UB-Ohio Game Thread
Final: 4th: Maynard picked when perfect third-down pass bounces off Rivers hands and into arms of Shannon Ballard. That'll do it. Ohio 27-24. Bulls no longer have shot at bowl eligibility. If Ohio beats Northern Illinois at home next week it'll entertain Temple on final week of season with division title at stake.
1:25 4th: Ohio 27-24. Weller makes 47-yard FG into the wind. Kid's got leg. Can Bulls muster late magic in final home game of the year?
7:09 4th: Tied 24-24. A.J. Principe makes good on a 26-yard FG after Brett Hamlin can't corral third-down pass in end zone. That's 34 career FGs for Principe, one shy of Dallas Pelz's school mark.
10:24 4th: Richie Smith INT gives Bulls a first down at Ohio 40. Interception comes after Ohio picked Maynard and began to march.
7:58 3rd: Ohio 24, UB 21 -- Naaman Roosevelt's final home game has turned into a true encore performance. He hauls in his third TD pass, tying his career high, when Maynard hits him in stride on a 21-yard play. Bulls could pull this one out, especially with defense having steadied. Game should be over by, say, 2 a.m.
10:22 3rd: Ohio 24, UB 14 -- Bobcats convert Jeffvon Gill fumble into a 46-yard FG by Matt Weller that flies over crossbar with, oh, 20 yards to spare. Talk about a live leg.
The Half of It: Ohio QB Theo Scott was 11 for 11 for 128 yards . . . Davis went 3 for 5 for 86 yards for Bulls, Maynard 7 for 15 for 84 yards. Both threw for a TD . . . UB outrushed 93-43 net as Bulls D stiffened after early struggles. . . . Back-up LB Josh Copeland, starting in place of Winters, led Bulls with seven tackles. . . Roosevelt five catches for 132 yards and the two TDs.
Halftime: Ohio 21, UB 14: Maynard to Roosevelt TD pass covers 21 yards and gives UB the momentum heading into the locker room. Maynard has thrown a TD pass in all 10 games. Sweet drive for the Bulls, covering 93 yards. Bulls FINALLY get ball to Naaman on a regular basis.
14:51 1st: Did UB defense practice this week? Make it 21-7 Ohio. LaVon Brazil pass to Terrence McCrae off a reverse covers 48 yards for a score. Bulls were totally miffed. Maynard now in at QB.
2:10 1st Ohio 14, UB 7: Do Bulls have any chance of stopping Bobcats tonight? Ohio answers with a two-play, 58-yard drive capped by a 10-yard finish Vince Davidson run. Bobcats have 184 yards, 101 on the ground.
2:52 1st UB 7, Ohio 7: Jerry Davis fires a gorgeous 76-yard bomb that finds Naaman Roosevelt in stride at the Ohio 35 and he takes it in from there. The throw couldn't have been any more perfect. QB controversy?
3:10 1st, Ohio 7, UB 0: QB Tyler Tettleton goes in untouched from the 9 to complete a 69-yard drive. Ohio also gashed UB's defense on its first possession only to lose a scoring opportunity when Mike Newton forced a fumble by QB Theo Scott that Josh Thomas recovered in the end zone. Bulls did nothing on first possession. UB weakened by loss of LB Justin Winters, who didn't practice all week but was never placed on the injury report. Go figure.
-- Bob DiCesare
