Boston College quarterback Thomas Castellanos sees “opportunities” available down discipline towards the Syracuse protection.
The Eagles (5-3, 2-2) will look to increase their four-game win streak and safe bowl eligibility once they tackle last-place Syracuse (4-4, 0-4) on Friday evening at JMA Wireless Arena.
Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Miami are BC’s everlasting ACC rivalry matches and all have earlier ties to the previous Big East soccer convention. BC is coming off a 21-14 non-league victory over UConn at Alumni Stadium on Saturday whereas Syracuse was pelted 38-10 at Virginia Tech.
The Orangemen’s defensive numbers look promising for BC’s balanced offense. Syracuse is eighth within the league in scoring protection, permitting 24.1 factors per sport. But that quantity was inflated by the Orangemen’s 4 non-conference wins. Syracuse outscored its non-conference opponents, 177-43.
Syracuse is twelfth in complete protection (399.0 ppg.), ninth in speeding protection (149.1 ypg.) and thirteenth in passing protection (250.0 ypg.) and people stats are towards all opponents.
“They bring a lot of pressure and run a lot of cover zero so there are going to be some opportunities to make some plays down field, big plays and explosives,” mentioned Castellanos.
“They do a lot of things on third down up front, all types of switches and crosses. Those guys do that stuff a lot.”
Over its previous three wins, BC has gravitated to the apex of the ACC in speeding offense with 215 yards per sport. BC had the worst speeding offense (63.2 ypg.) in FBS final season, however they’re at present twelfth within the nation. Castellanos, a sophomore switch from Central Florida, is third within the ACC with 673 yards on 125 carries with 9 touchdowns. Castellanos is the highest speeding quarterback within the nation.
Tailback Kye Robichaux, a junior switch from Western Kentucky, is fourth with 495 yards on 99 carries with six touchdowns. Robichaux rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns towards UConn whereas Castellanos scrambled for 142 yards and 4 scores at Army on Oct. 7
The Eagles’ success working the soccer is instantly associated to the reconstructed offensive line below place coach Matt Applebaum.
“Kye runs really hard and that is good for us,” mentioned left guard Jack Conley, a graduate pupil from New Caanan, Conn. “He picks us these soiled additional yards the place he turns a two-yard run right into a seven-yard run.
“His style is physical and downhill and we really appreciate that. With Thomas the play is never really over with him until you hear the whistle.”
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