Call it first game jitters, but there was no way of knowing exactly what Boston College team would arrive at Alumni Stadium on Saturday. The preseason expectations lauded the Eagles, but it all existed in a vacuum without real, tangible evidence or proof. It was all hyperbole and predictive copy, and the only proof existed on film from last year's weird COVID-impacted season. The possibility was slim, but the Eagles could have stepped onto their gridiron and slipped against an FCS team playing its heart out.
Nobody necessarily expected BC to pratfall into a loss, but the sheer disparity on display in Saturday's season-opening win proved the Eagles could, indeed, find something special this year.