The Boston College Eagles want to choose up the place they left off.
BC entered the bye week with consecutive victories over Virginia and Army to enhance to 3-3 general and 1-2 within the ACC. Both video games have been back-and-forth struggles that have been closed out by the protection late within the fourth quarter.
The Eagles will look to even their document in convention play once they journey to Atlanta to interact the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech (3-3, 2-1) at venerable Bobby Dodd Stadium.
BC wants three wins within the final six video games, 5 within the ACC and a regional dwelling match in opposition to UConn, to realize bowl eligibility for the sixth time within the final seven seasons. After ending 3-9 final season, taking part in a sport in late December at a impartial web site means so much to this system.
“We talked at 1-3 that we have to get back to 3-3 at the bye and that was really important for us as a staff to think about,” stated BC head coach Jeff Hafley throughout his weekly press briefing on the Yawkey middle on Monday.
“For the players, they can’t think ahead like that. If you are going to compete in a game you’ve got to pour everything into it and we did that against (Virginia and Army). Certainly, after the last two weeks we are playing better football and then with the bye week, there are a lot of things we have to get better at coaching and executing.”
Hafley and the BC coordinators and assistant coaches used the free weekend to hit the highway recruiting the following freshman soccer class. Hafley targeted totally on the native crop of candidates and he expects this might be his smallest recruiting class since taking up in 2020.
“We were really spread out, we had guys in the Northeast and guys seeing committed kids wherever they are in the country,” stated Hafley. “This will be a smaller recruiting class.”
No Doubting Thomas
Thomas Castellanos’ emergence as some of the versatile and harmful twin risk quarterbacks within the ACC has altered how opposing defensive coordinators sport plan for BC.
“You have to imagine now teams are going to have to bring an extra guy in the box when you have a quarterback who can run the way he has run,” stated Hafley. “But it’s not like we’re taking part in wildcat, he can throw the ball.
“He can throw it from in the pocket, he can throw it on boot(leg) type plays and he can sprint out. If you bring guys up, we have guys that can run by you. I think you are going to see him take off throwing the ball in the next weeks.”
After six appearances and 5 begins, Castellanos has glad the passing element of taking part in the place in a Power-5 Conference. The sophomore switch from Central Florida has accomplished 87-of-152 passes for 1,143 yards with 10 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. He has accomplished passes for 35 or extra yards to 5 completely different receivers with an extended of 52.
Castellanos is the Eagles’ main rusher with 500 web yards on 98 carries for a 5.1 common and 7 touchdowns. In the deteriorating climate situations at West Point on Oct. 7, Castellanos rushed for 142 web yards on 31 carries with an extended of 20 and 4 touchdowns.
“I’ve learned a lot about how the game has been going along and it’s been going really good,” stated Castellanos. “I feel like I’ve been growing game in and game out and not just as a quarterback but as a leader of this team.”
O’Keefe on the Mend
Hafley stated injured large receiver Ryan O’Keefe has been making progress in his restoration however is unlikely to decorate in opposition to the Rambling Wreck.
O’Keefe suffered an immobilizing neck damage at 14:07 of the fourth quarter of BC’s 27-24 victory over Virginia at Alumni Stadium on Sept. 30. O’Keefe was awaiting a large receiver display go on the BC 33 when he was violently set upon by Cavaliers’ cornerback Malcolm Greene. He was taken from the sector on a stretcher and transported to Mass. General Hospital the place he was launched the following day.
“Ryan is getting closer and I think the key to that is making sure he is comfortable,” stated Hafley. “He is going to meet with the doctors again but he is running and he looks fast and I think he is really close. But he’s got to be ready to do it, that is not something we are going to push him to do.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com