Rakes Report #156: Gonna walk around and drink some more (The Boston College Review)
rakesreport.substack.com
~optional musical accompaniment~ If you were forwarded this email and would like to sign up to receive future editions, you can do so here. 1) Everything was set up for this to be a stressful contest for the Irish. A big hangover game after defeating the No. 1 team in the country (remember that? Pretty cool), going on the road against a squad that defines itself by what it does to spoil the seasons of superior programs. The underdog was wearing their special uniforms and the broadcast team had clips of a decades-old game with no bearing on this one AND plenty of quarterback vengeance narrative that would have made a tight fourth quarter insufferable. Despite some fumbles that made it feel like it could have been one of those days, things were never really competitive in the second half, an early fourth down stop by MTA ensuring the margin never dipped below two scores. Seven wins in a row against Boston College, a nation’s best 14 victories in a row overall, 8-0 this season, 19-2 the last two seasons and 32-3 since the start of 2018. The train keeps rolling.
Rakes Report #156: Gonna walk around and drink some more (The Boston College Review)
Rakes Report #156: Gonna walk around and…
Rakes Report #156: Gonna walk around and drink some more (The Boston College Review)
~optional musical accompaniment~ If you were forwarded this email and would like to sign up to receive future editions, you can do so here. 1) Everything was set up for this to be a stressful contest for the Irish. A big hangover game after defeating the No. 1 team in the country (remember that? Pretty cool), going on the road against a squad that defines itself by what it does to spoil the seasons of superior programs. The underdog was wearing their special uniforms and the broadcast team had clips of a decades-old game with no bearing on this one AND plenty of quarterback vengeance narrative that would have made a tight fourth quarter insufferable. Despite some fumbles that made it feel like it could have been one of those days, things were never really competitive in the second half, an early fourth down stop by MTA ensuring the margin never dipped below two scores. Seven wins in a row against Boston College, a nation’s best 14 victories in a row overall, 8-0 this season, 19-2 the last two seasons and 32-3 since the start of 2018. The train keeps rolling.