Two week wrap up…or four week wrap up…
Over Halloween weekend, BGSU played Kent State in what most would say is a good match up. Going into this game, Kent State and BGSU were both in the cellar in the MAC East and needed this win to come out of it and hope for some chance to redeem their stance in the MAC.
This game was the day after Halloween so the attendance was somewhat low considering the last home game against Miami brought in 15,411 Falcon fans. The home game against Kent State brought in 10,411 fans, an even 5,000 less people than two weeks before. (Both attendance numbers are from ESPN.com)
Regretfully, I was not able to make it to the Kent State game because I had family in town and at the time, it was not feasible to take everyone. I had some friends who took their parents and friends to the game and they had a good time. Too bad I had to miss it since it was a good game.
Meanwhile, Ohio State had a bye week the weekend of the Kent State game, so there really was not much Buckeye commotion around Bowling Green. It was quiet, but last weekend Ohio State played Northwestern and blew them out of the water and BGSU played OU and blew OU out of the water. It was a pretty triumphant day for Buckeye fans that go to BGSU. Both teams played well and had an outstanding victory.
Not only did BGSU play an amazing game, but Erique Dozier was named MAC Defensive Player of the Week. Dozier had seven tackles, one and a half sacks and an interception that helped lead the Falcons to the 28-3 win over Ohio. http://bgsufalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111008aad.html
The Falcons don’t play again until November 21 at home, which I will not be able to attend because I’ll be in Tunisia, so hopefully we win and I’ll be able to come back and be happy for my team and school!
… and this is a blog 4 weeks in the making…
Now.. I am going to speak about Ohio State being in the Fiesta Bowl with Texas, the firing of BG’s football coach, Gregg Brandon, and about the MAC championship game that BG very well could have won against the undefeated Ball State Cardinals.
OSU v. Texas in the Fiesta Bowl is going to be a great match up because Texas is ranked 3 in the nation and the Buckeyes are at 10th. Many Buckeye fans are hoping a win against this powerhouse Big 12 team, but I won’t be rooting for either because I’m hoping to be too exhausted from the win Cincinnati will hopefully have over Virginia Tech in the FedEx Orange Bowl a few days before.
Here’s the schedule of all the BCS games: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/schedules?week=17&season=2&year=2008&groupId=80
Next, news broke over my trip to Tunisia about BG firing their head football coach Gregg Brandon. This year, the Falcons were slated to be a break-out team and could win the MAC championship, but we fell short of it. In the offseason, there were many problems under Gregg’s coaching for the football team. Some of the student athletes failed to reach the grade requirements needed to stay on the team and others were involved in arrests. Hopefully, as Cleveland Browns fans say, next year will be our year.
The MAC championship game was bittersweet. Actually, it wasn’t sweet at all, it was all bitter. The last game of BG’s inconsistent season, we played Buffalo and we could have won, since we were winning and Buffalo came back and took us to double overtime. Buffalo’s win resulted in them winning the MAC East title and going to the MAC championship game against the Ball State Cardinals. I, along with most of my friends, wanted Ball State to beat the Buffalo Bulls, simply because it should have been us playing in that game. Well, the Bulls ended up beating the Cardinals, and that made Falcon fans even more bitter.. we almost beat Buffalo and we could have beat no. 12 ranked Ball State!
Next year.. is our year.
