This past week saw Boston College drop two bad losses: one to a ranked Miami squad on 1/11 and one to a strong Wake Forest team on 1/14. After the positives of the Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, and close Duke games, this week was a pretty major step back for the BC squad.
Negatives:
Let’s take a closer look. I mentioned last week how BC is, at its core, a defensive team. If BC cannot defend a team, the chances they win a shootout are very, very slim. Unfortunately for the Eagles this week, the defense was simply overrun by the Hurricanes and Wake.