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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They're in transit they don't know how long they're going to be in the apartments they're in. The uncertainty and the unknown and no final decisions being made is really having an impact on these individuals. That's why we're pushing the system as hard as we can to try to get those answers.
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You play like you practice. That's pretty good. There it is. I'm going to use that example in the meeting. That's what he did. He got better, he got quicker, and he's throwing the ball extremely well.
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I remember as a kid growing up in Boston, Cardinal Cushing way back when did it.
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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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I don't want to prejudge what the ACC should do. I just think it's a situation they need to look into.
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I don't want to prejudge what the ACC should do, ... I just think it's a situation they need to look into.
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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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Exercise is extremely important for the elderly. It helps prevent strokes, relieves arthritis.
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A great weekend for college football. It was special.
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If I'd just paid money to watch a soccer game, I'd want to kill someone too (once the buzz wore off and I realized where I was, because the only thing that would make me pay to watch a soccer game is perhaps a half gallon of whiskey).
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The problem with movies is that movies end and your life doesn't. This doesn't appear to cause any trouble, but it does cause confusion, which is almost as bad.
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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 looked like it was awful far off. We were fighting for our lives last year just to survive in the Big East with all the things swirling around us. We were just relieved that, as of July 1, it was over and we were definitely accepted into the conference and we look forward to a long relationship being in the ACC.