While attending BC games I’ve had conversation with people they don’t like but don’t disagree.
If Boston College could keep the top New England talent in the region they would be a very competitive ACC program. The year Vanderbilt won the CWS their #1, #2, closer and cleanup hitter were all from Massachusetts. A few years previous when Vanderbilt should have won it all they had five position starters from New England. Tim Corbin is from New Hampshire. Through his contacts none of the premier talent escapes his recruiting eye.
For the most part the top talent in New England heads south in the ACC. At BC games I often meet dads whose kids came to see the ACC recruiting team them, not BC.
The net is the top tier New England talent mostly heads south. The top tier southern talent doesn’t want to come north. BC gets the second tier New Englanders and southerners not recruited by other ACC programs who want to play in the ACC.
About ten years ago BC scored big with late bloomers. Tony Pena, a catcher from Miami developed into the 4th pick in the draft. Another pitcher developed into a first round pick. Other pitchers blossomed. BC came within a game of the ACC championship.
More recently three late bloomer pitchers nearly pitched BC into the CWS. They went on a late season tear to separate from being a .500 team. They swept the Oxford region and took Miami to three games in the Super series. Their starting pitchers were drafted in the first, sixth and eight rounds. Two of the three were called up (MLB) late last season.
But most seasons BC doesn’t compete well in the ACC and beats the crap out of inferior New England non conference competition to get near or to .500 for the season. The only competition at their level in New England is UConn (AAC).
BC recently opened a big time indoor facility. It will likely help football recruiting. It may help baseball. But it doesn’t improve the weather. BC doesn’t play home games until April. It’s often cold. Opening the season with five or six weeks on the road is a difficult way to start the season.