Syracuse Keeps Boston College Out of BCS
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Syracuse wasn't able to follow Boston College to the Atlantic Coast Conference or stop the Eagles from leaving the Big East. The one thing the Orange could do was deprive BC of a spot in the Bowl Championship Series and a farewell Big East title.
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So what will Boston College's football team do for an encore? After posting back-to-back home victories in double overtime against Clemson (34-33 ) and Brigham Young (30-23 ), how do the 20th-ranked Eagles expect to top that tonight at North Carolina State?
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If yesterday's 43-17 loss to Syracuse weren't disappointing enough for Boston College, which had hopes of its first Bowl Championship Series berth, more bad news could be coming in the next several days.
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Morgantown, WV (Sports Network) - Rasheed Marshall passed for 144 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 15 West Virginia over Syracuse, 27-6, in a Big East contest from Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium.
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Andrew Robinson threw for a career-high 423 yards and four touchdowns as Syracuse upset No. 18 Louisville on Saturday.
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In nearly every frenzied race toward a national championship, there are unscripted moments that yank a title-contending team from the cusp of irrelevance. For Boston College, that moment was Thursday night.
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For one last time, it will be flying under the banner of the Big East Conference. But you won't find any sign of it -- or any logos -- on a single stitch of clothing Boston College's football team will don today against North Carolina in the Continental Tire Bowl.
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It was the first game of the year, but Boston College was in midseason form. The Eagles came out flying in the first period last night, established a 3-0 lead, and never looked back, defeating defending national champion Denver, 6-2, at Conte Forum.
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It is all a matter of perspective. For Boston College, a trip to Disney World and Friday's Champs Sports Bowl against Michigan State had to be sold a different way. The Eagles, who have won seven straight bowl games - but none of them New Year's Day quality - had their sights set on the ACC title and an Orange ...
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The floundering Orange were supposed to roll over Saturday, allowing Boston College to earn its first spot in a B.C.S. game.
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Boston College forward Jared Dudley has repeatedly stated that the Eagles need to get to 10 wins in the Atlantic Coast Conference to secure an NCAA Tournament berth. That didn't happen last night, as BC fell, 77-72, to North Carolina at Conte Forum.
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Boston College received the news it did not want to hear yesterday. The NCAA denied an appeal to reinstate defensive tackle B.J. Raji, who had been declared academically ineligible.
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Tom O&#39;Brien knows a thing or two about what his Boston College Eagles face today against West Virginia. &quot;We&#39;re aware that Boston College has never won a Big East game in Morgantown,&quot; he said.
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Down, 20-7, the Boston College players got together at halftime yesterday and decided they didn&#39;t want to go down quietly, see their three-game winning streak against Notre
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Kirby Freeman throws for 181 yards and a touchdown and the Hurricanes' defense stifles No. 18 Boston College in rallying for a 17-14 win.
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Andrew Robinson throws for a career-high 423 yards and four touchdowns as Syracuse stuns No. 18 Louisville, 38-35, on Saturday.
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The Boston College football team seemed haunted not just by the presence of Doug Flutie on the 22d anniversary of his Hail Mary heave to Gerard Phelan, but also by the disappointment from a 43-17 setback against Syracuse two years ago at Alumni Stadium that thwarted its last and best bid to win the Big East title outright.