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Following a Steve Addazio-coached team is like pounding your head against a wall.
The Boston College head coach is a throwback to the leather helmet days when all they did was run the football. A typical Addazio series on offense is two runs, a pass and a punt. The man loves the run to the point of self-destruction. When it works, like it did in a win over USC early in the season, it is a beautiful thing to watch. When it does not, which is most times, it can get ugly. It did in Philadelphia in 2012 when — then coaching Temple — Addazio threw only two passes in the first half against Maryland, which got the Temple fans to chant very loudly “Pass The Ball.”
That kind of Addazio self-destruction should come against Clemson this weekend.
The visiting Tigers are slight favorites but should roll to a double-digit win despite having to start backup quarterback Cole Stoudt in place of injured starter Deshaun Watson simply because the Tigers like to attack the entire field, unlike Boston College. With Watson, Clemson extended Florida State to overtime.
Boston College, on the other hand, is a team that lost to Colorado State at home three weeks ago. Clemson’s defense limited BC to just 94 rushing yards a year ago, and that’s when they had Heisman hopeful Andre Williams.
Clemson is coming off an impressive 23-17 win over a Bobby Petrino-coached Louisville team and should be able to handle a one-dimensional Boston College offense. Even though the Eagles have the fourth-ranked rushing offense in the country, averaging 315.7 yards, those numbers usually go down throughout the season when opposing coaches routinely game plan eight-man fronts.
Those are the kind of fronts Addazio insists on running against, and that is also why Clemson should win this one comfortably.
Prediction: Clemson 27, Boston College 14
Mike Gibson is a writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @papreps , “Like” him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google.
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