Junior quarterback Chase Rettig completed 56.4 percent of his passes for 2,561 yards with 16 touchdowns and eight interceptions during Boston College's 2-7 start.
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tling for a spot in the national title game, looms Virginia Tech (4-5) and North Caro- lina State (5-4), both athirst for sixth wins to become bowl eligible. Theoretically, Boston College has a lot
left to ruin now that its 2012 campaign is already in shambles. "There's a lot of motivation," Spaziani
said. "We play for a lot more reasons than just the obvious ones to everybody. There's a lot of motivation with the rest of the season and there's a lot of motivation you get out of it." Spaziani watched the Irish's triple-over-
time victory over Pittsburgh, and knows what his team is up against. If nothing else, history is on Boston College's side. The last two times the Eagles faced an undefeated Notre Dame squad (1993 and 2002), they stunned the Irish.
"What I see is a big task ahead and
a big-league football team that's cer- tainly a national title contender," he said. "They're well coached and they have very good players. I think we're more concerned with ourselves and how we have to prepare for the game and men- tally approach it." It's possible BC will have to do it with-
out leading rusher Andre Williams, who left the Wake Forest game with an ab- dominal injury. Spaziani said if the run- ning back is unable to play, freshman Da- vid Dudeck and redshirt junior Rolandan Finch will move up the depth chart. Williams, a 6-0, 220-pound junior, is av- eraging 66.6 yards per game and has four touchdowns this season. No other BC run- ning back has found the end zone in 2012. "We'll just go down the batting order
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