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Pardon the interruption

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View this morning on BC Gasson quad webcam

Well. It’s been a while. Hope you all are well.

Many students are back on campus. Classes begin Monday, August 31. Classrooms have been sanitized and “de-densified” (coronaviruses beget new words). Everyone is to wear face masks.

You can see all sorts of information, including testing results, at Reopening Boston College.

Fall “Olympic” sports, i.e., non-revenue athletics, have been delayed ACC-wide and will start during the week of September 7-12. Football is due to begin the same week, with Miami opening against Alabama-Birmingham on Thursday, September 10, and a full slate on Saturday, September 12. Well, not exactly full. BC was to play Ohio University on September 12, but the Middle America Conference canceled play. An alternative was UMass, but it announced there would be no season for the Minutemen.

UPDATE: BC announced today it will play Texas State on September 26 at Alumni Stadium. The Bobcats are a Division 1 FBS team from the Sun Belt Conference. Unless BC finds another team in the next few days, the Eagles will open a 10-game, all-ACC, season at Duke on September 19. Here’s the full schedule, times TBA.

  • September 19 — @ Duke
  • September 26 — Texas State
  • October 3 — North Carolina
  • October 10 — Pitt
  • October 17 — @ VaTech
  • October 24 — Georgia Tech
  • October 31 — @ Clemson
  • November 7 — @ Syracuse
  • November 14 — Notre Dame
  • Friday, November 27 — Louisville
  • December 5 — @ Virginia

There has already been a reschedule in the ACC because of coronavirus testing results. N.C. State was to open the season on September 12 against Virginia Tech. Due to a cluster of positive test results at N.C. State, the Wolfpack will open on September 19 against Wake Forest and play the Hokies on September 26. 

There are no prospective schedules yet announced for BC hockey and basketball teams.

Anybody have any ideas about how we can do game watches on Zoom?

Stay tuned and be flexible.

Smith wins BC service award

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Ray Smith, left, receives “Carry the Torch Award”

San Diego’s own Ray Smith ’19, defensive tackle in football, won the “Carry the Torch” award at the fourth annual Golden Eagles celebration and awards program held May 5 in Robsham Theater.

Athletics honors teams and individuals with a range of awards, for athletic performance and for service to the community.

Smith, a graduate of Cathedral Catholic High School, signed with the NFL’s Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent. He talks in the video below about how he sees his award as also an award to BC Football.

Commencement #141

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Commencement, 2010

Some 4,000 BC students will receive degrees Monday at the University’s 141st commencement exercises. (San Diego Eagles can watch the ceremonies beginning at 7 am PT at bc.edu.)

Commencement speaker will be US Senator Bob Casey (D-Penn.), who will also receive an honorary degree. Other honorary degree recipients will be longtime Boston area community activist Amy Guen MSW’52; Tiffany Gueye ’00, PhD’07, CEO of non-profit organization BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life); film and television star Chris O’Donnell ’92; and Leo B. Shea, MM ’60, missioner for Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.

Full information about commencement