Holy Cross put a serious scare into Boston College on Saturday at Alumni Stadium.
That makes subsequent weekend’s house encounter with No. 4 Florida State within the Eagles’ ACC opener simply plain horrifying.
BC veteran center linebacker Vinny DePalma recovered a Matt Sluka fumble with 1:01 remaining to protect an 31-28 victory in a recreation that lasted 5 hours and 37 minutes.
Holy Cross had a primary and 10 from the 25 with 1:58 remaining when the sport was suspended at 3:20 as a consequence of a extreme climate alert. A colourful rainbow had simply dissipated when play resumed at 5:33 with the unique attendance of 40,122 decreased to assorted clusters of Holy Cross followers.
Sluka opened the drive with a 35-yard run to the BC 40. After a 12-yard completion, Sluka fumbled away the Crusaders’ greatest alternative to finish a 43-year hex. BC scored on its opening 4 possessions however self-destructed within the second half with mindless, drive-killing penalties.
“Obviously it is good to win the game and we did,” stated BC coach Jeff Hafley. “That’s a good team, I think the quarterback (Sluka) is an NFL player and we found a way to win the game. We are a good football team and two weeks in a row we kept teams in the game.”
The recreation achieved excessive leisure worth from the compelling play of competing twin risk quarterbacks, Sluka and BC’s Thomas Castellanos. Sluka rushed for 131 internet yards on 19 carries with two touchdowns and accomplished 10 passes for 130 yards.
Castellanos rushed for 69 yards and accomplished 17 passes for 201 yards and no interceptions. Despite the numbers in his first profession begin, Hafley was irate with Castellanos for a mindless and ill-timed taunting penalty in third quarter.
“He’s not going to play if he keeps doing that and I told him that coming off the field,” stated Hafley.
Down 24-14 on the half, Holy Cross opened the third quarter with a five-play, 78-yard scoring drive. Junior tailback Jordan Fuller gained 45 on a sweep left and Sluka capped the journey with an 8-yard scamper to make it a three-point affair with 12:40 to play.
BC went again up by 10 on the opening play of the fourth. Castellanos capped the six-play, 45-yard drive with a 5-yard move to sophomore tight finish Jeremiah Franklin, his first profession landing reception.
The Crusaders minimize the result in 31-28 on a 12-play, 75-yard drive that featured two defining performs. Tailback Jordan Fuller picked up 13 yards on a fourth-and-one from the HC 34. On a 3rd and 21 on the BC 38, Sluka was sacked by DePalma for an 8-yard loss. But the drive was prolonged on a hands-to-the-face penalty. Fuller accomplished the journey with a 15-yard run with 7:26 to play. Fuller completed with 109 yards on 123 carries and two touchdowns.
“When we clean this up and we will, we are going to be really good,” stated Hafley.
Trench warfare
BC’s perceived benefit throughout the road of scrimmage grew to become the truth on the Eagles’ opening drive. The BC offensive line spearheaded an 85-yard, 14-play drive that consumed 6:08 off the clock. The Eagles went forward 7-0 on a 3-yard plunge by junior tailback Kye Robichaux, a portal pickup from Western Kentucky.
Castellanos was the catalyst of the drive, throwing for 34 yards and speeding for 23. Tailback Kye Robichaux, who moved up the depth chart from fourth to second, had 17 speeding yards with an 8-yard reception. Robichaux led BC with 94 yards on 17 carries.
Trench warfare II
The Holy Cross offensive line responded in type on the Crusaders’ first possession. The Crusaders went 75 yards on 15 performs that consumed 8:53 off the clock. Fuller tied the sport 7-7 with a 2-yard plunge at 14:56 of the second quarter. Sluka was the catalyst on the drive by speeding for 44 yards and throwing for 23.
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