Boston College 58 Syracuse 27: Prolific Rushing Attack Guides Way To Dominant Win

Eagles dominant on the ground in big win for program

Boston College's offense was clicking on all cylinders today as they racked up a school high 691 yards in a 58-27 win for Boston College against Syracuse in the Carrier Dome.  AJ Dillon and David Bailey led the way on the ground with a combined 424 yards, while Dennis Grosel looked strong through the air throwing for 195 yards and three touchdowns. 

The game started with the Eagles marching down the field on a series of AJ Dillon runs, but stalled near the end zone, the Eagles capitalized with a 21 yard field goal by Aaron Boumerhi. Syracuse quickly responded as Tommy Devito quickly moved down the field on a six play drive that ended with a touchdown pass to Aaron Hackett to give the Orange the lead.

BC's offense did the defense no favors when Syracuse got the ball back on consecutive plays on fumbles by Hunter Long and David Bailey. With short fields on both drives Syracuse scored 10 points on a field goal and a 26 yard touchdown pass from Devito to Trishton Jackson to give Syracuse the 17-10 lead. Dennis Grosel led Boston College to a quick touchdown on a 64 yard bomb to Kobay White who was completely uncovered.

After another 47 yard Syracuse field goal by Andre Szymt, Boston College took the first play of the second quarter and rode Dennis Grosel's arm to another bomb this time to Zay Flowers, his second 50+ yard pass of the game and gave BC the 24-20 lead.

Boston College's defense held Syracuse to a quick three and out, and on the second play of the next drive, AJ Dillon took a misdirection and ran it for 54 yards for yet another touchdown for the Eagles, 31-20 Boston College. BC gets the ball quickly and David Bailey runs it for 74 yards for yet another touchdown, unfortunately with a bad snapped extra point they failed on the two point conversion.

The Eagles were not done though, after a fumble by Tommy Devito, AJ Dillon who had 146 yards in the first half bashed his way to the goal line. Dennis Grosel hits his third touchdown pass of the first half this time to Isaiah Miranda who filled in for Hunter Long who was hurt on the same drive. BC was bit by the injury bug today as as safeties Mike Palmer and Mehdi El Attrach also went down with injuries as well. 

The third quarter started with yet another systematic touchdown drive by the Eagles capped off by a short touchdown run by AJ Dillon to go up 51-20. Syracuse got back on the board with a long 85 yard pass from Devito to Trishton Jackson his second touchdown of the game. But Steve Addazio was not going to allow Syracuse to find a second wind, led by two third down conversions from Grosel to Kobay White and to Ethon Williams his first reception of his career. 

With the game in hand, BC got time to play their backups as well as Matt Valecce saw some time at QB. With this big win, BC is looking at a game next week against FSU that could help them clinch bowl eligibility.