Considering Ohio State’s Urban Meyer is always a phone call away, Boston College coach Steve Addazio figured the best way to get a read on a Northern Illinois team that put a very real scare into the defending national champions was to call the Buckeyes coach for the first-person skinny. The Huskies walked into the Horseshoe last weekend as a five-touchdown underdog and nearly walked out with the biggest upset of the season, finally falling, 20-13. Continue reading below Since that same team would now be the Eagles’ problem this weekend at Alumni Stadium, Addazio figured Meyer might have some advice on how to handle it. He asked Meyer, “Hey, give me a little bit of your insight on this team you just played.” Meyer was as nice as he could be. But his team was bursting at the seams with talent and Northern Illinois held it to one offensive touchdown and just 298 total yards. Meanwhile, the Eagles are reeling after the loss of starting quarterback Darius Wade to a season-ending ankle injury. Meyer told Addazio, “You better buckle it up, guy.” Addazio replied to the honest assessment the only way he could, “Appreciate that very much.” With the loss of Wade, a matchup with Northern Illinois that once seemed like one last warm-up before the Atlantic Coast Conference schedule is now more worrisome than the Eagles thought. “They’re really good,” Addazio said of Northern Illinois (2-1). “[Meyer] said they’re really tough, they’re physical, they’re good, they’re well coached, they’re veteran, they’re a good football team.” The proof was in the game film. Northern Illinois squeezed five turnovers out of the Buckeyes, including two picks of starting quarterback Cardale Jones and another by backup J.T. …
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