Countdown to Kickoff - Notre Dame - Boston College Athletics

It's the 24^th edition of the Holy War as Boston College gets set to welcome Notre Dame to Alumni Stadium today for a national televised showdown.

Both teams are coming off of their first losses of the season, with ND (1-1) entering the fray after falling to 13th-ranked Georgia, 20-19, spilling the then 24^th-ranked Irish from the national polls

The Eagles (1-1) suffered a more rigid defeat at the hands of Wake Forest, 34-10, in which they turned the ball over four times to lead to 21 points for Wake Forest.

It's been two years since these two Catholic institutions locked horns and BC, who have lost five straight games in the series, sees it as a prime time chance to prove that last week was an anomaly.

"This is a great opportunity for us to show all the work we put in this offseason," said All-American senior defensive end Harold Landry. "They have a talented quarter back, a talented offensive line, but I think we'll be ready for them. We've been grinding at it with the film and giving all the looks possible at practice this week. I think we'll have a great game plan for them."

Originally scheduled as a noon kickoff, this stoic matchup was bumped to 3:30 p.m. ET after Hurricane Irma postponed the Florida State-Miami game, with Steve Levy on the play-by-play, Brian Griese on color analysis and Todd McShay working the sidelines.

The BC IMG Sports Network provides your local radio broadcast on WEEI 850 AM and nationally on TuneIn, Sirius channel 81 and XM channel 81, as Jon Meterparel, "The Voice of the Eagles," calls the plays, accompanied by Pete Cronan (color) and Scott Mutryn (sideline).

What they're saying

"I think they play really hard on defense, even more so than I remember two years ago. On offense, they have a quarterback that can beat you with his feet. We've played two of them already like that. I think he's a hell of a player. I know him. I think that he's really good. I think the challenges posed to us are taking care of the football on offense and making the plays that are very available to be made. On defense, don't give up those big hits. We've given a couple of hits up but overall, have played really, really well. But we have to eliminate those plays that move the chains and keep drives alive." – BC head coach Steve Addazio

"Scot Loeffler, I have a great deal of respect for what he does offensively. Freshman quarterback who is very, very talented. I think they've added a lot of speed at the wide receiver position, size at running back. Again, it's a team that is committed to playing a lot faster. They play with tempo. We'll have to work on it this week. – Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly

"This week is huge. BC-Notre Dame has been a really good game in the past few years, and in history. I was really excited to find out we were playing Notre Dame when I was first getting recruited here. This is going to be big game. We have to fight. They're definitely going to come here and fight, they're going to give us their all. We're going to have to give our all." – BC quarterback Anthony Brown

"It's definitely a great challenge. BC has a great defense and they're going to have a lot of things ready for us. We're Notre Dame and we expect everybody to throw their best shot at us. There's nothing, other than that, that you can really prepare for. We're going to play our hearts out." – Notre Dame captain, tackle Mike McGlinchy

Countdown to kickoff

10…The number of catches made from both Kobay White and Michael Walker this season, a team high.

9…The number of times in the first 23 prior meetings of the Holy War in which the game was won by four or less points.

8…The number of times that a game in the Holy War series has been decided by 14 or more points.

7…Junior PK Colton Lichtenberg is a perfect 7-for-7 on kicks this season; four field goals and three PATs.

6…The longest winning streak of the series, held by BC, who rattled off six straight over ND from 2001 through 2008.

5…Walker has also returned five kicks and five punts, His 146 yards on punt returns is 18^th highest in the nation.

4…The number of times that the Eagles have defeated the Fighting Irish at Alumni Stadium, in nine games played between the two.

3…The margin of victory for Notre Dame in the 2015 meeting between the two schools, held at Fenway Park, with the Irish hosting as part of their ongoing Shamrock Series.

2…The Eagles at 2-for-4 on fourth down conversions this season.

1...The number of turnovers for the BC defense this season, a Lukas Denis interception versus NIU.

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