Crowd noise was being pumped through the speakers to help the Spartans prepare for the next challenge, which will be Saturday night at Boston College. It will also serve as the annual “Red Bandanna Game” for the Eagles, honoring university alumnus Welles Crowther, a hero who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Boston College HC BIll O’Brien has turned around the program in short order, grinding out games with a punishing 81% run rate on standard downs (4th in FBS). While BC doesn’t ask 5’9/196 dynamo QB Tommy Castellanos to throw much,