The Boston College Eagles head south to Tallahassee, FLA to take on the Florida State Seminoles in ACC action on Saturday. The Eagles comes into the game 1-2 overall and already 0-2 in conference play. The Seminoles are 3-0 on the season and 1-0 in ACC play heading into this matchup. The opening kick is set for 8:00pm EST on Saturday night.
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It has been a difficult start to the season for the Boston College Eagles. BC began the season with such high hopes with the return of quarterback Phil Jurkovec and star wideout Zay Flowers after both flirted with entering the NFL Draft last spring. Unfortunately, two straight losses to Rutgers and then to ACC rival Virginia Tech. Last Saturday night, at home, the Eagles picked up their first win of the season in a 38-17 win over Maine.
“We won a game,” BC coach Jeff Hafley said. “Are there things that we probably could have done better? Definitely. Are there some really good things we did? We improved in a lot of areas.”
Jurkovec had his strongest game of the season as he threw for 320 yards on 25-of-37 completions with two touchdowns. The other part of the Eagles star tandem, Flower, finished the night with eight catches for 89 yards and a touchdown. Tight end George Takacs also had a big game with seven catches for 66 yards and a touchdown. The Eagles finished with 431 total yards against the Black Bears. They finished 6-of-14 on third down and won the time of possession battle, 33:17 to 26:43.
Defensively, the Eagles were led by their secondary as Jason Maitre and Kam Arnold each had an interception on the night. Vinny Depalma led the Eagle with eight tackles and Josh DeBerry and Jaiden Woodbey each chipped in with seven tackles. BC held Maine to 378 yards of total offense and just 89 on the ground.
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The Eagles will need to up their play this week as they get back to playing ACC football and go up against one of the best in the conference at the moment, the Florida State Seminoles. Through three games, BC is averaging a meager 23 points per game and giving up 22 points. The Eagles ground game has been a significant sore spot with the team averaging just 1.7 yards per carry. An inexperienced offensive line has struggled through the first third of the season both running the ball and giving Jurkovic time to throw. They are converting 33% of their third downs this season and the team has allowed eight sacks. The BC kicking game has been shaky as well thus far, making just 2-of-5 field goals while the opposition has been a perfect 4-0f-4. BC has a net zero turnover differential thus far and has been giving up an average of 328 yards of total offense while averaging 299 themselves.