#5 Clemson 34, Boston College 17: Eagles Postgame Quotables

Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY SportsHead Coach Steve Addazio overall thoughts...

"I thought our football team went out and played real hard tonight and battled. A lot of credit to Clemson...they have a really good football team, which we knew going in. They are talented. Dabo's done a good job with this football team. I thought we came out hard and played hard throughout the game."

"I thought that Jeff Smith took a step forward tonight. He played fast and competitively. He hit some runs in that game, which is tough to do against that defense.

"I thought he played confident and fast. He threw some good balls, some deep balls that I thought were overthrown, but he completed. I can see the earmarking…