It's Over

That's it.  It's over.  3-9/2-6.  And back on the coaching market.

There's not much to say about today's game.  Buffalo is just way better than Bowling Green is.  The final was 44-14.  It could have been much worse.  Buffalo got the lead and then relentlessly ran the ball on a continually undermanned BG defense.  They ended up holding the ball for 42 minutes.  They ran 84 plays. BG ran 37, while Buffalo had 30 FIRST DOWNS.  BG had 6 first downs.

The Bulls earned a mulligan with their early season play and when they had a second chance after stubbing their toe against OU, they didn't miss on anything at the Doyt.

It was completely one-sided, as expected.  That's a very good Buffalo team and a very sub-par BG team giving it all they had, but not having nearly enough.  BG's defense continued to have injury issues, with Brooks and Haigler being unable to go. 

All credit to Lance Leipold for what he has done for this program.  I'd love it to be a model for what we could do.  Solid, normal, replicable football, built on strength up front, without systems or gimmicks.

So, on we go.  Will have a post in the morning on the next steps, but the next few weeks are really important.

Thanks to our seniors for the effort you gave this year.  It was impressive.  You battled and were leaders and you earned our lasting respect.  I wish the overall results were better but you managed a very difficult decision with dignity.  It's much easier to do that when things are good, but you did it when things are bad,

On to the off-season.