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Boston College Road Underdogs Ahead of Thursday Trip to Blacksburg, The Rundown: October 15, 2024

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Boston College Head Coach, Bill O'Brien from earlier this season. Mandatory Credit: Getty Images
Boston College Head Coach, Bill O'Brien from earlier this season. Mandatory Credit: Getty Images | Getty Images

Thursday marks the first game coming off a bye week of the Bill O'Brien era, and it comes barring a significant road challenge for the Eagles.

BC travels to Blacksburg, Virginia to take on the 3-3 Virginia Tech Hokies, who also are coming off a bye.

A Thursday night in Blacksburg on the schedule means the opportunity to reminisce one of everyone's favorite games of the 21st century...

17-years later, the ACC standings continue to shuffle behind Miami and Clemson, as the third spot is currently claimed by the surprising 6-0 Pittsburgh Panthers, however as conference play continues - many teams remain within striking distance.

With the middle of the conference being as muddled as it is, Thursday is quite apparently a must-win situation for the Eagles off their loss in Charlottesville. They have quite the advantage, as their head coach is no stranger to being effective coming off a bye.

O'Brien has more than triple the head coaching experience of Virginia Tech's Brent Pry, who is in his third year of his first career head coaching stint. A possible advantage going into a game between two fairly even teams.

Even still, Dimers Pro has Boston College as large road underdogs, giving the Eagles just a 34-percent chance to win. It will take a complete team effort to pull off what would be a momentum-shifting win for the team amidst their recent slide.

It will be another non-Saturday, nationally televised game for the Eagles, as the the team looks to improve to 3-1 in conference play and 5-2 overall.

How to Watch: Boston College @ Virginia Tech; Thursday, October 17, 7:30 p.m ET; ESPN

Today's Schedule:

  • Women's Tennis: Boston College @ Regional Championships | Cambridge, Mass.
  • Women's Golf: Boston College @ Quinnipiac Classic | Wallingford, Conn.

Eagles Results:

  • Men's Soccer: Boston College 5, Suffolk 1.

Countdown to Boston College men’s basketball season opener: 

20 days.

Did You Notice?

  • Men's Hockey remained at its No. 2 ranking consensus across polls amidst their two-game split against the fourth-ranked Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing last weekend. Despite a 1-1 start, BC sophomore-goaltender Jacob Fowler took home Hockey East's "Goaltender of the Week" for the first week of the season.
  • The men’s hockey team has its home opener at Conte Forum on Friday against the American International College Yellow Jackets. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and also will be available to listen to on WEEI 850 AM Friday night at 7 p.m. ET.
  • Baltimore Ravens star receiver and BC alum, Zay Flowers, set career highs in receptions and yards in Sunday's win against the Washington Commanders.

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PEYTON DAVIS

Peyton Davis is an intern with BamaCentral, covering football, basketball and baseball. He has also covered for the Miami and Boston College OnSI sites. He will graduate from Alabama in the spring of 2025 with a degree and news media. During his four years at UA, Peyton appeared on the radio for WVUA-FM as well as Tide 100.9, along with covering games for WVUA23 and beat reporting for both football and basketball. Born and raised in New Orleans, Peyton has also contributed for local sites such as Cresent City Sports, covering high school football and baseball as well as BootKrewe Media, where he covered the New Orleans Saints.

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