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Boston College's spring game ends 6-2 with traditional scoring

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Any hopes that Boston College’s offense might be better in 2016 were dashed during the Eagles’ spring game on Saturday.

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And before you ask, no, this wasn’t one of those weird spring game modified scoring systems. Touchdowns weren’t worth a point apiece. This was a regular football game where first and second-team offenses played against first and second-team defenses and yet neither side was able to score a touchdown.

In fact, for a portion of the contest, the score resembled something from the baseball diamond.

OK, it’s probably too early for Boston College faithful to start panicking. After all, it is only April and the Eagles have some new pieces on offense that probably need a little more work, including Kentucky quarterback transfer Patrick Towles.

And — brightside — it looks like the defense that allowed just 15.3 point per game a year ago seems to be in season form.

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However, this is a Boston College team that ranked 121st nationally with just 17.2 points per game. It failed to win a conference game despite many valiant efforts from the defense. So for the offense to continue to look ragged a half-a-year later has to be disheartening.

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