Article: Defense forced to come up with play

One way or another, Boston College's defense was going to learn something. The teachable moment came at the end of yesterday's 27- 24 overtime victory against Wake Forest when the Eagles were left with 4 yards of turf to defend.

In that desperate moment, BC looked very much like a defeated team. The defense had allowed Wake Forest quarterback Riley Skinner to rally the Demon Deacons for a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes of 12 and 16 yards that erased a 24-10 deficit and sent the game into OT.

Things looked bleak in OT when Skinner answered a 23-yard Steve Aponavicius field goal by driving the Deacons to the BC 4 in four plays. It pushed the Eagles to the brink of what would have been ...

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