Boston College football defeated Wake Forest in a fun Thursday night affair. Are the Eagles the real deal or were the Demon Deacons’ mistakes the reason for their success?
Boston College traveled down to Winston-Salem on Thursday night and defeated Wake Forest 41-34 right before Hurricane Florence pummeled the area. It was a crucial early season match-up between the ACC squads, as both teams entered the game undefeated and with aspirations of disrupting the ACC Atlantic race.
Eagles sophomore running back A.J. Dillon was a force, pacing the Boston College offense with 185 rushing yards on 33 carries and a touchdown. He was the workhorse for the Eagles offense and routinely opened up receivers in the passing game through play-action.
Boston College is 3-0 to open the season for the first time since 2007. Here are five overreactions from the Eagles’ win.
5. The special teams performance is reason for concern
Boston College’s special teams unit might end up costing them a game this season. It was the sole reason that Wake Forest was still in the game in at halftime after Boston College thoroughly dominating almost every other facet of the game.
There was the muffed punt that set up Wake Forest for a touchdown, followed by a blocked punt that was recovered for a touchdown. The team also missed an extra point (John Tessitore’s second miss of the season) and got only eight punt return yards. Not what you want when the rest of the team played great and controlled the game.
We’ve yet to see the team kick a field goal this season and we can’t learn anything from last year since Tessitore is a freshman. It might be safe to reason that this unit may end of costing the Eagles a football game at some point this season.