What's up everybody? Welcome into Tom Carren's Patriots Talk podcast. Happy today to have our friend Bill O'Brien, Boston College head coach, obviously long time in the NFL, coached with

the Patriots and with Bill Belichick, who is going back to college. We all know that. We'll talk

about that in just a minute, but first, Billy, thanks for taking some time. And you guys have

the pinstripe bowl on December 28th. You're going to play Nebraska and Matt Rule.

Yep.

What do you like about this game?

What are you hoping to see from your team in this game?

We were very excited to be chosen for this bowl.

You know, we were seven and five, and there were probably four or five bowls we could have gone to.

And this is the best one, right?

Of these mid-tier bowls, this is, you know, one of the better ones.

And so we're excited.

We wanted to play a good opponent.

Nebraska, you know, they're six and six, but, you know, it's Nebraska, right?

So it's a great opportunity for Boston College.

It's on December 28th. It's on national TV.

It's at noon in Yankee Stadium, right? So great opportunity for our guys. We'll go down there on

the 24th. We'll spend, you know, four days there, have Christmas down there, and then tee it up on the 28th.

So we're pretty pumped to be in this game. And you're going to have Christmas down there, huh?

Yes.

Christmas in New York City.

Now, it's funny when you mentioned Nebraska, you and I are of a generation that when

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