Colllege Football Is Underway!

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:32 pm

It's about time!!!

BGSU Falconz · Post by **BGSU Falconz** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:43 pm

Houston beating the Ducks...nice

bgsuman · Post by **bgsuman** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:05 pm

UCF going to get lit up

able1 · Post by **able1** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:27 pm

EMU over Cincy near the end of the half.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:36 pm

Yeah it is 20-14. That would be a nice little BCS victory for EMU.

Buffalo is losing too Uconn. Big surprise

Toledo is killing WIU which is good because that team has made the MAC look bad in recent years.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:43 pm

EMU loses 28-26. Not sure but judging by the way the scores went they must have missed a 2 pt conversion to tie it.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:05 pm

UCF never gave up against S. Carolina... even though their chances of pulling anything out with 15 seconds left, down 9 and the clock running were slim and none, those officials sure took their sweet time putting the ball back in play.

"Oh, I suppose I might as well mosey on over and pick it up, then walk it over to this other guy, and he might want to bend over and place it down, polish it up real good before we start things up again..."

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:13 pm

TG1996 wrote:UCF never gave up against S. Carolina... even though their chances of pulling anything out with 15 seconds left, down 9 and the clock running were slim and none, those officials sure took their sweet time putting the ball back in play.

"Oh, I suppose I might as well mosey on over and pick it up, then walk it over to this other guy, and he might want to bend over and place it down, polish it up real good before we start things up again..."

Yeah, and the RG for SC was TOTALLY OFFSIDE! Convenient no-call for a BCS team with a brand new big-name head coach...

Suspicious? Methinks.

HoustonFalcon · Post by **HoustonFalcon** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:09 am

Just got back from the UH game, and let me tell you, USC will light up Oregons D. It was horrible the first quarter, and got lucky that UH didn't score a couple more times with long pass plays. But let me tell you, it was awesome to see a college game again live. Just wish I could be up there in Madison. If anyone is around the Houston area, we have a spot set up at SRO sportsbar to watch the game. It's a huge bar that the OSU alumni use. It was heartbreaking though going to the game, because Reliant is right next to the Dome, and to see all the buses going by and all the people waiting to get in was aweful. But back to the topic, THANK GOD THAT FOOTBALL IS BACK.

factman · Post by **factman** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:26 am

I actually watched most of the first half of the Toledo vs W Illinois game last night, as I had to be there on business. My guess is that there were about 15,000 there, and they were a late arriving crowd at that. Toledo's "D" looked good creating turnovers but WIU actually moved the ball pretty well but couldn't score in the first half. UT created alot of points on turnovers and special teams, and to be honest, it was hard to tell if WIU was that bad or UT was pretty good. I do know that the first TD on an interception as a VERY poorly thrown pass (weak) to the sideline. WIU was pretty much undermanned on special teams, as every punt was close to being blocked, if it wasn't. I think WIU was 4-7 in a I-AA schedule last year, so they aren't exactly a powerhouse. I thought UT offense was pretty average, but they may have been playing a pretty vanilla type game plan.
They had trouble running the ball while I was there.

rocketfootball · Post by **rocketfootball** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:54 pm

factman wrote:I actually watched most of the first half of the Toledo vs W Illinois game last night, as I had to be there on business. My guess is that there were about 15,000 there, and they were a late arriving crowd at that. Toledo's "D" looked good creating turnovers but WIU actually moved the ball pretty well but couldn't score in the first half. UT created alot of points on turnovers and special teams, and to be honest, it was hard to tell if WIU was that bad or UT was pretty good. I do know that the first TD on an interception as a VERY poorly thrown pass (weak) to the sideline. WIU was pretty much undermanned on special teams, as every punt was close to being blocked, if it wasn't. I think WIU was 4-7 in a I-AA schedule last year, so they aren't exactly a powerhouse. I thought UT offense was pretty average, but they may have been playing a pretty vanilla type game plan.
They had trouble running the ball while I was there.

Our offense definitely started slow, but once the OL started blocking things looked good. Bruce threw 2 TD passes and ran for 1 in the 2nd quarter while completing 7 of 9 passes in that quarter.

It is hard to evaluate from this game because you don't know how bad WIU was.

As for attendance, when the game started I would say there was 15K there. I went up to the stadium when they were doing the national anthem and the tailgating was still in full force. However, about half way through the 1st quarter it filled up decently and there was a good 20K there. Not a great crowd at all, but much more than 15K. The student section was packed. There were more students then seats available. They were standing in the aisles and they went from the 20 yard line all the way through the end zone and then even packed some students into the upper level. There was probably 10K of students alone, so 15K is not very accurate for the crowd.

Official attendance was marked at 20,092 and I actually thought it was a little higher than that.

Good luck tomorrow against Wisconsin guys. Make the MAC proud!