Head Coach of BC football, Bill O'Brien, joins the show!
Head Coach of BC football, Bill O'Brien, joins the show! BC hosts Michigan State Saturday. Wiggy is in Miami signing "autograph"!
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00:00Austin College Football, Bill O'Brien. Talk a little college football. Hey, Bill.
00:06Hey, Greg. How you guys doing?
00:08Doing great. Wiggy is in Florida for an autograph signing and I'm using that in the singular.
00:22We believe there may be one person that is looking for the autograph.
00:25Bill, all it takes is one. If you need me to run by the
00:29Hurricanes facility and get you some film or some hand signals, I can do that.
00:37I never crush anybody on autographs. I have the worst autograph in the history of autographs,
00:43so I don't get into that with anybody. But, Wiggy, you'll have more than one
00:47asking for your autograph. I guarantee it.
00:49Kind of interesting how autographs change through the years. Like,
00:53the Tom Brady autograph changed a lot through the years.
00:57Oh, yeah. TB12 now, right? Is that right? Am I right about that?
01:01Yes, yes. Yeah, you can barely read his autograph now. I have his autograph when he first started.
01:06It was nice. You could see the number. Now you can't see a number or anything. It's like,
01:10is this thing even real? I remember when I was at the Patriots,
01:15some coaches would lay out stuff at Christmastime to have different players autograph. I never did
01:21that because I never wanted to be coaching a guy that I was asking his autograph for.
01:28There was a crazy story about Brady and Tampa that they had a vacant locker right next to him
01:33where everybody in the building would leave things for their family members for him to sign,
01:37and he would just do it over time. Yeah, I was not looking for his autograph.
01:42I was just trying to gain first downs and touchdowns.
01:45Do you stay in touch with him? Do you hear from him ever during the season?
01:49Mostly text, Greg. Yeah, mostly text. Just checking in. I went to the roast. I saw him at
01:57the retirement stuff, stuff like that. But no, just mostly text. He's a busy guy. A lot of us
02:02are busy guys. Bill, moving on to BC football, the loss against Mizzou, you guys held in there
02:09till the end, but looking at Castellanos and that turnover, how have you felt that mentally
02:14he's been able to recover, and do you think that he'll be good to go come this week?
02:19Yeah, he had a really good practice yesterday. We've got to do a better job of
02:25taking care of the ball. Look, there's some interceptions that are going to happen if a
02:30batted ball or bounces off somebody's shoulder pad, but when you force the ball into tight
02:36coverage or the wrong coverage, those are the things that we've got to stop doing. And if we do
02:42that, then we'll win games. I try to explain to these guys a lot, because in my experience,
02:50I really have learned over the years that it comes down to about eight to 10 plays, right?
02:54And if you execute on those plays and the other team doesn't, then you're going to win and vice
02:59versa. So we've got to really take care of the ball better.
03:04Go ahead, Curtis.
03:05Oh, no, it's Wiggy.
03:06Oh, sorry.
03:07Bill, I was just going to say, I know there's really no moral victories in football when you're
03:12a player or a coach, but I remember back in 01 when we lost to the Rams, we kind of knew like,
03:19okay, we could play with the best team in the league. Do you take anything away from saying
03:26we were able to go punch for punch with a team like Missouri that a lot of people expect to be
03:32right there in the mix? Do you kind of use that and say, hey, we can play with the big guys and
03:39we can make a legitimate run on the playoffs because we've shown that we can go punch for
03:45punch with some of the best teams in the SEC? Yeah, I mean, I think that's exactly right.
03:51And I think that that's what our guys have to understand. And again, going to Missouri,
03:58Missouri is a really good team. They've got a lot of good skill players. They're well coached.
04:02Their coach has been there for, this is his fifth year. He's got a good program going.
04:06And to go down there and hang in there with them and have a chance to win it at the end,
04:13even turning the ball over the way we did, that's got to show these guys something.
04:18Now, the issue is we've got to fix those things because every game is going to be tough. This
04:24Michigan State team is 3-0. They're very good. They're very tough, very physical, very well
04:29coached. The guy they hired, Jonathan Smith from Oregon State, he's a really good coach.
04:35And so they've got a well coached team. We've got to show up and play cleaner football because
04:40that's going to be our formula for winning. And so we've got to get back to doing that.
04:44We did that in the first two games, didn't do it as well in the third game. We've got to get
04:48back to doing that. Phil, we learned recently on this show that Wiggy was set to make 100
04:54grand coaching Brockton High School. Are you making that much at BC?
05:03When we got that job, I wasn't talking to Wig last year, but I was so happy about Wig getting
05:08that job because Brockton football, being from Massachusetts, there's such a massive tradition.
05:14I'm actually friends with Tommy Colombo and some of the guys that have played there
05:18over the years. And so I don't know what happened there, but man, Wig, that was a great choice by
05:26them. I wish he was still there. He needed an offensive coordinator. That's right.
05:30You know, it's growing pains. Bill, they got a great receiver down there. Take a look at him,
05:35Jayden Lopes Ribeiro. Great receiver. Jayden Lopes. All right. And then for a short period
05:40of time, I was available. So if he was still there, I would have probably thought about that.
05:45Well, there is a limitless budget at Brockton. I don't know if you've looked into it. They have
05:48plenty of cash down there. Well, they still owe me $85,000 then because they only paid me $15,000.
06:00We talked about it briefly last week, but I'd be remiss not in advance of the red bandana game,
06:04what this night has become. I have to say I am not always positive about BC. They make a lot
06:09of mistakes. Letting me in was one, but the way in which they have honored and celebrated
06:15and sort of incorporated the red bandana into student life beginning as a freshman,
06:20there really is no better representative for Boston College in service to others than
06:24Wells Crowther. Yeah, no doubt. You just said it really well, Curtis. I would say
06:29this morning we're going to show the Ed Burns narrated ESPN film to our team,
06:35you know, because a lot of guys, you know, we have a lot of younger players on our team that don't
06:38know as much about it. You know, and I was really fortunate and honored to be able to Zoom with
06:44Allison Crowther about a month and a half ago and really hear the story and the daily struggles that
06:49she goes through. But, you know, you think about what Wells did, right? He rescued people and he
06:56could have walked out and made it, but he went back up. He went back up to rescue more people.
07:00And I think that's really what it's all about. And we have to understand how important, you know,
07:05this game is to the B.C. community, to people. We have to go out there and play well in honor of
07:10Wells. I think that's a big deal. And you're right. B.C. does a great job, you know, with this with
07:16this game and the red bandana theme. It's really cool. Watching that the man in the red bandana
07:22is what it's called is Courtney recommended this year that you that every year, watch it every
07:27year. And I watched it again. It is so his story is so moving. And it's such a story of personal
07:34sacrifice for others. And, you know, I don't know about you, but I when I watch something like that,
07:40I'm always like, I wonder if I would have the courage that that he had. And so it's it's a it's
07:46an amazing story. And it is I'm certain going to be an amazing night on Saturday. So, yeah,
07:54I think about that a lot. It's a great point you make, Greg, because we actually talked about that
07:58with Bears yesterday, like, you know, like I said, like he went back up, you know, he let him down
08:02and then he said, I'm going back up to try to help more people. I don't know. You know, it's just hard
08:08to stay put in that position. Would you do the same thing? That's an incredible part of the story.
08:12Can you ask Bears if he's pissed that Matt Patricia has his job now? Like, I see Matt.
08:22I see Matt Patricia following Bill around for Monday Night Football. I feel like I feel like
08:28I feel like I am not I am not touching that. That's not what I'm going to touch right now.
08:38Well, you know, the they're both they're both offensive coordinators. So,
08:43yeah, but Matt, Matt Patricia, you can say something to him
08:47and he doesn't get offended because there's not much offense in there, Curtis.
08:51Hey!
08:56But anyway, yes, go ahead. Bill, Bill, when you look at Michigan State ahead of you, three and
09:02oh, physicality, that's what their team is talking about right now when it comes to your guys.
09:08It's going to be a physical game, both sides of the football. For you, how big of a test will
09:13this be in front of a home crowd? Big test. I mean, it's a Big Ten team, you know, having experience
09:19in the Big Ten when I was at Penn State, I know what that that, you know, that type of football is
09:24all about. And they do. They play a very physical brand on offense. They run the ball and then that
09:30sets up play action. They take shots down the field and then defensively. It's pretty amazing
09:34to watch their film because they really do get 11 guys to the ball on most plays. They swarm the ball
09:40and we've got to match that intensity and then some. And I think that's a big challenge for
09:44our guys. I think our guys have had a really good week of practice. They understand the importance
09:48of the game. I've said this all along. I really like, I love coaching this team. They show up
09:53every day and, you know, I'm looking forward to the game. But yes, it's going to be, you know,
09:58kind of one of those knock down, drag out type of games, no doubt about it. We talked a little bit
10:02about this yesterday and I'm just curious your opinion as a head coach in college football.
10:08Shador Sanders would not shake hands post game because of some trash talk that happened
10:15beforehand. How do you feel about that when, just in general, and that doesn't have to be
10:19specifically the player, but when your guys, you want them shaking hands afterwards?
10:24Man, we could be here all day on this stuff. I mean, I just think that, you know, the whole
10:31social media and, you know, everything that's out there now and these kids are always like
10:36scrolling on their phones and, you know, at the end of the day, it's about going out there
10:42and being a really good teammate, playing as hard as you can for your team, playing at a,
10:48at as high a level as you possibly can, which helps the team be good. And then at the end,
10:52you shake hands with the guy you, you played against. I mean, you know, there's always going
10:57to be with social media now, there's always going to be some back and forth and things like that.
11:01And, you know, that's just the way it is. But at the end, you have respect for the guy that
11:05you played against and, you know, just shake his hand. I don't understand all the, I don't
11:09understand all the yes talking, to be honest with you. I do get it a little bit. It's an emotional
11:14game, but like, man, at the end of the day, like, you know, it's really not what it's all about.
11:19It's about the competition. And it's a very, I just love the sport because of it's a, it's a
11:24violent sport. It's a physical sport. You lay it all out there. There's no sport like it. And at
11:30the end, you got to respect your opponent, you know, and vice versa. So that's just how I feel
11:34about it. I love that answer. And that's why we love having you on. All right, well, go get them.
11:40Have you two? Oh, last one for me. Have you tried the meatball in a cup yet over there at BC?
11:45I saw that sign. I haven't tried that. I, I, um, I got to get, I love, you know, I love meatballs.
11:51So I, I, I gotta try to try that. I didn't ever, I never heard that, that they had that here,
11:55but I'll, I'll probably try to get one tonight. Right. Yeah. Maybe get one, uh, send,
11:59send bears over to get one, uh, Saturday, mid game. And then he doesn't do that. He doesn't,
12:04he doesn't do that. He's not in charge of my diet. All right. Bill O'Brien as always. Great
12:12to talk to you. We'll talk to you again next week. Go get them on Saturday.
12:16Thank you guys. Appreciate it. All right. There he is. Bill O'Brien.