Yesterday, the Boston College Eagles beat the Michigan State Spartans 24-21 in the Champs Sports Bowl for their 8th bowl win a row. Led by quarterback Matt Ryan’s 3 touchdown passes the Eagles extended the nations longest bowl winning streak. Ryan completed 22 of 47 passes for 249 yards and threw 2 of his 3 touchdowns to wide receiver Rich Gunnell. All-American safety Jamie Silva had 2 interceptions and was named the game’s Most Valuable Player.
In their first bowl appearance in 4 years the Spartans turned over the ball 5 times and finished the season 7-6. The Spartans were also playing without a handful of their leading defensive and offensive players due to academic ineligibility. The absence of these players combined with the inexperienced players who replaced them caused the Spartans to look a lot worse then the final score indicated.
Boston College finished the season 11-3 and were ranked as high as #2 in the country mid-season but ended up losing 3 of their last 5 regular season games. The Eagles will look to build on this years success next season but will have to do it without 17 players who went into this season as 5th year seniors.
