Boston College capped its spring football season with the annual Jay McGillis Memorial Game Saturday, offering fans a glimpse of the team's potential next fall. Although the offense struggled, managing a lone field goal on the day, the defense appeared stout in earning a 47-21 victory by virtue of the game's unique scoring system.
While touchdowns, extra points, and field goals were worth their traditional point values, first downs (one point), explosive plays (two points), sacks (one point), fourth down stops (two), and turnovers (three points) were all worth additional points.
"We have a new system - I'm not trying to make any excuses, but we're just trying to get better," quarterback Justin Tuggle said of the offense's ineffectiveness. "We got off to a slow start and couldn't really pick it up from that point on. We've just got to keep rolling; we can't have any more steps backward, only steps forward for the summer."
At center stage in the game was the battle for the starting quarterback spot between Dominique Davis, Tuggle, and Codi Boek. Davis, the rising sophomore who is the only quarterback with game-time experience at the position for the Eagles, took the reps with the first-team offense, completing 20 of 40 passes for 145 yards and an interception. Tuggle and Boek split reps with the second team, compiling stat lines of two of seven passing for eight yards and two of 10 for 14 yards, respectively.
"We had a lot of guys dropping balls, missed throws, blocking - all over the place," Davis said. "The whole offense, we need to get better over the summer."
"Things were going a little slow today, but we've only had [the new offensive system] for three weeks, so too much can't be expected too early," Tuggle said. "We're trying to get out here and get better each and every day. I think the summer will be big for us, for all the quarterbacks. We'll be able to pick it up very smoothly then and have a nice transition to the season."
Spring Break
