The Eagles’ first home game is Saturday, September 26, at 3 pm PT. When the game — against Texas State — was initially announced, game time had been set for noon PT.
One might assume the change in time was to accommodate television. The game is to be televised on the ACC Regional Sports Network, made up of cable and local affiliate stations. Among the stations listed as carrying the game are:
AT&T Sportsnet Las Vegas
Fox Sports Prime Ticket
New England Sports Network Plus
The local/regional sports package on DirecTV, at least, carries Fox Sports Prime Ticket and New England Sports Network Plus. You can also go on the BC Athletics website to find other alternatives.
BC’s masked man, new coach Jeff Hafley, fronts the Eagles before their entrance onto the field.
Heck, maybe it was worth the wait.
Way back in December, BC announced it had hired a new football coach to replace Steve Addazio. Jeff Hafley, who had been co-defensive coordinator for Ohio State in 2019, arrived on the Heights with an extensive background in defensive coaching in both collegiate and professional football.
Excited anticipation ensued. A breath of fresh air in Chestnut Hill. Then, well, you know what happened. Lockdown, cancellation of winter and spring sports, closing the campus. Summer arrives and it appears the ACC will play football, but with an (almost) all-conference slate and delayed starts. Today, it started for BC.
The Eagles took the lead early, added to it, and defeated the Duke Blue Devils, 26-6, in a fanless Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C. San Diego Eagles mostly watched from home, as there was no official game watch locally.
New BC quarterback Phil Jurkovic, a transfer from (gulp) Notre Dame, was 17 of 23 passing, throwing for 300 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception. The Eagles overall had 440 yards offense.
Tight end Hunter Long caught nine balls for 93 yards, but it Zay Flowers led in yards receiving, gaining 161 yards on five receptions, including a 61-yard touchdown catch-and-run. Junior Danny Longman was two-of-two in field goals, but missed one point-after.
Running backs David Bailey and Travis Levy combined for 117 yards rushing, with Levy running for 58 yards in one play and Bailey scoring a touchdown.
Duke (0-2) had been favored in the game, as it had already played a game, in which they performed somewhat decently against Notre Dame, beating the spread. The Blue Devils suffered five turnovers against BC.
Here are highlights of the game.
BC plays next Saturday against the only non-ACC team on the schedule, Texas State. UPDATE: Game time is 3 pm PT.
Many students are back on campus. Classes begin Monday, August 31. Classrooms have been sanitized and “de-densified” (coronaviruses beget new words). Everyone is to wear face masks.
Fall “Olympic” sports, i.e., non-revenue athletics, have been delayed ACC-wide and will start during the week of September 7-12. Football is due to begin the same week, with Miami opening against Alabama-Birmingham on Thursday, September 10, and a full slate on Saturday, September 12. Well, not exactly full. BC was to play Ohio University on September 12, but the Middle America Conference canceled play. An alternative was UMass, but it announced there would be no season for the Minutemen.
UPDATE: BC announced today it will play Texas State on September 26 at Alumni Stadium. The Bobcats are a Division 1 FBS team from the Sun Belt Conference. Unless BC finds another team in the next few days, the Eagles will open a 10-game, all-ACC, season at Duke on September 19. Here’s the full schedule, times TBA.
September 19 — @ Duke
September 26 — Texas State
October 3 — North Carolina
October 10 — Pitt
October 17 — @ VaTech
October 24 — Georgia Tech
October 31 — @ Clemson
November 7 — @ Syracuse
November 14 — Notre Dame
Friday, November 27 — Louisville
December 5 — @ Virginia
There has already been a reschedule in the ACC because of coronavirus testing results. N.C. State was to open the season on September 12 against Virginia Tech. Due to a cluster of positive test results at N.C. State, the Wolfpack will open on September 19 against Wake Forest and play the Hokies on September 26.
There are no prospective schedules yet announced for BC hockey and basketball teams.
Anybody have any ideas about how we can do game watches on Zoom?
