BC, O'Brien wise to Owls
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The Temple Owls have a terrible record, but they are not a bad team. Syracuse found that out Saturday when Temple defeated the Orange, 34-24, at Philadelphia, and the Boston College Eagles, who visit Lincoln Financial Field this Saturday after upsetting West Virginia, had best heed the lesson.
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Sure, there was a quarterback controversy at Boston College. Nothing new there. Head coach Tom O&#39;Brien had two choices, two seniors, Paul Peterson or Quinton Porter.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jim O'Brien won an appeal Thursday and can return to the college sidelines after he had been fired by Ohio State and essentially banned from coaching by the NCAA for paying a recruit.
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Jolonn Dunbar knew exactly what was coming. The Boston College linebacker could tell from the way the tight end came off the line that North Carolina State was running "Hole," a play he had seen hundreds of times in practice for four years, before Eagles head coach Tom O'Brien and offensive coordinator Dana Bible split town for Raleigh, N.C.
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When the attacks came on Sept. 11, 2001, Tom O'Brien, if only for a moment, stopped being Boston College's coach. On that day, as the World Trade Center and Pentagon smoldered and the world stood still, O'Brien was a Navy man.
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With the euphoria of Saturday's stirring 24-23 comeback victory over No. 24 Notre Dame subsided, Boston College coach Tom O'Brien yesterday began the sobering task of addressing some lingering concerns about BC's lackluster running game.
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The Indiana Pacers have had plenty of off-the-court troubles in the past few years. New coach Jim O'Brien, though, plans to be the team's law on the court.
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One game into Boston College's football season, and coach Tom O'Brien already is making adjustments because of injuries.
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In what may signal a thaw in relations with one of its former Big East brethren, Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo confirmed that the Eagles had finalized an eight-year agreement to play Syracuse beginning in 2010.
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The Big East Conference is proving B.C.S. worthy but could use another member or two, preferably one with a brand name with a long history and a national following.
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The courtship of Boston College football coach Tom O'Brien moved east yesterday when University of Washington athletic director Todd Turner and president Mark Emmert flew east and met with O'Brien.
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Desperate measure or not, Boston College coach Tom O'Brien doesn't believe North Carolina State's switch at quarterback -- from ineffective junior Marcus Stone (33 of 68, 345 yards, 4 touchdowns, 4 interceptions this season) to unproven redshirt sophomore Daniel Evans -- will signal a wholesale change in the Wolfpack's offensive scheme.
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Perhaps it was his youth speaking. Or perhaps Boston College sophomore quarterback Chris Crane was merely expressing the hope he had showed something to coach Tom O'Brien in the Jay McGillis Memorial Spring Game in April.
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Don't look now, but Boston College has made a quantum leap in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Sure, it's just two games into the season, but you can make an argument that Matt Ryan is the best quarterback in the league, and soon it may not be a stretch to put Tom O'Brien on the short list of the best ACC ...
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The pregame chatter will be more emotional as the Boston College players look at the other sideline and see Tom O'Brien, Dana Bible, and the other members of the North Carolina State coaching staff who were so much a part of their lives a year ago.
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Jim O'Brien was hired Thursday as coach of the Indiana Pacers, who turned to an NBA veteran in hopes of reviving a team that missed the playoffs for the first time in a decade and has been beset by player turmoil.
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There was a time when beating Holy Cross made the season for Boston College. Those who remember that era never dreamed there would be a BC senior class with a chance to sweep four games from national power Notre Dame.