Bowling Green Football Talk

Eddie George To Retain 4 Coaches     4 BG Coaches Reported to be Retained     According to Football Scoop, Eddie George is retaining Greg Nosal, Derrick Jackson, Brian White, and Alex Bayer from Coach Loeffler's staff.      Alex Bayer in my opinion was a must keep for the new staff. A former player who won the 2013 MAC Championship with BG and had a cup of coffee in the NFL, he was coaching special teams and tight ends. The special teams was fantastic over the past 4 years under Loeffler and this staff and Harold Fannin just had BG's first All-American season under Bayer and so this move made all the sense in the world. Derrick Jackson coached this secondary that had the most takeaways in all of FBS, Greg Nosal has done a great job with the O line and co coordinating the offense. Nosal has been here for the rebuild, joining the Falcons in 2020. Brian White joined in 2022 and was a long time Loeffler guy at Florida and BC and he seems to be beloved by t...

Eddie George To Become Next Bowling Green Head Coach!!! (George as Tennessee State HC)     Eddie George is set to become the next HC for our Falcons per the Toledo Blade. I only heard his name come up in the last 30 hours or so and now David Briggs from the Toledo Blade reports it is a done deal as George beat out UMass OC Mike Bajakian and Oklahoma State QB Coach Kevin Johns. I was initially hoping we stole Mercer HC Mike Jacobs because the number one thing I wanted in our next coach was previous head coaching experience. Given the new names including Minnesota's DC and Kentucky's Associate HC I then was drawn to Kevin Johns who has a lot of OC experience and could utilize a running QB. However quickly after Eddie George was brought up I sold myself that this would be a great hire.  Background:      Eddie George is a legendary Ohio football name. He won the 1995 Heisman trophy with Ohio State and then was a 1st round pick to the Houston Oilers. George wou...

                                  Transfer Portal 2025     The transfer portal in my opinion is fun, good for players, and actually helps a school like Bowling Green.      The portal also has so many opportunities for different players. You have studs from the G5 move up to the SEC, P5 backups dropping down to start at G5 schools. You have FCS starters jumping up to FBS, also FCS backups who would rather be a backup at a FBS school. Many casual fans do not realize how valuable depth guys are and scout team players truly make big differences in practice. Even G5 guys would rather be a backup at an SEC school. So in my mind, the portal is a plus value.      This list may not be 100% accurate but is updated to the best of my knowledge. I am going to give my opinions on each player, not meaning any disrespect but just an honest assessment of each player...

Coach Loeffler Leaves Bowling Green Personal Thoughts      I am so thankful for Coach Loeffler. On a personal note, he was always super kind to me, a lowly alumni trying to cover my team with my tiny little blog. When Coach Loeffler started following me on twitter and retweeting some of my tweets he gave me a lot of credit to other coaches, players, and media types. After my next training with the Army and Ranger school I will finally set up my own website and my growth is due in part to Coach Loeffler's kindness to me and his interview. Scot was super dedicated to the kids, the coaches, and put his 100% effort into rebuilding this football program for all of BG nation.  Football Thoughts      This stinks for BG Football. BG has gotten better every year and is now firmly a top tier school in the MAC. We beat bad teams and battle the good teams. Coach Loeffler also just posted our school's best conference record since 2015 and had Texas AM and Penn Stat...

    State of the Program 12/14/2024 (photo via BGSU Athletics) Season Review      The vibes should be fantastic across BG faithful. Listen, I was just as disappointed in the loss to Miami OH as anyone else. However, we still had our BEST MAC record since 2015 which is a really big deal. 6-2 is a fantastic conference record especially when it includes dropping 40 on Toledo's head and thrashing them. We also beat Western Michigan when we were both tied for first place in the MAC which at the time was a heavyweight PPV type league game. We beat our big time rival on a Saturday on THEIR turf, as well as beat our secondary rival (Kent State) again. We have now made a third straight bowl game and BG is firmly planted in the mid to upper tier of the conference, in a conference in which parity dominates.  Harold Fannin All American      Fannin has been voted to many All American teams, most importantly to me being the AFCA team. He was ROBBED of the ...

 Bowling Green Wins 5th Game in a Row!!!      The MAC is in a crazy tight race and Bowling Green secured a 38-13 win over Ball State on their senior day. Coach Loeffler and the Falcons are rolling along as they have now won 5 straight games, 6 of the last 7 games and are an astounding 6-1 in MAC play this year. This game was tight at halftime but BG outscored the Cardinals 28-6 in the 2nd half. I want to take a quick dive into this game but I must mention that this win makes our next game against Miami OH a win and go play in the MAC Championship!! Recap 1st Half      Once again the BG defense started the game with a 3 and out. Then the BG offense pulled out a classic Bowling Green drive. 15 plays, 93 yards, and 9 minutes. Harold Fannin continued to be magnificent. Fannin caught multiple first down balls as well as a screen pass. The play calling was creative, a lot of pre snap motion. The option run game with Connor Bazelak continues to baffle defense...