CaliSooner and EnFuego can bite me, but

[OptionQB]

Clayton is LISTED at 5-11 . . . But the point is I don't care if you BJ Johnson, Skyler Green, Reggie Bush or any of the other top WRs in college football, none of them should be barrelling over our DBs.

The other thing that I forgot to mention in our wonderful defensive scheme today is this . . . I understand Keon can make more plays at the safety position. However, in goal line/red zone situations he needs to be on Jones/Clayton, etc . . . in a man-on-man situation and not have those situations turn into iso's on LBs. I love it when we line up a OLB on the probable Belitnekoff Award winner . . .

Nothing against OU, they executed well all afternoon and showed great flow. I just think that we did very little to disrupt that flow and were happy as long as the game was within 3 touchdowns. I'll catch Hell, but I'll take the Urban Meyer "take no prisoners" approach any day. We would've been better served in Columbus and in Norman having a guy on the sideline who believed we could win the game rather than one who "wanted to keep our defense off the field."

As soon as Brandon and company figure out how to prepare/coach in big games, then that will alleviate just about all of my concerns with them, b/c they really have done a great job continuing the success we've had under Coach Meyer's leadership.

[Falconfreak90]

Falcon30,

Coach Brandon told me twice at events that had we scored in the Shoe there at the end, we would have gone for 2....no doubt.

[Falconfreak90]

Clayton is LISTED at 5-11 . . . But the point is I don't care if you BJ Johnson, Skyler Green, Reggie Bush or any of the other top WRs in college football, none of them should be barrelling over our DBs.

The other thing that I forgot to mention in our wonderful defensive scheme today is this . . . I understand Keon can make more plays at the safety position. However, in goal line/red zone situations he needs to be on Jones/Clayton, etc . . . in a man-on-man situation and not have those situations turn into iso's on LBs. I love it when we line up a OLB on the probable Belitnekoff Award winner . . .

Nothing against OU, they executed well all afternoon and showed great flow. I just think that we did very little to disrupt that flow and were happy as long as the game was within 3 touchdowns. I'll catch Hell, but I'll take the Urban Meyer "take no prisoners" approach any day. We would've been better served in Columbus and in Norman having a guy on the sideline who believed we could win the game rather than one who "wanted to keep our defense off the field."

As soon as Brandon and company figure out how to prepare/coach in big games, then that will alleviate just about all of my concerns with them, b/c they really have done a great job continuing the success we've had under Coach Meyer's leadership.

Option,

I dig ya man but lighten up on the criticisms....we were playing one of the most loaded college teams in recent memory...with a brand new qb no doubt.

I don't agree with your point of view. BG did better than just about every team in the Big 12 did last year against this team. The Sooners are freakin' stocked!
Omar is gonna be a superstar and I am more confident now that BG will repeat in the West.

[Falcon30]

Falcon30,

Coach Brandon told me twice at events that had we scored in the Shoe there at the end, we would have gone for 2....no doubt.

I kinda figured.

BGSU 25, Ohio State 24....if only

[Tricky_Falcon]

Option,

I dig ya man but lighten up on the criticisms....we were playing one of the most loaded college teams in recent memory...with a brand new qb no doubt.

I don't agree with your point of view. BG did better than just about every team in the Big 12 did last year against this team. The Sooners are freakin' stocked!
Omar is gonna be a superstar and I am more confident now that BG will repeat in the West.

I agree...Gameday was saying before the game that OU was going to throw atleast 60 on us. Yeah they got 40 but geez OU is loaded. We didn't exactly look like crap out there. We hung in there with the #2 ranked team in the nation which many are saying will win it all this year. We went into Norman and didn't back down one bit. No we didn't win and that's the ultimate goal, but we sure as hell didn't give the Sooners an easy win. Who would have thought that was possible just a few seasons ago?

[BGSU99]

I thought BG played a decent game and I think we can have a great season this year. We're not going to see another team like Oklahoma. We have some things we need to work on, but I can't say anything about our effort today. We did some good things out there and we can build on this. After watching USC struggle against Virginia Tech last week, along with defending National Champ LSU barely escaping with an OT win over Oregon State earlier tonight, this Oklahoma team may be the best team in the country. We went toe to toe with these guys and had we stopped them on that fourth down play, things could have gotten really interesting. If you caught any of the MAC scores today, we stacked up pretty well considering who we played. Northern Illinois lost a close one to top 25 Maryland, 23-20, and Marshall lost at home to Troy State (that actually didn't bother me too much). All the other MAC teams were blown out. I know that probably doesn't mean much, but I guess my point is, we did some things out there today that we can build on. As for some of the shortcomings, I didn't recall seeing anything we did wrong that isn't correctable. I would love to have won today, but hey, I can't wait to welcome these guys back home this coming Saturday, which can't get here soon enough! Another plus today was I don't recall seeing anyone get banged up (injured). Let's make some noise at the Doyt next Saturday and get win number one (of many) for this season!

[Scott D.]

Hey guys, your Falcons are damn good, and I plan on keeping up with them on Gameplan. Based on what I saw of them today and from the other MAC teams I saw in action, you guys stand a good chance in my opinion, to run the table in conference play. Only criticism I can give of the BG play calling would be to hope that your coach doesn't plan on using that 8 seconds left in playclock before getting the play relayed to everyone strategy all season. There might be a time where it backfires more than it could have today.
Don't get on the case of your defense too much, they played a strong game today, and that #17 you guys have is a playmaker. Best of luck this season, and in the ultimate irony of ironies, may you guys get to that 5th BCS Bowl to face Utah.

Oh and I almost forgot Jacobs is real good, and if you guys think he throws awkwardly (motion) for someone his height, take a look at Vince Young of Texas.

[OptionQB]

Freak,

Believe me, I am proud of the job that the Falcons did today and am grateful that it was such a close game, when just about every other MAC save NIU was getting torched.

In the greater scheme of things, could we have won the game . . . ??? . . . Yes, with a Villanova-esque performance and White on an off-day. But that does not mean we should be satisfied not to get blown out. When you're defense can't tackle or force the offense into long yardage situations, you have to adjust.

K-State and LSU found luck with multiple blitz packages. At some point, you have to have the same athletes to run the same packages. I think if Marshall can compete with KSU then we have similar athletes. LSU, I'm not going to touch that one. They are in a class with only perhaps USC.

It's frustrating to sit and watch a defense that will be very effective at times this year, get their lunch handed to them and have your coach say "well we need to keep the defense off the field."

[CaliSooner]

"My biggest problem with the game was the fact that while ahead in the 4th quarter, OU went for it on 4th and 5. That is just unsportsman like and showed me how great of a coach Bob Stoops is. All he seems to care about is running up the score so his team looks better than they really are."





You are a fool! Stoops was not running up the score at all! The point is to chew clock and get an insurance score. Typical mid major fan, do you know ANYTHING about football?

[CaliSooner]

"Looking back now, it also shows that maybe they were scared to even chance something like that with BG."





Scared nothin'. Coaching common sense.

[ZiggyZoomba]

You are a fool! Stoops was not running up the score at all! The point is to chew clock and get an insurance score. Typical mid major fan, do you know ANYTHING about football?

Scared nothin'. Coaching common sense.

Hey Jackass! You don't look for insurance unless you're scared about something. Way to shoot down your own claim.

"Typical mid major fan...." Hmmmmmmmm, you must mean a fan who doesn't jump on the bandwagon and a fan who is proud of their school's clean program and the young men it produces. You must mean a fan who has followed the same team for years and years through thick and thin....very thin sometimes. You must mean a fan who respects ALL opponents and the fans of those opponents. You must mean a TRUE FAN!

I don't take much personally on this website I run, but when you talk DOWN at us for being a mid major fan, I take offense. I'd appreciate it if you'd either apologize or shut the hell up. I can handle your being an idiot, but I don't like the broad attack on every single fan of BGSU or any MAC school. It shows your ignorance and is a terrible reflection on "your" school. Have you noticed on here how the TRUE OK fans have even disclaimed you? Who is the fool?

Now go away...far far away.

[Metz]

Scared nothin'. Coaching common sense.

Talk your s**t man, we enjoy getting a good laugh outta it. But really, don't you think it's time for you to find a new board? No one, even the other true Sooner fans, care what you have to say anymore. If you would like to continure this conversation, I will give you my address and we can settle this at my place. Or hell, I'll even come out to California just to shut you up.

[Scott D.]

I think going for it on 4th down more than once was a two part thing. Stoops goes for it on 4th and 5 or less maybe more than we'd care for, but he's usually successful when he does it. The other part of the equation, is that DiCarlo has been fighting against shin splints for most of the practices due to 'overkicking' between the spring and summer because the highly touted freshman kicker we have was injured for most of those two practice periods. I think he was more trying to save DiCarlo's leg, and see how the offense would respond in that type of situation.

[Schadenfreude]

My biggest problem with the game was the fact that while ahead in the 4th quarter, OU went for it on 4th and 5. That is just unsportsman like and showed me how great of a coach Bob Stoops is. All he seems to care about is running up the score so his team looks better than they really are.

Hell, if he wanted to run up the score, he wouldn't have gone on fourth down on OU's last possession. The only other option at that point was to kick the field goal... and he didn't.

I strongly disagree with you on this. It was a game until Magner got tackled three yards short of the first down marker.

[Metz]

My biggest problem with the game was the fact that while ahead in the 4th quarter, OU went for it on 4th and 5. That is just unsportsman like and showed me how great of a coach Bob Stoops is. All he seems to care about is running up the score so his team looks better than they really are.

Hell, if he wanted to run up the score, he wouldn't have gone on fourth down on OU's last possession. The only other option at that point was to kick the field goal... and he didn't.

I strongly disagree with you on this. It was a game until Magner got tackled three yards short of the first down marker.

Yeah, they weren't running up the score. Like I said after that,

BGSU_via_UDel, bgsufan1972, and TG1996...I am just a little bitter I guess. If they would have kicked it we would have had a good shot at winning so I just didn't like the call...lol. Yeah I follow why OU did it, but it bothered me that it seemed like they were sticking the nail in the coffin. Looking back now, it also shows that maybe they were scared to even chance something like that with BG.

I was a little bitter after the loss at first. I am fine now and very proud of the team