A week after committing a season-high 10 penalties in its blowout win over Georgia Tech, Boston College football remarkably displayed even worse mental discipline in its 47-2 road loss to Duke (6-2, 3-2 ACC) on Saturday.
In the first half alone, BC (4-4, 2-3 ACC) nearly racked up as many penalty yards (94 on 11 penalties) as total offense (109), and it finished the game with 15 for 132.
“It was tough, especially in the first half,” said Eagles quarterback Mason McKenzie, who finished the game with a season-low 87 passing yards and 24 rushing. “Felt like we kind of were getting things going finally, moving the ball well, and then it would just be 15 yards or 10 yards, and it’s just things that we can’t do. We just got to be more disciplined in that area, and that’s all you can really say about it.”…