State's O'Brien Uncertain Of Reception At BC
Tuesday, Sep 04, 2007 - 06:54 AM Updated: 07:12 AM
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - During a decade at Boston College, Tom O'Brien grew familiar with every nook and cranny of cozy Alumni Stadium.
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Except one: the visitors' locker room.
He'll find out what it's like in there soon enough, at the end of a week he has been dreading seemingly since he was hired by North Carolina State.
O'Brien is bracing for an uncertain reception during his first trip north to face the BC team he deserted in December when he made a rare in-conference switch.
"I had a great experience at BC, and those kids are special kids up there, but come Saturday, my job is to win the football game and do the best I can for these kids at N.C. State, and with every breath and passion I have, that's what I'm going to do," O'Brien said Monday.
"Now I know those kids on the other sideline, (their job) is to win the game for BC, and that's what they're going to do. And then, after the game we can all talk after it's over and then we'll never talk about this again. It will be over with."
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Except one: the visitors' locker room.
He'll find out what it's like in there soon enough, at the end of a week he has been dreading seemingly since he was hired by North Carolina State.
O'Brien is bracing for an uncertain reception during his first trip north to face the BC team he deserted in December when he made a rare in-conference switch.
"I had a great experience at BC, and those kids are special kids up there, but come Saturday, my job is to win the football game and do the best I can for these kids at N.C. State, and with every breath and passion I have, that's what I'm going to do," O'Brien said Monday.
"Now I know those kids on the other sideline, (their job) is to win the game for BC, and that's what they're going to do. And then, after the game we can all talk after it's over and then we'll never talk about this again. It will be over with."
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