Not the only PL Blowout

Anyone who thinks the game "shouldn't have been played" doesn't know college football. 100+ FBS/FCS matchups occur every year and most Power 5 teams play one of these games. Plenty of these games are LOCAL matchups as well -- Northern Arizona plays Arizona or Arizona State almost every year. Northern Iowa plays Iowa or Iowa state every year. Richmond and William & Mary play either UVA or Virginia Tech most years if not a bus trip to another ACC team. Michigan State and Michigan play the directional Michigan schools frequently (not FCS but may as well be). Villanova/Temple is the closest crossover matchup to being considered an actual rivalry at this point. Even schools like VMI and Wagner schedule strong FBS teams year after year.

Trying to give Shaugnessey the benefit of the doubt, I couldn't tell 100% whether he was implying that HC-BC should never be played again or that it should simply no longer be considered a rivalry any more -- "HC-BC -- Better Left in the Past", read into that headline as you will. However, he did conclude the article stating that most of the Crusader players and alum were proud and happy that the game was played, regardless of the score. He also threw a barb at the officials for calling back our only offensive TD of the game down 62-14.

While waiting for 2010 to post the article....

Addazio

Last week I opined that, IMO, he was not a Saban, Meyer or Petrino dirt bag type and would likely call off the dogs when this game got out of hand. I was wrong.

At 48-0 late in the 3rd it was obviously long over. I'm totally aware he had yanked the starters at the end of the 1st ( 21-0 ), played the 2nd team in the 2nd and had mostly 3rd teamers playing at 48-0 late in the 3rd.

When we somehow blocked that first punt, the purple clad fans erupted loudly - twas terrific to hear ! But I noticed Addazio really let his 3rd teamers have it on the sideline which led to BC/Addazio calling the first UNNECESSARY long pass play call for a TD to make it 55-7.

When we then unbelievably blocked the other punt ( 5-6 minutes left ? ) to make it 55-14 ( with another great purple fan roar ), he looked ticked-off. 55-14 wasn't good enough. He called ANOTHER TOTALLY UNNECESSARY long pass play....versus our 2nd/3rd teamers !!! ( which he knew ) for the 62-14 final.

Now, don't anyone here give me the BS that this is 'big-boy' football or 'you play the game till the clock says 00' garbage.

Chesney had rightfully raised the white flag, Addazio knew it and yet he still called/permitted a pass play to get 62 points instead of 55 on the scoreboard. WHY ?

So that's my opinion...Addazio is now a gutterball to me....and really hope he gets his arse kicked by Wake Forest on ESPN Thursday night ! Regretably, it's now 50-50 that game will be played due to the approaching hurricane bearing down on the Carolinas.

Addazio sat his superstar running back and a bunch of other players when BC hit 21 (6:55 into the game...NOT the end of the 1st quarter):

Yanking The Starters Early: There were plenty of people out there that though Daz did the wrong thing by pulling AJ Dillon, Kobay White, much of the O-Line, Tommy Sweeney and Anthony Brown when the Eagles went up 21-0. Look, there wasn’t anything they could show against a team like Holy Cross. BC Interruption.

AJ Dillon ran just 6 times for 149 yards and 3 TDs during the three consecutive series that culminated at 6:55. (Some predicted he'd boost his Heisman standing by running for 300+ yards)

After 1 more series, Addazio yanked his star QB. And called off the dogs.

BC could have scored 100 on us (I don't believe this is an exaggeration.)

It is true Addazio was pissed following each blocked punt and it is also true his 3rd string Redshirt Freshman QB threw two long TD's late in the game I thought were unnecessary. But on balance the coach showed very good sportsmanship.

First O'Melia award winner to carry the ball only 6 times?

Colgate, IMHO the top PL team, would have lost to BC by the same margin (and a much greater margin if Adazzio kept his starters in longer).

If our goal is to be the top PL team and make the FCS playoffs each year, we are really not closing the gap with BC (Which would have been larger if Adazzio kept his starters in longer).

Which is why I am not a fan of playing BC. I may be alone in my opinion but I thought the game was a bit of a humiliation (sort of like what Yale did to us by taking a knee and trying not to score in that debacle...but worse).

William & Mary may never beat Tech in my lifetime (at this rate UVA might not either). We may never beat BC in my lifetime. But the games will continue and for good reason. I expect the Eagles will schedule us at least every 3-5 years moving forward barring the ACC doing something like the Big Ten did and either ban or restrict the scheduling of FCS games. Or, of course, Holy Cross decides to drop or reduce scholarship aid.

Interesting article, but the 72 comments after it were more fun to read!

Not a PL blowout, but as an aside, James Madison played only one qtr at Norfolk St, and won the game 17-0, officially because of lightening (which I am sure is true). But because the one qtr was so one-sided, JMU got the 'W'. Under more equal talent conditions, surely there would not have been a winner declared.