vs. Northern Illinois (10/12)

[Bgsu2016]

Today was such a sad game. This offense has serious weapons for a MAC team and cannot do anything. Loeffler unfortunately is likely done after this year

[Flipper]

Have to feel bad for Bazelak the same way you did for Mcdonald...guy gets his brains beat out there waiting a half hour for a route to develop while the DL tees off on him. Orth seems to be done...Bazelak could barely walk off the field. This offense seems to kill QB's

Tough to have any optimism for the rest of the season if Anderson is forced to carry the load..he didn't look ready

[TommyG]

So many people thought extending him was a good decision. From year 1 you could see the offense would struggle when he was running a progression based passing scheme with a QB whose best attribute was his feet. We should’ve been running some form of read option, simple quick reads to move the ball. Instead the team had to run “his offense”.
Dynamic coaches find ways to make the most of their personnel….i personally think BG has 2 skill position players who can be NFL contributors in Fannin and Stewart. To only score 7 points is just a shame.
I’m don’t see how so many people are surprised…I never saw BG as serious contenders…even after the “good” losses against A&M and Penn State.

[guest44]

The reality is he is not going anywhere. The good old boys like him and DVDM is taking advantage of the old BGSU put your kid on the roster system. While we can all admit this thing is and was never going “to the moon” BGSU will listen to the good old boys and convince themselves 22-39 is still better than Jinks.

[jpfalcon09]

So many people thought extending him was a good decision. From year 1 you could see the offense would struggle when he was running a progression based passing scheme with a QB whose best attribute was his feet. We should’ve been running some form of read option, simple quick reads to move the ball. Instead the team had to run “his offense”.
Dynamic coaches find ways to make the most of their personnel….i personally think BG has 2 skill position players who can be NFL contributors in Fannin and Stewart. To only score 7 points is just a shame.
I’m don’t see how so many people are surprised…I never saw BG as serious contenders…even after the “good” losses against A&M and Penn State.

Haven't developed an offensive line in his time here. That's been the biggest thing holding this program back. This year looked different to start but the last three games have looked like the prior five years. Things can go off the rails next week against Kent. We'll see what happens.

[hammb]

Dude can't coach. He could never coach, and likely never will. He coaches bland mediocre football that I honestly don't know how some of you still manage to watch it all every week. Had COVID this week so cancelled a camping trip this weekend. Ended up spending a few hours on the couch watching this and I'm sorry but it makes me want to jab my eyeballs out.


The entire football world has realized there are about 2x as many athletic defensive sobs on the planet as there are guys capable of blocking them. So the entirety of offensive football has transitioned to quick hitters, get the ball to playmakers in space, create mismatched/confusion through motion offenses..except in BG where we sit back and get our QB destroyed quarter after quarter.

I for one am not surprised in the least. The season thus far has been almost exactly as I expected other than keeping a&m and psu closer than expected. He's never managed to avoid double digit losses against Mac contenders never has a reason to believe he could this year. And against a team who basically played the entire game without it's starting QB. Smh

[BGSU33]

I said in my only post in this thread that I had a bad feeling coming into this game and this was exactly the kind of game BG has consistently struggled to win under this staff, (a meaningful game against a top MAC program with the exception of two Toledo games). Unfortunately, this is exactly along the lines of what I expected to see. But maybe a little worse. NIU was playing without its star RB and had to go to a backup freshman QB while also playing on the road, and BG still wasn’t any match for them. We had one good offensive drive then did basically nothing. Our defense kept us in it until they couldn’t hold any more and the missed FG’s were killers. But this is exactly who we are and what I’ve come to expect. SL talked about how everything is still in front of them, but I disagree. This loss will keep BG from going to Detroit in the end even if we somehow get things turned around and make a run of it. This was an extremely costly loss and it will show in the coming weeks. We had a shot at a huge win in the conference race and crapped down our leg like we often do.

[guest44]

How idiotic is it to order all those new uniforms only to wear your road whites at home? Maybe you get the moon faster in white.

[Beaker]

Guest, you beat me to it. Got home so late last night and in such a state of depression that I couldn’t even bear to get on this forum and share my utter disappointment at how bad this team played in such a critical game. I get on here this morning and others have covered what I was going to say and I was down to pointing out that we are so incompetent that we can’t even wear the correct uniforms, but that’s also been addressed. I can’t bear to watch this team anymore so I just won’t.

[jpfalcon09]

I said in my only post in this thread that I had a bad feeling coming into this game and this was exactly the kind of game BG has consistently struggled to win under this staff, (a meaningful game against a top MAC program with the exception of two Toledo games). Unfortunately, this is exactly along the lines of what I expected to see. But maybe a little worse. NIU was playing without its star RB and had to go to a backup freshman QB while also playing on the road, and BG still wasn’t any match for them. We had one good offensive drive then did basically nothing. Our defense kept us in it until they couldn’t hold any more and the missed FG’s were killers. But this is exactly who we are and what I’ve come to expect. SL talked about how everything is still in front of them, but I disagree. This loss will keep BG from going to Detroit in the end even if we somehow get things turned around and make a run of it. This was an extremely costly loss and it will show in the coming weeks. We had a shot at a huge win in the conference race and crapped down our leg like we often do.

This is the thing that ultimately sticks with me this morning - this staff doesn't have the ability to win a big conference game. OU on the road in 2022 to go to Detroit, OU and Miami last year, and now NIU this year. I'm tired of the excuses. Like Gibby said after the game, you had all these guys announce they were returning on Twitter and wanting to win a conference championship but it's the same old song and dance.

I've got faith that DVDM will do what's right to try and propel this program out of its current purgatory, but the environment of college football is getting more difficult for a school like BG to compete by the week.

[guest44]

It’s all a gimmick. The Clawson comparison a gimmick. The 5 year rebuild in the freaking MAC is a gimmick. The “white out” a gimmick. To the moon a gimmick. DVDM kid on the team a gimmick. No accountability at the top leads to gimmicks. That’s what this program has been and it’s only been allowed because it’s slightly better and looks different than Jinks.

[TommyG]

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I said in my only post in this thread that I had a bad feeling coming into this game and this was exactly the kind of game BG has consistently struggled to win under this staff, (a meaningful game against a top MAC program with the exception of two Toledo games). Unfortunately, this is exactly along the lines of what I expected to see. But maybe a little worse. NIU was playing without its star RB and had to go to a backup freshman QB while also playing on the road, and BG still wasn’t any match for them. We had one good offensive drive then did basically nothing. Our defense kept us in it until they couldn’t hold any more and the missed FG’s were killers. But this is exactly who we are and what I’ve come to expect. SL talked about how everything is still in front of them, but I disagree. This loss will keep BG from going to Detroit in the end even if we somehow get things turned around and make a run of it. This was an extremely costly loss and it will show in the coming weeks. We had a shot at a huge win in the conference race and crapped down our leg like we often do.

This is the thing that ultimately sticks with me this morning - this staff doesn't have the ability to win a big conference game. OU on the road in 2022 to go to Detroit, OU and Miami last year, and now NIU this year. I'm tired of the excuses. Like Gibby said after the game, you had all these guys announce they were returning on Twitter and wanting to win a conference championship but it's the same old song and dance.

I've got faith that DVDM will do what's right to try and propel this program out of its current purgatory, but the environment of college football is getting more difficult for a school like BG to compete by the week.
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Buyout Loeffler…pay a new coach. Meanwhile baseball still doesn’t have turf. Maybe quit rewarding mediocre.

[Flipper]

Suspect we'll move on after this season..he's under contract through ...2025?

I haven't been to a game since 2019...I've had no interest in watching this style of football. I thought he'd have a good year this season...all the ingredients were there...veteran QB, two of the top offensive threats in the MAC...solid defense. This was going to e the year we benefitted from continuity and experience. But...no...we aren't. Can't imagine extending him again...can't imagine having a lame duck coach next year. So unless something really awful happens, I think he finishes the year before moving on.

At lest we're not UT..Candle makes a lot more than SL and delivers just as much disappointment

[mbenecke]

Scot’s deal is through the 2025 season. So this offseason is absolutely a mandatory decision point. They aren’t going to have him coach on the last year of his deal, so it’s either another extension (very unlikely) or letting him walk. And judging by how DVDM does things, I would expect him to be fired, at this point. Likely right after the season is over.

Feels like we should be able to manage a one year buyout if we want to be a serious football program. Time to start calling donors and rallying the troops, Derek.

[jpfalcon09]

Suspect we'll move on after this season..he's under contract through ...2025?

I haven't been to a game since 2019...I've had no interest in watching this style of football. I thought he'd have a good year this season...all the ingredients were there...veteran QB, two of the top offensive threats in the MAC...solid defense. This was going to e the year we benefitted from continuity and experience. But...no...we aren't. Can't imagine extending him again...can't imagine having a lame duck coach next year. So unless something really awful happens, I think he finishes the year before moving on.

At lest we're not UT..Candle makes a lot more than SL and delivers just as much disappointment

Losing 32 seniors this year too. It's a good severance point.

He was given the opportunity to show he can push the program to the next level. It's obvious he'll be unable to do that. Every big conference home game the past couple years have been losses. That part really bothers me.