Boston College

2005 Football Media Guide

Quick Facts Location .................................Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Internet ...........................................www.bceagles.com Enrollment ..........................................................14,500 Founded ................................................................1863 Nickname............................................................Eagles Colors ...................................................Maroon & Gold President ..............................Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. Athletic Director ..................................Gene DeFilippo Conference .............................................Atlantic Coast Stadium ..................................Alumni Stadium (44,500)

2005 Schedule Sept. 3 at Brigham Young Sept. 10 Army Sept. 17 Florida State* Sept. 24 at Clemson* Oct. 1 Ball State Oct. 8 Virginia* Oct. 15 Wake Forest* Oct. 27 at Virginia Tech* Nov. 5 at North Carolina* Nov. 12 N.C. State* Nov. 19 at Maryland* *Denotes ACC contest Kickoff times TBA

Provo, UT Alumni Stadium Alumni Stadium Clemson, SC Alumni Stadium Alumni Stadium Alumni Stadium Blacksburg, VA Chapel Hill, NC Alumni Stadium College Park, MD

With a new logo ready to be sewn into the Alumni Stadium FieldTurf, the Eagles anxiously await their inaugural ACC game vs. the Florida State Seminoles on September 17.

Contents The Program

2004 Results 9-3 overall; 4-2 Big East (tied for first) Sept. 2 at Ball State W, 19-11 Sept. 11 Penn State (ABC) W, 21-7 Sept. 17 Connecticut* (ESPN2) W, 27-7 Sept. 25 at Wake Forest (ESPN2) L, 17-14 Oct. 2 UMass (NESN) W, 29-7 Oct. 16 at Pittsburgh* (ESPN2) L, 20-17 (ot) Oct. 23 at (24) Notre Dame (NBC) W, 24-23 Nov. 6 Rutgers* (NESN) W, 21-10 Nov. 13 at (10) West Virginia* (ABC) W, 36-17 Nov. 20 at Temple* (ERT) W, 34-17 Nov. 27 Syracuse* (ABC) L, 43-17 Dec. 30 vs. North Carolina# W, 37-24 *Denotes BIG EAST contest #Continental Tire Bowl, Charlotte, NC

2005 Eagles Credits Published by: Boston College Athletics Association, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. All rights reserved. Editor: Chris Cameron Associate Editors: Dick Kelley, Lisa Cascio, Stephanie O’Leary, Alex Timiraos, Dan McDermott Assistant Editors: Johnice Graham, Bobby DeSaulniers, Josh Centor, Rob Crane, Reid Oslin Design & Printing: Host Communications, Lexington, KY Special Thanks To: BC Public Affairs and Office of Marketing Communications Photographers: Jet Commercial Photographers, John Quackenbos, Jim Abts, Jack Moore, C.W. Pack, David Yoblick, Gary Gilbert, Lee Pellegrini, BC Archives, the National Football League, Greater Boston Convention & Visitors’ Bureau, J.C. Ridley, J.L. Threatt, Rudy Winston, Kuni Takahashi, David Zinman, John H. Reid III

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Champions — In the Classroom, On the Field, In the Community . . . .2-5 There’s a New League in Town . . . . . . .6-7 O-Line U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-9 Tailback Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11 NFL Connection & Pro Timing Day . . . .12 Walk-on Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Learning Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-15 Yawkey Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-17 Alumni Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 The Bubble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 City of Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-21 Strength & Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Sports Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Atlantic Coast Conference . . . . . . . . . . .24

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Alphabetical Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Numerical Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Depth Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Squad Breakdown & Pronunciation Guide .29 Eagle Player Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-74

Coaching Staff

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Head Coach Tom O’Brien . . . . . . . . .76-79 Jerry Petercuskie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Dana Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Frank Spaziani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Jim Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Don Horton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Kevin Lempa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Bill McGovern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Jason Swepson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Keith Willis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Barry Gallup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

BC Media Relations 321 Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Phone 617-552-3004 Fax 617-552-4903 www.bceagles.com

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2004 In Review

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Game Recaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92-103 Paul Peterson, 2004 Continental Tire Bowl MVP Collage . . . . . . . . . . .104 Departed Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . .105-111 2004 Final Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . .112-116

Records

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Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118-119 Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120-122 Receiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123-124 Total Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Scoring/Kicking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 Kickoff & Punt Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Punting & Interceptions . . . . . . . . . . . .128 The Last Time... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129-131 Year-by-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . . .132-133 Season-by-Season Results . . . . . . .134-147 All-Time Polls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

History

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BC Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150-151 Retired Jerseys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152 Mike Ruth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 Doug Flutie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154-155 Lettermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156-167 Bowl Game Recaps . . . . . . . . . . . .168-176 Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177-181 Eagles in the Pros . . . . . . . . . . . . .182-187 Eagles in the NFL Draft . . . . . . . . .188-189 Eagles in the Super Bowl . . . . . . . . . . .190

The University 191-208 Boston College Profile . . . . . . . . .192-193 President William P. Leahy, S.J./ Vice Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194 AD Gene DeFilippo . . . . . . . . . . . .195-196 Athletics Administration . . . . . . . . . . . .197 Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198-203 2005 Bowl Game Lineup . . . . . . . . . . .204 Media Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 Opponent Schedules/SID Contacts . . .206 Media Information/Maps . . . . . . . .207-208

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Sports Medicine

Team Physicians & Consultants Dr. Pierre d’Hemencourt

The BC sports medicine staff tends to the health care needs of some 800 student-athletes in 31 varsity sports. Services include on-site first aid, evaluation and treatment of all athletic-related injuries, as well as full rehabilitation therapy. Both surgical and non-surgical injuries are rehabilitated within the department, bringing student-athletes back to full participation. BC student-athletes receive the finest medical care available for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of athletic injuries. Steve Bushee, Assistant Athletics Director/Sports Medicine, oversees the training room operation and serves as the head athletic trainer for the football team. Bushee is assisted by a staff of four fulltime athletic trainers, all of whom are certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) and licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Six resident trainers, also certified and licensed and recent graduates of strenuous athletic training curricula, support the full-time staff. Overseen by Dr. Tom Nary, Head Team Physician and Director of Health Services, five team physicians serve as the medical corps for the Sports Medicine department. These include two orthopedic surgeons, an internist, a general practitioner and a sports medicine/emergency medicine physician. Other specialists are on call for consultation on the care and treatment of injuries, while the medical staff confers as needed with numerous medical specialists in the greater Boston area.

Team Physician, Sports Medicine/ Emergency Medicine

Dr. Martin Dunn Consultant for Oral and Maxillary Surgery

Dr. Diane English Team Physician, Orthopedic Surgeon

Dr. Gerald Fine Consultant for Oral Surgery

Dr. Andrew Gillies Consultant for Ophthalmology

Dr. Steve Levitt Consultant for General Dentistry

Dr. John McManama Team Physician, General Practice

Dr. Thomas Nary Head Team Physician, Internal Medicine

Dr. Arthur Newberg Consultant for Radiology and Imaging

Dr. Francis Rock ett Consultant for Neurosurgery

Dr. David Conway Consultant for Optometry

Dr. Barry Simmons Consultant for Hand and Wrist Surgery

Dr. Evan Zahner Team Physician, Orthopedic Surgeon

Steve Bushee

Steve Basiel

Assistant A.D./Sports Medicine 617-552-3009 [email protected]

Associate Head Athletic Trainer 617-552-8266 [email protected]

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Turn On The Power BC’s Strength and Conditioning staff is charged with putting the power into BC sports. Coordinated by Todd Rice, the Director of Strength and Conditioning Operations, BC’s Strength and Conditioning program is designed to improve the size, strength, quickness and speed of all student-athletes. In 2005, the Eagles moved into their brand new strength & conditioning area in the Yawkey Athletics Center. Dedicated exclusively to football, the bright and spacious room contains state-of-the-art equipment for weight lifting, stretching and conditioning activities and overlooks Alumni Stadium.

Strength & Conditioning

Todd Rice

Russ DeRosa

Director of Strength & Conditioning 617-552-4798 [email protected]

Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach 617-552-2155 [email protected]

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BC is Boston’s College

Education With hundreds of colleges and universities in Massachusetts, including some 50-plus in greater Boston, the area sports the world’s most concentrated collection of such institutions. Many of the country’s top universities, including Boston College, are located in New England, and the Boston public school system is the oldest in the United States.

History Bostonians led the charge for freedom during the Revolutionary War, as the so-called “Minutemen” — bolstered by such eminent patriots as Paul Revere, Samuel Adams and John Hancock — fought and died for this country’s independence. Today, the city is alive with perhaps America’s greatest collection of points of historical interest, from the Old North Church in the North End to the U.S.S. Constitution in Boston Harbor.

Region Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, scenic islands off the coast of Massachusetts, are well-known for their bike trails, historic lighthouses and meandering beaches. The “arm” of Southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod serves as a relaxing summer haven for thousands of Bostonians, New Englanders and others.

Sports The Boston Marathon, traditionally run on Patriot’s Day (the third Monday in April), is the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon. The World Champion Boston Red Sox play in famed Fenway Park. The NFL’s New England Patriots truly are a dynasty, having won three of the past four Super Bowls. The NBA’s Celtics are widely considered the most successful and storied team in the history of sport, having won an unparalleled 16 world championships. And the Boston Bruins were one of the NHL’s six original franchises.

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Alumni Stadium & The Bubble

With a capacity of 44,500 maroon-and-gold-clad fans, Alumni Stadium is the home of the Eagles. The current version of Alumni Stadium opened in the fall of 1995, the result of an energetic construction project that began in early 1994. The roots of Alumni Stadium and on-campus football at Boston College date back to 1915, when the original Alumni Stadium was

dedicated. The facility was located on middle campus on the side of today’s campus green. As Boston College enjoyed more and more football success in the 1930s and 1940s, the Eagles moved a majority of their home games to Boston’s two major league baseball stadiums, Fenway Park and Braves Field (now Nickerson Field on the Boston University campus). On January 23, 1957, Boston College president Joseph R.N. Maxwell, S.J., announced that a new Alumni Stadium would be built on the BC campus as football no longer would be allowed in Fenway Park. A $250,000 campaign followed and on September 26, 1957, the Eagles played host to Navy in the first game on the site of the present Alumni Stadium before a sellout crowd of 26,000-plus. The new stadium was constructed in an amazing span of 156 days. The game was arranged by then-United

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States Senator John F. Kennedy, but Navy spoiled the home opener with a 46-6 win. In 1971, Alumni Stadium was expanded to 32,000 seats and artificial turf and lights were installed. Alumni Stadium was rebuilt again in 1988 as matching upper decks and a new press box were added. These renovations were part of the building of Conte Forum. New scoreboards and instant replay screens, a new and improved lighting system, a stateof-the-art public address system, new concessions and restroom facilities and a beautiful brick and glass exterior façade combine to make Alumni Stadium one of the finest football facilities in the nation. The scenic Chestnut Hill stadium, with the Boston skyline offering a splendid background in the distance, heightens the excitement and enthusiasm that is part of every Boston College home game.

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Alumni Stadium Through the Years

“The Bubble gives us all the attributes of a dome in the familiarity of Alumni Stadium. We can do everything in The Bubble that we can do outside. This is the best facility for off-season workouts in New England.” -Head Coach Tom O’Brien In any season, Boston College student-athletes are able to take advantage of the best in practice facilities thanks to “The Bubble.” The Bubble can handle all facets of football training. It has been a crucial part of the Eagles’ off-season workouts, including strength and conditioning, field goals and bowl preparations. Erected for the first time in 1998 at a cost of $2 million, The Bubble measures 360 by 210 feet and is 70 feet high. It covers the entire football field and extends a few feet beyond the end zones and sidelines. “The Bubble gives us all the attributes of a dome in the familiarity of Alumni Stadium,” head coach Tom O’Brien says. “We can do everything in The Bubble that we can do outside. This is the best facility for off-season workouts in New England.” The New England Patriots, in fact, used The Bubble for practice en route to their Super Bowl championship three seasons ago. It takes approximately four hours to inflate The Bubble. The facility is heated and can reach 72 degrees. Special features include a wind sensor, which stabilizes The Bubble frame when there are high wind gusts, and a snow sensor, which automatically raises the temperature on the exterior of the structure, melting the snow.

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The Yawkey Center

It’s open — and it’s the center of attention. This past March, football staff and players as well as the Office of Learning Resources for Student-Athletes moved into the Yawkey Athletics Center, BC’s new $27 million, 72,000square-foot facility located behind the north end zone of Alumni Stadium. It includes new football offices, meeting and breakout rooms, locker rooms, sports medicine, strength and conditioning, equipment room, theater-style classrooms, recruiting and player lounges.

“We felt it was important to go through an entire practice season in the new building in order to get accustomed to it,” Coach Tom O’Brien said. “Our players and staff absolutely love the building, and it will, without a doubt, help us in recruiting. We had fallen behind our competitors in the area of facilities. Now we have a state-of-the-art building that is a source of immense pride, and we are extremely grateful to all the donors who made this possible.”

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The building also features the Murray Family Function Room, a multi-function room larger than the Shea Room that will benefit the entire BC campus. After viewing the company’s impressive work at North Carolina, North Carolina State and Virginia Tech, BC contracted with DJS Design of Charlotte, NC, for concept, design and construction of a football museum. Located in the main entry lobby, the Hajjar Family Football Museum features a soaring bronze eagle atop a

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lighted granite pedestal as its centerpiece. A multimedia kiosk will enable visitors to watch video highlights of great games and players in BC football history. Visitors will be allowed to touch and have photos taken with Doug Flutie’s Heisman Trophy, which will be displayed in the open with no glass enclosure. BC received a commitment of $15 million from the Yawkey Foundation to help fund the new building and other athletics-related improvements to enhance intercollegiate, intramural and club sports. Other benefactors generously donated the rest of the money needed to complete the construction, making the Yawkey Center the first structure on the BC campus to be built entirely with private funds. Completion of the Yawkey Center created a domino effect of facilities improvements for sports other than football. Once the football and Learning Resources staffs had completed their moves, workers began a multi-million dollar renovation to Conte Forum. The construction will provide new office and locker room space for many of BC’s 31 varsity men’s and women’s sports as well as new office space for much of the administrative staff. Women’s basketball will

BC’s Home for the Future AMENITIES • New football offices • Meeting and breakout rooms • Locker rooms • Sports medicine • Strength and conditioning • Equipment room • Theater-style classrooms • Recruiting • Player lounges • Murray Family Function Room • Hajjar Family Football Museum

COST: $27 million SIZE: 72,000-square-foot facility LOCATION: Behind the north end zone of Alumni Stadium.

soon move into a new suite of offices, and the old football locker room is being converted into five new locker rooms for women’s sports. Many coaches and their assistants who had been working in cramped conditions have been relocated to new offices in the south end zone. “The construction of the Yawkey Center has enabled us to enhance the locker room and

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office facilities for many of our women’s and men’s sports,” Director of Athletics Gene DeFilippo says. “We now have an outstanding facility for Learning Resources and expanded capacity in the Conte Forum weight room, equipment room and sports medicine areas. Our entire athletics program has benefited from these construction projects.”

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Learning Resources Boston College recognizes the demands of academics and athletics, and acknowledges that students must be disciplined in their study habits to succeed in the classroom. The University’s Office of Learning Resources for Student-Athletes provides academic and personal support services to all varsity student-athletes with the goal that each student-athlete will be provided fair opportunity to achieve his or her potential of academic, social, spiritual and personal development. In April, the Learning Resources moved into its spacious new home in the Yawkey Center. Dr. Ferna Phillips Osgood, director, leads a professional staff of six and tutoring staff of 40. Learning Resources offers academic counseling, developmental instruction and tutorial services to help its student-athletes reach their maximum potential in the classroom.

Academic Counseling The Academic Counselor and other staff provides support to student-athletes by monitoring academic progress, supporting academic success in the classroom, articulating their needs to faculty, staff and administration, recognizing and rewarding scholarship and maintaining an interdisciplinary team approach to coordinate services.

Developmental Instruction The program accommodates the academic needs of student-athletes who are under-prepared to compete academically at Boston College. The goal of the program is to provide intensive support and skill instruction through developmental tutoring for approximately 30 of the highest need and most academically challenged student-athletes. The associate director, in conjunction with specially trained Instructional Assistants, develops an Instructional Plan for each student-athlete in the program based on the student’s strengths, needs and learning style.

Ferna Phillips Osgood, Ph.D. Director

Dard Miller, Ph.D. Associate Director

Tutorial Services The program is designed to assist student-athletes with their course work, while at the same time helping students learn new skills for independent learning. Student-athletes request a tutor through their academic counselor. They are matched with tutors on the basis of need, tutor expertise and availability.

EAGLES Program EAGLES (Enhancing Academic Growth Through Learned Educational Strategies) is a structured study program offered primarily to first-year students that provides a structured study environment to ease the transition to the increased workload of college. The program balances the need for structure with the aim of

Jonathan Gomes Associate Director

Mariette Landry Learning Specialist

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increasing student’s responsibility for his or her own work. Each EAGLES student is responsible for six hours of monitored study time a week in the Study Center. The academic counselor works closely with the student and coach to monitor progress and number of hours worked in a week.

LRSA Study Center and Computer Lab The new LRSA study center has an extensive quiet study area and wireless connection available for laptop computers. The computer lab is a separate facility with eight computers (four PC and four Mac) and a laser printer. The center serves as the primary tutorial area for Learning Resources and offers student-athletes an easy, accessible area, close to the athletic facilities, to study.

Lee Metzger Academic Counselor

Tim Richardson Lee LeBlanc Academic Counselor Administrative Secretary

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One of America’s Top 40 Universities Once again in 2004, U.S. News & World Report ranked Boston College among the Top 40 Universities in America — Boston College will become the sixth Atlantic Coast Conference institution ranked in America’s top 41, joining Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Virginia and Wake Forest.

Boston - Where The World Comes To Learn Of the Top 40 Universities in America (as ranked by U.S. News & World Report), five are located in the greater Boston metropolitan area (Boston College, Brandeis, Harvard, MIT and Tufts). Greater Boston is home to 129 colleges and universities, each year enrolling more than 412,000 students.

BC Among America’s Best Athletic Programs U.S. News & World Report honored Boston College as one of the top 20 athletic departments in the country. The magazine ranked each Division I school on four criteria: gender equity, graduation rates, won-loss records and total number of sports offered. Additionally, to be honored on the Honor Roll, a school could not have committed any major NCAA infractions in the past 10 years.

Classroom Stars 2004 All - Academic Team Members

Nick Larkin

Ryan Glasper

Francois Brochu Ricky Brown

Ty Hall

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Walk-On Tradition Walk-ons have become a key ingredient in the success story of Boston College football under Tom O’Brien. “Walk-ons play a very important role in our program,” O’Brien says. “We give them a chance to come out and work just as hard as any other player. And when they step up and contribute to our team, either in practice or on the playing field, many times they earn a scholarship.” Fullback Paddy Lynch and linebacker Dan Berglund are the most recent former walk-ons to earn scholarships under O’Brien. Other familiar names include former starting tight end Sean Ryan; running back Cedric Washington, who ended his Boston College career in 14th place on the all-time Eagle rushing list with 1,122 yards; kicker Mike Sutphin, who set records for field goal percentage in a season; Mike Siravo, Gregg Bartlett, Kyle Geiselman and Brooke Heald, all of whom became starters.

Sean Ryan Sean Ryan went from walk-on to NFL draft pick.

Dan Berglund Dan Berglund has become a campus and community leader.

Cedric Washington Cedric Washington joined the 1.000-yard rushing club.

Walk-Ons Who Have Earned Scholarships Under Tom O’Brien Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Player Cedric Washington Mike Siravo Greg Bartlett Kyle Geiselman Brooke Heald Kevin Costello Kevin McMyler Sean Ryan Mike Sutphin Mike Callahan

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Player Kevin Dykes Shaun Toof Leonard Bennett Ryan Mattison Derek Webley Mike Fassel Everett Lee Dan Berglund Paddy Lynch

Pos. RB WR DE DB WR PK FB LB FB

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NFL Connection BC NFL Draft Selections in the Tom O’Brien Era Year

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Todd Pollack, TE Matt Hasselbeck, QB Damien Woody, C Mike Cloud, RB Doug Brzezinski, OG Chris Hovan, DT Frank Chamberlin, LB Darnell Alford, OT Paul Zukauskas, OT William Green, RB Marc Colombo, OT Brian St. Pierre, QB Dan Koppen, C Antonio Garay, DT Chris Snee, OG Sean Ryan, TE

New York Giants Green Bay Packers New England Patriots Kansas City Chiefs Philadelphia Eagles Minnesota Vikings Tennessee Titans Kansas City Chiefs Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns Chicago Bears Pittsburgh Steelers New England Patriots Cleveland Browns New York Giants Dallas Cowboys

Round/Pick 6/177 6/187 1/17 2/54 3/64 1/25 5/160 6/188 7/203 1/16 1/29 5/163 5/164 6/195 2/34 5/144

Matt Hasselbeck Matt is the starting quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, while brother Tim suits up for the Washington Redskins.

Pro Timing Day at the Heights “It’s always good to come (to Boston College) because you know you’re looking at good athletes from a school with a great tradition. “You get well-coached guys. They play a pro style of football — two-back, one-back and two tight ends, multiple sets — and that makes our jobs a little easier when evaluating players.” — Rex Ryan, Baltimore Ravens

Chris Hovan “Boston College produces smart football players. In the NFL, you do so many different things, you’ve got to get a player who’s intelligent enough to come in and pick up things quickly. “You know you’re going to get a player who’s been well-coached, who’s very intelligent, who’s going do things the way you want them done.” — John Mitchell, Pittsburgh Steelers

Hovan was named to Sports Illustrated’s All-Pro Team in 2002.

William Green “Coach O’Brien preaches that you practice how you play. All the coaches instilled that in us, and we carried that to the game field, and it made it fun. By running a pro offense in college, it prepared me well for the NFL. I was light years ahead when I got to the NFL. Coach O’Brien pulls no punches, and that prepares you for life.”

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Tailback Tradition Over the last seven seasons, Boston College has cultivated and staged a first-rate list of tailbacks. The face of college football has been constantly gearing more towards the quarterback, as a running back has not been the Heisman winner since 1999. Coach Tom O’Brien made his tailback the cornerstone of the Eagle offense. In each season since 1998, BC has amassed more than 1,000 yards on the ground. Over that span, two Eagles have been consensus All-Americans and BC has had an All-Conference running back in all but one of the seven seasons.

The Eagles looked to three youngsters to carry the load in 2004. Redshirt freshmen Andre Callender and L.V. Whitworth, along with true freshman A.J. Brooks, combined for 1,648 yards rushing and averaged 3.7 yards per carry. From 2000-2003, the Eagles relied on William Green and Derrick Knight to put up numbers on the ground. Green, a 1999 consensus AllAmerican, ran for 1,164 yards in 2000 and then went on to post BC’s single-season rushing record for a junior, amassing 1,559 yards in 2001. Knight is BC’s all-time rushing leader. Putting up

Derrick Knight

over 1,400 yards in consecutive seasons (2002, 2003), Knight finished his collegiate career with 3,725 yards. He earned All-Conference honors in both 2002 and 2003. In 1999, Cedric Washington enjoyed a 1,122yard effort. The season before, Mike Cloud set the program’s single-season rushing record, posting 1,726 yards. Cloud, second on the alltime rushing leaders list, joined running backs Miami’s Edgerrin James and West Virginia’s Amos Zereoue on the 1998 All-Conference first team. For his efforts, Cloud was named a consensus All-American in 1998.

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1,432 yards

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O-Line U BC’s entire offensive line of Gosder Cherilus, Josh Beekman, Patrick Ross, James Marten and Jeremy Trueblood0

returns intact for the 2005 season.

Dan Koppen • •

BC Offensive Lineman 1999-2002 Starting Center - New England Patriots Starter for two Super Bowl championship teams

RECENT BOSTON COLLEGE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN SELECTED IN THE NFL DRAFT 1999 Damien Woody Doug Brzezinski 2000 Darnell Alford 2001 Paul Zukauskas 2002 Marc Colombo 2003 Dan Koppen 2004 Chris Snee

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C New England OG Philadelphia OT Kansas City OT Cleveland OT Chicago C New England OG N.Y. Giants

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Damien Woody “Anybody who wants to play with BC really has a prime opportunity to excel both academically and athletically. Coach O’Brien is disciplined, very structured and organized, so when I made my transition (to the NFL), it was a piece of cake. “Also, playing the type of competition we played (at BC) really helped me in making the transition from college to the pros. We got the opportunity to play against top-level players from all across the country. It made my transition a lot easier.”

Marc Colombo “Being an offensive lineman at the most prestigious school for that position had already prepared me before I ever played in the NFL. “Boston College was instrumental to me in stepping up to the professional level. The style of football Tom O’Brien brings to the table is the same style as the pros — tough, hard-nosed football.”

Paul Zukauskas (2001, Cleveland Browns)

& Chris Snee (2004, New York Giants) are among the

seven BC offensive linemen drafted by the NFL in the past seven years.

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There’s A New League In Town Boston College officially became the 12th member of the Atlantic Coast Conference on Friday, July 1, one day after celebrating the move with a media luncheon in the new Yawkey Athletic Center and an evening barbecue for athletics department staff and their families at Fenway Park. Athletic Director Gene DeFilippo and ACC Commissioner John Swofford spoke before nearly 80 members of the media and Boston College athletics department staff at the luncheon. “I am absolutely thrilled that we are joining the ACC as the 12th member, making it a conference that truly stretches down the Atlantic seaboard,” DeFilippo said. “It’s been a bumpy road and a roller coaster ride, but we are joining the best academic and athletic conference in the nation.” Boston College administrators and ACC officials continued the celebration later that evening at Fenway Park with a family barbeque as the countdown to midnight continued. The university formally accepted an invitation to join the ACC on October 12, 2003. Boston College will compete with Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, North Carolina State and Wake Forest in the Atlantic Division. Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia and

Virginia Tech comprise the Coastal Division. The Eagles’ first ACC contest will take place on Saturday, September 17, when the football

team hosts the Florida State Seminoles at Alumni Stadium (game time is to be determined).

The New Look ACC Atlantic Division

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Florida State

Clemson

Maryland

Wake Forest

N.C. State

Coastal Division

Duke

Georgia Tech

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Boston College

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The City of Jacksonville has been chosen by the Atlantic Coast Conference to be the host City for the 2005 & 2006 ACC Football Championship Games and the Gator Bowl Association has been chosen to serve as the Local Organizing Committee for this historic event. The inaugural game will take place on Saturday, December 3, 2005 at 8:00 pm. The Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game will be televised nationally on ABC.

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Champions - In the Classroom, Five straight bowl game wins longest active streak in the nation

On the Field, In the community

With their 37-24 win against North Carolina in the Continental Tire Bowl, the Eagles won their fifth bowl game in a row — the longest active streak in the country.

The Eagle offensive line poses for a picture at Christmas Eve dinner in Hawaii.

BC players enjoy the sites of San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge on the way to a tour of Alcatraz.

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Champions - In the Classroom, Academic All-Stars

On the Field, In the community Community Leaders Boston College student-athletes continue to give back to the community, living by the Jesuit ideal of improving one’s self by helping others. Nearly onethird of all BC student-athletes participate in some sort of community service project. More than 100 student-athletes correspond regularly with area school children through the Pen Pal Program. In May, the school children get the opportunity to meet their pen pals at the annual Pen Pal Picnic, held at Alumni Stadium. BC student-athletes also visit area hospitals and schools throughout the course of the year.

Once again in 2005, the Boston College football program proved it is a class act by achieving one of the top six graduation rates in the country. The Honorable Mention status, bestowed by the American Football Coaches’ Association in its annual graduation rate survey, was BC’s 13th. The Eagles also received Honorable Mention in 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003.

In 2004, Boston College and Northwestern University received the American Football Coaches Association’s Academic Achievement Award with a 100 percent graduation rate when all members of the freshman class of 1998-99 earned a degree. The win was the fourth for BC, which also earned the honor in 1992, 1995 and 1996.

“When football players come to Boston College, we tell them they have an opportunity to leave with a degree from one of the best universities in the world,” Coach Tom O’Brien says. “These young men have worked extremely hard to become winners in football, in academics, and in life. We’re very proud of them and grateful to our Office of Learning Resources for their support.” Head Coach Tom O’Brien accepts the 2004 AFCA Academic Achievement Award for college football’s best graduation rate.

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ACC: Tradition of Excellence The Tradition Consistency. It’s the mark of true excellence in any endeavor. However, in today’s intercollegiate athletics, competition has become so balanced and so competitive that it is virtually impossible to maintain a high level of consistency. Yet the Atlantic Coast Conference has defied the odds. Now in its 53rd year of competition, the ACC has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the strongest and most competitive intercollegiate conferences in the nation. And that is not mere conjecture, the numbers support it. Since the league’s inception in 1953, ACC schools have captured 94 national championships, including 49 in women’s competition and 45 in men’s. In addition, NCAA individual titles have gone to ACC student-athletes 120 times in men’s competition and 60 times in women’s action. The conference had an immediate impact on the national college football scene in the fall of 1953 when the University of Maryland captured the first of what would eventually be five national football titles for the ACC. Clemson laid claim to the league’s second national title in 1981 while Georgia Tech followed suit in 1990. Florida State pocketed national titles No. 4 and 5 in 1993 and 1999, respectively. In addition, Miami has laid claim to five national gridiron titles over the past 22 seasons. Four of the Hurricanes’ five national titles (1983, 1987, 1989, 2001) were unanimous with both the sportswriters and coaches polls in agreement, while in 1991 Miami (AP) shared the national title with Washington (coaches). The 12 institutions that take to the field this fall under the ACC banner have produced 497 first- or second-team gridiron All-Americans and 70 first-team academic All-Americans. ACC schools have had 2,125 players selected in the annual professional football draft, including 191 first round selections. If success is best measured in terms of wins and losses, then the ACC over the years has proved itself to be among the elite in Division I-A football. The ACC is the nation’s winningest bowl conference as the 12 current league teams are a combined 132-115-5 (.533) in post-season play. Following its 3-3 bowl mark in 2004, the ACC is the only conference to post a .500-orbetter record in post-season play in each of the past four seasons. Since 2001, the ACC is 16-9 in post-season play and has the best bowl winning percentage (.640) among all BCS conferences. In 2002, the ACC set an NCAA record when seven of its nine teams (78 percent) received bowl bids. Georgia Tech is the winningest bowl team in

Division I-A history. Following its 51-14 win over Syracuse in last year’s Champs Sports Bowl, the Yellow Jackets are 22-11 (.667) while Boston College (.625) is fourth and Florida State (.606) is eighth. For the first time in league history, the ACC surpassed the 3.5 million mark in total attendance in 2004 and for the fifth-straight year, the league set new single season records in attendance. In 66 home games during the 2004 season, ACC teams drew 3,693,032 fans, breaking the existing record of 3,006,841 set during the 2003 season.

A History The ACC was founded on May 8, 1953, at the Sedgefield Inn near Greensboro, N.C., with seven charter members — Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest — drawing up the conference by-laws. The withdrawal of seven schools from the Southern Conference came early on the morning of May 8, 1953, during the Southern Conference’s annual spring meeting. On June 14, 1953, the seven members met in Raleigh, N.C., where a set of bylaws was adopted and the name became officially the Atlantic Coast Conference. Suggestions from fans for the name of the new conference appeared in the region’s newspapers prior to the meeting in Raleigh. Some of the names suggested were: Dixie, Mid South, Mid Atlantic, East Coast, Seaboard, Colonial, Tobacco, Blue-Gray, Piedmont, Southern Seven and the Shoreline. Duke’s Eddie Cameron recommended that the name of the conference be the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the motion was passed unanimously. The meeting concluded with each member institution assessed $200.00 to pay for conference expenses. On December 4, 1953, conference officials met again at Sedgefield and officially admitted the University of Virginia as the league’s eighth member. The first, and only, withdrawal of a school from the ACC came on June 30, 1971, when the University of South Carolina tendered its resignation. The ACC operated with seven members until April 3, 1978, when the Georgia Institute of Technology was admitted. The Atlanta school had withdrawn from the Southeastern Conference in January of 1964. The ACC expanded to nine members on July 1, 1991, with the addition of Florida State University. The conference expanded to 11 members on July 1, 2004, with the addition of the University of Miami and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. On October 17, 2003, Boston College accepted an invitation to become the league’s 12th member starting July 1, 2005.

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Atlantic Coast Conference P.O. Drawer ACC Greensboro, N.C. 27417-6724 4512 Weybridge Lane (27407) Phone: 336-851-6062 Media Relations Fax: 336-854-8797 Media Relations Staff Brian A. Morrison, Assistant Commissioner Amy Yakola, Associate Director Sarah Schmidt, Assistant Director Jason Leturmy, Assistant Director Barb Dery, Administrative Assistant Office Staff Commissioner John D. Swofford Associate Commissioners Frederick E. Barakat Jeff Elliott Shane Lyons Bernadette V. McGlade Assistant Commissioners Mike Finn Brian A. Morrison Director of Video Services W. Scott McBurney Director of Championships Davis Whitfield Director of Public Relations Amy Yakola Director of Information Systems Christina L. Tracey Football Officials, Coordinator Tommy Hunt Basketball Officials, Coordinator John Clougherty Assistant Directors, Media Services Sarah Brown Jason Leturmy Assistant Director, Video Services Steve “Slim” Vollinger Assistant Director, Compliance Lindsey Babcock Assistant Director, Women’s Basketball Brad Hecker Business Manager Lynne Herndon Executive Assistant to the Commissioner Cecelia DiAmico Web Site Editor Harrison Rand Administrative Assistants Kathy C. Hunt Jennie Barrett Emily Watkins Tracey Haith Susan Anthony Kris Willett

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