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1983 Holy Cross-BC

A-38,512 in boxscore on page D16
BC Pounds Holy Cross, Expects New Bowl Foe By PETER MAY Courant Staff Writer FOXBORO, Mass. - The timing couldn't have been more bizarre Saturday. There was Liberty Bowl President Kem Wilson officially inviting Boston College to his Dec. 29 bash in the finest of Tennessee drawls after BC's 47-7 rout of Holy Cross. While the Eagles were graciously accepting, their scheduled opponent, Notre Dame, was going down in flames for the third straight week, an ignominious defeat to Air Force flashing across the Sullivan Stadium Diamond Vision scoreboard. As the masses looked on in horror, and BC's Bob Biestek muttered something about being insulted to have to play a 6-5 team, Wilson kept smiling. "Obviously, we would have liked them to win. But they told us before the game they would come. We're counting on them," Wilson said. Such is the magnetism of Notre Dame. An Irish loss more than 1,000 miles away upstaged Boston College's convincing victory. And hours after their loss to Air Force, the Irish asked the Liberty Bowl to find someone else to except the $620,000 paycheck and a week in Memphis. If Notre Dame's decision is final, possible substitutes include Arizona State, Virginia Tech and Oklahoma, even though Mike Treps, Oklahoma's director of sports information, indicated last night Oklahoma is not now interested in going. "I am disappointed they (Notre Dame) lost. But it doesn't take away any of the lustre for us. From our standpoint, we're excited. The Liberty Bowl i is a great bowl," said BC Coach Jack Bicknell. Wilson already had the invitation prepared for Boston College when he arrived. The game plan was to present it to the Eagles on the field if they won or in the locker room if they lost. No RSVP was needed. For the first 30 minutes, Boston College did little to warrant such faith. Quarterback Doug Flutie was 3-for-16 in the first half and BC led at intermission, 10-0, on : a 20-yard field goal by Brian Waldron, who missed three extra points and had two others blocked, and a three-yard burst up the middle by Biestek. Only a Todd Russell interception in the BC end zone late in the second quarter, one of six thefts by the Eagles, kept the score at 10-0. "I said 'Thank you, we'll take it,' " Bicknell said. "We were emotionally ready but we were tight. We struggled in the first half." "It was frustrating in the first half," said Flutie, who had 48 yards rushing and 26 passing in the first two periods but finished with 13-of-22 for 177 yards. "We were sluggish." Bicknell sensed the jitters and told his troops at halftime to relax and have fun. He didn't want Holy Cross to feel it belonged on the same field. The Eagles wasted little time in discarding their first-half persona. On its first possession of the third quarter, Boston College marched 71 yards in nine plays with O'Melia Trophy winner Troy Stradford (165 yards on 26 carries) going around right end from 10 yards to make it 16-- 0. On its next possession, Boston College went 86 yards in 13 plays with Steve Strachan scoring from one yard to make it 22-0. On its next possession, Boston College drove 73 yards in eight plays with Biestek scoring again from the three-yard line to make it 28-0. At that point, with 14:39 to play, BC alumnus William H. Sullivan emerged from his stadium aerie and worked the press box with ex-Red Sox General Manager Dick O'Connell in tow. "Glad to have you aboard, good to see you," Sullivan said. When Stradford scored again four minutes later to make it 34-0, Holy Cross had managed only two first downs in the second half and 53 total yards. As it was, the Crusad-: ers were outgained 562-257 in total yards.,
Article from 20 Nov 1983Hartford Courant(Hartford, CT)
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