For a second consecutive week, the Boston College Eagles were showcased in a standalone nationally televised game, as they played host to the Louisville Cardinals in Week 9 on Friday night at Alumni Stadium.
BC came into the game as a 7.5-point home underdog, and was without their third-leading tackler in linebacker Kam Arnold, as well as their second-leading rusher in Turbo Richard.
Despite all of that, the Eagles came out of the gate firing, taking a 20-0 lead with just over six minutes to go in the second quarter over a team in Louisville that has spent five different weeks ranked in the AP Top 25, seeing a ranking as high as 15th ahead of Week 5.
It was looking like an upset was on tap at Chestnut Hill, and that the ship had been righted by first-year head coach Bill O’Brien, having lost his last two games in embarrassing fashion after starting the season 4-1.
Then, it didn’t.
From the middle of the second quarter to the end of regulation, the Cardinals proceeded to outscore the Eagles 31-7, and BC would go on to lose the ballgame 31-27 for their third straight loss.