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QB ready to go into season feet first
Bowling Green's Jacobs one to watch
By JEFF POTRYKUS
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Posted: Aug. 29, 2005
Madison - The number that best illustrates the greatness Bowling Green quarterback Omar Jacobs displayed in 2004 is not:
• His 41 touchdown passes, the No. 1 mark in the nation.
• His 4,002 passing yards, the No. 2 mark in the nation.
• His completion rate of 66.9%.
• His four interceptions in 462 attempts, an average of one every 115.5 attempts.
Rather, it was the number two, as in the number of his feet that required surgery in the off-season.
The 6-foot-4, 226-pound junior, who is set to lead Bowling Green against Wisconsin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium, played last season with a broken toe on one foot and floating bone chips in both feet.
"Think about trying to run, play football and throw a pass with a little marble under your big toe," Bowling Green coach Gregg Brandon said. "Just put it in your shoe and walk around and see how it feels."
Painful, which is precisely how most opponents describe facing Jacobs.
Jacobs watched for two seasons while Josh Harris ran the Bowling Green offense, which utilizes four- and five-receiver sets and often goes without a huddle. Harris was selected in the sixth round of the 2004 National Football League draft by Baltimore after passing for 3,813 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior. Jacobs took over as the starter last fall and set the Mid-American Conference record for touchdown passes (41), finished third nationally in pass efficiency (165.47 rating), attempted a school-record 224 consecutive passes without throwing an interception and led the Falcons to a 9-3 record.
Only two MAC teams beat Bowling Green last season - Northern Illinois and Toledo.
Jacobs rushed for two touchdowns and completed 28 of 42 passes for 275 yards in the 34-17 loss to Northern Illinois. However, Northern Illinois didn't allow Jacobs to throw a touchdown pass, something no other team did last season, and controlled the ball by rushing 54 times for 292 yards.
The outcome did nothing to diminish the respect Northern Illinois coach Joe Novak has for Jacobs, a legitimate Heisman candidate entering 2005.
"He is extremely accurate, unbelievable," Novak said. "Certainly Bowling Green has a nice scheme and he has great command of it.
"But he knows exactly where he is going with the ball and makes great decisions."
Toledo rolled up 517 total yards in its 49-41 victory over Bowling Green but Jacobs shredded defensive coordinator Lou West's unit by completing 36 of 60 attempts (60%) for 415 yards and four touchdowns.
"He is a product of the system," said West, in his first season as head coach at Indiana State. "But a lot of times you build a system around what you have.
"And he is perfect for that system. He is the system."
According to Brandon and coaches who have faced Bowling Green, Jacobs is blessed with the arm strength to make any throw that can be drawn up on the chalkboard.
"He has the ability to make all the throws - short, deep, intermediate . . . whatever," Brandon said.
More important, Jacobs didn't seem to become flustered a year ago when opponents tried to disguise coverages or blitz liberally.
"His No. 1 asset is his awareness of what is going on around him," West said. "He does a good job reading the blitz. He knows where you're coming from and he knows where to go with the ball."
Jacobs' touchdown-to-interception margin (41 to 4) might be the second-most amazing stat line from his performance in 2004.
"Certainly he is in a system that should put up (big) numbers," Novak said. "No matter who the quarterback at Bowling Green is he is going to have some numbers.
"But you can take it to another level and he does that. His decision-making is amazing. Ten touchdowns to one interception, which is what his ratio is, that is unbelievable."
From the Aug. 30, 2005, editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bowling Green's Jacobs one to watch
By JEFF POTRYKUS
[email protected]
Posted: Aug. 29, 2005
Madison - The number that best illustrates the greatness Bowling Green quarterback Omar Jacobs displayed in 2004 is not:
• His 41 touchdown passes, the No. 1 mark in the nation.
• His 4,002 passing yards, the No. 2 mark in the nation.
• His completion rate of 66.9%.
• His four interceptions in 462 attempts, an average of one every 115.5 attempts.
Rather, it was the number two, as in the number of his feet that required surgery in the off-season.
The 6-foot-4, 226-pound junior, who is set to lead Bowling Green against Wisconsin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium, played last season with a broken toe on one foot and floating bone chips in both feet.
"Think about trying to run, play football and throw a pass with a little marble under your big toe," Bowling Green coach Gregg Brandon said. "Just put it in your shoe and walk around and see how it feels."
Painful, which is precisely how most opponents describe facing Jacobs.
Jacobs watched for two seasons while Josh Harris ran the Bowling Green offense, which utilizes four- and five-receiver sets and often goes without a huddle. Harris was selected in the sixth round of the 2004 National Football League draft by Baltimore after passing for 3,813 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior. Jacobs took over as the starter last fall and set the Mid-American Conference record for touchdown passes (41), finished third nationally in pass efficiency (165.47 rating), attempted a school-record 224 consecutive passes without throwing an interception and led the Falcons to a 9-3 record.
Only two MAC teams beat Bowling Green last season - Northern Illinois and Toledo.
Jacobs rushed for two touchdowns and completed 28 of 42 passes for 275 yards in the 34-17 loss to Northern Illinois. However, Northern Illinois didn't allow Jacobs to throw a touchdown pass, something no other team did last season, and controlled the ball by rushing 54 times for 292 yards.
The outcome did nothing to diminish the respect Northern Illinois coach Joe Novak has for Jacobs, a legitimate Heisman candidate entering 2005.
"He is extremely accurate, unbelievable," Novak said. "Certainly Bowling Green has a nice scheme and he has great command of it.
"But he knows exactly where he is going with the ball and makes great decisions."
Toledo rolled up 517 total yards in its 49-41 victory over Bowling Green but Jacobs shredded defensive coordinator Lou West's unit by completing 36 of 60 attempts (60%) for 415 yards and four touchdowns.
"He is a product of the system," said West, in his first season as head coach at Indiana State. "But a lot of times you build a system around what you have.
"And he is perfect for that system. He is the system."
According to Brandon and coaches who have faced Bowling Green, Jacobs is blessed with the arm strength to make any throw that can be drawn up on the chalkboard.
"He has the ability to make all the throws - short, deep, intermediate . . . whatever," Brandon said.
More important, Jacobs didn't seem to become flustered a year ago when opponents tried to disguise coverages or blitz liberally.
"His No. 1 asset is his awareness of what is going on around him," West said. "He does a good job reading the blitz. He knows where you're coming from and he knows where to go with the ball."
Jacobs' touchdown-to-interception margin (41 to 4) might be the second-most amazing stat line from his performance in 2004.
"Certainly he is in a system that should put up (big) numbers," Novak said. "No matter who the quarterback at Bowling Green is he is going to have some numbers.
"But you can take it to another level and he does that. His decision-making is amazing. Ten touchdowns to one interception, which is what his ratio is, that is unbelievable."
From the Aug. 30, 2005, editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Grant Cummings
ROLL ALONG!!!
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ROLL ALONG!!!
"We are linked to this institution by invisible bonds that do not wither or dissolve." --BGSU President, Dr. Ralph W. McDonald - 1968
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