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Inside The Huddle: First Home Game

Posted on September 02, 2009 by Bryan Mroczka
The Bentley Falcons opened the 2009 football season with a 14-13 comeback win over Ohio Dominican.

The Bentley Falcons opened the 2009 football season with a 14-13 comeback win over Ohio Dominican.

After an exciting opening game against Ohio Dominican, the Bentley University football squad is 1-0.  In the second half our team came together and scored two touchdowns to come from behind and win the game.

Not too long after we got back from the airport we were practicing hard for our next game against Curry College.  Curry is a DIII team, but don’t let that fool you.  They are a very well coached team and love to fly around the field. They advance to the playoffs almost every year.

One of the hardest things for a college athlete to do is to juggle academics and athletics.  In a normal in-season week we have lifting twice a week, film every day, and practice every day.  The athletics side takes up about 5 to 6 hours of an athlete’s day.

Here at Bentley to be eligible an athlete has to be enrolled in 12 credits or 4 classes, but to graduate on time an athlete must take 16 credits or five classes.  Each class is an hour and fifteen minutes and meets twice a week.

Between classes, meetings, projects, and practices an athlete only has a few hours to get homework done and relax before hitting the hay.  This is where time management becomes a huge part of an athlete’s life.

This Friday, September 4 at 7 p.m. we host Curry College here at the Bentley football field.

Bryan Mroczka is a senior offensive lineman for the Bentley University Falcons. Each week during the 2009 season, Bryan will give a preview of the next game for the Falcons and also chronicle some of the things a student athlete deals with on a regular basis.

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