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School Info:

 Location: Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Nickname: Eagles

Colors: Maroon & Gold

Division: Atlantic

2006 Record:

 Record: 10-3

Conference: 5-3 (2^nd in Division)

Bowl: Beat Navy 25-24 in Meineke Bowl.

2006 Team Averages:

(Rankings are in the ACC)

 
Offense:

Points: 26.1 (2^nd)

Total Yards: 359.0 (2^nd)

Rushing Yards: 117.9 (8^th)

Passing Yards: 241.1 (1^st)

3^rd Down %: 38.4 (2^nd)

 
Defense:

Points: 15.0 (3^rd)

Total Yards: 303.2 (7^th)

Rushing Yards: 90.1 (3^rd)

Passing Yards: 213.1 (9^th)

 
 
2006 Team Leaders:

 Passing:

Matt Ryan – 263/427, 2942 Yards, 15 TD, 10 INT, 126.38 Rating

 
Rushing:

L.V. Whitworth – 174 Carries, 791 Yards, 4.5 Avg., 4 TD

Andre Callender – 146 Carries, 633 Yards, 4.3 Avg., 3 TD

 
Receiving:

Kevin Challenger – 47 Rec., 543 Yards, 11.6 Avg., 5 TD

Tony Gonzalez – 43 Rec., 491 Yards, 11.4 Avg., 5 TD


2007 Schedule:

 09/01 – Wake Forest

09/08 – NC State

09/15 – @ Georgia Tech

09/22 – Army

09/29 – Massachusetts

10/06 – Bowling Green

10/13 – @ Notre Dame

10/20 – Bye

10/25 – @ Virginia Tech (Thursday)

11/03 – Florida State

11/10 – @ Maryland

11/17 – @ Clemson

11/24 – Miami

2007 Outlook:

 Offense:

Tom O’Brien left for the position vacated by Chuck "The Chest" Amato at NC State.  Enter Jeff Jagodzinski, who returns after holding the Offensive Coordinator position at Boston College in 1997 and 1998.  Coach Jag will have quite the task of improving the BC running game while QB Matt Ryan continues to do his thing.  Ryan lead the ACC with 245 passing yards a game in 2006!  Assuming BC can replace Offensive Lineman (and NFL Draft picks) James Marten (LT) and Josh Beekman (RG), look for Ryan to continue that trend especially if the running game doesn’t improve.

 
Defense:

The Defense has pretty much remained in tact.  Their biggest loss is Safety Ryan Glasper.  BC played well against the run last year and should remain on track there.  Their passing defense ranked 9^th in the ACC last year and will need some improvement to keep their hopes alive at winning the Atlantic Division and playing in the ACC Championship Game.

 
Schedule:

Starting off with defending ACC Champions Wake Forest will be tough but the game is at Chestnut Hill.  Follow that up with old Head Coach Tom O’Brien’s new team and a Georgia Tech team that many believe will contend for the Costal title again, and in the first three games of the season it has quickly becomes a do or die situation.  The good news is that BC has 7 games at home this year!  The bad news…they have to travel to Atlanta, South Bend, Blacksburg, College Park and Clemson!  Not an easy road schedule!  As if the start of the season wasn’t bad enough, the end of the schedule isn’t going to be any easier.  Traveling to Vriginia Tech, Maryland and Clemson with two home games mixed in that are up against tough ACC opponents in FSU and Miami.  Go ahead and throw in that trip to South Bend in the middle of the schedule there too.

 
In a Nutshell:

BC must come out of the gates firing on all cylinders!  If they can keep the defense and passing game going while improving their running game, I see no reasons as to why they cannot contend for the ACC Atlantic.