FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- With a pair of long touchdown passes, Boston College picked up its first victory in almost a year and may have changed its reputation as a run-first offense in the process.Patrick Towles hit former quarterback Jeff Smith on back-to-back, one-play TD drives, and substitute Mike Knoll connected on a pair of field goals on Saturday as the Eagles beat Massachusetts 26-7 for their first win in 10 games.BC was trailing 7-0 late in the second quarter when Towles, taking over at the UMass 46-yard line, found Smith on the first play of the drive. After the Minutemen fumbled at their own 36, Towles again hit Smith on the first play to give the Eagles the lead for good.Totally turned the game around, BC coach Steve Addazio said. Now we have the ability to go and strike it (big).BC has long been known as a rushing team, sending backs like Heisman Trophy finalist Andre Williams to the NFL, along with enough run-blockers to staff a couple of offensive lines. But when Addazio saw UMass trying to crowd the line of scrimmage to take away the ground game, he decided it was time to go for it.People dont expect those shots on first down, especially from us, said Towles, who completed 12 of 22 passes for 191 yards for the Eagles (1-1) and also ran 12 times for 66 yards. Well take that.Smith had five catches for 98 yards, and Jon Hilliman ran 22 times for 54 yards and a 15-yard touchdown for BC, which last won on Sept. 25, 2015, against Northern Illinois. The Eagles lost their final eight games last season and their opener last week, 17-14 to Georgia Tech in Ireland.You need to enjoy the wins, Addazio said. This is a tough game, a tough business were all in. This easily could have been a different scenario, when youre coming off what we came off of.Colton Lichtenberg missed a pair of short field goals last week; Addazio said he was unavailable on Saturday because of a strain in his kicking leg. Knoll, who had been used exclusively in kickoffs, missed his first point-after attempt but converted the second time to make it 13-7.He added third-quarter field goals of 40 and 37 yards.Its unfortunate Colton went down, Knoll said. But hell be back and well all be kicking lights out.UMass (0-2) put a scare into No. 25 Florida last week, trailing just 10-7 into the fourth quarter. Returning to their sometime home at Gillette Stadium, the Minutemen took a 7-0 lead on a 58-yard pass from Ross Comis to Adam Breneman late in the first quarter.Comis went 11 of 28 for 145 yards and a touchdown. But he also had a pair of first-half fumbles and threw an interception in the third quarter; the turnovers led to 10 BC points.I can give you the old adage, `Ill look at the tape. But, yeah, he lost the game, UMass coach Mark Whipple said. As the quarterback, you dont like to lose. Weve only got two touchdowns in two games.NICE TO BE HEREWith BCs kicking troubles the past few years, Knoll was one of the players requested to the postgame interview area.Yeah, you dont get called up very often. Its good, Knoll said, breaking into a smile. Thanks for bringing me in.Reminded that a kicker is usually asked to speak after missing a field goal, he said: Yeah, thats true. Thats the life we chose.SETTLE DOWNThe Eagles trailed 7-0 and had just 55 total yards in the opening quarter. The touchdowns 84 seconds apart in the second quarter helped the offense relax, Smith said.Being down, that was a real surprise, he said. But I think scoring those two touchdowns quick, really picked (us) up and helped the defense, too. 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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian is sore, but he said Wednesday he is feeling better than when he left this past Sundays victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a left shoulder injury. Siemian said he believes he will play on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons.I think so, I think thats the way Ill go into it, Siemian said. ... I think were all getting ready to play.Siemian left Sundays 27-7 victory over the Buccaneers just before halftime with the injury, which is to his non-throwing shoulder, and did not return. Siemian was evaluated by the Broncos medical staff Monday. He has received treatment each day this week.The Broncos held Siemian out of Wednesdays practice -- he didnt throw during any of the open period -- but he did take part in the teams walk-through portions of the on-field work. Rookie Paxton Lynch worked with the starting offense in practice. Lynch would get the start against the Falcons if Siemian cant play.Following Wednesdays practice, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said Siemian will be re-evaluated Thursday before a decision is made about how much Siemian will practice. Kubiak also said Siemian has a good enough understanding of the offense that if Kubiak chose to, the coach could even wait until Sunday to determine whether Siemian can play.Id take it all the way to game day, Kubiak said. I trust Trevor, he knows exactly what were doing, hes very bright, hes on top of everything [Wednesday], hes a part oof the walk-throughs and everything were doing .dddddddddddd.. well just see where he is physically. I think hes progressing well.Siemian suffered the injury when he was sacked by Buccaneers defensive tackle Clinton McDonald just before halftime. To make the tackle, McDonald swung Siemian around and tossed him down directly on the left shoulder.Siemian could throw with the injury, but there is some question about his ability to protect himself with his left arm and what would happen, at least at this point in the week, if he landed on the shoulder in a game.Siemian had his first career 300-yard passing game in a Week 3 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. He was 5-of-7 for 68 yards and a touchdown at the time of Sundays injury.[Im] better than I was [Tuesday], Siemian said. I feel pretty good right now, and Im just taking it one day at a time.Its still early in the week, and hopefully I can just continue to get better.Including the playoffs and the Super Bowl, the Broncos have won their past nine games. They have used four quarterbacks in those nine games: Peyton Manning, Brock Osweiler, Siemian and Lynch.Were confident in anybody we have back there, said Denver running back C.J. Anderson.For the season, the Broncos have won all four of Siemians starts. He has thrown for 824 yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions. ' ' '
