Bell Nearly a Falcon?
BG was apparently this close to getting Le'Veon Bell...
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Doyt next for upgrade....
Via Azz.com, we have this on facility upgrades to the Doyt. This is a State of Ohio RFP for a Stadium study for the stadium. Greg Christopher has said for sometime that after the Stroh was done, the next project would be the football Stadium. It absolutely could use updating. In addition to cracking East side walls, we all know that the concessions areas are insufficient and the walkways are hopelessly jammed when crowds show up.
Apparently building new and renovating are both options that are still in play...of course, it comes down to money. It seems to me that building new would be a shame, but I don't know what you can do with the existing concourses (for example) in a renovation scenario. Which I suppose is what they study is for...
Anyway, food for thought.
MAC Blogger Roundtable....
It was on off week here at the Falcon Blog, but here's is the link to the MAC Blogger Roundtable. Nice reminder of the awful call by regular refs at the UT-Syracuse game in recent years. Enjoy,
Friday, September 28, 2012
25 questions at ramming speed
What is their body of work?
How many seniors and juniors on the two-deep?
23, which is not a ton.
Who are their statistical leaders?
They have no one ranked in the national statistics and no player in the top 5 in their conference.
What is their turnover ratio?
They are -1 so far this year.
Offense:
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| Not the mascot. |
Their offense has plainly struggled. Their QB is 79th in FCS (out of 121 teams) in passing efficiency. He completes a nice percentage, but with only a 2/2 TD/INT ratio and not a lot of yards, his efficiency number suffers.
What is their scoring and yards per play?
They are last in FCS in scoring. At 3.82 yards per play, only 3 FCS teams are lower.
Can they run the ball?
They haven't shown it yet if they can. Their QB is their leading rusher even when you count sacks. Beyond him, their leading rusher is earning 2.4 yards/carry. They are 119th in FCS.
Do they pass the ball?
See above.
How is their run/pass balance?
They run the ball on 45% of their plays, which is a lot given how tough it is for them.
Do they convert on 3rd Down?
At 19% they are last in the FCS.
Do they score in the red zone?
They have only 4 red zone drives this season, with 3 FGs to show for it. That is 2.25 points per trip.
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| The State Bird. Really. |
They are sacked on 6% of their pass plays, which is not very good but not awful.
I don't want to beat on these guys but they might be the worst performing offensive team to enter the Doyt in years.
Defense:
Topline: Scoring and yards per play.
They are 92nd in scoring defense in FCS and 109th in yards allowed. They are allowing 6.23 yards per play.
Do they defend the run effectively?
They are 98th in rusing defense allowing 4.9 yards per play.
Can they be passed on?
They are 92nd in pass defense, allowing over 60% pass completions and about 13 yards per completion.
Do they get off the field on 3rd down?
They are allowing 52.8% on 3rd down conversions.
Do they defend in the red zone?
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| Roger Williams, who founded Rhode Island and later returned kicks for BG. |
Do they pressure the QB?
3 sacks in 98 attempts.
Special Teams:
Punting?
They are 36th in net punting with just under 40 yards per punt.
Punt Return?
They have zero punt returns in 3 games.
Placekicking?
He's look good on our team. He's 3-3 with a long of 29.
Kickoff?
They are pretty good. They are allowing only about 15 yards per return.
Kickoff Return?
They are also pretty good at this, with two guys with an average over 20 yards.
Miscellaneous: Overall atmospherics and intangibles.Look, there's no point in sugar coating this. Based on the first 3 games, Rhode Island has failed to have any success at any part of the game, and that's with 3 FCS-level games...their numbers didn't get jacked up playing Oklahoma State or something. And while it will reveal nothing about our team, if BG does anything but blow these guys out, we are in deep trouble.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Clawson Presser---Play Better Edition
Coach didn't have much news to make at today's presser.
He said that we didn't dwell on the Virginia Tech game. We moved on pretty quickly on Sunday.
The last 2 weeks we have not played at a high level. We have to get better
We have a chance to be a pretty good football team but we aren''t playing very well right now
Primary goals are in the MAC
Assignments aren't being blown, we are losing matchups.
As for the inconsistent WRs, it is very hard to change course in the middle of the season.
He said we should match up well with Rhode Island. He says their defense is pretty good but they have struggled on offense. The key is that we have to play better.
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Anyway, it was a lot of stuff like that.
Falcon Fodder reported some bad injury news. D-Tackle Jarius Campbell injured his foot at UT and will miss the rest of the season. That is the second Falcon D-lineman to have a season-ending injury.
Ryan Burbrink had a hamstring injury last week and is doubtful for next Saturday. (This makes sense, there is no reason to rush him back for this game).
The other players who left the game in Blacksburg injured are back--Truss, Walker, and Lynch. Also, Joplin should be back in force against Rhode Island and Bart Tanski could be available within a couple of weeks.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Clawson Good Friends With Rhode Island Coach
Jack Carle of the Sentinel-Tribune has the story of the friendship between BG HC Dave Clawson and Rhode Island HC Joe Trainer are good friends going way back. In fact, Trainer was actually co-DC under Clawson at BG for a couple months before the Rams came calling, Trainer is also a god-parent to Clawson's daughter....so they are friends, though they are keeping their distance this week.
Here's something Trainer said that might be interesting to Falcon fans:
"I don't throw the word genius around a lot, but I think over the course of the last 12 to 15 years what he has done with his offense is as good as anybody in the country," Trainer said.I mention that just as a reminder that as the offense struggles, it isn't like Coach Clawson doesn't have a track record of being a good offensive coach. I know he can't live at Bowling Green on Brian Westbrook and Tim Hightower and sooner or later he needs to see results here. No one, including him, denies that the offense here is struggling.
Yeah, his friend might be helping him out. Maybe the track record is a reason not to give up yet.
Trainer has another nice quote about Chris Jones.
"They have got just an absolute war daddy in Chris Jones," Trainer said.War Daddy...that one might stick.
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