Coach Clawson's interview with ESPNU

Sidejudge · Post by **Sidejudge** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:22 pm

An interesting article just out (March 4th) from ESPN U with Coach Clawson. Here is the link:
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/others/0-4-1 ... awson.html

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:57 pm

Coach Clawson wrote:...crash the BCS party and that's certainly a goal that we have some day.

mmisbg · Post by **mmisbg** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:11 pm

"Dave Clawson: It has, first of all, a great history and a great tradition going back to the days of Doyt Perry and Don Nehlen and certainly more recently with what Gary Blackney and Urban Meyer did here."

Well, three out of four isn't bad. Let's just hope that he picks one of the three coaches, and not the one, to emulate.

IronFalcon77 · Post by **IronFalcon77** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:47 am

mmisbg, If the one you are referring to is Gary Blackney, lets not forget the great things he did for BG football. He took a program that had been down for years, and urned it into the team to beat in the MAC. 2 MAC Championships in his first 2 years, and a 73 yd fake punt by a fat A** punter from cfmu from being 3 out of his first 4. I played for Coach Blackney, and have the utmost respect for him, as should BG fans. He brought respectability and a desire to win back to the Doyt.

tiznow · Post by **tiznow** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:27 am

I agree Coach Blackney, did a great job with the program. He was hired before my junior year and immediately BG became MAC champs and won the California Raisin Bowl over Fresno State as 14 point underdogs.

If Blackney wasn't successful early on, who knows where BG would be now with the program.

footballguy51 · Post by **footballguy51** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:59 am

Sidejudge wrote:An interesting article just out (March 4th) from ESPN U with Coach Clawson. Here is the link:
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/others/0-4-1 ... awson.html

Thanks for the link, Sidejudge. It's great to hear optimism from the coaching staff for a change, and I'm definitely getting excited to see the team this spring. Unfortunately, I'm going to Kent State next year to work on my PhD, but if BG is going to Kent next year, I'll be there rooting for BG and I'd love to meet up with everybody if possible.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:10 am

IronFalcon77 wrote:mmisbg, If the one you are referring to is Gary Blackney, lets not forget the great things he did for BG football. He took a program that had been down for years, and urned it into the team to beat in the MAC. 2 MAC Championships in his first 2 years, and a 73 yd fake punt by a fat A** punter from cfmu from being 3 out of his first 4. I played for Coach Blackney, and have the utmost respect for him, as should BG fans. He brought respectability and a desire to win back to the Doyt.

+1.

I know it didn't end well for Blackney but his first 4 years he was 36-8-2 with two MAC titles and two bowl wins. And we were close to 4 straight titles.

I always had lots of respect for Blackney.

Love hearing Coach Clawson talk about crashing the BCS party...LOVE THAT!

Spring game is less than 2 months away!!!

GO FALCONS~!

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:38 am

mmisbg wrote: Well, three out of four isn't bad. Let's just hope that he picks one of the three coaches, and not the one, to emulate.

How correct you are. Meyer never took us to a bowl game, so I hope he does better than him.

JoeFalcon · Post by **JoeFalcon** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:47 pm

Other than national signing day and 1 article in the Toledo Free Press, this is the only interview with Coach Clawson I've seen in almost three months.

Instead of covering a handful of whiny students playing Tom Hayden because a 50 year old basketball arena is being replaced, it would be nice to see some type of coverage regarding the leader of the BGSU football program.

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:19 am

hammb wrote:
Coach Clawson wrote:...crash the BCS party and that's certainly a goal that we have some day.

Is this some kind of man-love thing?

Nice article, thanks for posting it! I like the attitude that he is bringing into to the program. I think Clawson's going to do an awesome job here!!!

BGFan · Post by **BGFan** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:54 am

Falcon Fanatic wrote:
hammb wrote:
Coach Clawson wrote:...crash the BCS party and that's certainly a goal that we have some day.

Is this some kind of man-love thing?

Nice article, thanks for posting it! I like the attitude that he is bringing into to the program. I think Clawson's going to do an awesome job here!!!

I think he's been hitting the cherries a little too hard lately!

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:13 am

BGFan wrote:
Falcon Fanatic wrote:
hammb wrote:
Coach Clawson wrote:...crash the BCS party and that's certainly a goal that we have some day.

Is this some kind of man-love thing?

Nice article, thanks for posting it! I like the attitude that he is bringing into to the program. I think Clawson's going to do an awesome job here!!!
I think he's been hitting the cherries a little too hard lately!

HAHA, nope. Just seriously love to see our coach quoted as setting the BCS as his ultimate goal. Obviously it's a long shot that takes a perfect storm to accomplish. You need to have a great team the same year you play a tough schedule and you have to go undefeated, which is hard for any team at any level. Still, I freaking LOVE to see that as the goal.

I seem to remember our previous coach's goal when he got here was to "Win the West". Now I'm all for winning our division, and then a MAC title, but if you set your sights higher, those things will come. Busting into the BCS should be the ultimate goal of any coach at BG.

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:08 pm

hammb wrote:
BGFan wrote:
Falcon Fanatic wrote:
hammb wrote:
Coach Clawson wrote:...crash the BCS party and that's certainly a goal that we have some day.

Is this some kind of man-love thing?

Nice article, thanks for posting it! I like the attitude that he is bringing into to the program. I think Clawson's going to do an awesome job here!!!
I think he's been hitting the cherries a little too hard lately!
HAHA, nope. Just seriously love to see our coach quoted as setting the BCS as his ultimate goal. Obviously it's a long shot that takes a perfect storm to accomplish. You need to have a great team the same year you play a tough schedule and you have to go undefeated, which is hard for any team at any level. Still, I freaking LOVE to see that as the goal.

I seem to remember our previous coach's goal when he got here was to "Win the West". Now I'm all for winning our division, and then a MAC title, but if you set your sights higher, those things will come. Busting into the BCS should be the ultimate goal of any coach at BG.

Yeah, whatever.......

I still think it's some kind of man-love football thing!!

Coach Clawson's interview with ESPNU

Coach Clawson's interview with ESPNU

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