Things weren't terrible three weeks into the season for Boston College, but they weren't great.
But as the saying goes it's not how you start, it's how you finish. After opening the Liberty Conference D1AA season with a loss to Yale and then, after a win over Nazareth and a forfeit win over Colgate, a tie with Binghamton, the BC Eagles weren't in terrific shape. But since then they've beaten UConn (by a point) and Northeastern to get to 4-1-1 and good enough for 3rd in the league.
They face Yale once more in the conference semifinals and Head Coach Rob Conway thinks things might be a bit different this time around.
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"t was definitely a slow start for our standards," Conway told GRR. "We didn’t have a preseason this year, only one quick scrimmage before the Yale game. I felt we needed more time and preparation for a team as physical as Yale and we were a little undercooked."
The games after that have helped.
"As the season has gone on, we’ve hardened the team," Said Conway. "The attack has certainly taken off."
And while the slow start is indeed part of it, but Conway also said the conference itself is a tough out every week.
"I do feel the teams this year are highly highly competitive this year more than any other years," said Conway. "There are no gimmies. Every team is fighting for every possession, at least that's what we've seen this year. If you're holding a lead, it's never safe, and we have a reasonably young team so they had to learn about that."
