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Bill O'Brien and a new world of football at Boston College

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RYE, N.Y. -- On a sunny evening in early June, Boston College coach Bill O'Brien pulls out his iPhone and starts filming.

He catches a panoramic view of the Shenorock Shore Club, a private club for swimming, tennis and pickleball in Westchester County, a few out-routes from Manhattan. He captures a scene like something out of East Egg -- water lapping on the shore, Adirondack chairs at the ready and an American flag rustling gently in the breeze.

He sends it to his wife, Colleen, and chuckles as he reads her response: "I thought you were working!