Falcons crack the SI preseason top 25!

[Warthog]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/footba ... index.html

#23.

[transfer2BGSU]

A look at the remainder of the MAC
48 - TU
53 - Miami (OH)
60 - Northern Illinois
84 - Kent State
93 - Ohio
99 - Akron
104 - Temple
108 - Eastern Michigan
109 - Western Michigan
110 - Central Michigan
111 - Ball State
118 - Buffalo

[bgmaggot00]

A look at the remainder of the MAC

108 - Eastern Michigan
109 - Western Michigan
110 - Central Michigan
111 - Ball State
118 - Buffalo

Damn, one shy of a strait. I call.

[mk455]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/footba ... green.html

The Falcons are aiming high in the MAC, thanks to the ultraprecise arm of quarterback Omar Jacobs

The quirky throwing motion -- a quick, sometimes sidearm release -- originated on the dusty Little League diamonds of Delray Beach, Fla. At age nine Omar Jacobs couldn't play peewee football because he was above the maximum weight, so he focused on pitching. "I threw sidearm back then," Jacobs recalls. "I had a nice little slider that looked like it was going to hit you, but it came back over the plate. I always hit my spots." Twelve years later Jacobs, Bowling Green's junior quarterback, still has that sidearm action and still hits his spots, so much so that he's become one of the most prolific passers in college.

Nicknamed Cruise Control for his easygoing off-the-field manner, Jacobs went into overdrive last season in his first year as a starter. He led the nation with 41 touchdown passes and ranked third in passing yards, with 4,002, while throwing just four interceptions in a spread offense that ranked second in the country in total yards (506.3 per game). So how does a quarterback throw 462 passes but only four picks? "Being smart," Jacobs answers. "Just throw the ball out-of-bounds [if no receiver is open] and come back for the next down. Live to fight another day."

Jacobs's smarts are only one reason why he's sure to attract the interest of the NFL. He has size (6'4", 224), decent mobility (300 rushing yards in 2004) and that gifted, if unorthodox, arm. "He can make all the throws," says coach Gregg Brandon. "The deep throw, the touch ball, the throw off-balance under pressure, the throw on the move -- he's the total package."

Jacobs says going pro after the season is a possibility, but he's focused on helping the Falcons win their first MAC title since 1992. The offense -- with senior running back P.J. Pope plus senior receivers Charles Sharon and Steve Sanders -- could be the nation's most productive. "We're doing a lot of pretty things with stats, but we're not winning championships," Jacobs says. "We have to win a championship this year to accomplish our goal." -- Gene Menez

[ZuluWarrior]

I know this is going to sound like heresy to some of you, but that logo just doesn't cut it. We need to go to the updated Falcon head, NOW! The graphics are cool and without the proper treatment as in this link, no one can tell what the heck it is.

As for the ranking, pre-season, unFalconbelievable! Who would have thunk it in years 2000 and before. A win by Boise, are's is a given in week one, and a victory in game two would send us into the stratosphere...Top 10! I'm getting ahead of myself, but it's fun to think about it.

BG vs. UofM Jan. 4th in Pasadena!

[Falcon Fanatic]

I know this is going to sound like heresy to some of you, but that logo just doesn't cut it. We need to go to the updated Falcon head, NOW! The graphics are cool and without the proper treatment as in this link, no one can tell what the heck it is.

You are exactly what the administration is counting on....wanting to see the transition from the traditional logo to the new bird one. I told you this was what was going to happen. Retail logo only....yeah right.... ::puke::

And btw, I don't hate the bird logo. What I don't like is losing the traditional one; a logo that was one of the most unique in all of college sports, BAR NONE!!! .....just like our colors..... *sigh* ........

And for your information....ANYONE who is a Falcon fan doesn't need to be told "what the heck it is!!" (....sorry, but you REALLY struck a nerve with me on this topic)

GRRRRRRR!!!!

[TG1996]

You are exactly what the administration is counting on....wanting to see the transition from the traditional logo to the new bird one. I told you this was what was going to happen. Retail logo only....yeah right.... ::puke::

And btw, I don't hate the bird logo. What I don't like is losing the traditional one; a logo that was one of the most unique in all of college sports, BAR NONE!!! .....just like our colors..... *sigh* ........

And for your information....ANYONE who is a Falcon fan doesn't need to be told "what the heck it is!!" (....sorry, but you REALLY struck a nerve with me on this topic)

GRRRRRRR!!!!

EXACTLY what she said. And I still don't see how people can look at that and say they "don't know what it is". I see nothing but a bird head. And "LT" rocks!

[Bleeding Orange]

You are exactly what the administration is counting on....wanting to see the transition from the traditional logo to the new bird one. I told you this was what was going to happen. Retail logo only....yeah right.... ::puke::

And btw, I don't hate the bird logo. What I don't like is losing the traditional one; a logo that was one of the most unique in all of college sports, BAR NONE!!! .....just like our colors..... *sigh* ........

And for your information....ANYONE who is a Falcon fan doesn't need to be told "what the heck it is!!" (....sorry, but you REALLY struck a nerve with me on this topic)

GRRRRRRR!!!!

EXACTLY what she said. And I still don't see how people can look at that and say they "don't know what it is". I see nothing but a bird head. And "LT" rocks!

Yeah, if you don't know what the traditional logo is I reccomend seeing your local doctor and asking for some serious medication. I hate to come down on you Zulu, but that may be one of the most thoughtless statements I've ever read on this board (and I myself have made some pretty thoughtless statements around here - sorry Metz!).

[Falconfreak90]

You are exactly what the administration is counting on....wanting to see the transition from the traditional logo to the new bird one. I told you this was what was going to happen. Retail logo only....yeah right.... ::puke::

And btw, I don't hate the bird logo. What I don't like is losing the traditional one; a logo that was one of the most unique in all of college sports, BAR NONE!!! .....just like our colors..... *sigh* ........

And for your information....ANYONE who is a Falcon fan doesn't need to be told "what the heck it is!!" (....sorry, but you REALLY struck a nerve with me on this topic)

GRRRRRRR!!!!

EXACTLY what she said. And I still don't see how people can look at that and say they "don't know what it is". I see nothing but a bird head. And "LT" rocks!

No doubt! Couldn't agree more. DO NOT GET RID OF THE TRADITIONAL FALCON LOGO!!!!

[Schadenfreude]

Well, I don't care for the updated version of the traditional logo.

I'm ready for what most of us assume will be the new logo when it comes.

I was prepared to dislike it as much as all of you. But I don't.

[Rightupinthere]

The new retail logo blows.

Did anyone get the new BG Alumni magazine? I did. The wife looked on the back cover at the alumni offering. She said, "Did you see the new space ghost pillow?"

Retail logo: ::puke::

[Lord_Byron]

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD PEOPLE!!!!!! LOOK AT THE SUBJECT OF THIS THREAD!!

We're ranked 23 in the SI pre-season poll. Enjoy it. In 2000, when we lost to Buffalo who thought we'd be here in 2005?

Instead this has turned into another good Logo/bad Logo thread.

Repeat after me:

23 in SI poll. 23 in SI poll.

Don't look for the dark-side in everything.

[BGALUMNI]

I know this is going to sound like heresy to some of you, but that logo just doesn't cut it. We need to go to the updated Falcon head, NOW! The graphics are cool and without the proper treatment as in this link, no one can tell what the heck it is.

My 4 year old daughter knew what it was, so I think most people with any clue can tell what it is.

[pardonfan]

The one thing I noticed from the article that sticks out at me as how Omar says he just throws the ball away out of bounds if no one is open in order to keep the INT's down.
Well, that is amazing that he completed something like 68% of his passes by throwing balls out of bounds. That really says something about OMAR, his receivers, and probably most importantly our offensive system/scheme.

Where would we be without Urban? If he had not come here, who knows where we would be. Probably making that straight complete that bgmaggot was looking for. I hate that he left, but the more I think about it, I am glad he came.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN,......PLEASE!!!!

[1987alum]

A look at the remainder of the MAC
48 - TU
53 - Miami (OH)
60 - Northern Illinois
84 - Kent State
93 - Ohio
99 - Akron
104 - Temple
108 - Eastern Michigan
109 - Western Michigan
110 - Central Michigan
111 - Ball State
118 - Buffalo

Wow, 9 of the conference's 13 teams (including Temple) firmly entrenched in the bottom half of the NCAA. Not pretty, not pretty at all. That being said, I see the directionals getting out of triple digits by year's end.

Preseason polls are nice, but I'd like to see the Falcons in SINGLE digits in January!