Notre Dame Vs. Boston College: Scouting The Enemy, Part II

SB Nation’s BC Interruption and Rakes of Mallow discuss Saturday’s game. Next up: Boston College’s iffy quarterbacks dilemma.

I imagine we have to start with the quarterback situation. Dave Shinskie is out; can you tell us about the two guys vying to replace him? I have nightmares of the freshman Chase Rettig starting and besting the Irish in the most dramatic way imaginable, but as one of my friends put it, “If this guy couldn’t beat out Shinskie, how good could he be?” I’m going to stay cautious. What should we expect from the Eagle quarterback, whoever it may be?
Jeff: Well, Chase Rettig didn’t honestly have the opportunity to beat out Shinskie. The coaching staff was planning on redshirting him all the way this year. That statement applies much more to Mike Marscovetra. Even though Shinskie had the leg up by being the incumbent and originally being recruited as the expected starter for Coach Spaz, Marscovetra clearly never blatantly outperformed Shinskie on a regular basis in practice and scrimmages to get some more playing time. Expect Rettig to start and if he can keep his nerves in check expect him to make some plays since your defense will be playing run just like everyone else has been the last two seasons.