The Holy War!

Notre Dame vs. Boston College. Some call it the Holy War. Others call it the Jesuit Invitational, others still the Celtic Bowl. But no matter what you call it, you have to recognize that the BC-ND game is one of the most highly anticipated football games in the season for many college sports fans because it pits the only two Catholic universities who field Division I, BCS football teams against each other. They’ve been playing one another since the mid 1970s, but nowadays the series is only semi annual. Here at Wikipedia you can see the year-by-year breakdown of results. Boston College has won the last five straight games, including last year, when BC beat the Irish 27-14 in South Bend.

This time around the Irish will travel to Boston for the Holy War. BC is coming off two straight losses entering the game, having been creamed by North Carolina two weeks ago, and narrowly losing to Clemson last weekend. BC is unranked in the AP or other polls, but most of the sports media outlets who rank teams past 25 put Boston College within the top 50. Notre Dame will have their work cut out for them, and most everyone expects that this will be a great game.

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