Boston College Football

Looking at Boston College's schedule makes me start to wonder if BC could be going to a BCS bowl this year. The Eagles have a lot of things going for them. Jeff Jagodzinski comes back to the heights as the head coach after spending time as the Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator. It should not be lost on anyone that Coach Jags also spent time as an offensive line coach for the Packers and that pro experience should help the Eagles offensive line be one of the best - if not the best - in the ACC. BC is returning three starting offensive linemen and will help augment what is already returning with two highly touted prospects including 6'6" 260 pound Patrick Neumann of New Jersey.

Those linemen will help protect All-ACC quarterback Matt Ryan. The best line and the best QB in the ACC? That very well could be the story for Boston College.

Putting on my rose colored glasses for a minute - I can actually see the Boston College Eagles starting off the season 7-0 which should put them squarely in the Top 15 going into their October 25th game at Virginia Tech.

The Eagles start off the season against the 2006 ACC Champs Wake Forrest. I don't think I'm alone in thinking that last year the Eagles clearly had the better team against the Demon Deacons. I'm not saying the Eagles have the best team in the ACC but I am saying that they do match-up well against Wake Forrest. Last year BC lost because it was a road game, they got out-coached and they had a turnover bug. Things should be different this year.

The second game of the year is against NC State and ex-coach Tom O'Brien. Last year the Eagles lost to NC State mainly because their field goal kicker was awful. This year they have Steve Aponavicius back and on scholarship after being a feel-good walk-on story at the end of last year plus they signed the #1 kicker in the country, according to Rivals.com, in Billy Bennett out of San Diego. I don't think BC will lose to their ex-coach - especially at home.

The third game against Georgia Tech is the wild card game. You almost never know what you will get with Georgia Tech. Some experts are saying this will be a rebuilding year for the Yellowjackets while others are saying they will win the ACC. It just seems that you never know with Georgia Tech. If BC can win this big game on the road then a 7-0 start to the season will not only be possible - it will be likely.

The next three games are against Army, UMass and Bowling Green. These should all be wins for the BC Eagles. That brings them to their October 13th tilt against Notre Dame.

Notre Dame has a pretty brutal schedule for their first six games leading up to the game against BC. This includes 4 tough road games (Penn St, Michigan, Purdue and UCLA). On paper ND is in a rebuilding year while the Eagles are returning most of their key personnel from last year. I have to think BC has the edge in this game.

So that's a potential 7-0 start heading into the game with Virginia Tech. This is where I have to take off the rose colored glassed. The game is on the road against a team ranked in the top 10 in most polls.

Hey 7-1 would be a good start to the season!