College Football Betting - Boston College Golden Eagles 2007 Preview
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BetUS Sportsbook assigned
Boston College college football betting odds
of +425 to win the ACC’s
Atlantic Division and NCAA football odds of +825
to win the conference. Media writers picked them
to finish second in the division.
The ACC’s leading-passer
from 2006, Matt Ryan, returns to lead the complicated
and wide-open new offensive scheme conceived
by BC’s
new Head Coach (Jeff Jagodzinski and its new
OC (Steve Logan). Ryan was the ultimate wounded-warrior
last year, compiling 2,975 yds and 15 TD’s
on a bad ankle and, ultimately, a fractured foot.
Clarence Megwa (6-1, 212; So) connected with
Ryan on a 59-yard bomb for a touchdown in the
opening play of the spring game. In one fell
swoop, that play proved two important things:
1) Megwa can stretch a defense vertically; and,
2) the conservative and plodding philosophy of
coach O’Brien was a thing of the past.
Brandon Robinson (5-11, 191; Jr), whose speed
was lost in O’Brien’s cloud-of-dust
attack, is another bona-fide vertical threat
who could just blow-up this season.
Gosder Cherilus
(6-7, 318; Sr) has 37 starts at RT but will switch
to the left-side to protect Ryan’s blind-side.
Ty Hall (6-4, 300; Sr) will take over for newly-minted
Chicago Bear, Josh Beekman, at RG. Hall has
two career starts, though everybody will be
starting fresh as they try to learn Jagodzinski’s
zone-block-based running scheme.
On defense, the entire
front seven returns intact (in fact four DE’s
have starting experience). Sophomore Austin
Giles (6-3, 285) is a big-bodied end who had
5.5 sacks last year in only five starts. B.J.
Raji (6-1, 337; Sr) and Ron Brace (6-3, 343;
Jr) can annihilate gaps and should control
the middle on most snaps.
Linebacker Brian Toal’s shoulder surgery
may restrict his contribution this season but
MLB Jolonn Dunbar (6-0, 233) may be the team’s
most valuable linebacker anyways.
At 5-9, senior CB
DeJuan Tribble is not very big but he broke
up five passes and picked of seven more last
year in 12 starts. Jamie Silva (5-11, 208;
Sr) proved adept at FS in ’06
(57 tackles, 4 INT’s). Tribble and Silva
return and will aide two newcomers (SS Paul Anderson
and CB Roderick Rollins) who each have a little
playing experience.
The schedule-makers
were not kind to the Eagles who drew Va Tech,
Georgia Tech and Miami as their Coastal Division
foes. Worse, both Tech games are on the road
and BC hosts Miami in the last game of the
season by which time the Canes’ new
systems and starters will be well-seasoned.
NCAA FOOTBALL ODDS TO WIN:
COASTAL DIVISION:
Virginia Tech (Even
[BetUS]; 1st – ACC
Media)
Georgia Tech (+875;
2nd – ACC Media)
UVA (+700; 4th – ACC
Media)
Miami (-125; 3rd – ACC
Media)
UNC (+400; 5th – ACC
Media)
Duke (+4500; 6th – ACC
Media)
ATLANTIC DIVISION:
Florida State (-130
[BetUS]; 1st – ACC
Media)
Wake Forest (+575;
4th – ACC Media)
Clemson (+215; 3rd – ACC
Media)
Maryland (+700; 5th – ACC
Media)
Boston College (+425;
2nd – ACC Media)
North Carolina State
(+575; 6th – ACC
Media)
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Posted on 8/13/2007 8:00:13 PM
College Football Betting - Boston College Golden Eagles 2007 Preview - ACC Conference
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