BC uses Clemson as springboard
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Don't look now, but Boston College has made a quantum leap in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Sure, it's just two games into the season, but you can make an argument that Matt Ryan is the best quarterback in the league, and soon it may not be a stretch to put Tom O'Brien on the short list of the best ACC ...
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Lou Holtz wanted his South Carolina team to focus on its game against Clemson this weekend. The Gamecocks players suddenly have a lot more on their minds.
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You can&#39;t spell BCS without BC And you can&#39;t spell &quot;BCS bowl buzz&quot; without a zzzzzzzzzzzzz. With a 36-17 upset of 13th-ranked West Virginia on Saturday, unheralded Boston College took a giant step toward claiming
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MIAMI -- What's beyond a Classic? The Doug Flutie pass, you know all about. It was career-defining and image-cementing, as the ever-savvy BC QB sensed even then.
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In the grand scheme of a season that is only a third of the way finished, Boston College's 37-17 victory over Army yesterday at Alumni Stadium will be merely a footnote.
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Separation Saturday seemed to have precisely that effect for Boston College's football team, which gained some distance between itself and several of its Atlantic Division opponents in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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There was no escaping the sense of deja vu. For the second year in a row, Boston College suffered its first loss of the season against the same Atlantic Coast Conference opponent in almost the same way: on a long touchdown pass in the waning moments.
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Carolyn Swords had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Boston College to a 68-63 win over host Clemson last night.
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In a record-setting, 110-46 rout of Clemson, Maryland puts up a game which seems more a contest between itself and perfection than between conference foes.
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The numbers suggest a mismatch: Virginia is 4-0 and ranked No. 10. Clemson has lost three straight. But records only tell part of the story, at least where the Tigers are concerned.
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It will be different this afternoon for Boston College. No Atlantic Coast Conference opponent, no pregame buildup. And, in a real sense, it will be different for the fans coming to Alumni Stadium for the matchup with Army.
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By Paul Strelow, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 16--CLEMSON -- Three is a crowd as far as breaking in new pitchers for Clemson's weekend rotation.
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CLEMSON, S.C. - With Maryland (home) and Duke (away) next up for Boston College, a dose of Clemson was hardly what the Eagles needed last night. But coach Al Skinner welcomed the opportunity to get some Atlantic Coast Conference seasoning for promising freshmen Corey Raji, Biko Paris, and Josh Southern, even in the raucous Littlejohn Coliseum.
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Lou Holtz wanted his South Carolina players to focus on their game against Clemson. They suddenly have a lot more on their minds. Holtz will retire as coach at South Carolina
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Perhaps it was his youth speaking. Or perhaps Boston College sophomore quarterback Chris Crane was merely expressing the hope he had showed something to coach Tom O'Brien in the Jay McGillis Memorial Spring Game in April.
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Boston College announced its football schedule yesterday, highlighted by home games against Notre Dame and Atlantic Coast Conference opponents Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Clemson, and Maryland.
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It might be too early to say the Clemson football season has reached a crisis mode, but then again ... there is that schedule to contend with.