Football
By KEN POWTAK
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Boston College coach Bill O’Brien showed his team the final drive that led up to Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie’s Hail Mary pass 40 years ago, expressing the need for them to play a complete game.
They didn’t need any late drama on Saturday after blowing out North Carolina early.
Quarterback Grayson James threw for a touchdown and ran for another, and BC celebrated the anniversary of Flutie’s pass with a 41-21 victory over North Carolina.
“In this room on Friday. I showed them the last drive of the Miami game,” O’Brien said. “When you have the ’84 team here, they were 10-2, ranked fifth in the country, Heisman Trophy winner in the house, you’ve got to play well.”
Ryan Turner added a 78-yard interception return for BC (6-5, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), which became bowl-eligible under first-year coach O’Brien. It’s the second straight and eighth in the last nine years the Eagles have a bowl opportunity.
“You know what he’s done, done for this program. Just being able to see guys come back like that and support, it’s awesome,” James said of Flutie being on the sideline. “It makes us want to put on a show for them.”
Flutie and many of his 1984 teammates were honored on the field before the second quarter. He hit Gerard Phalen with a 48-yard TD as time expired in BC’s Miracle in Miami on Nov. 23, 1984.
Making his second straight start after O’Brien benched Thomas Castellanos, James, a transfer from Florida International, completed 18 of 27 passes for 192 yards and no interceptions.
Castellanos left the team after he was benched.
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