2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team
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The 2008 Bowling Green Falcons football
Bowling Green Falcons football
The Bowling Green Falcons football team is the interscholastic football team at Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green competes as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the East Division. The Falcons have won ten conference championships....

 team
represents Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...

, which will celebrate its 90th season of collegiate football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 in the 2008 season. The team's head football coach is Gregg Brandon
Gregg Brandon
Gregg Brandon is the current offensive coordinator of the University of Wyoming Cowboys. Brandon recently coached tight ends in the UFL for the Las Vegas Locomotives...

. The Falcons play their home games at Doyt Perry Stadium
Doyt Perry Stadium
Doyt L. Perry Stadium is a stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Bowling Green State University Falcons. It opened in 1966 and originally held 23,232 people. Recent renovations and new NCAA seating regulations have...

 in Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood County in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the time of the 2010 census, the population of Bowling Green was 30,028. It is part of the Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bowling Green is the home of Bowling Green State University...

.

Preseason

Shortly after the 2007 season
2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2007 NCAA football season. The team was coached by Gregg Brandon and played their home games in Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. It was the 89th season of play for the Falcons. Bowling Green...

, the Falcons lost backup quarterback, Anthony Glaud and wide receiver, Zach Charles to transfer as the pair made their way to defending MEAC
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities in the Southeastern United States...

 champion Delaware State
Delaware State University
Delaware State University , is an American historically black, public university located in Dover, Delaware, and there are two satellite campuses located in Wilmington, Delaware, and Georgetown, Delaware...

, because of lack of playing time. On May 12, the Football Writers Association of America
Football Writers Association of America
The Football Writers Association of America is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA...

 announced that Bowling Green senior defensive lineman Diyral Briggs was placed on their watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Bronko Nagurski Trophy
The Bronko Nagurski Trophy has been awarded annually since 1993 to the collegiate American football player adjudged by the membership of the Football Writers Association of America to be the best defensively in the National Collegiate Athletic Association; the award is presented by the Charlotte...

, awarded to the nation's top defensive player. At the MAC football media day, the Falcons were voted as the preseason favorites to win the East Division crown, garnering 17 first place votes and 206 total votes, just edging out rival, Miami (OH)
Miami RedHawks football
The Miami University RedHawks, known as the Miami Redskins before 1996, are a NCAA Division I FBS college football program that competes in the Mid-American Conference...

 who had 7 first place votes and 202 total votes.

Recruiting

Schedule

Roster

(as of 18 March 2008)


Wide Receivers
  • 7 Barnes, Freddie - Junior
  • 84 Brighton, Derek - Sophomore
  • 80 Cheathem, Keston - Sophomore
  • 9 Hodges, Adrian -
    Freshman
  • 85 Hutson, Ray -
    Freshman
  • 86 Kelley, Jermiah - Senior
  • 3 Parks, Marques - Senior
  • 1 Partridge, Corey - Senior
  • 83 Pronty, Tyrone - Junior
  • 15 Wiley, Calvin - Junior
  • 12 Wright, Chris - Junior


Offensive Lineman
  • 64 Albert, Scott - Junior
  • 61 Bojicic, Ben-
    Freshman
  • 55 Curtis, Brandon - Senior
  • 66 Dodge, Josh -
    Freshman
  • 46 Donahue, Tyler - Sophomore
  • 74 Fink, Jeff - Senior
  • 76 Kent, Aaron - Senior
  • 60 McHugh, Casey - Junior
  • 70 Minturn, Brady - Junior
  • 97 Smith, Darius - Sophomore
  • 75 Steffy, Shane - Junior
  • 87 Young, D.J. - Junior


Tight End
  • 91 Rieke, Nick - Sophomore
  • 89 Scheidler, Jimmy - Junior


Quarterback
  • 14 Brown, Nathan -
    Freshman
  • 16 Hunter, Tony - Junior
  • 13 Sheehan, Tyler
    Tyler Sheehan
    Tyler Allen Sheehan is an American football player. He an American football quarterback who is currently a member of the Cincinnati Commandos.-Early life:...

     - Junior
  • 17 Turner, Anthony - Senior
 

Running Back
  • 33 Bullock, Chris - Junior
  • 28 Geter, Willie - Sophomore
  • 19 Ransom, Eric - Senior
  • 17 Turner, Anthony - Senior
  • 32 Woolridge, Mark -
    Freshman


Defensive Lineman
  • 92 Alvarado, Kevin -
    Freshman
  • 63 Barrow, Orlando - Sophomore
  • 96 Branch, Darren -
    Freshman
  • 99 Briggs, Diyral - Senior
  • 62 Burrell, Preston -
    Freshman
  • 95 Davis, Nick - Senior
  • 93 Hardwick, Jacob - Junior
  • 93 Hartung, Garth - Senior
  • 98 Johnson, Andrew -
    Freshman
  • 90 Ream, Michael - Junior
  • 40 Schaefer, Joe - Senior
  • 77 Torresso, Nick - Sophomore


Defensive End
  • 51 Magnone, Angelo - Sophomore
  • 94 Tipton, Carlos - Sophomore


Cornerbacks
  • 18 Williams, Derrick -
    Freshman
  • 28 Wooldridge, Mark - Sophomore


Defensive Backs
  • 24 Brown, Jahmal - Junior
  • 27 Fillari, Giovanni - Senior
  • 21 Lewis, Kenny - Senior
  • 23 Lewis, Tarell - Junior
  • 34 Lorenzi, Robert - Junior
  • 25 Mahone, P.J. - Junior
  • 10 Marshall, Calvin - Sophomore
  • 2 Smith, Antonio - Senior
  • 20 Tomlinson, Alfred - Sophomore
  • 5 Walker, Freddie - Senior
  • 31 Williams, Roger - Junior
 

Linebackers
  • 47 Baker, Adrian - Senior
  • 45 Basler, Cody - Junior
  • 37 Davis, Aaron - Junior
  • 53 Davis, Jerrson - Junior
  • 30 Dozier, Erique - Senior
  • 42 Fells, Eugene - Sophomore
  • 44 Haneline, John - Senior
  • 43 Jackson, Brandon - Junior
  • 36 Parks, Lewis - Sophomore
  • 4 Sanderson, Jerett - Junior
  • 22 Scheidler, Josh - Junior
  • 35 Waldron, Nate - Senior


Long Snappers
  • 57 Dahlman, Neal - Sophomore
  • 46 Rutherford, Craig - Junior


Kickers
  • 39 Norsic, Matthew - Junior
  • 41 Vrvilo, Sinisia - Senior


Punters
  • 26 Iovinelli, Nick - Senior
  • 39 Norsic, Matthew - Junior

Coaching staff

The Bowling Green Falcons have seen numerous changes in the coaching staff. Offensive Coordinator Mick McCall left the team to take the same position at Northwestern
Northwestern Wildcats football
The Northwestern Wildcats football team, representing Northwestern University, is a NCAA Division I team and member of the Big Ten Conference, with evidence of organization in 1876...

, while former Buffalo
Buffalo Bulls football
The Buffalo Bulls football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University at Buffalo located in the U.S. state of New York. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Football Bowl Subdivision and is a member of the Mid-American Conference. Buffalo's first...

 head coach, Jim Hofher
Jim Hofher
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, was named Quarterbacks Coach, Troy Rothenbuhler was named Passing Game Coordinator, Matt Campbell was named running game coordinator, and Doug Phillips was named recruiting coordinator.
Name Position Years at
BGSU
Gregg Brandon
Gregg Brandon
Gregg Brandon is the current offensive coordinator of the University of Wyoming Cowboys. Brandon recently coached tight ends in the UFL for the Las Vegas Locomotives...

 
Head Coach 6
Troy Rothenbuhler Assistant Head Coach
Wide Receivers
Passing Game Coordinator
6
Mike Ward Defensive Coordinator 17
Stephen Bird Wide Receivers 2
Matt Campbell Offensive Line
Running Game Coordinator
2
Jim Hofher
Jim Hofher
-External links:*...

 
Quarterbacks 1
Adam Gonzaga Defensive Backs 2
Deion Melvin Linebackers 2
John Hunter Running Backs 3
Doug Phillips Defensive Ends 2
Stan Watson Defensive Assistant 1
Adam Salon Offensive Assistant 2
Aaron Hillmann Strength and Conditioning 8

Pittsburgh

The Falcons opened the 2008 campaign against nationally ranked Pitt at Heinz Field
Heinz Field
Heinz Field is a stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It primarily serves as the home to the Pittsburgh Steelers and University of Pittsburgh Panthers American football teams, members of the National Football League and National Collegiate Athletic Association respectively...

 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

 in front of 45,063 and a national television audience on ESPNU
ESPNU
ESPNU is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced by, affiliated with and owned by parent network ESPN. ESPNU originates out of ESPN Regional Television's ESPNU (often referred to as The U) is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced...

. The Falcons came in as 13-point underdogs against the Panthers, who had previously been 25-2 against the MAC
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...

 and 24-0 at home against the conference. Pittsburgh showed their poise early on in the game scoring on their first offensive drive of the game with a 11 yard run by running back
Running back
A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...

 LeSean McCoy
LeSean McCoy
-Philadelphia Eagles:McCoy was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year contract with the team on June 29, 2009....

 to cap off an eight play, 71-yard drive that took less than four minutes to complete. Pitt would extend their lead in the early in the second quarter with 4 yard touchdown pass to Derek Kinder from quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

 Bill Stull, making the score 14–0 in favor of Pitt. The Falcons would answer back against the Panthers on the following possession, marching down the field 73 yards in eight plays, capped off with a five yard pass to Jimmy Scheidler from wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

 Freddie Barnes, cutting Pitt's lead to 14–7. Scheidler would bring in his second touchdown reception of the game six and a half minutes later on a three yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tyler Sheehan, which tied the game at 14–14. Pitt would answer back on the following possession as their Lou Groza Award
Lou Groza Award
The Lou Groza Award is presented annually to the top college football placekicker in the United States by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The award is named after former Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns player Lou Groza.-Winners:...

 candidate kicker
Placekicker
Placekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points...

 Connor Lee booted 36 yard field goal as time expired in the first half, giving Pitt the halftime lead 17–14.

The game would become a story of two halves as the Falcons came out and as the Falcons defense slowed down the powerhouse McCoy and forced Pitt to two fumbles and an interception. Bowling Green would take their first lead of the game with an 8 yard run by wide receiver Anthony Turner with 3:53 left in the third quarter. The preceding extra point was blocked by Pitt and the Falcons took the lead of 20–14. Early in the fourth quarter the Bowling Green defense caused Pitt's third fumble and seemed to return it to the end zone for an apparent game-winning touchdown, but due to an inadvertent whistle, Bowling Green was stripped of the touchdown, but still took over possession of the ball at Pitt's 11-yard line. The Falcons would make good on their field position scoring on an 11-yard run on a quarterback draw by Sheehan which increased the Falcons' lead to 27–17. Pitt continued to attempt to mount a comeback but after Lee's missed field goal of 42 yards at 3:58 left in the fourth quarter blew the wind out of Pitt's sails and Stull being intercepted in the end zone by Kenny Lewis with 1:26 left in the game officially put Pitt away. The Falcons improved to 1–0 on the season and had their second consecutive season opening victory over a BCS Conference
BCS conference
An Automatic Qualifying conference is an athletic conference in NCAA Division I FBS whose champion receives an automatic berth in one of the five Bowl Championship Series bowl games...

 opponent (having defeated Minnesota
2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was the first for new head coach Tim Brewster. They began play on September 1, 2007 at home against Bowling Green and finished the season with a record of 1 win and 11 losses.-Preseason:...

 32–31 in overtime the year before), although being outgained by the Pitt offense 393–254. Sheehan lead the Falcons in the passing game completing 24 of 40 attempts for 163 yards, 1 touchdown, and an interception, followed by Barnes who was 2 of 2 for 27 yards and a touchdown. The Falcons' running game was led by Chris Bullock who had 7 rushes for 44 yards, followed by Turner and Sheehan who each had a rushing touchdown. Bullock also led the receivers with 7 receptions for 49 yards along with Scheidler who had 3 receptions for 30 yards and two touchdowns. Jamal Brown led the Falcons defense with 14 tackles, followed by Antonio Smith's 12. Smith, Lewis, and Enrique Dozier each forced fumbles, with Lewis, Dozier, and Angelo Magnone each recovering a fumble and Lewis snagging the lone interception for the Falcons defense. The Falcons were able to sack Stull four times, twice by Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Bronko Nagurski Trophy
The Bronko Nagurski Trophy has been awarded annually since 1993 to the collegiate American football player adjudged by the membership of the Football Writers Association of America to be the best defensively in the National Collegiate Athletic Association; the award is presented by the Charlotte...

 candidate Diyral Briggs and once each by Smith and Dozier.

Minnesota

Boise State

Wyoming

Eastern Michigan

Akron

Miami (OH)

Northern Illinois

Kent State

Ohio

Buffalo

Toledo

Team

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;"> Team Opp
Scoring 51 79
  Points per Game 17.0 26.3
First Downs 59 65
  Rushing 24 29
  Passing 31 33
  Penalty 4 3
Total Offense 950 1130
  Avg per Play 4.5 5.3
  Avg per Game 316.7 376.7
Fumbles-Lost 9-6 6-4
Penalties-Yards 14-109 12-103
class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;"> Team Opp Punts-Yards 15-653 16-634   Avg per Punt 43.5 39.6 Time of Possession/Game 28:53 31:07 3rd Down Conversions 18/48 18/41 4th Down Conversions 5/5 4/6 Touchdowns Scored 7 11 Field Goals-Attempts-Long 1-4-26 1-2-36 PAT-Attempts 6-7 10-10 Attendance 23,184 77,398   Games/Avg per Game 1/23,184 2/38,699

Scores by quarter


Rushing

Name GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
Bullock, Chris 1 7 45 1 44 6.3 0 36 44.0
Turner, Anthony 1 8 21 5 16 2.0 1 8 16.0
Barnes, Freddie 1 5 16 2 14 2.8 0 11 14.0
Sheehan, Tyler 1 6 16 20 -4 -0.7 1 11 -4.0
TEAM 1 2 0 6 -6 -3.0 -3.0 0 -6.0
Total 1 28 98 34 64 2.3 2 36 64.0
Opponents 1 35 157 28 129 3.7 1 27 129.0

Passing

Name GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
Sheehan, Tyler 1 97.5 24-40-1 60.0 163 1 22 163.0
Barnes, Freddie 1 378.4 2-2-0 100.0 27 1 22 27.0
Total 1 110.9 26-41-1 61.9 190 2 22 190.0
Opponents 1 102.9 29-51-1 56.9 264 1 18 264.0

Receiving

Name GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
Bullock, Chris 1 7 49 7.0 0 22 49.0
Partridge, Corey 1 3 34 11.3 0 18 34.0
Scheidler, Jimmy 1 3 30 10.0 2 22 30.0
Pronty, Tyrone 1 3 24 8.0 0 9 24.0
Barnes, Freddie 1 3 21 7.0 0 11 21.0
Parks, Marques 1 2 13 6.5 0 7 13.0
Turner, Anthony 1 2 7 3.5 0 4 7.0
Hutson, Ray 1 2 5 2.5 0 4 5.0
Wright, Chris 1 1 7 7.0 0 7 7.0
Total 1 26 190 7.3 2 22 190.0
Opponents 1 29 264 9.1 1 18 264.0

Defense

Name GP Tackles Sacks Pass Defense Interceptions Fumbles Blkd
Kick
Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds BrUp QBH No.-Yds Avg TD Long Rcv-Yds FF
Brown, Jahmal 1 11 3 14 0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Smith, Antonio 1 9 3 12 2-13 1-8 2 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 1 0
Haneline, John 1 5 2 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Mahone, P.J. 1 4 3 7 0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Lewis, Kenny 1 5 1 6 0-0 0-0 1 0 1-0 0.0 0 0 1-0 1 0
Dozier, Erique 1 4 2 6 0-0 1-0 2 1 0-0 0.0 0 0 1-0 1 0
Briggs, Diyral 1 4 2 6 2-9 2-9 0 3 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Sanderson, Jerett 1 4 0 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Ream, Michael 1 2 2 4 1-3 0-0 0 3 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Johnson, Andrew 1 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Williams, Roger 1 2 0 2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Fells, Eugene 1 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Magnone, Angelo 1 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0.0 0 0 1-6 0 0
Parks, Lewis 1 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Baker, Adrian 1 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Alvarado, Kevin 1 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Basler, Cody 1 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Rice, Jason 1 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Total 1 53 24 77 6-26 4-17 7 9 1-0 0.0 0 0 3-6 3 0

Special teams

Name Punting Kickoffs
No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd No. Yds Avg TB OB
Iovinelli, Nick 8 361 45.1 79 1 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Vrvilo, Sinisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 300 60.0 0 0
Total 8 361 45.1 79 1 1 0 2 5 300 60.0 0 0

Name Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long
Partridge, Corey 2 2 1.0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
Williams, Roger 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 42 21.0 0 21
Barnes, Freddie 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 16 16.0 0 16
Total 2 2 1.0 0 8 3 58 19.3 0 21

See also

  • 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
    2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
    Three human polls and one formulaic ranking make up the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a National Championship title. That title is bestowed by one or...

  • 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season
    2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season
    The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 28, 2008, progressing through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida on January 8, 2009, where the #2...

  • Bowling Green Falcons football
    Bowling Green Falcons football
    The Bowling Green Falcons football team is the interscholastic football team at Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green competes as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the East Division. The Falcons have won ten conference championships....


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