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 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - It's fitting that Boston College's bizarre month would end with an improbable finish that made a hero out of a walk-on kicker. Steve Aponavicius kicked a career-best 37-yard field goal on the final play and the 23rd-ranked Eagles beat the Midshipmen 25-24 in the Meineke Bowl to extend the nation's current longest bowl-winning streak to seven.
"What they had to overcome and all the adversity," interim coach Frank Spaziani said. "No one asked about Navy. Everyone was talking about the situation."
"The situation" was former coach Tom O'Brien's stunning decision three weeks ago to leave BC for Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina State. Green Bay offensive coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski was hired to replace him, but won't join the team until the Packers' season is over.
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