Thanks, Mr. Clawson...

[cowboyjoe]

for not giving Bullock a carry in his last game in his career as a Falcon. Sweet, coach...beautiful work. He deserved better than that.

[transfer2BGSU]

Question for you Cowboy Joe -

How did Chris look in practices leading up to the game?

[cowboyjoe]

I don't know but he played on special teams and he played on obvious passing downs and stayed back to block for Sheehan. So his practices must have been fine to get playing time for those situations.

[Flipper]

cowboy...what/who do you think will be your obsession in 2010? You rode the Bullock horse well in 2009....I think you're going to be hard pressed to match that performance

[musicman2343]

for not giving Bullock a carry in his last game in his career as a Falcon. Sweet, coach...beautiful work. He deserved better than that.

When you're the coach, you can make that decision. Clawson did a great job this year and I'm sure he did what he felt was best. If you're really that upset about it, email him instead of posting on a forum.

[Zig]

FWIW I think I remember the announcer saying "Bullock" over the PA at one point during the game. I think he dropped or missed a pass.

(not trying to say anything bad about Bullock, it's just what I remember)

[MarkL]

How many times do we have to go over this, Joe? Apparently at least one more time.

Chris Bullock is not a scat back. In our current offense, a scat back is most effective.
Chris Bullock is a change of pace back. For this purpose, he was never needed. Our offense didn't really ever lose pace.
Chris Bullock is a punishing back that is most effective late in the game in torturing a tired defense in order to hold onto a lead. This situation never presented itself.

Had the game gone differently and we had the ball late in an attempt to run the clock and secure a lead and a win, Bullock would have been in there. HOWEVER ... this scenario never happened. The situations in which Bullock is very effective and useful did not come up in the game, hence he was not used. This does NOT mean he is not a valuable member of the team. He is. In the situations described above, he was instrumental in securing the wins over Ball State, Akron, and Miami. Unfortunately, the Idaho game played out differently.

Any questions?

[Rightupinthere]

How many times do we have to go over this, Joe? Apparently at least one more time.

Chris Bullock is not a scat back. In our current offense, a scat back is most effective.
Chris Bullock is a change of pace back. For this purpose, he was never needed. Our offense didn't really ever lose pace.
Chris Bullock is a punishing back that is most effective late in the game in torturing a tired defense in order to hold onto a lead. This situation never presented itself.

Had the game gone differently and we had the ball late in an attempt to run the clock and secure a lead and a win, Bullock would have been in there. HOWEVER ... this scenario never happened. The situations in which Bullock is very effective and useful did not come up in the game, hence he was not used. This does NOT mean he is not a valuable member of the team. He is. In the situations described above, he was instrumental in securing the wins over Ball State, Akron, and Miami. Unfortunately, the Idaho game played out differently.

Any questions?

You're wasting your time with logic.

[ktrain]

YOUR boy had a chance and made a play for a successful loss of yardage.

[cowboyjoe]

Bullock will get 6 yards on the first play of the game, in the middle of the game, or the last quarter of the game. He is not a situational back. Feed him the ball x amount of times and he will get his yards. (For example 800 yards as a freshman) Not to get any carries is disgrace. Any questions? To answer who will be my boy next year? Whoever is being misused will be the players I target.

[Globetrotter]

I hate the then email the coaches posts. We are here for discussion....He is clearly seeking discussion.

[VDub26Falcon]

You want a discussion? Cowboyjoe is an idiot who has a hard on for one player and clearly has never coached a football game in his life. There were a few plays this year where Bullock was stuffed and definitely didn't get 6 yards. The season is over, Bullock wasn't the personnel that Clawson wanted to use. Get over it.

[musicman2343]

I hate the then email the coaches posts. We are here for discussion....He is clearly seeking discussion.

I disagree. Seeking discussion would have been posting "Thanks Mr. Clawson for not giving Bullock a carry in his final game as a Falcon. What do you all think about that?" or something similar. His post was a statement directed completely at Clawson and was more complaining about something rather than discussion provoking.

[h2oville rocket]

Cowboyjoe is an idiot who has a hard on

And he lacks the class of, say, a Vdub....

[kentuckianacoach]

Cowboy Joe your own statements are not making sense. You state that Mr. Bullick ran 800 yards his freshman year. That being said why did not Brandon run him more over the next two years? As a head coach, it is difficult at times to get everyone into a lot of playing time, but it is a "team" and as a head coach you have to make decisions for what is best for the "team" not one individual.