Boston School goals to drop No. 10 Florida State to 0-2

One group will open a brand new period whereas the opposite will look to bounce again from a season-opening loss when Boston School travels to No. 10 and defending Atlantic Coast Convention champion Florida State for a Labor Day showdown.

The Monday night time recreation marks Boston School’s season opener and its first recreation underneath head coach Invoice O’Brien. Florida State (0-1, 0-1 ACC), in the meantime, returns stateside and to Tallahassee after a 24-21 loss to Georgia Tech in its Week 0 recreation final Saturday in Dublin.

Seminoles coach Mike Norvell stated he hopes his group can enhance after the “sickening” feeling of dropping on a walk-off subject aim in Eire, although DJ Uiagalelei main a game-tying drive within the fourth quarter left motive for optimism trying forward.

“I am excited and grateful for the chance to reply. All people’s dissatisfied in arising brief,” Norvell stated. “We have to go play higher. It begins with me. It is my job to guarantee that in all issues that we’re doing, come Monday night time, our greatest soccer reveals up.”

Uiagalelei, a redshirt senior who beforehand performed at Clemson and Oregon State, was 19-for-27 passing for 193 yards within the opener. He transformed on two fourth-down performs throughout the closing drive.

Defensively, the Seminoles held Georgia Tech to 146 passing yards. Shyheim Brown earned ACC Defensive Again of the Week honors after totaling a career-high 13 tackles within the opener.

One other cellular quarterback is on the horizon for Florida State’s protection in Thomas Castellanos, who turned the fifth ACC sign caller since 1996 to submit 2,000 passing and 1,000 dashing yards throughout Boston School’s 7-6 season that ended with a Fenway Bowl win over new ACC foe SMU.

“It will take all hats (to comprise the Castellanos-led offense),” Norvell stated.

Castellanos threw for 305 yards and ran for 96 extra in opposition to Florida State final season. The Eagles’ 31-29 loss on Sept. 16 — which noticed them rating 19 unanswered factors earlier than falling simply brief — was their fifth straight within the head-to-head sequence, however 4 of these have been determined by seven factors or much less.

The Seminoles have received 9 straight dwelling video games.

However the Eagles suppose issues could be completely different this yr.

Led by Castellanos, Boston School averaged 199.5 yards per recreation final season.

Additionally among the many group’s 15 returning starters are Castellanos’ high goal within the move recreation, Lewis Bond (646 yards) and tackler Kam Arnold (66 whole tackles).

Monday, although, begins a brand new season and O’Brien’s tenure with the Eagles.

“There’s undoubtedly slightly bit extra pleasure within the air, slightly bit extra of a second wind (getting into recreation week),” O’Brien stated. “These guys have labored arduous. … We’re excited in regards to the alternative. We all know Florida State is an excellent group, nice teaching employees, nice crowd.”

O’Brien welcomes in 10 switch newcomers, together with an thrilling receiver and kick returner in Jayden McGowan from Vanderbilt.

What definitely hasn’t modified is that Castellanos will probably be a focus of the Eagles’ plans.

“He is put numerous work into this and he is a a lot improved participant,” O’Brien stated. “We’re undoubtedly going to let Tommy be Tommy. … He is a really instinctive participant. He is gotten higher within the passing recreation. We wish him to play a clear recreation and simply make good choices for the group.”

O’Brien has 32 years of school and NFL expertise. The previous head coach of the Houston Texans and at Penn State, he was Invoice Belichick’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach with the New England Patriots final season and had been employed for a similar function at Ohio State earlier than shifting to Boston School in February.

–Subject Stage Media