Hah well theres a difference between a college town and a college sports town...BU, Harvard, and MIT just aren't major sports contenders. BC is somewhat in basketball, but I'm not sure about football.
But I'm somewhat bias---I'm still pissed about BC's selling out the Big East Conference a few years ago.
Went for it on 4th and 3, and got it
BU is a nationally ranked hockey school as is BC and BC's basketball team does deep into the NCAA tourney and their football program is often a top 25.
The Sox and Pats own that town though..