BOSTON (AP) Boston College safety Ryan Glasper remembers all too well last year's game against Wake Forest and the decision he made to go for a late interception instead of breaking up a pass.<br>
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``I hate it when people bring it up,'' he said as the 14th-ranked Eagles prepared for Saturday's game against Wake Forest. ``For me, this game has been circled on my calendar for some time now. ... This week, it's time for me to let go.''<br>
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The Demon Deacons beat BC 17-14 last year when Cory Randolph hit Willie Idlette for his first career touchdown reception, a 40-yard catch with 69 seconds left. Glasper was in position to tackle the receiver, but dived for the ball.<br>
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``I felt I could make the pick,'' he said. ``I missed by a few inches in a game of inches.''<br>
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Boston College (5-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) has a chance to end its two-game losing streak against Wake Forest (2-4, 1-2) and become bowl-eligible for a school record seventh consecutive season. The Eagles are the only team in the nation to have won bowl games in each of the last five years.<br>
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The Demon Deacons are playing a ranked team on the road for the second consecutive week. They're coming off a 41-24 loss to No. 4 Florida State.<br>
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Wake Forest has lost five consecutive games against ranked opponents. They've played well against BC, but Deacons coach Jim Grobe is wary of the Eagles.<br>
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``I think they look at us and feel like we're lucky to have beaten them the last couple of times,'' he said. ``I think they feel like if they keep doing what they're doing and aren't unlucky, they'll be OK.<br>
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``For all intents and purposes, the last couple of times we have won, we have been lucky.''<br>
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But if Boston College is dwelling on the past, it's the more recent past. The Eagles are still angry about a late hit on defensive star Mathias Kiwanuka in last week's victory over Virginia.<br>
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``We've lost to these guys the last two years,'' offensive lineman Jeremy Trueblood said of Wake. ``I don't think we need any more motivation.''<br>
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Kiwanuka, the ACC's preseason defensive player of the year, was ejected for retaliating in the third quarter of the Virginia game and is almost certain to miss Saturday's contest with a sprained medial collateral ligament. Jake Ottolini will fill in for him on the defensive line as he did last week when BC rallied from a 14-7 deficit to beat Virginia 28-17.<br>
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``If anything, it gave us a little spark, a little boost. We just took it to them in the second half,'' linebacker Ray Henderson said. ``But we can't let that be the only reason we get fired up. We have to bring that same type of energy and emotion to the game from the beginning.''<br>
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Quarterback Quinton Porter will be back after missing games against Clemson and Ball State with a sprained ankle. Porter redshirted last year but played in the 32-28 loss in '03, when Wake Forest scored 20 points in the fourth quarter, including the game-winning touchdown with 1:47 left.<br>
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``Probably I'm not supposed to say this, but I've still got some hard feelings from that still,'' Porter said. ``We know they beat us twice, and it all came down to the end of the game. So we should just try to get up on them by three touchdowns early.''<br>
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BC coach Tom O'Brien took away the place-kicking duties from Ryan Ohliger, who missed three tries on Saturday and also missed three times in last year's loss to Wake Forest. Walk-on Will Troost will kick field goals and extra points, and Ohliger will kick off.<br>
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The Demon Deacons will be without cornerback Kevin Patterson, who had an appendectomy Tuesday and could miss up to three weeks. Riley Swanson, who played in all 23 games the past two seasons, probably will replace him.<br>
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