Boston College ruins Hawkins’ last game at Boise

? Boston College was offended watching a simple pregame banquet turn into a rally for its opponent.

The No. 19 Eagles got even by spoiling Dan Hawkins’ last game at Boise State and ending the nation’s longest home winning streak.

Matthew Ryan threw three first-half touchdown passes, and Ryan Glasper intercepted Jared Zabransky’s pass in the end zone with 37 seconds left as Boston College held on for a 27-21 victory Wednesday in the MPC Computers Bowl.

“We go to a banquet that turns into a pep rally; I didn’t have to say anything to this team. I ought to thank the mayor and the people of Boise for getting this team ready to play,” Boston College coach Tom O’Brien said. “There wasn’t anything I had to do to get this team ready.”

The Eagles (9-3) extended the nation’s longest bowl winning streak to six and snapped Boise State’s 31-game home winning streak. BC’s last bowl loss was to Colorado in the 1999 Insight Bowl, and Boise State’s last home loss was in 2001 – a 41-20 loss to Washington State.

The game was Hawkins’ last with the Broncos (9-4), who failed to win 10 games for the first time since 2001. He’s headed to Colorado after signing a five-year contract worth $900,000 per year on Dec. 16 – with the stipulation that he be allowed to coach Boise State in the bowl game.