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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby angrychicken on Tue Sep 06, 2016 11:15 am

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:
angrychicken {l Wrote}:
TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:
angrychicken {l Wrote}:
dtwalrus {l Wrote}:Most Cynical Prediction: MattTheEagle, predicting a 4-8 season with wins only against UMass, Wagner, Buffalo and Syracuse.

That was what I picked.

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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Tue Sep 06, 2016 2:15 pm

angrychicken {l Wrote}:
dtwalrus {l Wrote}:Most Cynical Prediction: MattTheEagle, predicting a 4-8 season with wins only against UMass, Wagner, Buffalo and Syracuse.

That was what I picked.


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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Tue Sep 06, 2016 6:05 pm

Here's the final cumulative statistics, once again, hopefully correct this time:

Board Preseason Confidence Rankings:
@ UMass - 100% WIN
Wagner - 100% WIN
Buffalo - 100% WIN
Syracuse - 90% WIN
@ Wake - 82% WIN
UConn - 82% WIN
vs. GT - 56% WIN
@NCST - 51% WIN
Louisville - 85% LOSS
@ VT - 90% LOSS
@ FSU - 95% LOSS
Clemson - 100% LOSS

2016 Preseason Prediction Thread Cumulative Record Prediction:
8-4

Miscellaneous Stats: Based on 39 Total Submissions
Average Regular Season Wins = 6.92
Average Conference Wins = 3.12
Average Overall Wins = 7.34
Bowl Appearance = 69%
Bowl Win = 44%

Most Cynical Prediction: angrychicken, predicting a 4-8 season with wins only against UMass, Wagner, Buffalo and Syracuse.

Most Optimistic Prediction: vegasEagle, predicting a 10-2 (6-2) regular season, an ACCCG appearance (loss), and a bowl win, for a final record of 11-3 (6-2).
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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Tue Sep 06, 2016 6:21 pm

WEEK 1: GEORGIA TECH defeats BOSTON COLLEGE (17-14)
Preseason Board Predictions - 56% incorrectly preseason predicted a win. The board collectively starts the year 0-1.
Winners: 2014Eagle, angrychicken, ckoub01, commavegarage, CorporalFunishment, cremins, DavidGordonsFoot, dtwalrus, durkcal, EagleDave, Iggle, lawrat, MillitantEagle, OnyxBlackman, Salzano14, StratEagle, TRE
Losers: The other 56% of you...losers! (Sorry, this is rare for me to be anywhere other than at the very bottom of these standings. I'm going to gloat for a moment.)


WEEK 1 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Predictions of the Week:
- CorporalFunishment was on the right track, with "Addazio's perplexing decisions snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. GT attempts more passes 10+ yards down the field than we do."
- dtwalrus will take some credit for: "Offense just can’t get it done and defense gives up just enough to GT. Media continues the narrative of Don Brown leaving, offensive woes and the continuing ACC winless streak. Painful."

Worst Prediction of the Week: jhiggi02 with: "Win (16-12): The defense carries the team through a close one while the offense struggles at times. The ground game and the O-line do JUST enough behind a stout defensive performance and solid KICKING game for BC to squeak out a close victory."

Dishonorable Mention: JesuitIvy with, "Today he's O'Adazzio!"


WEEK 1 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
1-0: 2014Eagle, angrychicken, ckoub01, commavegarage, CorporalFunishment, cremins, DavidGordonsFoot, dtwalrus, durkcal, EagleDave, Iggle, lawrat, MillitantEagle, OnyxBlackman, Salzano14, StratEagle, TRE
0-1: 25GeraldRd, 31southst, AdamBC, ATLeagle, BCSUPERFAN22, Brooklyneagle, Cadillac90, claver2010, DuchesneEast, eagle33, eagle9903, eepstein0, hansen, ILikeBC, innocentbystander, IrishRiviera, JesuitIvy, jhiggi02, MattTheEagle, NJM89, twballgame9, vegasEagle


WEEK 1 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
56% Predicted 1-0
44% Predicted 0-1


WEEK 2 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Boston College Eagles (0-1, 0-1) at UMass Minutemen (0-1)
100% of participants preseason predicted a BC victory!!! Which means we can only possibly be disappointed...

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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby hinghameagle on Wed Sep 07, 2016 2:20 pm

Apologies for coming in late, and this is technically cheating since I have seen the carnage that is BC football after one week. Anyways:

GT: pass

2: BC 20: Umass:16: BC trails the game at the half and the offense looks awful. Blocking is a problem again. BC tries to play big boy ball and run over and over on UMASS and it doesn't work. Umass is able to pass on BC, but BC does enough on the pass rush to keep Umass in check. BC springs Thadd Smith from the witness protection program and he makes a big play to put BC ahead in thee 4th. Bc has the ball with 4 minutes left and goes run, run, bootleg, punt. Umass gets a couple of first downs, and that sinking feeling creeps in, but BC intercepts a deflected pass and survive. 1-1 (0-1)

3. VT 24- BC 6: good spot for BC as well, catching VT after a big road game against Tennessee. Offensive ineptitude continues. For the third week in a row, Hilliman generally cannot get untracked. The pass to the tight end game doesn't work as VT's linebackers are too quick. Under 200 yards in total offense. Towles running for his life most of the day. Defense hangs in there, but VT scores a defensive TD and it is lights out. 1-2 (0-2)

4. BC 47 Wagner 13: no need for analysis. this game shouldnt be anywhere near the schedule. 2-2 (0-2)

5. BC 30-Buffalo 10: see above, except BC is sloppy with 3 turnovers. 3-2 (0-2)

6.Clemson:37 BC 13: One team has playmakers all over the field, the other doesn't. BC's defensive secondary gets bsolutely toasted as Watson throws for 300 plus and 4 td's. BC has a chance to make it a one score game right before the half, but Dazz sits on it. Wade gets some run late and leads the team down the filed for a TD. 3-3 (0-3)

7. Syracuse 20-BC 17: Another gutwrencher to a bad Syracuse team. BC cant execute late and Syracuse converts a late 3rd down for a TD to win. FG kicking issues persist, causing BC to go for it on 4th down on the plus side and it doesn't work out. Heat is officially on Addazzio. 3-4 (0-4)

8. BC 13- NC St 10. We are going streaking. Bc blocks a 35 yard field goal at the gun for the win. Offense is terrible all day. Defense stands tall. Towles is close to getting the hook. Hilliman and run game, still very poor. 4-4 (1-4)

9. Louisville: 34 BC 7: Domination. Towles is replaced ineffective/benched. O line cant keep Wade up right either. Passing game is embarrassing. Running game not far behind. Defense finally crumbles. Addazzio lashes out at postgame news conference. 4-5 (1-5)

10. FSU 31- BC 0. everybody shuts the game off 4 minutes in. BC has anice opening drive, then misses a 34 yard field goal. FSU is in our end zone 3 plays later. Game never close. Wades first start is awful. Oline gets crushed. 4-6 (1-6)

11. BC 24-Uconn 13: BC gears it up one last time. UConn turns it over 4 times. BC scores on defense and makes a long TD run. They suffocate UConn's offense. Signs of energy with bowl game on the line next week, 5-6 (1-6)

12: Wake 20: BC 13: BC blows a 13-3 halftime lead. Disgusting football in the second half. Every problem that showed up all season reigns down together in the second half. Missed kicks, poor punting, abysmal oline play, no running game, bad secondary, defense cant get off the field on 3rd down. Season ends. 5-7(1-6).

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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Mon Sep 12, 2016 12:38 pm

WEEK 2: BOSTON COLLEGE defeats UMASS (26-7)
Preseason Board Predictions - 100% correctly preseason predicted a win. The board collectively improves to 1-1...thanks to cupcake scheduling!
Winners: Everyone!
Losers: No one!


WEEK 2 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Best Prediction of the Week:
- twballgame9 with the uncannily accurate prediction: "UMass goes 8 in the box to stop run, BC pounds rock. Two play action passes and an end around create TDs and UMass can't move the ball. 24-6."

Honorable Mentions of the Week:
- I mean, it doesn't take a genius, but generally 2014Eagle nailed what we all knew: "The "road" game at Gillette starts off slow, but by halftime BC has a decent enough lead that it holds through a boring second half."
- BCSUPERFAN22 was mostly right with: "Don't think this will be close, BC secondary is legit and Whipple won't be able to move it."

The Accurate Cynics Section:
- Once again, I'm claiming personal victory for dtwalrus's "Cruising easily, but who really cares anymore?"
- Or, as ATL put it: "Real tailgating. Boring football."
- And a bit more succinctlyt, JesuitIvy with: "Stop wasting my tax dollars, UMass."

Least Good Prediction of the Week:
- ckoub01 got our hopes up with, "Towles throws for 300 + 3 TD's in his supposed coming out game."
- CorporalFunishment clearly overestimated our ability to run the ball, with: "Exceptionally boring game where the rock does indeed and unfortunately crack, thus providing Dazzler with all the rationalization he needs for another whole season that running up the middle again and again and again is a good strategy."
- By the same token, half-way there 25GeraldRd: "The Willis/Hilliman one-two punch begins to emerge. BC Defense shuts down UMass offense."
- No, eepstein, no: "closer than you'd think."


WEEK 2 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
2-0: 2014Eagle, angrychicken, ckoub01, commavegarage, CorporalFunishment, cremins, DavidGordonsFoot, dtwalrus, durkcal, EagleDave, Iggle, lawrat, MillitantEagle, OnyxBlackman, Salzano14, StratEagle, TRE
1-1: 25GeraldRd, 31southst, AdamBC, ATLeagle, BCSUPERFAN22, Brooklyneagle, Cadillac90, claver2010, DuchesneEast, eagle33, eagle9903, eepstein0, hansen, ILikeBC, innocentbystander, IrishRiviera, JesuitIvy, jhiggi02, MattTheEagle, NJM89, twballgame9, vegasEagle


WEEK 2 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
56% Predicted 2-0
44% Predicted 1-1
0% Predicted 0-2


WEEK 3 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Boston College Eagles (1-1, 0-1) at Virginia Tech Hokies (1-1, 0-0)
90% preseason predicted a LOSS to the Hokies. 90% seems a bit high to me, but who knows. I mean, I also predicted a loss.

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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Mon Sep 19, 2016 1:25 pm

WEEK 3: VIRGINIA TECH defeats BOSTON COLLEGE(49-0)
Preseason Board Predictions - 90% correctly preseason predicted a loss. So at least there's that consolation... The board collectively improves to 2-1...yaaaaaaaah!
Winners: Nobody. Frankly, every BC fan loses this weekend.
(Double) Losers: innocentbystander, IrishRiviera, jhiggi, and vegasEagle for actually thinking we'd win.


WEEK 3 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Predictions of the Week:
- 2014Eagle with: "Loeffler goes back to get one more loss at Lane stadium under his belt."

Honorable Mentions of the Week:
- Not far off, ckoub: "Towles throws for 80 yards and 3 INT's in the anti-coming out game."
- CorporalFunishment definitely on the right track, with "Reasonably close game that we blow somehow, possibly with bad kicking. EO controversies brew over whether we have the right QB or offensive system, as scoring output thus far has been poor. The Funishment suggests that perhaps we need to replace the head coach."
- ATLeagle with "Beamer is gone. Lane Stadium still remains. "

Completely Wrong Loss Predictions:
- dtwalrus with "BC a big underdog going into this one, with VT coming off a well-played game against Tennessee (maybe even a win). But the defense steps up and BC takes VT to the very end, before Lane Magic steals the day for the Hokies. The ACC winless streak continues…"
- BCSUPERFAN22 with "Only because on road, think will be close and BC W wouldn't shock me."
- eepstein0 with simply "winnable."
- By the same token, JesuitIvy with "coulda, shulda"
- And MattTheEagle with "lose by 3."

Worst/FantasyLand Prediction of the Week:
- The only one of the 4 win predictors to offer a detailed prediction, jhiggi02 with: "Win (24-20): The Defense or Special Teams score a TD, Hilliman drives one in and BC is able to survive a couple turnovers from Towles. While some on this board still want Wade to play, there is palpable optimism. Calls for 10-2 start to grow a little bit louder. (emphasis added) "


WEEK 3 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
3-0: 2014Eagle, angrychicken, ckoub01, commavegarage, CorporalFunishment, cremins, DavidGordonsFoot, dtwalrus, durkcal, EagleDave, Iggle, lawrat, MillitantEagle, OnyxBlackman, Salzano14, StratEagle, and TRE
2-1: 25GeraldRd, 31southst, AdamBC, ATLeagle, BCSUPERFAN22, Brooklyneagle, Cadillac90, claver2010, DuchesneEast, eagle33, eagle9903, eepstein0, hansen, ILikeBC, JesuitIvy, MattTheEagle, NJM89, and twballgame9
1-2: innocentbystander, IrishRiviera, jhiggi02, and vegasEagle


WEEK 3 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
10% Predicted 3-0
46% Predicted 2-1
44% Predicted 1-2


WEEK 4 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Wagner Seahawks (2-0) at Boston College Eagles (1-2, 0-2)
100% preseason predicted a WIN, obviously.

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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Mon Sep 26, 2016 11:48 am

WEEK 4: BOSTON COLLEGE defeats WAGNER (42-10)
Preseason Board Predictions - After the obvious win prediction, we're now 3-1 collectively.
Winners: Everybody.
Losers: No one.


WEEK 4 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Predictions of the Week:
- 2014Eagle's on track with "Not quite Howard 2015 level, but enough offense to let both QBs get some scores and not give any clarity to a now muddled QB battle after a 1-2 start."
- Another cynic predicting a QB controversy, CorporalFunishment with "This game isn't as bad as the Howard game, but it is nearly as bad. QB controversy still brews."
- jhiggi02 on the right track all around with "Win (35-6): Wade has a heck of a second half showing glimpses of what he can offer."

Honorable Mentions of the Week:
- dtwalrus with "This game shouldn’t be played. Nothing of value here."

Completely Wrong Technically Right Predictions:
- ckoub01 with "Towles throws for another 300 + 3 TD's to PROVE THE CRITICS WRONG according to Blauds"


WEEK 4 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
4-0: 2014Eagle, angrychicken, ckoub01, commavegarage, CorporalFunishment, cremins, DavidGordonsFoot, dtwalrus, durkcal, EagleDave, Iggle, lawrat, MillitantEagle, OnyxBlackman, Salzano14, StratEagle, and TRE
3-1: 25GeraldRd, 31southst, AdamBC, ATLeagle, BCSUPERFAN22, Brooklyneagle, Cadillac90, claver2010, DuchesneEast, eagle33, eagle9903, eepstein0, hansen, ILikeBC, JesuitIvy, MattTheEagle, NJM89, and twballgame9
2-2: innocentbystander, IrishRiviera, jhiggi02, and vegasEagle


WEEK 4 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
10% Predicted 4-0
46% Predicted 3-1
44% Predicted 2-2


WEEK 5 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Buffalo Bulls (1-2) at Boston College Eagles (2-2, 0-2)
100% preseason predicted a WIN, again.

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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Tue Oct 04, 2016 1:38 pm

WEEK 5: BOSTON COLLEGE defeats BUFFALO (35-3)
Preseason Board Predictions - After another fairly obvious unanimous win prediction, we're now 4-1 collectively.
Winners: Everybody...once again.
Losers: No one.


WEEK 5 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Prediction of the Week:
- CorporalFunishment with: "Buffalo's offense struggles to do much against our defense and we win again, with offense even looking respectable, at certain points, if you squint your eyes and sort of tilt your head. Resident morons convince themselves that we can beat Clemson in a "trap game."

Honorable Mentions of the Week:
- ATLeagle with: "What a Parents Weekend game should be."

Completely Wrong Technically Right Predictions:
- jhiggi02 with: "Win (38-3): Towles and O-line continue to make strides. You can hear Wally and ATL eagle in the background calling The Daz the next Lombardi "


WEEK 5 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
5-0: 2014Eagle, angrychicken, ckoub01, commavegarage, CorporalFunishment, cremins, DavidGordonsFoot, dtwalrus, durkcal, EagleDave, Iggle, lawrat, MillitantEagle, OnyxBlackman, Salzano14, StratEagle, and TRE
4-1: 25GeraldRd, 31southst, AdamBC, ATLeagle, BCSUPERFAN22, Brooklyneagle, Cadillac90, claver2010, DuchesneEast, eagle33, eagle9903, eepstein0, hansen, ILikeBC, JesuitIvy, MattTheEagle, NJM89, and twballgame9
3-2: innocentbystander, IrishRiviera, jhiggi02, and vegasEagle


WEEK 5 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
10% Predicted 5-0
46% Predicted 4-1
44% Predicted 3-2


WEEK 6 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Clemson Tigers (5-0, 2-0) at Boston College Eagles (2-2, 0-2)
100% preseason predicted a loss to Clemson. Total lack of faith.



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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Tue Oct 04, 2016 1:45 pm

I am already so bored with this season. Looking through the preseason prediction thread, maybe it has something to do with the fact that there's very little drama on the first half of the schedule for BC. Here was the preseason expectations for the first 6 games of the year:

Week 1: GT - 54% WIN
Week 2: @ UMass - 100% WIN
Week 3: @ VT - 88% LOSS
Week 4: Wagner - 100% WIN
Week 5: Buffalo - 100% WIN
Week 6: Clemson - 100% LOSS

The only game with any drama was GT. Terrible scheduling. Boring, boring football. I think if someone would've offered me a 4-2 start in the standings in exchange for just literally not playing the first half of the schedule I would've taken it.

This is all just another way of saying that I can't wait for the anticipation and mystery surrounding the outcome of games against Syracuse, NCST, UConn and Wake...
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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:28 am

WEEK 6: CLEMSON defeats BOSTON COLLEGE (56-10)
Preseason Board Predictions - Yaaaaaaaah! 100% preseason prediction accuracy! Yaaaah! We're now 5-1 collectively.
Winners: Everybody...once again...and yet nobody...once again.
Losers: No one.


WEEK 6 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Prediction of the Week:
- BCSUPERFAN22 with simply "Nope" wins the week, for not only predicting the loss but essentially nailing the sentiment around here. Not even worth elaborating anymore...

Honorable Mentions of the Week:
- jhiggi02 captured the essence, if not the details, with "Loss (35-14): We get smoked. Poor showing by everyone involved, Daz losses his mind and nearly assaults both a ref and a true freshman."
- 2014Eagle with, "Biggest excitement for BC fans is the tailgate as Clemson dominates under the Friday night lights."
- CorporalFunishment was pretty spot on with, "The highlight of this game for BC fans is the closing whistle. Student section enters stadium in 2nd quarter, looks at scoreboard, and immediately turns and leaves "
- ATLeagle simply with, "They are great. We are not."
- And angrychicken with, "the reckoning" clearly didn't realize that this would actually be "the confirming" after the VT game became "the reckoning," but still, generally spot on.

Least Accurate Accurate Predictions of the Week:
- dtwalrus had his hopes for a moral victory dashed: "BC puts a real scare in the Clemson, taking things to the 4th quarter on the strength of solid defense and Towles showing up to play. But a loss nonetheless. ACC winless streak continues. The bye week makes this a very long and dark 2 weeks on these boards."
- Similar dashing of tempered optimism for 25GeraldRd after: "BC plays Clemson to a draw in the first half. Similar to Jameis a couple years ago, Watson makes plays with his feet and BC coaching and special teams miscues down the stretch cost us our chance at an upset."
- And JesuitIvy with, "Good first 3 quarters. Not close in fourth qtr "


WEEK 6 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
6-0: 2014Eagle, angrychicken, ckoub01, commavegarage, CorporalFunishment, cremins, DavidGordonsFoot, dtwalrus, durkcal, EagleDave, Iggle, lawrat, MillitantEagle, OnyxBlackman, Salzano14, StratEagle, and TRE
5-1: 25GeraldRd, 31southst, AdamBC, ATLeagle, BCSUPERFAN22, Brooklyneagle, Cadillac90, claver2010, DuchesneEast, eagle33, eagle9903, eepstein0, hansen, ILikeBC, JesuitIvy, MattTheEagle, NJM89, and twballgame9
4-2: innocentbystander, IrishRiviera, jhiggi02, and vegasEagle


WEEK 6 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
0% Predicted 6-0
10% Predicted 5-1
46% Predicted 4-2
44% Predicted 3-3
0% Predicted 2-4 or worse


WEEK 8 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Syracuse Orange (3-4, 1-2) at Boston College Eagles (2-3, 0-3)
90% preseason predicted a win over Syracuse. Of course, 90% of us didn't predict getting blownout by VT and then watching Syracuse beat VT a few short weeks later.

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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Fri Oct 28, 2016 3:06 pm

WEEK 7: SYRACUSE defeats BOSTON COLLEGE (28-20)
Preseason Board Predictions - 90% WRONG in the preseason predictions. Only 10% of us saw this loss coming before the season started. Even fewer would've expected Syracuse to beat VT the week before we played them, but still.
Winners: ckoub01, TRE, AdamBC, and innocentbystander
Losers: the other 35 of us.


WEEK 7 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Prediction of the Week:
- ckoub with "Towles hands the baton to Wade after a gruesome display"
- TRE with "loss in the battle of #beadude vs. #domedudes. the field smells like astroglide and monkey turds after the game." By the way, I just got Do-Me-Dudes and Dome-Dudes. Clever.

Shameful Predictions of the Week:
- dtwalrus with "Defense dominates a low scoring affair. We won an ACC game!"
- 25GeraldRd with "Willis and Hilliman run all over Syracuse."
- ATLeagle with "I don't fear Dino"
- BCSUPERFAN22 with "Horrendous defensive unit, BC wins at home"
- MattTheEagle with "win by two scores"
- twballgame9 with "No dome, no QB. 24-9"
- and jhiggi02 with "Win (21-17): We rebound from a tough loss with a close victory over the cuse. Towles doesn’t make any mistakes and Hilly and Willy carry the ground game. "

WEEK 7 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
7-0: ckoub01 and TRE
6-1: 2014Eagle, AdamBC, angrychicken, commavegarage, CorporalFunishment, cremins, DavidGordonsFoot, dtwalrus, durkcal, EagleDave, Iggle, lawrat, MillitantEagle, OnyxBlackman, Salzano14, and StratEagle
5-2: 25GeraldRd, 31southst, ATLeagle, BCSUPERFAN22, Brooklyneagle, Cadillac90, claver2010, DuchesneEast, eagle33, eagle9903, eepstein0, hansen, ILikeBC, JesuitIvy, MattTheEagle, NJM89, twballgame9, and innocentbystander (out of last place!)
4-3: IrishRiviera, jhiggi02, and vegasEagle


WEEK 7 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
0% Predicted 7-0
7% Predicted 6-1 (IrishRiviera, jhiggi02, and vegasEagle)
46% Predicted 5-2
41% Predicted 4-3
5% Predicted 3-4 (ckoub and TRE)
0% Predicted 2-5 or worse


WEEK 8 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Boston College Eagles (3-5, 0-4) at North Carolina State Wolfpack (4-3, 1-2)
Basically a preseason coin-flip, with a slim 51% of us preseason predicting a victory.

The Leaderboard: ckoub01 and TRE both predicted wins. Which means a BC loss would allow a whole bunch of 6-1 record predictors to jump into a share of the lead.

Battle for the Bottom: vegasEagle and jhiggi02 both predicted wins, while lawrat predicted a loss. Who will be the worst of the worst...



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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby TobaccoRoadEagle on Mon Nov 14, 2016 1:48 pm

why has this thread not been updated?

this week will be the clincher, when yukon wins and i enter into week 12 at 11-0, awaiting the whipped cream on dogshit win over the deacs in tobaccotown.

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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:05 pm

WEEK 9: BOSTON COLLEGE defeats NORTH CAROLINA STATE (24-14)
Preseason Board Predictions - A slim 51% of us correctly predicted this win. That makes the board collectively 6-2 on the year.
Winners: 2014Eagle, 25GeraldRd, 31southst, ATLeagle, BCSUPERFAN22, ckoub01, dtwalrus, DuchesneEast, eagle33, eagle9903, eepstein0, Iggle, JesuitIvy, jhiggi02, NJM89, Salzano14, StratEagle, TRE, twballgame9, vegasEagle
Losers: the rest of you.

WEEK 8 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Prediction of the Week:
- ATLeagle with "Seems huge at the time. Won't later in the season."


WEEK 8 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
8-0: ckoub01 and TRE
7-1: 2014Eagle, dtwalrus, Iggle, Salzano14, and StratEagle
6-2: 25GeraldRd, 31southst, AdamBC, angrychicken, ATLeagle, BCSUPERFAN22, commavegarage, CorporalFunishment, cremins, DavidGordonsFoot, DuchesneEast, durkcal, eagle33, eagle9903, EagleDave, eepstein0, JesuitIvy, lawrat, MillitantEagle, NJM89, OnyxBlackman, and twballgame9
5-3: Brooklyneagle, Cadillac90, claver2010, hansen, ILikeBC, innocentbystander, jhiggi02, MattTheEagle, and vegasEagle
4-2: IrishRiviera (alone at the bottom)


WEEK 8 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
0% Predicted 8-0
5% Predicted 7-1 (jhiggi02, and vegasEagle)
31% Predicted 6-2
31% Predicted 5-3
Predicted 4-4
0% Predicted 3-5 or worse


WEEK 8 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Boston College Eagles (4-4, 1-4) vs. Louisville Cardinals (7-1, 5-1)
85% preseason predicted a loss.

The Leaderboard: ckoub01 and TRE both predicted a loss to Louisville. Only drama at the top of the leaderboard is dtwalrus at 6-2 predicting an upset over Louisville. Could have a new addition to the top of the leaderboard...

Battle for the Bottom: vegasEagle could be joined at the bottom by claver, jhiggi02 and MattTheEagle, who all predicted unlikely upsets of Louisville.



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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:18 pm

WEEK 9: BOSTON COLLEGE loses to LOUISVILLE (52-7)
Preseason Board Predictions - 85% correct on the loss. That makes the board collectively 7-2 on the year.
Winners: almost everyone.
Losers: claver2010, dtwalrus, DuschesneEast, lawrat, and MattTheEagle

WEEK 9 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Prediction of the Week:
- TRE with "Loss due to injuries (according to sarge). i cannot predict who will be injured but it will be someone that the rest of the season will be blamed on. thin skin appears in the post-game presser."

Delusional Prediction of the Week
- dtwalrus with "In a game nobody expects us to win, the defense dominates and the OL surprisingly comes together, starting to look like the OL Daz has been promising us. The upset costs Louisville a shot at the Atlantic. 3 game ACC winning streak and Daz starts to strut."

WEEK 9 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
9-0: ckoub01 and TRE
8-1: 2014Eagle, Iggle, Salzano14, and StratEagle
7-2: 25GeraldRd, 31southst, AdamBC, angrychicken, ATLeagle, BCSUPERFAN22, commavegarage, CorporalFunishment, cremins, DavidGordonsFoot, dtwalrus, durkcal, eagle33, eagle9903, EagleDave, eepstein0, JesuitIvy, MillitantEagle, NJM89, OnyxBlackman, and twballgame9
6-3: Brooklyneagle, Cadillac90, DuchesneEast, hansen, ILikeBC, innocentbystander, lawrat, and vegasEagle
5-2: claver2010, IrishRiviera, jhiggi02 and MattTheEagle


WEEK 9 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
0% Predicted 9-0
2% Predicted 8-1 (jhiggi02)
5% Predicted 7-2
36% Predicted 6-3
26% Predicted 5-4
31% Predicted 4-5
0% Predicted 3-6 or worse


WEEK 10 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Boston College Eagles (4-4, 1-4) at Florida State Seminoles (7-1, 5-1)
95% preseason predicted a loss.

The Leaderboard: ckoub01 and TRE both predicted a loss to Louisville. No drama at the top this week.

Battle for the Bottom: vegasEagle looking to join the pathetic mess at the bottom of the pack, after being one of only 2 fans to preseason predict the FSU upset. I wonder how that'll turn out....


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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:33 pm

:screamyeagle WEEK 10: BOSTON COLLEGE loses to FLORIDA STATE (45-7)
Preseason Board Predictions - 95% correct on the loss. That makes the board collectively 7-2 on the year.
Winners: almost everyone.
Losers: Congrats to cremins and VegasEagle

WEEK 10 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Prediction of the Week:
- CorporalFunishment with "With only the diehards even continuing to watch, with all the pundits having written us off, in a game no one expects us to win ... we come out and get beaten soundly. Run, run, pass is employed with such regularity that our offense rates as more predictable than an episode of Teletubbies."

Honorable Mentions of the Week:
- 25GeraldRd with "A dejected BC team gets steamrolled in Tallahassee."
- 2014Eagle with "Another Friday night massacre, this time in Florida"

Most Shameful Predictions of the Week
- The two posters to predict an upset win were smart enough to not add commentary...

WEEK 10 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
10-0: ckoub01 and TRE
9-1: 2014Eagle, Iggle, Salzano14, and StratEagle
8-2: 25GeraldRd, 31southst, AdamBC, angrychicken, ATLeagle, BCSUPERFAN22, commavegarage, CorporalFunishment, DavidGordonsFoot, dtwalrus, durkcal, eagle33, eagle9903, EagleDave, eepstein0, JesuitIvy, MillitantEagle, NJM89, OnyxBlackman, and twballgame9
7-3: Brooklyneagle, Cadillac90, cremins, DuchesneEast, hansen, ILikeBC, innocentbystander and lawrat
6-4: claver2010, IrishRiviera, jhiggi02, MattTheEagle and vegasEagle


WEEK 10 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
0% Predicted 9-1 or better
5% Predicted 8-2 (jhiggi02 and vegasEagle)
2% Predicted 7-3
36% Predicted 6-4
28% Predicted 5-5
28% Predicted 4-6
0% Predicted 3-7 or worse


WEEK 11 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: University of Connecticut Huskies (3-7, 1-6) at Boston College Eagles (4-6, 1-4)
82% preseason predicted a win. Woo. Hoo.

The Leaderboard: With both TRE and ckoub01 predicting Wake wins, the UConn week will decide it all, with TRE the contrarian predictinga loss to the Puppies.

Battle for the Bottom: lawrat looking to join the pathetic mess at the bottom of the pack by predicting a loss to UConn....


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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby TobaccoRoadEagle on Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:38 pm

i like how you are posting this as if you are just reading the boxscores and don't already know the outcome of games that happened weeks ago
now in the street there is violence
and, and a lots of work to be done
no place to hang out our washing
and, and i can't blame all on the sun
good god we gonna rock down to electric avenue
and then we'll take it higher
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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:53 pm

WEEK 11: BOSTON COLLEGE defeats UCONN (30-0)
Preseason Board Predictions - 82% correctly predicted the win over UConn, though many were unexpectedly sweating it out in the days leading up to the game. That makes the board collectively 8-2 on the year.
Winners: almost everyone.
Losers: angrychicken, ATLeagle, DavidGordonsFoot, Iggle, lawrat, OnyxBlackman and...ouch...TRE!

WEEK 11 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Predictions of the Week:
- jhiggi02 with "Win (28-0): We crush them in a laugher, HJS cries all night long in his mother’s basement."
- dtwalrus with "Daz’s makes a big thing out of this. Blowout. First getting passed on by the Big12 and now this: Husky tears all over the place."
- JesuitIvy with "We take out the past two weeks of frustrations and push these guys around all day."

Honorable Mentions of the Week:
- 2014Eagle with "Diaco does nothing to make us feel like we missed out by not hiring him."
- BCSUPERFAN22 with "For as bad as BC's offense was last year, Yukon was just as bad, and they're returning the same pile of garbage."
- CorporalFunishment with "UConn's team is made up of the players we would have taken if our actual players had committed somewhere else. Diaco says something bizarre in the week leading up to the game and many jokes are made at his expense."

Still Kind of Accurate Inaccurate Predictions of the Week
- ATLeagle with "The WTF to end all WTFs. He's a rah rah TOB."

WEEK 11 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
11-0: ckoub01
10-1: 2014Eagle, Salzano14, StratEagle and TRE
9-2: 25GeraldRd, 31southst, AdamBC, BCSUPERFAN22, commavegarage, CorporalFunishment, dtwalrus, durkcal, eagle33, eagle9903, EagleDave, eepstein0, Iggle, JesuitIvy, MillitantEagle, NJM89 and twballgame9
8-3: angrychicken, ATLeagle, Brooklyneagle, Cadillac90, cremins, DavidGordonsFoot, DuchesneEast, hansen, ILikeBC, innocentbystander and OnyxBlackman
7-4: claver2010, IrishRiviera, jhiggi02, lawrat, MattTheEagle and vegasEagle



WEEK 11 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
0% Predicted 10-1 or better
5% Predicted 9-2 (jhiggi02 and vegasEagle)
2% Predicted 8-3
36% Predicted 7-4
26% Predicted 6-5
23% Predicted 5-6
10% Predicted 4-7 (angrychicken, DavidGordonsFood, OnyxBlackman and TRE)
0% Predicted 3-8 or worse


WEEK 12 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Boston College Eagles (5-6, 1-6) at Wake Forest Demon Deacons (6-5, 3-4)
82% preseason predicted a win. Woo. Hoo.

The Leaderboard: Everyone at the top and the bottom predicted a win over Wake. Can only get middle of the pack separation.


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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:55 pm

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:i like how you are posting this as if you are just reading the boxscores and don't already know the outcome of games that happened weeks ago


You were right, I should've posted before the UConn game. It was the last little bit of drama we'll have for the year in this thread. Despiriting season...
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Re: 2016 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby eagletx on Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:20 am

Wasn't Lazard that next great 5th year transfer that y'all told me would make the OL come alive? Wasn't he lifted during the game? Great!
I was really surprised how poorly we played on the edges of the d line...not a good omen, as O line still sucks apparently, and defense has dropped several notches. Still expecting any old bowl game,since under Addazio, that's the measure of success?
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