Sinisa Vrvilo

[Spart43]

Did you guys read the quotes from Sinisa Vrvilo. Wow, this kind of puts some things into perspective. I am glad we have him. He is so happy about his scholarship and the meals that come with it. You know when one of the players from the team gets into trouble they should talk to Sinisa and get a new perspective on their scholarship and not take things for granted.

Great Job Sinisa! We are happy for you.


BGSU PLAYER QUOTES
Sinisa Vrvilo
What are your thoughts on being a part of this season and trying to contend for a MAC championship?
"I've been through a lot in my life, and to be here is definitely a privilege and an advantage. This team is awesome; we are like a big family and that's what I enjoy most."

You said you have been through a lot in your life, can you elaborate?
"I first lived in the former Yugoslavia. My family and I lived there for four years during the civil war. My dad decided to move us to Germany and we lived there for a while. Then we moved here [the United States] and at first I just played soccer. My sophomore year in high school the head football coach asked me to come out and try [football] and I loved it. I went to junior college and did a pretty good job; now here I am at Bowling Green. I never would have thought [about playing] Division I football. It's awesome!"

Is it [being at Bowling Green] everything you expected?
"It's definitely more than I expected. One thing is the meal plan that we get, I get three meals a day and I don't have to pay for anything [because of my scholarship], the school pays for it. It's awesome! It's definitely a privilege. During the war it was tough, there were some days when we didn't have anything to eat. It was difficult but it was a hard time for everybody, my whole family. Right now it is good; everybody has food."

Kicking a football has to be one of the easiest things in your life compared to what you had to deal with back home. Is your mind clear when you are called on to kick?
"Definitely. When I go up there and it is the game winning field goal or something like that, I think to myself, 'I have been through a lot more, a lot worse' -- life threatening type of stuff -- this is `just have fun and kick a ball.' It was the same mindset in the Minnesota game."

[TG1996]

I read that the other day. What an awesome story. Though I don't know if I should be happy or frightened that when our kicker is out trying a game-winning field goal, he's thinking about how awesome the free meals are...

[1987alum]

Wow, talk about perspective. Simply incredible.

Now let an opposing coach burn a timeout trying to freeze SV.

[Falconfreak90]

Right on....love this kid! I love how he used "awesome" so many times. His story is "awesome".

This country may have its problems and we don't always see eye to eye on things, but it is still, by far, the best damn country on the planet. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else....except St. Maarten. But there's no Falcon Football on the island.

[transfer2BGSU]

"I first lived in the former Yugoslavia. My family and I lived there for four years during the civil war... It's definitely more than I expected. One thing is the meal plan that we get, I get three meals a day and I don't have to pay for anything [because of my scholarship], the school pays for it. It's awesome! It's definitely a privilege. During the war it was tough, there were some days when we didn't have anything to eat. It was difficult but it was a hard time for everybody, my whole family. Right now it is good; everybody has food."

Many of our international students have exceptional stories to share. When I worked in North Carolina, I had the opportunity to get to know two students from Zaire that fled the country - one was shot at while fleeing the university, the other was released from a prison by a guard who pulled him from a line which was heading to the firing squad.

[bgsufn]

When I was down on the field following the win over Temple, I was high-fiving players like I normally do. I came upon Sinisa and congratulated him. Instead of high-fiving me, he shook my hand and said "Thank, you sir!" What a pleasant kid and we're as lucky to have him at BGSU as it sounds like he is to be here!

[Jacobs4Heisman]

He's been a very pleasant surprise. He sounds like a really great kid, and he's kicking the snot out of the ball.

[Redwingtom]

He's been a very pleasant surprise. He sounds like a really great kid, and he's kicking the snot out of the ball.

I think you just found the reason why we couldn't kick for crap last year!

[bobcatalum32]

Great story...certainly puts things in perspective. Thanks for sharing!

[bgsufalcon24]

That was a good article. What's cool about this is that I ran into Sinisa's sister and girlfriend at the WKU game, they were sitting in the top row of the student section. They were both wearing brown jerseys with Vrvilo's #41. We didn't talk too much except for that his girlfriend mentioned something about it never being cold in Texas (at junior college).

She obviously didn't have a clue on that subject.

[JohnnySwoop '85]

You know, I saw those quotes in the Press release write up and was humbled by them.


Reminded me of a Tank McNamara cartoon shortly before last Christmas where tank was interviewing a kicker and asking about pressure before a potential winning kick.
The guy responded that 'nah that's not pressure. Being a homeless mother of two on Christmas Eve, now that's pressure'

I think the same thing goes for our guy out there, it's a matter of perspective. And maybe a lesson for all of us....so the next time we walk out of the Doyt in a sour mood, we might want to recall that we had the good fortune on a day off to do something with our families all of whom are in fine health.

[Spart43]

The Sentinel Tribune also did a story on Sinisa.

http://www.sentinel-tribune.com/default ... ne&he=.com

[Spart43]

Ok, My apologies, here is the tinyurl

http://tinyurl.com/2sljap

[MarkL]

Given our current kicking woes, I decided to pull up this old thread. IMO, Vrvillo is just behind Suisham in terms of recent BG kickers, and if we had been lucky enough to have him for three or four years, I think he could have surpassed him, developed his kicking further, and wowed the NFL scouts and be one of 32 NFL kickers. I don't know where he's at these days but I bet he is finding success in whatever career his degree has led him to. He talked about his family's struggles in his early years, and how being guaranteed three meals a day was a privilege and a blessing. Going up for a kick, there's no real pressure there. Pressure is not knowing if your family will have a safe future, not knowing if there will be food on the table. Kicking is just kicking, football is just football.

Our current kickers have loads of talent and are apparently consistently excellent in practice, but as soon as game time hits, the pressure gets to their heads and they miss, or at least that is my assessment. I hope they get the opportunity to hear about Sinisa Vrvilo's story. Kicking is just kicking. Forget about the pressure, forget about the crowd noise. You've got a free education, free room and board, and a team that is like a family to you. You've got all the blessings that so many dream of having. Just head out there and kick the ball.

[Tricky_Falcon]

It appears Sinisa lives in Ft. Worth, Tx. and works at AT&T.