Thursday, January 10, 2008

Boston College-Michigan State

the Champs Sports Bowl
Friday, December 28th, 5:00pm
Orlando, Florida
Boston College
(10-3)______ACC_____313.79
Michigan State
(7-5)_____Big 10____196.4
WeekOpponentoPtsRes, ScoreWeekOpponentoPtsRes, Score
9@ Virginia Tech439.86W, 14-1012Penn State238.54W, 35-31
12@ Clemson293.25W, 20-177Indiana133.65W, 52-27
1Wake Forest245.34W, 38-2811@ Purdue126.73W, 48-31
3@ Georgia Tech154.13W, 24-102Bowling Green State78.08W, 28-17
6Bowling Green State78.08W, 55-243Pittsburgh76.94W, 17-13
13Miami (Florida)46.59W, 28-144@ Notre Dame-135.92W, 31-14
2North Carolina State34.24W, 37-171Alabama-Birmingham-232.53W, 55-18
7@ Notre Dame-135.92W, 27-148@ Ohio State403.68L, 17-24
4Army-176.10W, 37-1710Michigan235.72L, 24-28
5Massachusetts-W, 24-145@ Wisconsin234.68L, 34-37
14Virginia Tech439.86L, 16-309@ Iowa72.08L, 27-34
10Florida State200.76L, 17-276Northwestern30.45L, 41-48
11@ Maryland134.68L, 35-42

Record edge goes to the Eagles, mainly for some really good victories against VA Tech & Clemson. The Spartans have to count losses to Iowa and Northwestern, two games that they lost by a TD.

BC was in the #2 spot before their slide, dropping 3 games in the last 5 weeks of the season - that doesn't bode well. Michigan State had a rough October but rebounded nicely to finish the season.

The Line: Michigan State +5.5

The Story: Another showcase game for Matt Ryan - how many of those does he get? Jeez. Both of these teams will have some rebuilding to do next year.

The Call: Boston College by 10

The Result: Boston College 24-21 = Not the prettiest game, but another close one. The Eagles take their bowl win streak to 8.

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