When his players arrived at 5:48 a.m. Thursday at the lobby of Hanscom Field, Boston College football coach Bill O’Brien greeted them with a secret he couldn’t bottle up any longer. Energized after drinking his Dunkin’ (extra-large hot with two Splenda and almond milk),

As the American Athletic Conference has its Media Day event in the Queen City, the Atlantic Coast Conference is doing the same. ACC Media Days take place at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown hotel as coaches and players from each of the schools in the conference spoke about the upcoming season.

The conference features fascinating transfer quarterbacks, and other things we learned after three days of reporting in Charlotte.