After three long weeks on the road in two states and two countries, the Boston College football team opens a four-game homestand against an FCS team in Wagner.

Yet, as other FBS teams have learned this season, playing an FCS team at home is no cinch victory. And the Eagles need this victory Saturday at Alumni Stadium to even approach the possibility of being bowl eligible.

Wagner is not exactly FCS power North Dakota State, having been projected to finish last in the Northeast Conference, but the Seahawks, from Staten Island, N.Y., are 2-0 after victories over Saint Anselm and Concordia (Mich.) and may provide some early resistance. Running back Denzel Knight is averaging 9 yards per carry as the Seahawks have scored 76 points in their first two games.

And the Eagles, coming off a 49-0 shellacking at the hands of Virginia Tech, aren’t in a position to look past any opponent.

“Our whole thing is real simple,’’ BC coach Steve Addazio said. “It’s about BC. It’s about us and our development. We had a great week of practice. We really focused on playing fast, playing physical and our fundamentals. I thought our fundamentals got away from us last Saturday in that environment we were in. We’re young. We were playing 11 freshmen and sophomore on offense. I just want to get back to playing fast.’’

BC (1-2) mustered just 124 yards of total offense and six first downs against the Hokies, and the emphasis has been to try to play a more up-tempo offensive style — a change from the team’s previously ground-oriented past. Kentucky graduate transfer Patrick Towles has passed for 415 yards in the first three games and rushed for 110, including a touchdown.

One of Towles’s passing targets has been redshirt sophomore tight end Tommy Sweeney, who had two receptions for 30 yards against Virginia Tech. Sweeney, from Addazio’s first recruiting class, caught just five balls last year and has prepared himself for a larger role.

Sweeney said there is a concerted effort from the youngsters on this team to bring Boston College football back to respectability with the program having gone 4-11 in its last 15 games.

“Our whole class, we’ve got a lot of guys who have been playing a lot, we’ve all kind of come together,’’ Sweeney said. “Even the older guys are helping bring us along. I definitely think our class, being the first Addazio class, is using that to try to turn it around.’’

After a difficult season-opening loss to Georgia Tech in Dublin, Ireland, the Eagles bounced back with a solid win over UMass. BC was expected to be much more competitive in its conference road opener, but was decisively beaten last Saturday, perhaps conjuring up painful memories from last season.

“It’s definitely tough, it stays with you but you have to do your best to put it behind you and you have a chip on your shoulder because of it,’’ Sweeney said about the Virginia Tech loss. “Once we come back out here, we’re in Wagner mode for this week.’’

Addazio said he was encouraged by the week of practice and urged his team to regain its confidence and swagger.

“When you look at what really happened in the game, it just kind of got away from us,’’ he said. “It was one of those games where we really got in a buzzsaw environment and we had some real negative-momentum things go against us. I said to the team, and I feel the same way today, we played a poor game. They played a great game.

“The key for your season is how well you can recover, and rebound and grow and don’t let that setback become worse than it is. I told our team, 24 hours ago we felt great about where our progress was, now 24 hours [later] we’re going to feel terrible? Twenty four hours doesn’t change 26 practices. That’s the mind-set.’’

Gary Washburn can be reached at gwashburn@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GwashburnGlobe.