Football's preseason always turns a little bit stale by the time it rolls into its second week. Teams developing repetitive habits end the initial excitement of those first padded practices, and weekly, mundane routines of drills and practices, film sessions and workouts are the norm. Inevitable fatigue sets in, even though players are forming the embryonic definitions of game shape conditions.
Those dog days can bite chunks out of a football team, but the Fish Field House last week lacked all semblance of a letdown. Too much work existed, duties that anchored the Boston College team through a week of turbulence.