The Greatest BGSU Football Games of the Past Decade
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:35 pm
So it was 10 years ago this week that I set foot on the BGSU campus as a totally naïve freshman, looking to make my mark on the world. That simple fact is a scary one to me...surely it hasn't been a decade since I started at BGSU and over 6 years since I got my degree?! But it has. And in terms of Falcon Football, I can honestly say that I've seen things, good and bad, that I never thought I would see. Although I may have some comments about the bad along the way, this countdown is about the good.
If you could put together the best of Falcon Football's last decade into one season, what would it look like? Good question, and its one that I will attempt to answer. Over the next 13 days leading up to the opener of the 2015 season, I'm going to count down the best BGSU football contests of the past decade from 13 to 1. Along the way I'll throw in all sorts of anecdotes and fun facts about our program, and our passion...BGSU football.
Let's get started!!!
#13 - Bowling Green 70 - Temple 7 - October 1, 2005 - Doyt Perry Stadium, Bowling Green, Ohio
This one has sentimental value to me for a couple of reasons. First off, this was my first live game at Doyt Perry Stadium, my anointing to the awesomeness that is Falcon football. And secondly, this remains the largest margin of victory I have ever seen from a BGSU football team, though I'm not sure if the 63 point margin is a school record or not. From what I remember, it was an absolutely beautiful day, 70 degrees, sunny skies, and a high powered offense led by QB Omar Jacobs, RB's PJ Pope and BJ Lane, and WRs Charles Sharon and Steve Sanders, absolutely put on a show. BG lit up the scoreboard 40+ in the first half and never let up. Perhaps more impressively, the Falcon defense, which had struggled mightily in early season defeats at Wisconsin and Boise State, did a great job against the Owls offense, holding them to 7 points. This result galvanized the Falcons, who steamrolled through the early conference schedule, beating Ball State, Ohio, and Buffalo to start the conference campaign 3-0, a start that was undone only by Omar Jacobs' unfortunate injury against Western Michigan three weeks later. This game, although it never appeared it on the surface, was actually the beginning of a rivalry between the two schools, as Temple paid BG back with a 28-14 upset win in Philadelphia the next season, and then Temple ended up joining the MAC as a football only member the next season, which led to more tense contests in the coming years...one of which might land on this countdown later.
If you could put together the best of Falcon Football's last decade into one season, what would it look like? Good question, and its one that I will attempt to answer. Over the next 13 days leading up to the opener of the 2015 season, I'm going to count down the best BGSU football contests of the past decade from 13 to 1. Along the way I'll throw in all sorts of anecdotes and fun facts about our program, and our passion...BGSU football.
Let's get started!!!
#13 - Bowling Green 70 - Temple 7 - October 1, 2005 - Doyt Perry Stadium, Bowling Green, Ohio
This one has sentimental value to me for a couple of reasons. First off, this was my first live game at Doyt Perry Stadium, my anointing to the awesomeness that is Falcon football. And secondly, this remains the largest margin of victory I have ever seen from a BGSU football team, though I'm not sure if the 63 point margin is a school record or not. From what I remember, it was an absolutely beautiful day, 70 degrees, sunny skies, and a high powered offense led by QB Omar Jacobs, RB's PJ Pope and BJ Lane, and WRs Charles Sharon and Steve Sanders, absolutely put on a show. BG lit up the scoreboard 40+ in the first half and never let up. Perhaps more impressively, the Falcon defense, which had struggled mightily in early season defeats at Wisconsin and Boise State, did a great job against the Owls offense, holding them to 7 points. This result galvanized the Falcons, who steamrolled through the early conference schedule, beating Ball State, Ohio, and Buffalo to start the conference campaign 3-0, a start that was undone only by Omar Jacobs' unfortunate injury against Western Michigan three weeks later. This game, although it never appeared it on the surface, was actually the beginning of a rivalry between the two schools, as Temple paid BG back with a 28-14 upset win in Philadelphia the next season, and then Temple ended up joining the MAC as a football only member the next season, which led to more tense contests in the coming years...one of which might land on this countdown later.
