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According to LNH, summer practice begins on Monday.

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Didn't know where else to post this but article on BC, Spaz, Cleary, etc...

http://www.roanoke.com/sports/acc/wb/312239

Boston College football looks to bounce back after losing season

Coach Frank Spaziani dealt with injuries and a coaching change during the Eagles' first losing season since 1998.
By Andy Bitter

In the past four years, Boston College's win total has taken a sharp decline, from 11 in 2007 to just four last season, the kind of trend that doesn't bode well for the coaching staff's job security.

The writing on the wall is clear: The Eagles will need to bounce back from a disappointing 2011 season plagued by coaching turnover, injuries and inexperience if fourth-year head coach Frank Spaziani has any hopes of getting off the hot seat.

"I definitely hear it," offensive tackle Emmett Cleary said. "When the players aren't playing well, the coach is a crappy coach. And then when we're doing great, if we win nine games this year, he'll be coach of the year and all that crap goes away.

"Coach Spaz, he's our coach. He's the right guy for the job. And people are going to see that when the players start playing better."

Losing is a new feeling for the usually stable Boston College, which has the fourth-most regular-season ACC wins since joining the league in 2005. Prior to last year, the Eagles hadn't had a losing season since 1998.

But things came to a head last year, when offensive coordinator Kevin Rogers left the team under strange circumstances early in the season, running back Montel Harris reinjured his knee, and inexperienced players were asked to play prominent roles.

"We had the perfect storm in a lot of areas," Spaziani said.

Some of those issues have been addressed. The offensive staff received an overhaul, with former Kent State head coach Doug Martin taking over as offensive coordinator, the school's fourth in three years.

He faces no small task. Harris, the school's all-time leading rusher, with 3,735 yards and 27 touchdowns, was dismissed in May for repeated violations of team rules. (He transferred to Temple.) Without him last year, BC ranked last in the ACC in scoring (18.2 ppg) and total offense (298.8 ypg).

The hope is that a stable and simplified offensive system will allow junior quarterback Chase Rettig (1,960 yards, 12 TD, 9 INT) to blossom in his second full year as a starter, leading a group that returns nine starters.

"He's ready," Cleary said. "I think it's his huddle now. I think he's veteran enough and he's played enough and he's really earned the respect of his peers. Not that he didn't before, but he's the man now, is the best way to put it."

Defensively, the Eagles face a big challenge. Linebacker Luke Kuechly, the ACC's defensive player of the year and career tackling leader, and defensive end Max Holloway both turned pro early. Spaziani is a defensive-minded coach whose teams usually thrive on that side of the ball, but he'll need new leaders to emerge.

BC wants to build off a competitive surge at the end of last year, when it won three of its final five games, including a 24-17 victory at Miami in the season finale.

It might be hard. The Eagles were the only school in the conference not represented on the preseason All-ACC team selected by the media.

At the very least, this will be Boston College's final season in isolation. With Syracuse and Pittsburgh set to join the ACC in 2013, the Eagles won't be by their lonesome in the Northeast.

"It's like 'Dances With Wolves,' Kevin Costner at the outpost," Spaziani said. "That was us. Now we have some other Indians putting up tents over there."

The question is: Will Spaziani be around in 2013 to welcome their arrival?

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"It's like 'Dances With Wolves,' Kevin Costner at the outpost," Spaziani said. "That was us. Now we have some other Indians putting up tents over there."

I've seen Dances with Wolves and have no clue what this bumbling joker is going on about.

I'd say it's more like you're playing Oregon Trail while everyone else is playing Halo.

[Fire Spaz]

"It's like 'Dances With Wolves,' Kevin Costner at the outpost," Spaziani said. "That was us. Now we have some other Indians putting up tents over there."

I've seen Dances with Wolves and have no clue what this bumbling joker is going on about.

I'd say it's more like you're playing Oregon Trail while everyone else is playing Halo.

I know you are being dense for comedic purposes but just in case.

Kevin Costner in the beginning of Dances with Wolves/BC in the beginning of the new ACC is the only outpost in the Indian Country/ACC football team in the North East United States. By the end there will be a bunch of dead Indians/lack of interest in college football and a new crop of occupants/ACC football participants.

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Leave it to Spaz to use (and screw up) a movie analogy when he's lived less than an hour from Plymouth Rock for more than a decade.

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"It's like 'Dances With Wolves,' Kevin Costner at the outpost," Spaziani said. "That was us. Now we have some other Indians putting up tents over there."

I've seen Dances with Wolves and have no clue what this bumbling joker is going on about.

I'd say it's more like you're playing Oregon Trail while everyone else is playing Halo.

I know you are being dense for comedic purposes but just in case.

Kevin Costner in the beginning of Dances with Wolves/BC in the beginning of the new ACC is the only outpost in the Indian Country/ACC football team in the North East United States. By the end there will be a bunch of dead Indians/lack of interest in college football and a new crop of occupants/ACC football participants.

You have died of dysentery. Many wagons fail to make it all the way to Oregon.

[Endless Mike]

"It's like 'Dances With Wolves,' Kevin Costner at the outpost," Spaziani said. "That was us. Now we have some other Indians putting up tents over there."

I've seen Dances with Wolves and have no clue what this bumbling joker is going on about.

I'd say it's more like you're playing Oregon Trail while everyone else is playing Halo.

I know you are being dense for comedic purposes but just in case.

Kevin Costner in the beginning of Dances with Wolves/BC in the beginning of the new ACC is the only outpost in the Indian Country/ACC football team in the North East United States. By the end there will be a bunch of dead Indians/lack of interest in college football and a new crop of occupants/ACC football participants.

Wrong Kevin Costner movie.

Spaz meant to say it's like Waterworld.

Spaz is Costner's character, the dirt trader with gills.

Coach Martin is the orphaned girl with the map tattooed on his back.

We message board jerks are the pirates lead by Dennis Hopper.

Northeastern football is the mythical Dryland.

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Article on CBS, not much new but worth posting:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/college-football-rapidreports/19703799/boston-college-quarterback-chase-rettig-look-to-bounce-back

Boston College, quarterback Chase Rettig look to bounce back
By Sean Bielawski | CBSSports.com

August 1, 2012 3:09 pm ET


After finishing 4-8 and failing to make a bowl for the first time since 1998, the offensive struggles at Boston College finally came to a head in 2011.

The Eagles have finished No. 93 or worse nationally in total offense every year since quarterback Matt Ryan's departure in 2007, and last year, Boston College finished No. 112.

“We were 112th, how many teams are there, 108?” coach Frank Spaziani joked at the ACC Kickoff. “There are no excuses in this business. There are problems that you have to work through. We have not been able to work through some of those problems on offense. We recognize them. We think we're a lot better off than we have been, and we need to be with a capital N-E-E-D.”

Offensive improvement begins at quarterback where Chase Rettig is set to begin his third year. Rettig has started Boston College's last 20 games and has 21 starts in his career. Last year, he threw for 1,960 yards with 12 touchdowns and nine interceptions. However, he completed just 53.6% of his passes and did not throw for more than 200 yards in any of the team's last nine games.

Rettig has had to deal with plenty of coaching turnover, as Spaziani has employed four different offensive coordinators since Rettig's freshman year in 2010. Doug Martin is the latest offensive coordinator. He was hired in December to replace Dave Brock.

“We've tied Chase's hand behind his back, really, the first two years,” Spaziani said. “He's at the point now in his career where he's ready to cross the line. We were looking forward to taking some steps forward last year. He did but we misstepped in some coaching areas. We had some coaching changes which weren't his fault and sort of retarded his progress.”

Martin will try to get Rettig and the offense to push the pace. Left tackle Emmett Cleary said the offense will “open it up a little bit more,” and play with fewer two tight end sets. Spaziani pointed out last week, though, that the offensive formula at Boston College is still the same.

“We need to run the ball, and we need to get good quarterbacking,” Spaziani said. “Doug understands that. Doug also has his philosophy on how to move the ball. I think we'll be better off this year.”

Last year when the Eagles won three of their last five games, Rettig did not attempt more than 17 passes in any of the three victories.

If Boston College is to make it back to a bowl game this year, Rettig will have to improve. His teammates are confident he will.

“Chase is the guy,” Cleary said. “This is his team. He took a little flack last year, but he was 19 years old. He's really come into his own this spring. I think the offense is very well suited to him. He walks into the huddle like it's his.”