Sweet Victory #8: A few notes

There's no point in a full-scale dissection of the game from yesterday.  Just a few notes....

BG was very thin at WR.  Coach said Jackson could have gone in an emergency, which this was not, so BG was down a few guys at WR.  That led to....

• Ronnie Moore with 3 TDs.  He got a lot more reps...and Coach says they have been gradually putting more of the offense in for him.  He's a game-changing athlete and showed it today.  Overall, he had 7 catches for 161 yards to go with the 3 TDs.  Moore is going to be a very dangerous player for BG.  Or, already is.
• Matt Schilz playing WR.  Really.

Coach said the strategy was to shut down the EMU run.  He said people accuse him of "making this stuff up" (ie, the strength of our opponents), but that EMU had a good run offense.  He cited their yards per game, which is impacted by a run-heavy play mix.  They are 6th in the MAC in rushing and 7th or 8th overall...which is not nothing, to hold the 7th or 8th best offense in your conference to 4 first downs.

Anyway, BG put a bunch of guys in the box to force EMU to throw.  It was incredibly windy--which helps that strategy).  At any rate, it worked, as EMU completed only 1 pass all day and ran for only 2.3 yards per carry.

Travis Greene had 126 yards and 2 TDs, an average of 8.4 yards per carry.  This puts him at 3rd on the all-time single season BG record with 1,293 yards.  With 153 against Buffalo, he would move into the #1 slot...and he could have two more games.

Fred Coppet injured his "upper extremity" and did not return.

William Houston had a 44-yard TD run.  Reporters told Clawson after the game that all the rest of his TDs this year only covered 12 yards.

Last thing.  Jude Adjei-Barimah probably could have played.  Sounds like he will be good to go on Friday.