It was a Sunday afternoon, but Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley still bristled at his team's 19-13 loss to Clemson from Saturday night. A late-night flight home from Death Valley didn't totally alleviate his chafing, and the fires lit by the disappointment of another near-miss against the Tigers still burned in his voice and on his face.
"It was a long night," Hafley said, "and most of us didn't sleep very well. You go into Death Valley and have the ball at the 11-yard line at the end of the game [to take a lead], and [we] couldn't get it done.