schedule is favorable. The four non-conference opponents should be easy wins; only one is an FCS program. In the conference, Syracuse and Louisville are winnable home games, and they should have a fighting chance at Wake Forest too. There isn't a huge margin for error, but 6-6 and a bowl berth isn't out of the realm of possibility, even if the team is only modestly improved from this past season. That's not very exciting, but that kind of modest success for what will be a still-young team should help with Daz's recruiting efforts in 2017-18 and beyond.
You will lose to UConnOOC schedule of UMass, Buffalo, UConn, Wagner. Good work, Bates! Funny thing is that we'll probably lose to at least 2 of them.
Depends on how good your boys are at stopping the same 3 plays run over and over again.You will lose to UConn
The revenue sports are still winless in the ACC since March 2015. Ever to Excel!So signing day came and went. BC signed 18 (maybe 19 guys). Class is Bottom of the ACC, near the bottom of P5. Somewhere in the 80s overall it would appear (final numbers still changing as not all LOI are in for some schools)
Daz apparently had one of his WWE type speeches where he talked about how the recruiting services are all wrong and this class is awesome.
It's BCI. They love BC too much to be sane. We've been rebuilding since Jags. Amazing we can't get a single OL recruit in that time.And Rivals has Rutgers 6 spots ahead of BC in their ranking despite having 4 fewer recruits
Honestly I am shocked BCI gave them a C-. I don't know anyway you can justify giving more than a D, and it would be hard to argue with an F
In all fairness, we've never really been able to get OL talent.It's BCI. They love BC too much to be sane. We've been rebuilding since Jags. Amazing we can't get a single OL recruit in that time.
If there is a way to create a fun experience for its fans, BC will always choose Door #2.As a UConn / Sox fan, that would have been great. Did BC have a bad experience with playing ND at Fenway? Or do they not want to make a UConn game seem special at all by playing it at Fenway?
If I recall, the game at Fenway last year was originally supposed to be UConn vs. ND, right?
Bates said their goal is to have 6 home games a year on campus and because the GT game is in Dublin they didn't want to play at Fenway. Why they'd pay GT $900k to play in another country when they could've saved that money plus the travel expenses by playing GT here is beyond me. Save the $900k plus travel expenses and move UConn game to Fenway and they'd have made money. Fenway has less seats but could've charged more per seat (which people would pay for) plus take advantage of having big donor gatherings in and around Fenway pregame. There's your 6 home games plus a "neutral" site game right there.As a UConn / Sox fan, that would have been great. Did BC have a bad experience with playing ND at Fenway? Or do they not want to make a UConn game seem special at all by playing it at Fenway?
If I recall, the game at Fenway last year was originally supposed to be UConn vs. ND, right?
Small incompetent thinkers delivering even smaller results. BC!UConn BC at Fenway would have been great. Alas...
Pretty sure they agreed to Ireland way before UConn (June vs October per rudimentary Google). And if I'm paying money to watch shitty football I want 5 chances to tailgate with friends instead of 4 and a chance to pay too much to play in a game that will receive little to no fanfare outside the northeast. Bates sucks but this isn't on him. Well aside from his inability to schedule a P5 team for 4 or whatever years.Bates said their goal is to have 6 home games a year on campus and because the GT game is in Dublin they didn't want to play at Fenway. Why they'd pay GT $900k to play in another country when they could've saved that money plus the travel expenses by playing GT here is beyond me. Save the $900k plus travel expenses and move UConn game to Fenway and they'd have made money. Fenway has less seats but could've charged more per seat (which people would pay for) plus take advantage of having big donor gatherings in and around Fenway pregame. There's your 6 home games plus a "neutral" site game right there.
I'll give you the brief overview: our OL still blows and our WRs still can't catch. QB play will obviously be better and defense will be solid.Was the Spring game this weekend? Lost track on that. Any scouting reports? Haven't heard much news regarding on field developments.
I don't think it was as bad as the score indicated. I watched the first half and wades team moved the ball pretty good but couldn't score in the red zone. Seemed to be working on a few specific red zone plays.Did I read this correctly.....6-2 was the score of the McGillis game? No TDs?? I guess the QB "upgrades" haven't done much. I can't believe what has happened to the offense in this program. Unreal.
I live 4 blocks away from that school. You're all welcome.BC picked up a 4* OL commit Ben Petrula from St. Peter's in NJ. Good offer list too.
I'm guessing yes. They lost all their games last year, including a loss to South Dakota St. at Lawrence.Do wins against FCS schools count for those odds. Kansas has URI, so there's one win