O'Brien likes 'BC rule'
They're calling it the "BC rule" - the one that the Atlantic Coast Conference instituted for the 2006 season that should prevent what happened to Boston College last December from happening again.
The Eagles, who finished in a tie for first in the Atlantic Division, were sent out to Boise, Idaho, for the MPC Computers Bowl, after several teams that it had bettered in the conference standings were given more attractive bowl matchups.
BC coach Tom O'Brien is understandably pleased to see the new rule - which more rigidly ties bowl bids to the conference standings - take effect.
"I think all along that we felt that it should be decided on the field, by what you do on the field," O'Brien said on the "ACC Nation" radio show last week.
"If you beat teams on the field, and they finish lower than you, they should not be rewarded with a higher-profile bowl game than the one that you're sent to," O'Brien said.
"Obviously, we're happy with this," O'Brien said.
- Chris Graham