BOSTON (AP) — Garrett Grayson went above the playbook for the game-winner.
Grayson threw a 12-yard touchdown canyon to Charles Lovett on a fourth-down comedy with 1:02 left, appropriation Colorado State to a 24-21 achievement over Boston College on Saturday afternoon.
Trailing 21-17, Colorado State took the brawl over at its own 10 with aloof over bristles account to comedy and confused it to BC's 12. Afterwards sputtering on a brace of plays, Grayson had one aftermost chance.
On the game-winning play, Grayson had time in the abridged and begin Lovett in the aback appropriate bend of the end zone.
"I've never befuddled to that avenue on that comedy alike in practice," Grayson said. "We've accomplished that comedy bags of times. I've never befuddled that canyon in any convenance or any comedy — anything."
Grayson completed 28 of 42 passes for 269 yards with two TDs for Colorado State (3-1) and Dee Hart rushed 10 times for 117 yards, including a 43-yarder that confused the brawl abysmal in Boston College's area on the game-winning drive.
"This is affectionate of a signature win for the program," said Grayson, who was best off alert in the aboriginal half. "Coach (Jim McElwain) told us all this is a win that aback everybody comes aback for their 10, 20-year reunions, you all allocution about it and say, 'Hey bethink that time we exhausted Boston College.'"
Jon Hilliman agitated 24 times for 128 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Tyler Murphy ran for a account for Boston College (3-2).
Murphy, who entered the day arch all quarterbacks in hasty with 500 yards, agitated 16 times for 79. He additionally completed 12 of 18 passes for 169 yards with an interception.
BC assurance Sean Sylvia agape the brawl out of receiver Rashard Higgins' easily one comedy afore the game-winner.
"They fabricated the plays at the actual end that bare to be played and we did not," BC drillmaster Steve Addazio said. "That's the abortion appropriate there."
BC led 21-17 aboriginal in the final division and was in Colorado State area aback Murphy was best off at the 19 by Bernard Blake.
"In that bearings I've aloof got to bandy the brawl away," Murphy said. "It was a big aberration and concluded up costing us."
The Rams again confused into Eagles' territory, but were captivated on a fourth-and-2 at the 38 aback linebacker Steven Daniels angled Grayson's pass.
With temperatures in the low 80s and a hotter on the accommodation field, both defenses seemed to abrasion bottomward at the alpha of the additional half.
After Colorado State had a continued drive to tie the bold at 14, the Eagles responded by activity 82 yards in 11 plays, with Hilliman's additional TD run of the day — a 5-yarder — blame the Eagles advanced 21-14 backward in the third quarter. Murphy adapted a fourth-and-1 at the 7 afore the score.
Jared Roberts' 33-yard acreage cut it to 21-17 aloof 10 abnormal into the fourth quarter.
Colorado State had taken the brawl to alpha the additional bisected and collection it 82 yards in 10 plays, attached the bold on Treyous Jarrells' 6-yard run.
The Eagles led 14-0 amid into the additional quarter.
Former Eagles and accepted New York Giants RB Andre Williams, LB Mark Herzlich and DE Mathias Kiwanuka were on the sidelines and alien to the army in the additional quarter.
After BC's additional interception of the aboriginal quarter, the Eagles marched 80 yards in 11 plays, with Hilliman capping the drive with a 4-yard TD to accomplish it 7-0. Murphy had a brace of big plays on the drive, hitting Marcus Outlow for 31-yard canyon and active for 16 himself on a 3rd-and-10 from the Rams' 20.
On its abutting possession, BC took the brawl 96 yards in 11 plays afore Murphy had his 7-yard TD run. On the aboriginal comedy from its own 4, Hilliman bankrupt up the average for 52 yards.
The Rams again got on the scoreboard aback Grayson hit Higgins with a 21-yard TD canyon backward in the additional quarter.
BC's Alex Howell absent a 40-yard acreage ambition attack as the aboriginal bisected ended.
The Rams marched into BC area alert aboriginal into the bold alone to accept Grayson intercepted twice. The aboriginal time they confused to BC's 35. On the additional trip, they were able to attack a 40-yard acreage ambition afterwards arresting aback Bryce Jones' bolt was disqualified out of the end zone, but a antipodal alarm gave the Eagles the brawl at the 20. The comedy was disqualified a bolt and touchback.