FalconBlog--Triumphs and Trials in the BGSU Falcon Nation

Falcons Stomp Ball State

It wasn't even as close as 51-13 would indicate, and certainly not as close as the stats would indicate. In classic BG fashion, we blew them out by scoring 5 of the first six times we had the ball, and the game was basically over five minutes in. As Ball State's coach said, we didn't do a damn thing right. A blocked punt. A bad snap on a punt leading to a safety. And giving up eight sacks. Ouch.

On the other hand, the Falcons were clicking. BG ran only 59 offensive plays, and scored 51 points. That's a feat. Omar was good. We didn't need to run, but he found PJ loose in the secondary six times, once for a TD. Charles Sharon has some nice YAC, and Steve Sanders had a big catch, too.

Basically, we totally dominated a team tonight, and it was good to see. Next week @ OU is a sleeper, even tough UT stomped them today.

The crowd was 16,669, which was too bad. It was a nasty day. It rained pretty hard in the second quarter, and the wind chill was easily in the 30's. The east side--with the wind on your face--was a lonely place. As I have said before, we will be out of the attendance woods when we draw on bad nights. Today's game was a good example of that.

Its a shame. It was a good show. NIU doesn't show any signs of losing, but anything could happen. All we can do it win out.