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"I couldn't grip the ball" comment (this from a guy who threw for more than 400 yards) because he's just a young college kid who probably takes his cue from his classless coach.

when really it was... "I really don't want to blame it on the ball, but I couldn't grip the ball," Jacobs said for his passing struggles. "On the first play, I threw the ball right into the ground. All game I was trying to switch balls. But that's no excuse."

Brandon's quote was... "I don't think it was really anything that UT did," Bowling Green coach Gregg Brandon said. "I thought our ineptness and Omar (Jacobs) not being real sharp in the third quarter was the difference. It was the first time in a long time that he hasn't been as accurate as he's been."

"We said (at halftime) that we needed to finish," Brandon added.

"We still had 30 minutes of football left and we didn't get it done. We didn't weather the storm and we couldn't get a stop on defense."

I think it's just nice to have the whole quote in there yeah Brandon could have given some credit to UT i would have liked to see that whouldn't have hurt.

The thing I don't understand is about the Balls. I thought college teams took their own balls when they went to an away game? I'm pretty sure that we used a Falcon Logo ball at Oklahoma earlier this year, and it was hashed out then that each team uses their own footballs in most college football games.

Really hammb? That seems a bit odd to me.

Maybe it wasn't the balls. Sounds like that is what Omar was eluding to. I think he may have been having some mental problems in terms of feeling the ball. Sometimes people just have a off-game where things just feel different. So, it could be that it was more mental than physical. I'd believe it, though. I have that happen to me all the time playing the guitar. Every once in a while the strings just feel different and I play like crap.

transfer2BGSU wrote:You are correct hammb. Each team provides their own official game balls to use while on offense.

Remember this thread?
http://www.ay-ziggy-zoomba.com/phpBB2/v ... .php?t=541

but do we actually know that this is true? I have been told that every ball has a bar code and it is scanned before the game to make sure it is the right kind. it is also seems weird that he would cokmplain about their own footballs.

As someone with the band who's "accidentally acquired" a number of these balls, I can tell you that there's no bar code on the balls themselves. I've seen footballs with the BG, Toledo, Miami, and Western Logos on them, and thats about it. Jeff

thanks for the info

fact: each team uses their own balls. Even at the high school level. footballs react differently when they get cold. usually they get hard, but sometimes they get slick as well.