​CHESTNUT HILL, MA – NOVEMBER 24: Boston College Eagles quarterback Thomas Castellanos (1) throws a pass an avoids a tackle by Miami Hurricanes defensive lineman Thomas Gore (59) during the college football game between Miami Hurricanes and Boston College Eagles on November 24, 2023, at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, MA. (Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images There is no team on Miami’s schedule that means less on paper and could mean everything psychologically than Boston College, who arrives at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday, November 28 for the regular-season finale. By the time the Eagles land in South Florida for Thanksgiving weekend, the Hurricanes will, in all likelihood, have already wrapped up their spot in the ACC Championship, locked a playoff berth, and be sitting somewhere in the top five of the national rankings. This isn’t a game Miami needs. It’s a game Miami has to survive on the way to the games that actually matter.That combination – a loaded, battle-tested juggernaut hosting a rebuilding two-win team trying to survive the Blake James era, with the ACC title game and a potential CFP No. 1 seed looming – should make this one of the more comfortable conference game days of Miami’s season. Expect the starters to play a half, maybe a quarter into the third, before Mario Cristobal turns the keys over to the backups to get run for the stretch. But this is also Boston College, on Thanksgiving weekend, in a series with just enough baggage that Miami fans won’t fully exhale until the clock hits zero.From Rock Bottom, Another ReconstructionBoston College’s 2025 season was, by any measure, a disaster. The Eagles finished 2-10, ranked 85th nationally in total offense and 123rd in total defense, and needed to beat FCS Fordham in Week 1 and Syracuse in the season finale just to avoid a winless campaign that included blowout losses to SMU, Pitt, Louisville, and UConn. That said, the season included some competitive edge with a 42-40 double-overtime loss to Michigan State, a 36-34 heartbreaker against Georgia Tech, a 25-10 loss to Notre Dame which remained a one score game until the fourth quarter, and a 28-24 loss to California.Bill O’Brien, entering his third season at The Heights, responded the way most desperate coaches do in the portal era: he blew the roster up. BC brought in a mid-year dual-threat transfer quarterback in Mason McKenzie from Division II Saginaw Valley State, where he threw for 4,301 yards and ran for 1,673 more over his career – good enough to be named GLIAC Player of the Year. Ever since Matt Ryan was selected third overall in the 2008 NFL Draft, the QB room has been an unfortunate revolving door including the likes of Chase Rettig, Phil Jurkovec, Tommy Castellanos, and Dylan Longeran.O’Brien is taking over play-calling duties himself, while defensive coordinator Ted Roof, a former Duke head coach, was brought in to overhaul a defen