Notre Dame vs Boston College Predictions
ND vs BC
Fenway Park Boston
7:30 PM
TV NBCSC
Boston College at 3-7 is a really lousy football team except for its defense which is ranked number 1. Head Coach Steve Addazio is in his 3rd year and the bloom is off the rose. After 2 yrs at Temple he landed the BC job and what looked promising it’s all come crashing down.
Right now his starting QB is a freshman walk on and ND is his second start. That said BC has absolutely nothing to lose and they’ve had 2 weeks to get ready for a ND team that is staggering down to the finish. All BC has to do is study Pitt, Temple and Wake to add additional ways to jack up their already very tough defense.
Four BC opponents to consider:
- Loss to FSU 14-0
- Loss to Clemson 34-17
- Loss to NC State 24-8
- Loss to Wake 3-0
So at the very least we have to match Clemson and NC State in offensive points if we want to hold that number 4 playoff spot. The question I have is how do we do that with 3 OL playing on one leg LG, C and RT.
You know those 3 are going to be targeted. Now that brings up the complete lack of backups getting any playing time in the first 10 games. Every year we have been landing 4 Star OL – tough and very nasty guys, now are you telling me these guys aren’t good enough to replace 1 legged starters?
We won’t be able to run against BC so I would go with a wide open passing attack – short passes, move the chains and hope to pop a few. Forget the long ball and run until we can get the BC defense to back off.
What is very scary is a bloody battle and more injuries. BC is going to batter our OL and if they take us into the 4th quarter we can easily lose. ND needs turnovers and scores by the defense and ND must get some starters some rest.
Notre Dame 30 Boston College 3