Tom O'Brien
Tom O'Brien
College football coach best known for his years as the head coach of the Boston College Eagles and North Carolina State Wolfpack. He won the Big East Championship with Boston College in 2004.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth5 October 1948
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I'm sure there's disappointment that we're out of the ACC race right now, but we know there are still bowl games to accomplish. For the seniors, it's their last go-around. They've got three more weeks, starting with North Carolina.
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It's an exciting time for Boston College. Seeing that this will be our first conference game in the ACC, and we've got to start off with the best, so I think it'll be great for our school and great for our football team and fans that we'll be playing in front of a national television audience.
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It's like we've changed jobs. We went from being a Big East school to an ACC school, and so in some respects, we're starting over.
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It's like we've changed jobs, ... We went from being a Big East school to an ACC school, and so in some respects, we're starting over.
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We would certainly like to see an agreement reached that would see the continued operation of our mill, but if that's not possible and the mill does shut down, the streetlights will come on in Stephenville that night and every night thereafter,
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There has been more media requests this week than we've ever had. We're breaking new ground here. This is a great opportunity for us to showcase Boston College. I only hope we hold up our end of the bargain.
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We will move forward and as a community and a community spirit we will succeed in the future.
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I don't know, but that's something we've got to figure out this week. Obviously, we haven't played to our capabilities. Some of it is on us, and some of it is Wake Forest. They've done a good job, but they do a good job scheming against everybody.
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I think overall it's an excellent class and it'll be an exciting class with the opportunity to come in and compete towards our goal of winning the ACC championship.
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I think if Coach Welsh was still coaching there, it'd be different, ... I'm nine years removed.
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I think that comes about from never attempting to fail. There's times he'd go out in practice, and I'd say, If you don't throw five interceptions today, you didn't have a good practice.' You have to learn as a quarterback what you can and can't throw.
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He was helping his mother clean an office.
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We are absolutely delighted that Hockey Day in Canada is coming to Stephenville,
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We came out and we established ourselves early, ... and didn't want to give them any reason to be excited.