Boston College accidentally runs out clock in loss to Wake Forest

But the game didn’t end until after the clock expired as Boston College, which was out of timeouts, was trying to spike the ball from the 1-yard line to set up either a game-tying kick attempt or a shot at a touchdown.

“We’ve got a lot of new pieces in there and continual shuffling of bodies due to injuries is unsettling, so we are not getting the continuity we need to be an execution offense”, coach Steve Addazio said Monday. The ball was recovered by Justin Simmons on the Wake 11 with 56 seconds left. Wake Forest almost upset Florida State last weekend but fell by a 24-16 final score, leaving the Demon Deacons with a 2-3 record for the year and now looking to rebound today on the road. “Really a great, great defensive game”.

BC freshman kicker Colton Lichtenberg, who missed a late field that left his team with a 9-7 loss at Duke the previous week, missed from 31 and 26 yards – one in each half – to keep the Eagles scoreless. The Eagles (3-3, 0-3) have lost three straight.

Points might be at a premium Saturday when Boston College brings the nation’s top-ranked defense into a meeting with visiting Wake Forest for a matchup of last-place teams in the ACC Atlantic Division.

Demon Deacons played Florida State tough last week, but have yet to register a win over a BCS-conference school, with losses coming against Indiana and Syracuse this season.

Wake Forest won despite gaining 142 total yards and picking up just five first downs in the game. Absolutely, but, you know, with our outfit right now, that was the right logic, the right judgment and that I stand by completely. It didn’t work out, so it’s on me. After losing two yards, the Demon Deacons settled for Weaver’s decisive field goal.

The play did fail – and so did the Eagles’ strategy.

Weaver was wide right on his 43-yard try midway into the second.

The teams traded interceptions about a minute apart near midfield early in the second, but both sides failed to get into field-goal range as a result.

Wake Forest is America’s best team at winning horrific football disasters. The Eagles travel to No. 6 Clemson.