FalconBlog--Triumphs and Trials in the BGSU Falcon Nation

Brandon Presser

Not too much new this week from the presser. WMU has a true FR. QB, Tim Hiller. According to Brandon, we recruited him out of HS. He's mobile and has a good arm, and a great receiver in Greg Jennings. The theme of the day was not to look past Western--look at the potential you see on tape, not the record.

I have no doubt that this Falcon team cannot look past anyone. We could lose to any team in this conference. At the same time, on our field, this should be a win. I have no doubt we won't rout WMU like we did last year. (Coach says the game was over at halftime, but in reality, it was over after five minutes).

Coach says we will have to play better than we did at Buffalo to win...I can believe that, too.

Western plays a ton of young guys--they're not trying to be kind of bad this year and kind of bad next year, but rather REALLY bad this year and good next year.

Q: What are the biggest differences you can see from last year to this year with Western?
GB: Well, they're committed to rebuilding. You can see that on defense; they're playing eight (redshirt) freshmen and true freshman. They're running around and they're competing. Last year when we played them, the game was over for all practical purposes at halftime. I'm not anticipating that this week. I'm anticipating them to come in and give us a battle. We have to play better than we did against Buffalo.

Finally, its worth noting, that the defensive backfield, much maligned, has been a force in our conference so far this season.

Q: It seems like the defensive backfield as a whole, they have been great ball-hawks and created a lot of turnovers.
GB: Yeah, something like 13 of the (opposition's) 15 turnovers are from the secondary. Those kids are playing well. The thing that they're doing well is communicating and playing together, and that's so important in that back end. It's so important in football, especially in team defense -- everybody needs to understand where they fit in the scheme, and when you have an opportunity to make a play, make a play within the system. That's how you keep people out of the end zone. You may give up some yards, but you keep people out of the end zone by playing great team defense, and that's what our secondary's doing right now.

No decision on PJ's availability.