Five Takeaways From Steve Addazio's Florida State Press Conference

What did he have to say?

Steve Addazio met with the media on Monday to recap Saturday's win over Syracuse and look ahead to the Red Bandana this week against Florida State. What were some of the key takeaways from his press conference. Here are five:

5. Addazio will know more about injuries later this week

The one update he had was already known before the game started, which is that Chris Garrison is out for the year, his second year ending injury at Boston College. In terms of Mehdi El-Attrach, Mike Palmer and Hunter Long, Addazio had this to say:

"I really can't walk you through it. I can just tell you, to the best of my knowledge from yesterday -- obviously, I was here and met with everybody. I thought everybody's improving, and I think we'll get a clear picture at the end of the week where we are. I'm pretty optimistic.

We'll evaluate that at the end of the week. But it's kind of an ongoing deal right now. I don't have any updates. I told you about Christian Garrison Saturday."

4.  Isaiah McDuffie is at full steam

It sounds like injured linebacker Isaiah McDuffie could be good to go this week based on what Addazio had to say about him: "This time of year, you get dinged up this time of year. It's just the nature of football. I think Isaiah McDuffie dressed for the game last week. He's full steam ahead in practice this week, which is terrific." 

This is a different response to what he has said about McDuffie all year. So this could be a good sign for the Eagles. 

3. Expect More From Connor Greico Moving Forward

Against Syracuse one of the surprises was true freshman Connor Greico starting at safety over Mehdi El-Attrach. But according to the head coach he has been looked at hard since walking on campus: 

"We liked Connor in the game. We like the way he's been practicing. He's a terrific young talent. He's got a combination of length, size, speed, really good accelerator, really good tackler. We loved him in preseason camp." Addazio told the media.  He dinged his leg up in front...."

"So it took him a while to get feeling good and get back in that rotation. So love what we saw on tape. Really has a lot of promise, really an exciting player, and made real plays in the last couple of weeks."

2.  Addazio was mum on the firing of Willie Taggart

The question needed to be ask, but to no suprise Steve Addazio deferred when asked about recently fired Florida State head coach Willie Taggart: 

"I'm just kind of in that mindset of just coach the team. I don't pay attention to any of that stuff. It doesn't mean anything to me. We're going to roll through practice this week and roll in Saturday morning, and they're going to roll in, and two teams are going to scare off. Just don't waste any energy on it, to be honest with you.

I'm so focused right now -- I just walked out of game planning with the offense and run game. I try to just really stay laser focused on the things that I hope that I can help, have an impact on, and don't worry about the things that don't really -- I have no effect on. It is what it is."

1. The Red Bandana Game is special for the program, players and coaches. 

Saturday's Red Bandana Game has become an important tradition for the program, and that is not lost on the head coach and his players.

"It's a really special game. It represents the very best of what Boston College is about and college football is about. We're honoring a guy, Welles Crowther, who was a student here, and you know his story, his sacrifice here was the ultimate sacrifice. Being a northeast guy, most of the guys on our team being northeast guys, a lot from the New Jersey and New York area, they're still not too young that they don't know exactly what happened and what went down. So they can really certainly, as well as anybody could, can appreciate what this game is really all about and why we're honoring who we're honoring and who he represented.

So it's really one of the most special things to be a part of. It's an emotional deal. Every year we spend time with the new players that come in and really educate them and watch the ESPN features. It's a very compelling, gripping story. Of course, when we played in New York a couple years ago, we brought them to the World Trade Center and visited the site. So it's real. It's significant. We're honored to be able to honor Welles, and it's a big deal in our program."