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Falcons Beat Chips, Keep Wolves at Bay
The Falcons went out yesterday and got a win they pretty much had to have. It many ways, it was far from a perfect effort, on the other hand, they took a poor team and beat them pretty easily, and that's what you are supposed to do with poor teams. (Final: 71-58).I was surprised, in fact, at how negative Todd Walker and Kirk Cowan were when I got out to my car. While acknowledging...
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18 days ago
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Crossover Madness
The middle phase of the MAC schedule is cross over time, when East plays West. This is where things start to become clearer. The East is considerably stronger than the West, and this is typically a time when we see if those jackrabbits who have run to the front of the Western pack are players or pretenders. And, the East teams realize they need a nice run to be competitive. It...
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19 days ago
Falcon Football Loses JUCO Verbal
Earlier there had been talk of Nigel Westbrooks, a JUCO WR from California making a verbal commitment to BGSU. As we know, verbal commitments are non-binding and it has been announced that he will attend Nevada. Que sera sera. BG still has two WRs in the class, James White, a HS player from Detroit, and JUCO WR Michael Allen.
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19 days ago
Orr Presser...
Coach Orr held a presser...much of it the normal stuff, but he did get one good question about how you balance out the need to win with the need to get young guys some playing experience.Coach nodded his head and conceded he has been thinking about that. He says our momentum has come from our Juniors and Seniors, and that in games the margin of error is very small. Basically, he...
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20 days ago
CMU Media Review....
Just a quick look at what they are writing about the Chips...The Chips lost to their arch-rival WMU Saturday. It was their third straight loss. CMU mounted a rally, coming from 11 down with 4 minutes left. They had a shot to tie the game with a 3FG in the last seconds, but had a player slip getting the inbound pass and Zeigler missed a desperation 3.In the game prior to that,...
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20 days ago
The latest two sport star...
It used to be a lot more common....having a guy on the football team also play baseball. In the era of specialization, it has become far less common. I grew up watching Paul Miles play football and then play baseball. BG QB Bob Niemet played both sports. Of course, there is the famous Cole Magner tenure on the basketball team (along with Keon Newsome)...and that magic day at...
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21 days ago
Blogger's Players of the Week
As another collective effort of the MAC bloggers, we are starting a Player of the Week award, moderated by The MAC Daily.This week it was:East: Javon McCreaWest: Nate HutchesonWhich happens to be exactly how I voted.
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21 days ago
Real MAC Standings....
So...things are different in the MAC this year. There are now two levels of byes you can win, and finishing in the top 2 and 4 present a huge advantage. Also, the division champion is no longer guaranteed a bye of some kind, which essentially means that the divisions are meaningless except for scheduling. So far, EMU and Ball State are qualifiers, but it remains to be seen if...
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22 days ago
Falcons lose 2nd straight heartbreaker at home...
For the second straight home game, the Falcons lost a last-second heartbreaker. It is extremely disappointing....you turn those two around and this team is 4-1 and we're feeling really good. But those two don't turn around, they are what they are, and the team is 2-3 and only four of the last 9 at home. Our cross-over road games are against the better teams in the West...
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22 days ago
One step forward....one step back...
It was an excellent game at the Stroh tonight, with the exception of only one thing, and that was the result. BG loses its second straight at home on the final play of the game. Certainly disappointing. I think we played pretty well most of the way, and really let ourselves down with our lack of guarding on two key late possessions. More tomorrow....
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23 days ago
DA Bulls
So, the Falcons wrap up their first swing through the East with a game against Da Bulls, still coached by the old Buzzer Banger, Reggie Witherspoon. I think this has the potential to be a really good one and, under the new MAC format, you really have to hold court at home. I think its really put some heat under the regular season.The Bulls are 9-6 but they have played the #104...
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23 days ago
Falcons lose football assistant
A guy who coached linebackers at BG has decided to go coach elsewhere. Up North. I forget his name. Some dude.
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24 days ago
Bull Media Review...
Just a quick check in with the Buffalo Bulls media coverage.The most notable thing is that everyone seems to recognize how the new playoff structure makes finishing in the Top 4 basically imperative in winning the MAC tournament. This is placing increasing pressure on the regular season games, which is why I think it was exactly the right thing to do. Based on this thinking, Buffalo...
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24 days ago
Falcons Post Road Win in Oxford
Well, just when things were looking like another average season for the Falcons, a little light showed up in the tunnel. They might still end up with a pretty average season, but last night was also the kind of thing you can turn things around on. You head to that game 1-2, and if you lose you're 1-3. Now, you're 2-2 with the next two games at home, and you start to feel...
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25 days ago
Evil Genius Vanquished....
First win at Millett in 10 years for Falcons....great effort....sounded like a great night from Crawford, Thomas, Calhoun and Black. Go Falcons!!!
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26 days ago
MAC Blogger Roundtable
Our host this week is Eagle Totem. Here are my answers to his questions, and I'll post a link to the compilation when it is ready later in the week.1. Getting a second NCAA bid: did Ohio screw the MAC's only chance, or is there still hope?No. Well, technically, there never actually was any hope, so the hope level is the same as it ever was. Which is none. The MAC is a...
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26 days ago
Evil Genius 2012
Sources I would prefer not to disclose have provided me with this photo. This is the evil genius, Charlie Coles, during his playing days (late in the William Howard Taft administration) in what has now become his Treacherous Lair: Oxford, Ohio.It is a human tragedy. Something happened to turn this hopeful and happy young man into this man......the man who is the evil genius. ...
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26 days ago
Two more football verbals
As signing day draws closer, BG continues to close fast with one highly rated HS player and a JUCO WR. The HS player is William Watson of Tampa Jefferson. He was at one point committed to Iowa State, but then was available again. He also visited Middle Tennessee State and had reported interest from Indiana. He was named to the all-district team He is listed on rivals as a 3...
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27 days ago
Redhawk Press Review
Just a quick round up on what the local papers are writing about the RedHawks, who picked up their first MAC win at home against Buffalo. Everyone involved has correctly identified that was a win they had to have Their games have been close, but they have been on the losing end..Josh Sewell, a starting G, declared himself ineligible to play due to an academic issue. He thought...
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27 days ago
Football Verbal....
The Falcons have another verbal commitment, this one another JUCO player named Joshua Pettus. He is from the Detroit area originally and was playing for the College of DuPage in Illinois. JUCO players can be hard to find info about. ESPN reports that CMU and Houston offered him, and he was first-team all-conference.And for good reason. He was the team's second leading tackler...
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28 days ago
Blogpoll: Pre and post test
So, with the college football season, I thought it would be fun to look at the blogpoll I started with back in August and the final ballot I cast as the season ended.It is sobering. First, however, my pre-season #1 did end up winning it. There are others that were not too bad. I had Oregon, Akransas, Boise, TCU, West Virginia pretty close. I think the South Carolina pick was not...
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28 days ago
Kent: Sadness accrues.
Looking now at the actual game. It was a bizarre game. A fast start, a dreadful middle, a crazy indulgent second half with no guarding and as the smoke lifted over the wreckage Kent had won more or less comfortably on their home floor.Six minutes in BG was up 15-7. Over the next 10 minutes, they outscored BG 26-8 to take a 10 point lead and then then had a 12-4 run over the last...
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29 days ago
Orr: "You can talk about it, you gotta be about it."
One of the things about Coach Orr is that he always maintains a pretty calm exterior. He isn't a yeller--especially at a school where he took Dan Dakich's place. I'm not saying he doesn't care, I know he is very competitive. He just doesn't show it the same way as other coaches do.During last night's presser after the defeat at Kent, I thought he sounded...
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29 days ago
Two Football Verbals
The Falcon football team has two new verbals, as signing week comes up.The last two years--and especially last year--our coaches leave spots open until late. They want to compete for the good players and we often get some late signees who we are beating other programs for.The first reported verbal is James Sanford. He is a S from Xenia, OH who looks like a great get for us. ESPN...
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January 14, 2012
Kent Preview--Flashing better done at home
Back in the saddle...an actual business trip prevented me from doing more than just seeing the Akron score alerts from ESPN during a long dinner meeting out-of-town. Sounds like we had a very good shot at starting 2-0 in the MAC and couldn't close the deal and the Akron whammy continues.Anyway, now on to Kent. The Flashes are 11-4 overall (RPI 112) and 1-1 in the MAC. This...
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January 14, 2012
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