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Matt Ryan, former Heisman candidate, leads the #18 BC Eagles in a HUGE ACC match-up at Clemson tonight.  A win for BC would put them in their first ACC championship game ever, and a possible BCS bowl bid.

The game can be seen on ESPN2 at 7:45PM eastern.  GO EAGLES!!!!!!

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So it’s over.  The Ryan for Heisman campaign was officially ended last Saturday night.  In a cold and wet Alumni Stadium, The then ranked #2 BC Eagles lost a heart-breaker to unranked Florida State 27-17.  And even though our hero Ryan threw for 2 TD’s and 415 yards, he ended up tossing THREE, yes THREE interceptions.  Three bad interceptions.  Heisman winners don’t throw 11 interceptions on the season, which is how many #12 has now.

Not all is lost for Ryan and his #8 Eagles.  They now shift their sights to winning out and securing a spot in the ACC championship game, and a BCS bowl berth.  The trek continues tonight at Maryland at 8PM on ABC.

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Last week #12 led the now ranked #3 BC Eagles into South Bend and to a 27-14 victory over Notre Dame.  Ryan completed 32 of 49 passes for 291 yards with 2 TD’s and 1 INT.  For the season, Ryan has completed 192 of 304 passes for 2,148 yards while tossing 17 TD’s to 6 INT’s.

The Eagles get a much needed break this weekend and prepare to travel down to Blacksburg, VA to take on ACC powerhouse Virgina Tech next Thursday, October 25th at 7:30pm.

Also this week, Ryan topped ESPN’s Heisman candidates list, comes in #2 at MSNBC, and still number 3 at scout.com.

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Another week, another big game for #12.  Last week the now ranked #4 BC Eagles crushed Bowling Green University 55-24 at home in Chestnut Hill.

Last week, Ryan completed 24 of 32 passes for 312 and 4 TD’s.  Ryan also had 1 carry for 8 yards and for the second straight week no INT’s.  This puts Ryan’s number for the season at 160 of 255 passes completed for a total of 1857 yards with 15 TD’s and 5 INT’s.  He has logged 1 rushing TD as well.

Matt has also been getting more and more national media hype in the past few weeks and is now a legitimate Heisman hopeful.  MSNBC had #12 ranked 2nd on their Heisman list , ESPN lists Matt 4th, and Foxsports has him listed in their top 5.

This week Ryan leads the #4 ranked BC Eagles into South Bend to play the 1-5 Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.  The game can be seen on NBC at 3:30PMthis Saturday October 13th.  Go Eagles!!!!!

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Last week, Boston College defeated cross-state rival, Bowl Championship Subdivision powerhouse Massachusetts last week 24-14 to improve to 5-0 and moved up to #7 in the AP poll this week.

As for our hero, Matt Ryan, he completed 24 of 42 passes for 204 yards and 1 TD.  For the season, Ryan has completed 136 of 223 for 1,545 yards.  He has thrown 11 TD’s to 5 INT’s and has rushed for another score.

This week #12 and his Eagles take on 3-1 Bowling Green University at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, MA at 12PM.  The game can be seen on ESPN U.

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Matty, Matty, Matty.  Your making this tough for me.  You follow up a great performance against a top team in GT, only to throw 2 picks against Army.  Army????  I know the team had a sluggish first half, and I know you put up some nice numbers regardless, but Heisman trophy winners don’t throw this many INT’s.  OK?  Good talk.

Last week against Army, Ryan completed 32 of 51 passes for 356 yards, throwing 3 TD’s and 2 INT’s.  He also ran for 35 yards and his first rushing TD of the year.

For the season #12 has completed 61.9% of his passes for 1341 yards, 10 TD’s and 5 INT’s.  He also has 20 yards rushing and 1 TD.

Today the number 12 BC Eagles take on FCS #2 ranked UMASS at home in Chestnut Hill at 1PM.

The campaign is in full effect.  The national media is finally taking notice of our #12 after ripping up a very good Georgia Tech defense last Saturday night.

For the season Ryan has completed 77 of 130 passes for 985 yards tossing 7 TD’s against 3 INT’s.

This weekend Matt Ryan and the 14th ranked BC Eagles host Army at 1PM in Chestnut Hill.

ESPN has Matt Ryan listed number 8 on their Heisman watch list.  He was also one of 5 candidates profiled thie week.

Check it out here at ESPN.com

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Well, my boy didn’t make this any easier for me last week, but he did help lead his team to another ACC victory, this one over old coach Tom O’Brien and NC State.

Ryan threw for only 142 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT.  He completed 15 of 32 passes.  Hardly Heisman-esque numbers.

For the season Ryan’s BC Eagles are 2-0 and ranked 21st in the country.  They have a HUGE ACC matchup in Atlanta 8PM Saturday night against the 15th ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.  A solid performance from my boy and maybe I can get a few more of you to jump on the Heisman bandwagon.

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I was talking to my friend Gomer the Homer last week and he was telling me that Boston College QB Matt Ryan will be in the running for this years Heisman Trophy.  At first I disagreed, but then the more I thought about it the more I thought, why not?  This kids got the size, skills and plays in a pro-style offense.  Under his new head coach, Ryan will also be allowed to throw more.

That made me decide to start my campaign.  Matt Ryan for the Heisman Trophy 2008!!!  Each week I will update what our boy Matt did the previous games, as well as updates on the other candidates.

Last week in a win over Wake Forest, Ryan threw for 408 yards, tossing 5 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, completeing 61.5% of his passes.  He was named ACC Offensive player of the Week for week 1.