Sports Log
Walter Whyte leads BU men’s basketball past Dartmouth
Whyte scored 17 points to lead five Terriers in double figures in a 78-76 win over the Big Green on Saturday at Case Gym.
Sports Log
Whyte scored 17 points to lead five Terriers in double figures in a 78-76 win over the Big Green on Saturday at Case Gym.
NAVY 31, ARMY 7
Tne senior quarterback rushed for 304 yards and two TDs as the No. 25 Midshipmen beat Army in the 120th edition of the rivalry.
The senior quarterback for the top-ranked Tigers is the first Heisman winner from LSU since Billy Cannon in 1959.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Hafley is currently the Ohio State defensive coordinator. He will coach with the Buckeyes through the remainder of the college football playoffs.
BC football
The Ohio State co-defensive coordinator spent seven seasons in the NFL before joining the Buckeyes this year.
Just a decade removed from his days as a star Eagles receiver, the interim coach has drawn raves from players for his relatability.
Sports Log
The 77-year-old, who led the league for 30 years, underwent emergency surgery.
College hockey notebook
Coach Jerry York credits veteran leadership and a talented freshman goalie for the Eagles’ hot streak.
CAMPUS ANGLE
The 5-foot-4-inch senior forward is the program’s career scoring leader (94 goals) and ranks ninth all-time in NCAA history.
CATCHING UP WITH . . .
The former basketball stalwart still resides in the Watch City with his wife, Nicole, and their four sons.
Addazio will take over a football program coming off a 4-8 season.
Dillon, who leaves Chestnut Hill as the Eagles’ all-time rushing leader, will forgo playing in the Birmingham Bowl.
Joe Gallo’s squad won a lot of games at the D2 level last year, and so far, it hasn’t taken much to be successful with tougher competition.
Sports Log
Redshirt junior passed for 4,738 yards and 40 TDs in three injury-plagued seasons at BC.
A look at Frates’s journey from St. John’s Prep baseball to an honorary contract with the Red Sox.
College football notebook
No. 1 LSU will face No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 2 Ohio State is matched up against No. 3 Clemson in the semifinals.
The final matchups of the college football season have been revealed.
College Soccer
Concord native Gavin Tasker was named Most Outstanding Player of the Division 3 championship tournament.
Boston College
Amid a search for a head coach, Eagles (6-6) accepted invite to play Cincinnati (10-3), which lost on Saturday in its conference championship.
Semifinals will be played on Dec. 28 and the national championship game will take place Jan. 13, 2020.
Tara Sullivan
Nine of Smith’s former players work in the NBA, including Sam Presti, the executive VP and general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
LSU locked up a spot in the College Football Playoff for the first time, making a persuasive case to be the top overall seed in the four-team field.
College football
Projections have the Eagles headed to the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit, the Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl, or the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La.
College hockey notebook
The Crimson absorbed back-to-back losses to BC and BU after a high-flying 6-0 start.
CAMPUS ANGLE
The 6-foot senior forward from North Easton is a two-time All-Metro Atlantic player for the 5-1 Red Foxes.
CATCHING UP WITH . . .
Paula McGinn is the only student-athlete in Endicott history to play on a combined eight conference championship soccer and softball teams.
NOTEWORTHY
On Saturday, Xaverian High grad John Gurkis will be the first former Saint Michael’s hockey player to have his number (9) retired by the college.
College basketball notebook
BU, Northeastern, BC, UMass, and Harvard are all trying to figure things out early in the season.
LSU was second, followed by Clemson and Georgia.
Andre Williams and Josh Keyes took to social media to criticize their former coach.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
Boston College may find limited success, but it will always be a middle-of-the-pack college football program.
Dillon is third nationally in rushing yards, an Phillips has allowed just one sack this season.
Pat Sullivan, the 1971 Heisman Trophy winner at Auburn who went on coach TCU and Samford, has died. He was 69.
Martin Jarmond said the Eagles were far from reaching their potential, and he hopes to have a new coach in place by Dec. 18.
SPORTS LOG
The Crimson Tide fell out of the top five in the rankings for the first time since 2015.
BC football
Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell might be an attractive candidate, but he could be headed to USC.
Addazio was 44-44 in his seven seasons and played in six bowls, but never won more than seven games.
Schiano briefly took a job as an assistant with the Patriots earlier this year. He stepped down soon after, deciding instead to take the season off.
No. 1 Buckeyes cap a 12-0 regular-season with a 56-27 romp over Big Ten archrival Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Mich.
BC NOTEBOOK
Dillon finished with 178 yards rushing, the 20th 100-yard game of his career and the seventh time he’s surpassed 150 this season.
FCS Playoffs | Monmouth 44, Holy Cross 27
Pete Guerriero ran for 220 yards and three touchdowns as Monmouth ousted Holy Cross, 44-27
BC 26, Pittsburgh 19
The Eagles’ victory in their season finale makes them bowl eligible.
Maryland 80, Harvard 73
The Crimson missed 18 of 26 attempts from behind the 3-point arc and didn’t have enough muscle or firepower to hold off the Terps.
Sports log
The Crimson (5-2) got 16 points from Justin Bassey and made all 22 of their free throws en route to a 62-51 win over Texas A&M.
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The redshirt junior receiver has played in a bowl in all three seasons at The Heights; he’s out to make sure that streak doesn’t end this season.
College hockey notebook
The Bruins haven’t had much luck developing goalies lately, but the Maine junior is showing his talent.
After his return to Rutgers fell through, Schiano is available — and coincidentally, Steve Addazio might fit well in New Jersey.
CATCHING UP WITH . . .
The former Globe Foundation/Phelps scholar and Tufts softball standout is now working as a primatologist.
Nathan Bain stole the ball and hit a layup at the overtime buzzer and Stephen F. Austin knocked off No. 1 Duke 85-83 on Tuesday night.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The Tigers held on to the No. 2 spot, with Clemson third and Georgia fourth wth two weeks to go.