Editorial

Boston College Won’t Play In A Bowl Game

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Sep 19, 2020; Durham, North Carolina, USA; Boston College Eagles head coach Jeff Hafley, left, talks to Boston College Eagles defensive back Josh DeBerry as the Boston College Eagles play the Duke Blue Devils in the second half at Wallace Wade Stadium. The Boston College Eagles won 26-6. Mandatory Credit: Nell Redmond-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters

Sep 19, 2020; Durham, North Carolina, USA; Boston College Eagles head coach Jeff Hafley, left, talks to Boston College Eagles defensive back Josh DeBerry as the Boston College Eagles play the Duke Blue Devils in the second half at Wallace Wade Stadium. The Boston College Eagles won 26-6. Mandatory Credit: Nell Redmond-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters

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Boston College won’t play in a bowl game this season.

Despite finishing the season at 6-5, the Eagles announced Thursday that they wouldn’t accept a bowl game this season. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)

BC AD said in part, “Our student-athletes have sacrificed so much since June to even make this season possible for BC and our fans and now it is time for them to focus on finishing up the semester strong and going home to spend time with their families and loved ones.”

Get used to seeing this, folks. Boston College was in position to get an okay bowl game, and they just said forget about it.

The bowl season is about a lot more than the actual game. All the bowls have a ton of stuff that goes with them.

There are events, parties, new locations for players to discover and more. None of that can happen this season thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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That means you have to spend weeks preparing for nothing more than a road game without any of the fun elements.

Obviously, that’s a hard sell to make if the bowl game you’re going to be in isn’t a huge one. It’s one thing to play in the Rose Bowl or the playoff. It’s another to try to get fired up about the Music City Bowl.

 

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As a betting man, I’d bet that more teams will do the same as Boston College and choose to opt out of the 2020 bowl season. I’d be shocked if the Eagles are the only team to make this decision.