UB-Bowling Green Game Thread
FINAL: Bowling Green 30, UB 29.
0:39 4th: Sheehan to Barnes for 18 yards and the go-ahead TD. BG 30-29. It's last year in reverse.
10:34 4th: BG QB Tyler Sheehan goes in from the 4 on a QB draw. UB 29-23.
13:30 4th: BG blocks another Rachuna punt, He's a tall kid who has to unfold but he has to get it off faster. Better blocking wouldn't hurt either, Falcons start on UB 17.
End of 3rd: Bulls 29, Falcons 16. Don't book it yet. Remember UB came from 20 down to win at BG last year.
9:07 3rd: Gill goes in from the 5. UB, 29-16 after Maynard runs for conversion.
9:17 3rd: Geter muffs booming Rachuna punt and UB recovers at BG 5.
3rd: Bowling Green 34-yard field goal early in quarter makes score 21-16, UB.
Halftime: Bulls 21-13. Say hello to freshman RB Jeffvon Gill, a 5-11, 220-pounder from Euclid, Ohio, outside of Cleveland. Gill takes over the running with Nduka on the shelf and amasses 98 yards on nine carries. Maynard finished half 9 of 14 for 137. Bowling Green getting nothing on ground, managing just 20 yards on 12 attempts. Real solid half for Maynard, especially with his decision-making. He ran six times for 33 gross yards and pulled back a screen throw for Roosevelt that would have been a probable pick.
ALERT: Nduka reinjures ankle and is questionable for rest of game. He's game 30 yards on eight carries.
2:34 2nd: UB, 21-13. Bulls answer Falcons TD march almost yard for yard, going 81 in nine plays, a drive capped by an 18-yard pass to tight end Jesse Rack. It's Rack's sixth TD catch of the season, tied for the team lead, and extends Maynard's streak of having thrown for a TD in every game this season. Drive included runs of 16 yards by Nduka and 24 yards by freshman Jeffvon Gill.
6:16 2nd: Dominated in time of possession until this point, BG goes 82 yards in 14 plays and scores on a 1-yard run by Willie Geter. A missed extra point leaves UB with a 14-13 lead. Freddie Barnes, the nation's leading receiver, broke out on the drive, catching three balls, including receptions of 19 and 21 yards.
13:26 2nd: UB moves ahead, 14-7, on 2-yard Mario Henry plunge. Drive stalled then continued when A.J. Principe was roughed while making a 36-yard FG. Bulls got a new set of down starting on the 9 and a pair of Henry runs put them in the end zone.
End of 1st: 7-7. UB looking at a 2nd and goal from the BG 8. Maynard 6 of 7 for 102 in quarter. Throws of 16 yards to Hamlin, 12 to Roosevelt and 20 to Rack on current drive.
4:58 1st: Willie Geter scores from a yard out and Bowling Green draws even, 7-7. Touchdown was set up by a Marquese Quiles block of a John Rachuna punt after he bobbled the snap. Falcons returned block from the 5 to the 1.
10:26 1st: Bulls go 80 yards in nine plays on game-opening possession and take 7-0 lead on Ike Nduka's 3-yard run. Zach Maynard's 30-yard pass to Brett Hamlin on first play puts the drive in rapid motion. Nduka had six carries for 20 yards on march.
Surprise change in UB lineup: Kendric Hawkins starts at corner in place of Domonic Cook. Not sure why. Flu?
Hello everybody and welcome to tonight's UB-Bowling Green game thread from UB Stadium. We're about 15 minutes from kickoff. Wind's blowing fairly hard out of what appears to be the WNW. Today's fast fact: Bowling Green's Tyler Sheehan and UB's Zach Maynard are the only two QBs in the MAC to have thrown a TD pass in each of their team's games this season, non-conference included. We'll deliver game updates as neccesary, and we anticipate a lot of scoring.
-- Bob DiCesare
