Boston College beats #10
The Boston College Eagles football team opened their 2024 campaign on Monday night by travelling to Tallahassee to play the #10 Florida State Seminoles. The previous weekend, FSU had previously played in Ireland and lost to Georgia Tech, while BC was making their debut with a new coaching staff led by head coach Bill O’Brien. Boston College surprised everyone by taking an early lead that they would never give up. They punished the Seminoles at the line of scrimmage all night long and won 28–13 down south.
The first half got off to about as well a start as anyone could have hoped for. In their opening 15-minute quarter, the Eagles under Bill O’Brien had possession of the ball for 14 minutes and 9 seconds. They tormented the FSU defence, particularly in third and short situations, and dominated in the trenches. Before Florida State even realised what had struck them, Thomas Castellanos, Kye Robichaux, and Treshaun Ward had taken whatever the FSU defence would throw at them and had marched steadily down the field for two touchdowns. The FSU offence, however, appeared confused and was unable to execute even simple plays.
However, as the second quarter went on, FSU began to come together. After failing to go very far down the field in the second quarter, Thomas Castellanos and the Eagles offence finally started receiving resistance at the line of scrimmage. The FSU special teams were excellent, putting themselves in a position to score by gaining advantageous field position. But Donovan Ezeiruaku stopped that drive with a massive sack, and all that was left was an FSU field goal to narrow the advantage to 14-3.And on their next drive, FSU was able to reach the goal line again thanks to a few big chunk plays. However, they were unable to complete a pair of simple throw-and-catch plays, which forced them to try another field goal before halftime to give Boston College a 14-6 lead. The Seminoles’ quarterback, DJ Uiagalelei, dropped a pass that was wide open in the end zone and severely harmed FSU’s prospects with some poorly placed passes and receiver drops.
But FSU shot themselves in the foot right when things were about to become more controllable. The Seminoles made an absurd decision to go for it on fourth down in their own end to start the second half, and DJU then threw an even more absurd interception into triple coverage. Boston College nearly quickly took a 21-6 lead to begin the second half after returning the pick close to the goal line and punching it in. For Florida State, who seemed far too eager to start winning on their opening drive, it was a disastrous turn of events.
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A trick play allowed FSU to finally get underway after several drives that neither team was able to complete. After reversing the ball, DJU was able to find a receiver deep downfield and quickly cut BC’s advantage to 21–13 with another touchdown pass down the sideline. Midway through the drive, Amari Jackson had a cramp that forced him to sit, leaving the Eagles’ secondary extremely vulnerable. But the BC offence was not going to disappear overnight.Returning to their ground-and-pound game, the Eagles completely destroyed FSU’s defensive line. Once more, Ward, Robichaux, and Castellanos teamed for a lethal smashmouth rushing onslaught that extended their advantage to 28-13 by moving the ball all the way down the field for a Kye Robichaux punch-in touchdown.
With a double-digit deficit going into the fourth quarter, Florida State needed to pick things up. DJU began to make longer passes down the sideline and capitalised handsomely on a constricted BC secondary. However, a deliberate grounding penalty and an unintentional mistake by DJU put FSU in a difficult position and caused them to stall out their drive close to midfield, failing to convert on fourth and sixteen. Following a brief and ineffective drive by BC, FSU attempted to rally once more.However, things got much harder with Neto Okpala’s sack on the drive’s first play, which was followed by a George Rooks stuff at the line of scrimmage. In contrast to their dismal showing from the previous season, the BC defensive line looked amazing and forced a hasty FSU punt in the final moments.
Once more, FSU had a chance to test the struggling Eagles secondary when BC’s offence faltered, but they were unsuccessful. Their drive was ended by an awful unsportsmanlike penalty when an offensive lineman knocked Neto Okpala to the ground following a play. When FSU ran out of timeouts, Thomas Castellanos led the Eagles to a first down on the ensuing drive, and that was all she wrote. Boston College outlasted a rated squad 28–13 by using the time wisely.
Conclusions
We’ve all been waiting for this kind of rushing offence! Treshaun Ward, Kye Robichaux, and Thomas Castellanos led one of the nation’s most highly-touted defensive lines at FSU. With the loss of two key starters from the previous campaign, the offensive line also merits a great deal of praise. BC had an excellent showing, amassing 263 rushing yards throughout the evening.
This team has already been expertly shaped by Bill O’Brien. With as many dumb penalties as they were taking, FSU appeared to be coached by Hafley, whereas BC was just more prepared, dominated in the trenches, and kept to the basics. They made the most of the opportunity FSU presented to them. What a fantastic beginning to BoB’s reign.
What about that defence of BC? Although DJU isn’t as strong of a quarterback as he once was, they performed a fantastic job of rushing him at the line and containing the FSU RBs. Nonetheless, BC’s secondary defence did have trouble, particularly given how much some players were cramping up. When playing better quarterbacks, that will be a greater issue.
