It didn’t take this dismal season for Boston College coach Frank Spaziani to understand how things work. He had coached long enough to know that if he could find ways for the Eagles to win games, then the team’s problems would seem small. If he lost, all the problems would be supersized.

The Eagles are 2-8 after falling to Notre Dame Saturday, 21-6, with two games left in a painfully futile season, and their issues are magnified with each loss.