Written by Brett Korpi
Steve Addazzio Weekly Press Conference
“The Growth of the team is obvious in our season opener.” Boston College head coach Steve Addazzio declared Just two days after suffering a 17-14 defeat at the hands of Georgia Tech in Ireland. Here is a breakdown of his notable thoughts during his weekly Monday press conference:
Offense
“The tale in there is we ran the ball well. We did some really good things: we ran the ball well at times, but we got in the red zone and had some real missed opportunities. Obviously we missed two field goals and we turned the ball over on a third attempt. Those are three scoring opportunities that we came away with no points, which in a nine-possession game – you usually have 12 possessions – if you score on those three trips in the red zone and have the offensive stats that we had right there, you're having a pretty good day – and an opening day – against a really good ACC opponent.”
Defense
“We held them to 238 yards. Last year, they averaged 378 yards per game. We held them to 2.7 yards a carry on offense in the run game, which is really unheard of. I thought we had a great plan and did a great job. But we let up three third-and-longs, two of which in the first half led to a score. And then, of course, we had a third-and-long and a fourth-and-20 at the end of the game to seal the game to put it away. And we couldn't get that done, which is a shame because we had a really strong, strong defensive performance – probably as good as anyone's had against that team in a long time or ever.”
Overall
“So both side of the ball, opening day against a really good opponent, made a lot of progress and did a lot of great things. The problem is we didn't get off the field and didn't convert in the red zone, which would've given us an opportunity to win that game."
Next Opponent
"UMass had a showing against Florida. Went down there, it's a tough place to play in The Swamp, and they got that thing into a 10-7 game into the fourth quarter. They've got some good players. On defense, they're fast. I think they run really, really well on defense. On offense, the quarterback makes a lot of plays. The running back is electric. They've got a couple of good receivers. They look like they've got some real talent. You don't go down to Florida, in The Swamp like that, in a sold-out environment, and play nose-up unless you have some ability. And they have ability.”
Boston College travels down the road to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts to take on in-state rival UMass in the Battle of the Bay State at Noon on Saturday.
“The Growth of the team is obvious in our season opener.” Boston College head coach Steve Addazzio declared Just two days after suffering a 17-14 defeat at the hands of Georgia Tech in Ireland. Here is a breakdown of his notable thoughts during his weekly Monday press conference:
Offense
“The tale in there is we ran the ball well. We did some really good things: we ran the ball well at times, but we got in the red zone and had some real missed opportunities. Obviously we missed two field goals and we turned the ball over on a third attempt. Those are three scoring opportunities that we came away with no points, which in a nine-possession game – you usually have 12 possessions – if you score on those three trips in the red zone and have the offensive stats that we had right there, you're having a pretty good day – and an opening day – against a really good ACC opponent.”
Defense
“We held them to 238 yards. Last year, they averaged 378 yards per game. We held them to 2.7 yards a carry on offense in the run game, which is really unheard of. I thought we had a great plan and did a great job. But we let up three third-and-longs, two of which in the first half led to a score. And then, of course, we had a third-and-long and a fourth-and-20 at the end of the game to seal the game to put it away. And we couldn't get that done, which is a shame because we had a really strong, strong defensive performance – probably as good as anyone's had against that team in a long time or ever.”
Overall
“So both side of the ball, opening day against a really good opponent, made a lot of progress and did a lot of great things. The problem is we didn't get off the field and didn't convert in the red zone, which would've given us an opportunity to win that game."
Next Opponent
"UMass had a showing against Florida. Went down there, it's a tough place to play in The Swamp, and they got that thing into a 10-7 game into the fourth quarter. They've got some good players. On defense, they're fast. I think they run really, really well on defense. On offense, the quarterback makes a lot of plays. The running back is electric. They've got a couple of good receivers. They look like they've got some real talent. You don't go down to Florida, in The Swamp like that, in a sold-out environment, and play nose-up unless you have some ability. And they have ability.”
Boston College travels down the road to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts to take on in-state rival UMass in the Battle of the Bay State at Noon on Saturday.