{"id":140163,"date":"2025-08-12T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/140163\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T17:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:00:09","slug":"boston-colleges-bill-obrien-explains-how-dylan-lonergan-won-starting-qb-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/140163\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston College\u2019s Bill O\u2019Brien explains how Dylan Lonergan won starting QB job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Bil O\u2019Brien\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ET4HDWSLVJCXTEIGPVAS2VTYQ4.jpg\" \/>Boston College head coach Bill O&#8217;Brien directs his team during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Missouri, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo\/L.G. Patterson)APBy <\/p>\n<ul class=\"byline__authorList\">\n<li class=\"byline__author\">Rich Thompson | Special to MassLive.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HGXB3UKM4BFRTAOUB22V75O3O4\">CHESTNUT HILL \u2014 Boston College coach Bill O\u2019Brien announced after Tuesday\u2019s training camp practice that Alabama transfer Dylan Lonergan would be the Eagles\u2019 starting quarterback when the season opens against Fordham on Aug. 30 at Alumni Stadium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WA4ETZ53MZCHXIG7KB5BKU4U6I\">Lonergan was locked in an intense battle with incumbent Bryson James throughout spring ball and through the first eight training camp sessions. O\u2019Brien has high praise for both his field generals but thought it best to make his most difficult decision in the dog days of training camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston College head coach Bill O&#8217;Brien directs his team during the first half of an NCAA college football&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":140164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[26189,41705,1318,1317,1315,1316,2973,62,67,132,68,83750],"class_list":{"0":"post-140163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-alabama-football","9":"tag-fbc","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football","13":"tag-ncaafootball","14":"tag-sec","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-western-kentucky"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115016867786009348","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}