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Boston College football stuns No. 10 Florida State to open Bill O’Brien era
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Treshaun Ward totaled 138 offensive yards, including a 13-yard touchdown reception, against his former team as Boston College stunned No. 10 Florida State 28-13 on Monday night.
Ward, a Tampa native who played at Florida State from 2019-22, had 77 yards rushing and 61 yards receiving as the Eagles (1-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) totaled 263 yards rushing.
It was a resounding debut for BC coach Bill O’Brien, who was introduced in mid-February after Jeff Hafley’s departure to become the Green Bay Packers’ defensive coordinator.
The Eagles’ offense produced touchdown drives of 71 yards, 68 yards and 60 yards, while also benefitting from a short field after intercepting DJ Uiagalelei iand quickly scoring a touchdown.
Uiagalelei completed 21 of 42 passes for 272 yards and a 29-yard touchdown pass to Kentron Poitier in the third quarter, cutting BC’s lead to 21-13.
Florida State, viewed as a contender for a spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff, dropped to 0-2 for the first time since 2021.
Takeaways
Boston College: Thomas Castellanos nearly pulled off an upset of Florida State in 2023, but he did it on Monday. The BC quarterback completed 10 of 16 passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns to go with 73 yards rushing.
Florida State: A strength going into the season has instead been a weakness. The Seminoles had just 21 yards rushing on 16 carries.
Up next
Boston College hosts Duquesne on Saturday.
Florida State has a bye week and next hosts Memphis on Sept. 14.
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Florida State Seminoles vs. Boston College Eagles Prediction: Who Wins, and Why
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The long opening weekend of the 2024 college football season comes to a close from the Sunshine State on Labor Day as No. 10 Florida State returns home needing a win against Boston College hoping to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole on Monday night.
The Seminoles return stateside after coming out the wrong end of a three-point decision against unranked Georgia Tech in the Week 0 opener in Dublin, and although a loss in the era of an expanded playoff doesn’t doom their postseason hopes, it doesn’t help them, either.
Florida State will almost certainly fall from that No. 10 ranking because of that loss, regardless of what happens against the Eagles, the first of seven conference games the team has to recover its position as the ostensible favorite to win the ACC championship.
Boston College will be a challenge, however, thanks to the play of quarterback Thomas Castellanos, a dual-threat menace now playing under the tutelage of NFL veteran and new Eagles head coach Bill O’Brien, and who led this team in a narrow, 2-point loss to the Seminoles at home a year ago.
What can we expect in this matchup? Here’s what to watch out for as Florida State hosts Boston College in the last of the Week 1 games on Monday night.
How to watch
When: Mon., Sept. 2
Time: 7:30 p.m. Eastern
TV: ESPN network
Florida State vs. Boston College game odds
Lines are courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook
Florida State: -16.5 (-105)
Boston College: +16.5 (-115)
FSU to win: -720
BC to win: +500
Over 51.5 points (-105)
Under 51.5 points (-115)
FPI picks: FSU 82.4% | BC 17.6%
What to watch for
1. BC’s quarterback. Castellanos threw for 305 yards and ran for 95 more against FSU’s superb defense a year ago and scored 2 total touchdowns. One key area for the Seminoles to make an adjustment is in how they contain a mobile quarterback after struggling against Haynes King in the Week 0 game.
2. Ground and pound. DJ Uiagalelei impressed in first- and fourth-quarter drives last week, but didn’t test the deeper passing lanes as much as expected, and the offense stagnated as a result.
BC’s back seven will give him some chances, but in the meantime expect the Noles to use their experienced line and talented backs to go after an Eagles run-stop that was 13th in the ACC a year ago but returns eight starters.
3. It’s not just the QB. All eyes are on Castellanos to drive the Eagles offense, but the signal caller is backed up by three returning linemen up front, tailback Kye Robichaux, transfer back and ex-Nole Treshaun Ward, and receiver Lewis Bond.
All are deceptively agile in space, can get yards after contact, and spread the Seminoles’ coverage in a way that could give the QB more room to operate, especially in third-and-short situations, where his mobility can help extend drives and keep this defense on the field.
Florida State vs. Boston College prediction
Granted, the Florida State defensive front isn’t as dominant as it was last season, but it’s still too good to look the way it did in the opener.
It has the athletes and the discipline to contain not just the Eagles’ shifty quarterback, but the other skill players BC can bounce to the outside and limit them to moderate gains and to the interior as much as possible.
Castellanos will frustrate the Seminoles’ front alignment plenty early on, and he’ll probably run for a touchdown, but Florida State still has the personnel to contain him as time wears on, plus the ground game to move the chains and open things for Uiagalelei to work downfield more.
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Hotel workers strike in Boston and more top stories
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Large fire at commercial building in Dudley; firefighter injured
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One firefighter was injured Sunday as crews battled a large fire at a commercial building in Dudley, Massachusetts.
The Dudley Fire Department received numerous calls around 3:40 p.m. for a fire at Rampco Construction Company, located at 120 Schofield Avenue. Several additional communities sent firefighters to help at the scene.
There was a large volume of fire from the rear of the building on an open platform that houses storage for the construction company, according to fire officials.
The fire mostly stayed out of the main building and it was under control in one hour.
The only injury was a firefighter suffering from heat exhaustion, officials said.
There was no word yet on the cause. The state fire marshal’s office was responding to make that determination.
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