Bowling for the Green - A Bowling Green Falcons Story

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NCAA Recap: Week 8



Heisman Watch:
HB Jordan Canzeri, RS Jr., Iowa
Last game (@ Michigan State): 26 car, 143 yards, 2 TD, 3 rec, 31 yards
QB Jeff Driskel, Sr., Florida
Last game (vs Missouri): 29-42, 381 yards, 10 car, 60 yards, 4 total TD
QB Braxton Miller, Sr., Ohio State
Last game (vs Illinois): 22-33, 287 yards, 5 TD, 15 car, 69 yards
QB Everett Golson, RS Jr., Notre Dame
Last game (vs Stanford): 15-29, 258 yards, 12 car, 41 yards, 3 total TD
QB Johnny Manziel, RS Jr., Texas A&M
Last game (@ Mississippi St.): 26-35, 391 yards, 6 TD, 8 car, 13 yards



Top Stories:
#2 Ohio State stays unbeaten with a 42-10 win against Illinois
Oregon campus is buzzing after a victory over UCLA in LA
Maryland travels to Ann Arbor and beats Michigan in OT
The ACC spotlight is on the #8 Virginia Tech - #22 North Carolina game this weekend
The home fans had everything to do with the Irish beating Stanford
Wisconsin takes out #21 Nebraska in battle of B1G offenses
Cowboys suffer a collapse against Big 12 rival TCU
Gamecocks sneak by Vols in conference play

Top 25:

NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Updated: Oct 19, 2014
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	Notre Dame	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	0	0.995
3	Oregon	6	0	0.989
4	Georgia Tech	6	0	0.984
5	Texas	5	0	0.979
6	Michigan State	6	0	0.973
7	Virginia Tech	5	1	0.963
8	Texas A&M	6	1	0.963
9	Ole Miss	6	1	0.944
10	Louisville	6	1	0.944
11	Oklahoma	5	1	0.938
12	Arizona	6	0	0.933
13	UL Lafayette	5	0	0.932
14	Kansas State	5	0	0.920
15	Michigan	5	2	0.908
16	Miami	5	2	0.908
17	Alabama	6	2	0.893
18	Maryland	5	2	0.882
19	North Carolina	4	2	0.881
20	Washington	3	3	0.872
21	South Carolina	6	1	0.867
22	Nebraska	5	2	0.861
23	UCLA	6	2	0.843
24	Florida	6	2	0.842
25	San Diego State	6	1	0.827

Recruiting board has been updated, not sure why the stars won't show up. Bear with me.

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Game preview: Bowling Green @ Akron

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Falcons Gameday Preview: Week 9

InfoCision Stadium in Akron, home of the Zips

The MAC East is still wide open, and despite the ugly loss last week, the Falcons can still win it. A key win on the road against a very good Akron team would help them get closer to that point, as well as rebuild the confidence of this Falcons team. Certainly, the defense must play better for the Falcons to be able to win this one. They must be able to force turnovers when they need to, which they have had a hard time doing this season.

Matchup Preview *|* October 25, 2014
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Bowling Green Falcons (3-4, 1-2 MAC, 1-3 Away)		Akron Zips (4-3, 2-1 MAC, 2-2 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 475.6 Total Yards 328.1 136.1 Rushing Yards 173.0 339.4 Passing Yards 155.1 33.3 Points Per Game 19.7 Defensive Stats Comparison 432.9 Total Yards Allowed 325.3 216.7 Rushing Yards Allowed 145.9 216.1 Passing Yards Allowed 179.4 32.0 Points Allowed 21.1 Injury Report None Reported DT Keontae Hollis (Dislocated Elbow) 4 weeks RG John Sowell (Strained Knee) 6 weeks Game Notes Buffalo leads the MAC East, 2-0 in the conference Akron sits 1/2 game back, Bowling Green 1 1/2 back Falcons lost to Kent State 49-44 last week Zips lost to Ball State 23-17 last week

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Game recap: Bowling Green @ Akron

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Special Feature: An inside look at Bowling Green's Practices

It is safe to say that Coach Freday is angry after last week's lost to Kent State. "That game was the first one as a coach that I really thought we couldn't lose. We had played so well the week before, and had the best home crowd we'd had in 10 years at the Doyt. Something needs to be done fast."
When we asked for an inside look on how Coach prepared for the pivotal game against Akron, that could make or break the Falcons' season, we were stunned when he accepted. Here's what the week look like:

Sunday:
After graciously letting his players sleep in, Coach called in his team to the film room at about 1 PM. He sat down, said nothing, and played the entire game tape. Out of fear for retribution, the whole team sat there and watched themselves, the good, the offense, the bad, the tackling ability of the defense, and the ugly, the run defense. When it was over, Freday and his assistants quickly and quietly got up and left. Then, the team captains stepped up. On offense, Matt Johnson, Anthon Samuel, and Chris Gallon. On defense, Jude Adjei Barimah, Gabe Martin, and DJ Lynch. They each addressed the rest of the team calling for offense and defense team meetings. The offense met in the locker room, the defense in the study with a window overlooking the endzone of the field. Adjei Barimah and Martin told everyone that no one was to blame, but also that no one was innocent. Everyone needed to pick it up. Everyone needed to be in perfect shape. Everyone needed to get past their blocks, not just Adjei Barimah and Lynch, the tackles leaders, or Martin, the sacks leader. Most importantly, everyone needed to stick together. DJ Lynch talked specifically about the feel of last season, the chemistry in the locker room, the fun they had on the field, and explained how different that felt this season, especially in the last couple weeks. Martin closed by telling the underclassmen to never stop working hard to get better, because soon, they would be the faces of Bowling Green State University football. The meeting then proceeded to adjourn, and the players went back to their dorms to self-reflect.

Monday:
Coach Freday woke up everybody bright and early at 5:30 AM and announced that for the next three days, there would be two-a-day practices, at 6 AM and 4 PM. Everyone scrambled to get down to the field, where they were met by a driving rainstorm and temperatures in the 40's. First drill of the day: Holding onto the football. Offensive role players had to hold onto the football while doing full 100 yard suicides. Defensive players had to catch balls, making interceptions, or run suicides with the offensive players. Practice concluded with work on onside kicks, an important skill that could help save some of these Falcons' close losses. The afternoon practice consisted of relative normalcy. Each side of the ball went through walk throughs of basic sets and formations, trying to start over from scratch.

Tuesday:
This morning, the players were ravaged by sub-freezing temperatures when they reported to the field at 6 AM. Coach Freday spent the whole morning scrimmaging, putting the first team offense against the first team defense, trying to work on stopping the running game, since the Falcons' running game is very strong, led by Anthon Samuel, Andre Givens, and the option play of Matt Johnson. He was disappointed by the results, to say the least. The afternoon session consisted of more running drills, followed by work with the defensive line, to try to consistently get more pressure on opposing QB's.

Wednesday:
The 6 AM session began with work on the passing game, as well as zone defense. Matt Johnson admitted during the offensive team meeting that he hadn't been playing up to his full potential, and Coach Freday seemed to already knowing this, despite not knowing about the meeting. His offensive coordinator and QB coach made sure he was aware of checkdowns on all of the passing plays, and knew when it was appropriate to scramble for extra yards, and when it was appropriate to throw the ball away. The defense meanwhile was making sure they were communicating in zone formats, making sure all areas were covered, and making sure the defensive backs were quick enough to recover even if they got beat. Coach Freday noted that there was a whole lot of progress. He said that a strong zone defense would complement well with an already strong man defense. He was so excited by what he saw, than in the afternoon session, he worked exclusively on special teams, trying to get the most out of the leg of his RS-Jr. kicker Tyler Tate, who has significantly limited range, which has cost the Falcons a significant amount of points so far this season. Coach Freday wrapped up the day by working more on onside kicks, never knowing when they might come in handy.

Thursday:
The first hour of practice was spent watching the film of the Akron-Ball State game, a 23-17 win for Ball State. Coach Freday noted how well the Akron defense played, despite losing, led by a large number of upperclassmen. When the game was over, they took this new found knowledge out to the field, where they emulated the strengths, and weaknesses, of Akron's offense and defense to evaluate how Bowling Green matched up. Coach Freday ended practice 30 minutes early, and with no second practice, the players felt rejuvenated and full of confidence.

Friday:

The team met at 2 PM to do a light walk through while hard pump up rap blared over the speakers. At 3:30 everyone loaded their stuff onto the bus, and said goodbye to Doyt Perry Stadium and the rest of the campus of Bowling Green State University, and headed north to Akron. At 6:30 PM, the bus arrived, and after a team meal at Akron's finest restaurant, where they ran into LeBron James, they checked into their hotel to get ready for the big game on Saturday.

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Gameday Recap: Bowling Green 49, Akron 17
Offense cruises, defense steps up, leads to a Falcons blowout


Ryan Burbrink has to leap to pull in his 3 TD catch of the day midway through the 3rd quarter.

From start to finish, The Falcons played what appeared to be a perfect game. Everything was working. The offense was in sync, and the defense was on fire, getting to Zips QB Dalton Easton 9 times, and causing him to fumble twice. A costly fumble by Anthon Samuel did lead to good field position for the Zips, but the Falcons defense made sure they wouldn't score. It was an all around good day.

Bowling Green Falcons at Akron Zips
Oct 25, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Bowling Green Falcons (4-4, 2-2 MAC)	14	21	7	7	49
Akron Zips (4-4, 2-2 MAC)	7	7	3	0	17

Team Stats Comparison
	BGSU	AKR
Total Offense	612	336
Rushing Yards	227	71
Passing Yards	385	265
First Downs	33	15
Punt Return Yards	22	0
Kick Return Yards	23	115
Total Yards	657	451
Turnovers	3	2
3rd Down Converstion	10-11	4-13
4th Down Conversion	1-1	1-2
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	6/0	1/1
Penalties	0-0	1-5
Posession Time	22:49	12:01

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		BGSU	AKR
5:29	(BGSU) R. Burbrink 5 yard pass from M. Johnson (T. Tate kick)	7	0
4:28	(AKR) J. Chisholm 6 yard run (R. Stein kick)	7	7
1:52	(BGSU) R. Burbrink 6 yard pass from M. Johnson (T. Tate kick)	14	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		BGSU	AKR
7:49	(BGSU) A. Samuel 29 yard pass from M. Johnson (T. Tate kick)	21	7
7:35	(AKR) J. Chisholm 74 yard run (R. Stein kick)	21	14
2:02	(BGSU) A. Samuel 6 yard run (T. Tate kick)	28	14
0:16	(BGSU) A. Samuel 4 yard run (T. Tate kick)	35	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		BGSU	AKR
4:46	(BGSU) R. Burbrink 3 yard pass from M. Johnson (T. Tate kick)	42	14
2:07	(AKR) R. Stein 34 yard field goal	42	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		BGSU	AKR
6:38	(BGSU) M. Johnson 1 yard run (T. Tate kick)	49	17

Bowling Green Falcons PASSING C/A YDS TD INT M. Johnson 29/40 385 4 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD A. Samuel 29 176 6.0 2 M. Johnson 9 38 4.2 1 A. Givens 1 9 9.0 0 V. Graham 1 3 3.0 0 C. Walker 1 1 1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD R. Burbrink 9 97 10.7 3 C. Gallon 6 70 11.6 0 A. Samuel 4 53 13.2 1 J. Cohen 3 48 16.0 0 H. Coby 3 47 15.8 0 T. Redding 2 35 17.5 0 J. White 1 25 25.0 0 C. Rolf 1 10 10.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Stanford 7 2.0 0 0 DJ Lynch 7 0.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG T. Tate 0/0 7/7 7 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 C. Farris 0 0 0.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Cohen 1 23 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Cohen 3 22 7.3 0

Akron Zips PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Easton 22/33 265 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Chisholm 7 113 16.1 2 D. Easton 18 -42 -2.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Z. D'Orazio 7 101 14.4 0 LT Smith III 4 51 12.7 0 J. Chisholm 7 29 4.1 0 I. Davis 4 84 22.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Robinson 12 0.0 0 0 C. Grice 3 1.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Stein 1/2 2/2 5 34 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Z. Paul 4 178 44.5 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD B. Ford 3 90 30.0 0 W. Charles 1 23 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD B. Ford 0 0 0.0 0

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Around the NCAA: Week 9

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Breaking News: Coach Freday Suffers Fractured Wrist

In what is turning out to be a very bizarre story, Bowling Green State University announced today the Head Football Coach Sam Freday fractured his wrist during a recruiting trip to Texas. All details are not yet known, but it can be gathered that Freday suffered the injury arriving at the airport for his flight back to Ohio, when apparently, he was shoved aside by two muscular TSA agents responding to a report of suspicious activity. Freday was transported to a local hospital where he received the necessary treatment, and was then put on a private flight, and arrived back home at 6 PM local time on Sunday. It is unclear whether he will coach Saturday's game at B-Dawg's Western Michigan Broncos, but we will update you on the situation in the coming days.

I hope you know that this is a metaphor for me actually being hurt. It is not a fractured wrist, but it is really messed up. I'm not sure when I will be able to play my next game, which I may record and upload since it against B-Dawg's WMU team, but it will probably be either next Friday or next weekend. I'll try to get Around the NCAA and the WMU Game Preview up on Tuesday or Wednesday, with maybe another special feature on Thursday, but I really have no idea and will just see how this whole thing plays out. I'm wearing medical tape that makes me look like a quarterback, so I can't hold the controller very well.

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The plot thickens! Seriously though, that's rough man...hope it's nothing too serious. Some guys get hurt and can't play for real...but to take away a man's ability to play the sticks? That's just cruel.

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NCAA Recap: Week 9



Heisman Watch:
QB Johnny Manziel, RS Jr., Texas A&M
Last game (vs LSU): 21-29, 325 yards, 14 car, 64 yards, 7 total TD
QB Jeff Driskel, Sr., Florida
Last game (vs Georgia): 18-31, 148 yards, 17 car, 55 yards, 5 total TD
QB Braxton Miller, Sr., Ohio State
Last game (vs Rutgers): 19-26, 278 yards, 14 car, 101 yards, 4 total TD
HB Jordan Canzeri, RS Jr., Iowa
Last game (@ Northwestern): 26 car, 143 yards, 2 TD, 3 rec, 31 yards
QB Teddy Bridgewater, Rookie, Minnesota Vikings
Last game (vs Atlanta Falcons): 19-30, 317 yards, 5 car, 27 yards, 1 TD



Top Stories:
The Irish fall for the first time in 2014 against Arizona State 31-28
Oklahoma loses a shocker to Big 12 opponent West Virginia
Longhorns notch another W, this time against Big 12 foe TCU
Spirits are high in Chapel Hill as their Tar Heels take down Virginia Tech 31-24
The big Pac-12 matchup this week is the battle between USC and Arizona
QB Anu Solomon has led the surprising Wildcats to a 7-0 record in 2014

NCAA Stats Leaders:
Passing:
2959 - Shane Carden, East Carolina
2786 - Connor Halliday, Washington State
2761 - Matt Johnson, Bowling Green
2298 - Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M
2204 - Scotty Young, Louisiana Tech

Rushing:
1082 - Todd Gurley, Georgia
973 - Ka'deem Carey, Arizona
955 - Jordan Canzeri, Iowa
931 - Christian Powell, Colorado
916 - Chris Swain, Navy

Receiving:
1348 - Justin Hardy, East Carolina
980 - Dom Williams, Washington State
818 - Austin Franklin, New Mexico State
800 - Paul Richardson, Colorado
762 - Dominique Rhymes, Florida International

Tackles:
44- DJ Lynch, Bowling Green
38 - James Stanford, Bowling Green
34 - Coy Brown, Bowling Green
34 - Josh Gavert, San Diego State
33 - Bronson Kaufusi, Brigham Young

Sacks:
10.0 - Bryan Thomas, Bowling Green
9.5 - Bronson Kaufusi, Brigham Young
8.5 - Maxx Forde, Idaho
7.5 - Jesse Kelley, South Alabama
7.0 - Bryan Murphy, Pitt

Interceptions:
7 - Geno Smith, Alabama
6 - Brian Williams, Indiana
6 - Blake Countess, Michigan
5 - Andrew Johnson, Louisville
5 - Jalen Mills, LSU

Kicking:
Field Goals:
56 - James Hairston, LSU
55 - Ty Long, UAB
55 - Dylan Mulder, Eastern Michigan
54 - Andrew Haldeman, Western Michigan
54 - Bobby Stonebraker, Oklahoma State

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Top 25 - BCS Rankings

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Week 9 Rankings:

NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Updated: Oct 26, 2014
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	2	Ohio State	7	0	1.000
2	3	Oregon	7	0	0.995
3	4	Georgia Tech	7	0	0.989
4	5	Texas	6	0	0.984
5	12	Arizona	7	0	0.979
6	8	Texas A&M	7	1	0.972
7	1	Notre Dame	7	1	0.966
8	10	Louisville	7	1	0.960
9	9	Ole Miss	7	1	0.958
10	13	UL Lafayette	6	0	0.955
11	7	Virginia Tech	5	2	0.939
12	6	Michigan State	6	1	0.936
13	19	North Carolina	5	2	0.926
14	15	Michigan	6	2	0.923
15	17	Alabama	7	2	0.914
16	18	Maryland	6	2	0.896
17	NR	Arizona State	5	2	0.883
18	11	Oklahoma	5	2	0.881
19	20	Washington	4	3	0.878
20	21	South Carolina	7	1	0.877
21	22	Nebraska	5	2	0.871
22	NR	Indiana	6	1	0.852
23	23	UCLA	6	2	0.844
24	24	Florida	7	2	0.840
25	25	San Diego State	7	1	0.837

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Game preview: Bowling Green @ W. Michigan