bowling green is the right pick, i took em first half and for game here's just a bit of my reasoning:
Bowling Green is outscoring opponents 125-13 in the first quarter and 140-72 in the opening half. The Thundering Herd, meanwhile, is stumbling out of the starting blocks, trailing by a combined 70-44 first quarter margin.
"Every game," Marshall coach Bobby Pruett said. "We’ve started slow every game."The Falcons are scoring 42.4 points a game, fourth in the NCAA, and Marshall is averaging 23.4 points. BGSU is led by sophomore quarterback Omar Jacobs who has already passed for 2,833 yards and 27 touchdowns this season, while throwing only two interceptions. The BGSU signal caller
is completing 69.5% of his passes and has four receivers that have each amassed at least 1,000 yards receiving in their careers. Jacobs also posseses good speed and has rushed for 235 yards and four touchdowns this season.
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 06, 2004)
All games
TEAM STATISTICS BGSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 383 163
Points Per Game............. 42.6 18.1
FIRST DOWNS................... 225 189
Rushing..................... 76 83
Passing..................... 137 92
Penalty..................... 12 14
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1533 1222
Yards gained rushing........ 1696 1503
Yards lost rushing.......... 163 281
Rushing Attempts............ 320 341
Average Per Rush............ 4.8 3.6
Average Per Game............ 170.3 135.8
TDs Rushing................. 18 12
PASSING YARDAGE............... 2888 2089
Att-Comp-Int................ 331-227-2 333-174-8
Average Per Pass............ 8.7 6.3
Average Per Catch........... 12.7 12.0
Average Per Game............ 320.9 232.1
TDs Passing................. 27 6
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4421 3311
Total Plays................. 651 674
Average Per Play............ 6.8 4.9
Average Per Game............ 491.2 367.9
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 24-478 41-790
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 25-352 16-137
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 8-77 2-22
KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 19.9 19.3
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 14.1 8.6
INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 9.6 11.0
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 9-3 15-8
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 68-529 50-426
Average Per Game............ 58.8 47.3
PUNTS-YARDS................... 33-1271 46-1762
Average Per Punt............ 38.5 38.3
Net punt average............ 34.4 30.7
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 29:13 30:32
3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 57/115 56/144
3rd-Down Pct................ 50% 39%
4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 7/9 12/24
4th-Down Pct................ 78% 50%
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 22-133 7-50
MISC YARDS.................... 30 0
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 49 19
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 12-15 11-12
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 49-49 16-19
ATTENDANCE.................... 68927 156215
Games/Avg Per Game.......... 4/17232 5/31243
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
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Bowling Green....... 125 115 74 69 - 383
Opponents........... 13 59 50 41 - 163
(bowling green)
Gregg Brandon Press Conference Quotes
. How important is this game as far as BG getting to a bowl?
A. I think it's huge. As far as the MAC, we don't get any respect for the bowls. So, we've got to prove that we deserve to be there [by winning out], and this is a big start, we need to beat Marshall. We're already bowl eligible, but nobody talks about us getting to a bowl game. We've already won seven games. If we were in the Big Ten we'd all be smoking cigars right now. We'd be in one of the 99 bowl games they have, you know. And we've still got a shot at winning this league. If we can get some help from the boys up north tonight, we can stay alive. But, realistically, who knows what's going to happen. We just need to make it impossible for the bowls to ignore us, and I think our players know that. We have an exciting offense and a marquee quarterback. We have a stifling defense that is only giving up eighteen points a game."
