Hail Mary

Boston College is scheduled to play the University of Miami in the Orange Bowl on ABC Friday at 3:30pm.

The Hurricanes have highly recruited talent and coaching. Jacory Harris and Al Golden personify the Hurricanes talent and superiority on the football field. However, the Hurricanes are 6-5 this year and have been playing this season despite potential NCAA sanctions pertaining to booster Nevin Shapiro. Shapiro glommed onto athletes at Miami and provided them with millions of dollars in improper benefits over several years. On account of these issues the University has elected not to play in a bowl game this year. The team has not lived up to its potential and should have a better record.

Boston College has been dealing with its own issues related to player attrition, injuries, sub-par coaching, and not playing as well as it is capable. BC lost Senior S Dominic LeGrande and Junior DB Ugo Ukpara because of attrition. The seconday is leaning heavily on Donnie Fletcher. The Eagles lost ACC all-time yardage leader in RB Montel Harris at the end of last year and he played only sparingly at the beginning of the season. Coach Spaziani was a career assistant until 2 years ago. He has had difficulty managing the team from the Heach Coach position. His inexperience has lead the team to a 3-7 record. The Eagles had the opportunity and should have beat Northwestern and Duke early in the year. Those wins would have given the team a 5-5 record and would have made this game critical to the school reaching a 14 straight bowl game.

Essentially, this game is the bowl game for both schools. Since both teams have failed to live up to expectations this game has the potential to be close. I forsee BC playing well on defense. They will be led, of course, by Luke Kuechly. However, DE Max Holloway from FL and RB Tahj Kimble from FL will be playing in relativley familiar surroundings. Holloway and Kimble have been playing well the last couple of weeks and seem to be making a push to be the leaders of the team in 2012-13. Al Golden and the overall Miami talent level will keep the Hurricanes competitive in the game whether or not they truly care about the outcome. The weather is predicted to be beautiful. Boston College will come up with 3 FG's and 2 TD's(from good field postiion provided by the D). Miami will score 3 TD's(one on special teams).

Final Score: 23-21 Boston College