Bowling Green Football Talk

So, the year is 2018. BG has gotten off to another terrible start, and is 1-6 on the year, 0-3 in MAC games. Mike Jinks and the Falcons just lost a sure fire win to the Western Michigan Broncos on homecoming weekend. The Falcons were up 21-7 at the half, and up 28-14 late in the 3rd. I remember the BG sideline was a wasteland of emotions. On the WMU side, their players were jumping up and down with excitment even down 14 points. At that point, I knew BG would lose the game. They sure did and Mike Jinks were fired that week. Jinks made a lot of mistake as a coach, but letting his team get that low on energy is the biggest mistake yet. Honestly, the funniest stat of the Mike Jinks era was going just 2-1 in FCS games, with a win margin of just 8 in the two wins over lackluster FCS schools.  Carl Pelini was then given the role of interim HC and led the Falcons to a record of 2-3 in their final 5 games. BG was able to beat Central Michigan and Akron thanks to solid defense and competent off

EA Sports is releasing a new college football video game The team over at EA Sports announced on Twitter in February that they are going to finally make a college football video game again. The last edition came out in 2013, titled NCAA 14 with Denard Robinson from Michigan on the cover.  NCAA 14 was met with acclaim, and has only grown more popular as it was the last game in the franchise. Due to a lawsuit, EA decided not to continue with the game. I personally think NCAA 04 is the best of all time and critics and players alike would agree.  The Madden series has fallen to an unbearable low level of quality due to EA having a monopoly. It is simple, when a company has no competition, they put less work into a product because consumer do not have another option. Madden 21 is the worst rated Madden game in the entire series, both by critics and consumers. The new EA College Football Game could be terrible, but I am excited none the less. Some ways to make the game good would be to: Focu

 Today I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with former BGSU Falcon James Knapke. Knapke was a backup QB on the 2013 and 2015 MAC Championship teams and started in 2014 leading BG back to the MAC Championship, and winning a Bowl Game. Knapke goes over some great insights into being on the team, as well as ending with good advice for young recruits. James is a great dude and had some amazing moments in the Orange and Brown. Go listen to the interview on YouTube @ Bowling Green Football Talk  Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tldn1mwx7T4 

The 2021 season is going to be a lot of fun because of how whacky 2020 was. Hopefully, Scot Loeffler and company can take a step forward this year although it will be an uphill battle. Here is my prediction for the season even though there is a lot more information that can come out such as more transfers, coaching changes, or position battles. Week 1: Tennessee L 13-59 Week 2: South Alabama W 38-24 Week 3: Murray State W 45-17 Week 4: Minnesota L 24-48 Week 5: Kent State L 17-51 Week 6: Akron W 28-24 Week 7: NIU L 21-38 Week 8: Eastern Michigan W 35-31 Week 9: Buffalo L 10-31 Week 10: Toledo L 14-35 Week 11: Miami OH L 24-27 Week 12: Ohio L 19-31 Overall: 4-8 Window: 2-4 wins I think this team will go 4-8 as of now, but put the floor at 2 wins and the ceiling at 4. I feel that is really fair considering Loeffler has yet to get more than 3 wins and make a bowl game. Anything less than 2 wins and he should be on the hot seat because we should start with 1 win against Murray State. Getti

The transfer portal has changed college football forever. Especially with the NCAA likely doing away with the 1 year of eligibility loss, and the COVID year not counting, a record number of kids are in the portal. The transfer portal allows kids to enter their info and be recruited by all teams, instead of sending info to schools one by one. Once a student enters the portal, they can choose to return to their school but their school can also take them off of scholarship. So far for BG, Diata Burns and LaBronz Davis have come back to the Orange and Brown from the Transfer Portal.  I will put their new destination at the end, also important to note that only Shon Strickland was recruit by Scot Loeffler. The rest of these kids were brought in by a whole other coaching staff. There are many reasons a kid might transfer but the main are Wanting more playing time Moving closer to home Want to win games Coaching staff changes  BG has not been winning much which is a reason to leave. Also as I