Syracuse Football: Initial game analysis for Boston College game

Paul A. Esden Sr. provides the initial game analysis for the regular season finale between the Syracuse football squad and Boston College.

The final game of the 2018 Syracuse Orange Campaign is against the Boston College Eagles. This is a schedule tradition as we have played the Eagles on the Saturday following Thanksgiving as long as I have been following the Orange.

In the past I have delved into questionable mascots (Tar Heel, Demon Deacon, Cardinal) but this time let’s understand how the Eagle became the mascot of BC:

“The nickname “Eagles” goes back to 1920 when Rev. Edward McLaughlin, unhappy at seeing a newspaper cartoon which represented Boston College as a cat after a track victory,…