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Preseason Top 25 Rankings: #23 FSU Seminoles

By Matthew Marcantonio ⋅ August 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

25. Houston Cougars
24. Washington Huskies
23. Florida State Seminoles
For the first time since 1975, Florida State will have someone different than Bobby Bowden at the head coaching position. After finishing his last season with the program in 2009, Athletic Director Randy Spetman promoted Bowden’s successor, Jimbo Fisher to head coach.
Fisher has been a part of FSU’s [...]

Preseason Top 25 Rankings: #24 Washington Huskies

By Matthew Marcantonio ⋅ August 10, 2010 ⋅ One comment

25. Houston Cougars
24. Washington Huskies
Coming off a 2008 season where the Huskies went 0-12, the Washington fan base didn’t know what was in store for the 2009 season.
After a hard-fought effort against traveling LSU, the Huskies went on to beat Idaho and shocked the college football world in week three, beating No. 3 USC 16-13.
However, [...]

Preseason Top 25 Rankings: #25 Houston Cougars

By Matthew Marcantonio ⋅ August 6, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

With the 2010 college football season quickly approaching, there are many questions following almost all prominent programs.
Over the next 25 days, I will highlight each of my own Preseason Top 25 teams [to sort through all the options].
25. Houston Cougars
Last season turned out better than expected for the Houston Cougars. At one point during the season, [...]

Virginia Tech Picked to Win ACC, BC Picked for 3rd in Atlantic

By KC Downey ⋅ July 27, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In a poll of Associated Press college football writers, Boston College was picked to finish in the Atlantic Division of the ACC, just behind No. 2 Clemson and favorite Florida State. Virginia Tech was picked to win the Coastal Division, followed by Miami, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Duke and Virginia.
According to Boston.com’s Mark Blaudschun, the [...]

Patriots Interested in BYU’s Unga

By Matthew Marcantonio ⋅ June 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Supplemental Draft on July 15 is a second chance for many NFL college prospects. The type of players that enter the Supplementary draft are guys who either got dismissed from University or have gotten into trouble in the past and have no other choice but to enter the Supplementary draft.
For Brigham Young University RB [...]

Three BC Hockey Players Charged in Crash

By Mike ⋅ April 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Eagles may have won the National Championship mere weeks ago, but the news is not all good surrounding the hockey program at the Heights Monday morning. Three BC Hockey players were in a vehicle which struck a MBTA Green Line trolley just east of campus early Monday. In addition to the three hockey players, [...]

BC Wins National Championship Behind Muse, Atkinson

By Mike ⋅ April 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Boston College won its second national championship in three years with a 5-0 victory over Wisconsin Saturday night. The Eagles have been to four championship games in the past five seasons and got revenge on the Badgers from the 2006 title game, which went to the Madison bunch. The championship was the fourth in BC [...]

Eagles Continue to Own Miami; Muse Perfect in NCAAs

By Mike ⋅ April 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Boston College will advance to yet another NCAA Championship Game after ousting Miami (Ohio) yet again the the tournament, 7-1. The Eagles will face Wisconsin in the final Saturday night in a rematch of the 2006 final, which the Badgers won. Wisconsin also won their semifinal easily, 8-1 over RIT. The Eagles have now beaten [...]

BC to Hire Cornell Coach Steve Donahue

By KC Downey ⋅ April 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

After cutting ties longtime coach Al Skinner, Boston College appears ready to move in a different direction, snagging upstart coach Steve Donahue from Cornell. They could have gone with former assistant coaches Ed Cooley or Bill Coen, but it appears the school wanted to get away from Al Skinner altogether and start fresh.
Donahue recently rejected [...]

NCAA Final Four: Star Watch

By Andrew Kipp ⋅ April 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Sports fans across the nation will have their eyes glued to their television sets watching the Men’s NCAA Final Four this weekend, and I will certainly be among them. Thousands of others will descend upon Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to watch four teams compete for a national championship and eternal glory. Michigan State, Butler, [...]

BC and Skinner Split After 13 Seasons

By Mike ⋅ March 30, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Al Skinner will not be on the Eagles sideline next season, closing the book on the most successful basketball coach in the program’s history. Skinner compiled a 247-165 record with the Eagles and now holds a 385-291 record overall in his coaching career, spanning 22 seasons with a stop at Rhode Island prior to BC. [...]

BC Outduels Yale to Advance to Frozen Four

By Mike ⋅ March 29, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Eagles and Bulldogs staged one of the wildest hockey games one may ever see in Sunday’s Northeast Regional Final. BC, the top seed, survived third seeded Yale 9-7 to advance to the Frozen Four. Yale used three goalies and 16 players made it onto the scoresheet. John Muse remains undefeated in NCAA tournament games [...]

BC Moves on, UNH Shut Down

By Mike ⋅ March 27, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Hockey East is down to one team as the original field of 16 was whittled down to six after the second day of action. The Northeast and Midwest Regionals will send their members to the Frozen Four on Sunday to trim the field to four. BC skated past Alaska-Fairbanks 3-1 in the day’s first game [...]

UNH Rips Cornell; Vermont Penalties Spell Doom

By Mike ⋅ March 27, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Hockey East saw two of its three teams in the NCAA Tournament in action on the tourney’s opening night with mixed results. New Hampshire, playing in an evening contest, got off to a slow start, trailing 1-0 with three minutes to go in the second period to Cornell and their goalie, Ben Scrivens. Scrivens had not [...]

BC Up to Third in Pre-Tournament Poll

By Mike ⋅ March 23, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The brackets were announced on Sunday morning and USCHO.com released its latest poll on schedule days before the tournament is to begin. For the first time since December, teams other than Miami and Denver got first place votes, however, the two titans this season have held the top spots since November and the trend continues [...]