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Less than a month away from the start of the 2009 college football season, now is the perfect time in my mind to try to predict the upcoming season. We will start with a preview of the ACC.
We will take a look at each team in the conference and try to predict a reasonable record for each team. I will then make a solid pick of the teams that will play in the ACC Championship game and pick a winner.
As anyone who watches college football knows, the two hardest things to predict are rivalry games and the effect of injuries. We will do our best, and I'm sure we will have misses along the way.
We will study each team alphabetically and by division, with the Atlantic division coming first.
Boston College Eagles (Prediction: 6-6)
Since jumping ship from the Big East, and even while they were there, the Eagles have been a model of consistency. No one can argue with the fact that BC has gone to 11 straight bowl games.
That could all go out the window after this past offseason after a messy and very public dismissal of head coach Jeff Jagodzinski. He was fired for interviewing for—and not getting—the head coaching job with the New York Jets while he still was the head man at BC.
As if that was not enough, the Eagles lost projected starting quarterback Dominique Davis when he decided to transfer to another school. Then came the news that starting linebacker Mike McLaughlin went down with an Achilles injury.
Just when you thought things could not get any worse, reigning ACC Defensive Player of the Year Mark Herzlich was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma—a rare form of cancer that everyone hopes he makes a full recovery from.
Now, BC is left with Frank Spaziani, the long time assistant, getting his first shot at being the head guy. And this is coming in a year where most of the ACC could be better than years past.
Getting down to looking at the upcoming season, things do not look good for BC. While a trip to a bowl game is not out of the question, there is no room for error this season.
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