EMU preview

[mbenecke]

Doege runs it in from 2 yards out and we go up 17-13.

[mbenecke]

We get SO MANY unsportsmanlike penalties, especially after kickoff returns. I don't get it. We're so mentally weak.

[mbenecke]

Halftime score:

EMU 20, BGSU 17.

We get the ball to start the second half.

[MarkL]

We get SO MANY unsportsmanlike penalties, especially after kickoff returns. I don't get it. We're so mentally weak.

You weren't around for Gregg Brandon teams. Those ones weren't even penalized this much ...

[Schadenfreude]

Doege runs it in from 2 yards out and we go up 17-13.

I loved that play. Tremendous fake. Also, I thought that unsportsmanlike call on the tackle of Scott Miller along the sideline was ticky tack.

Given the way EMU beat us last year and the progress they have made, a win would be encouraging tonight. Hope we can find a way.

[Flipper]

We lose a TD to a penalty..again. It's the SD game all over again. Shouldn't there be some improvement from then to now?

[mbenecke]

We get SO MANY unsportsmanlike penalties, especially after kickoff returns. I don't get it. We're so mentally weak.

You weren't around for Gregg Brandon teams. Those ones weren't even penalized this much ...

LOL. Coach Brandon was the coach when from when I was 5 to when I was 10. I don't remember much about those teams, but I don't remember any being quite this bad defensively.

[MarkL]

Yeah I was in college for the Brandon years, thanks ...

[MarkL]

Nice having a deep threat! Didn't have that last year. Doege is going to be a great QB.

[mbenecke]

End of 3:
EMU 34, BGSU 31.

[Falconwriter]

I've said it before and I'll repeat it again: bad teams...and in this case, BADLY COACHED TEAMS find new ways to lose ball games. Seriously, you have a QB in a shotgun formation when it's 4th and inches? Of course the defense is going to run blitz and likely stop your RB in the backfield for a loss.

Just when you hope the coach is getting it, he does something that reminds you that he's a glorified high school coach -- and apparently always will be.

[MarkL]

I said early in the fourth that EMU was setting up a QB keep on the counter. And there it was to more or less seal it. Out-coached again.

[mbenecke]

Final score:
EMU 34, BG 31

Suder missed a 29 yarder in the 4th that would have tied it...

Lots to improve on moving forward.

[Falconfreak90]

Start now by firing Eliano as DC.

[MarkL]

And this terrible season is officially over. For everyone defending Jinks: he returns a lot of talent next year. He will get another off season to develop said talent. If you see a great coach in him, there should be improvement in 2018 because there is no excuse for anything else.

If we're not at least 6-6, upper half MAC in both offense and defense, and in the east race come end of season, I think the case will be closed.

I'm ready for the off-season, for NFL playoffs, basketball, and hockey. BG football is done for the year. End of year review thread coming soon.