Offense Needs to Step Up

Offense Needs to Find 5th Gear


From 2013-2015 offense was easy for BGSU. There is no mystery as to why the Falcons made it to 3 straight MAC Championships, winning 2 (13,15). Comparing those offenses to the last 3 (full seasons) from BG it is directly correlated to the downfall in win totals. Hopefully with the loaded RB and WR room, an older offensive line, and McDonald in his 3rd year under center BG will get closer to the offensive numbers seen under Dave Clawson and Dino Babers. 


2013                                                                                                                2018

10 wins                                                                                                           3 wins

487 points                                                                                                       292 points

3,725 yards passing                                                                                        2,864 yards passing

2,707 yards rushing                                                                                        1,399 yards rushing


2014                                                                                                                2019

8 wins                                                                                                             3 wins

420 points                                                                                                       192 points

3,639 yards passing                                                                                        1,888 yards passing

2,422 yards rushing                                                                                        1,941 yards rushing


2015                                                                                                                2021

10 wins                                                                                                           4 wins

591 points                                                                                                       257 points

5,135 yards passing                                                                                        2,578 yards passing

2,520 yards rushing                                                                                        1,228 yards rushing



Again, I never expected the offense to be any decent the past few years while BG totally rebuilt the team. However, now that McDonald is in his final season, the offensive line has some fresh faces and older transfers, as well as the deepest WR room since 2015 the offense in my opinion should able to have at least 2 thousand team rushing yards and over 3 thousand passing yards. With numbers like that, BG will no doubt end the bowl drought. 








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