(Editor's note: Miami wide receiver André King, a junior, will file a weekly diary with ESPN.com throughout the season. For more on Miami, visit the Hurricanes' official athletic site.)

Oct. 25, 1999

WOW!! What a comeback in Chestnut Hill (Miami fought a 28-point deficit for a 31-28 victory over Boston College). It does not get any more exciting than that. We had our fans, coaches and ourselves on a triple-loop roller-coaster ride. Trust me, that is not how we planned it, but fortunately it worked out for the better in the end.

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I mentioned that Boston College always plays us tough in its own backyard, and Saturday was a prime example. In a blur it was 28-0, and we didn't know what hit us. We could contribute the slow start to the two bye weeks that we have had, because if a team is not playing consistently week in and week out, it loses some of the continuity of game-speed situations. However, we also have to tip our hats to BC. The Eagles came out storming and took advantage of that and took the early lead.

Trailing 21-0 at halftime, we were a little shell-shocked, but we still knew if we made the proper adjustment that we would be fine. It was a matter of just not beating ourselves. We shot ourselves in the foot numerous times with penalties and simply by not executing offensively. I personally contributed to the sputter, with a failure to catch a deep pass that would have put our offense in great field position in the first half. Give BC credit, but we did a lot to hold ourselves back as well.

In the end, it was our highly-criticized kicker, Andy Crosland, who put the final cherry on the cake to win the game. However, let us not forget the great plays from Kenny Kelly, Reggie Wayne, William Joseph, Santana Moss, James Jackson and the ENTIRE offensive line as a major contributing factor as well.

After all that, we are 1-0 in the Big East and off and running. We finally get to come home and play in front of the home fans. This week, we face off with another conference opponent, the West Virginia Mountaineers -- another good football team that has played us tough in the past.

Many of 'Canes fans might remember two years ago when they came from behind to beat us in the Orange Bowl. So this team has always given us a battle.

One of the reasons could be that they have a lot of South Miami players on their team, so they feel that they have something to prove in front of their families. This and all the other reasons, such as Big East supremacy, figures to make this a hard-hitting contest.

Hopefully, now we are back into a routine, no more Hurricane-force winds that will cancel games. Hopefully, we can get on a roll and have a snowball effect in these games. Because now that we are finally under way in the Big East schedule, we must compete harder each and every week to give ourselves a chance when it is all said and done.

To all the 'Canes fans who read my diary each week here locally, come on out and support us this week against the Mountaineers. We're going to need your support.