Bowling Green State University Athletics
Saturday, October 16
Philadelphia, PA
1 p.m.
Bowling Green State University
at
Temple
Photo by: Todd Pavlack / BGSUHockey.com
Falcons Take on Owls in Philadelphia
October 11, 2010 | Football
Game #7
Oct. 16, 2010 • 1:00 p.m. • Philadelphia, Pa. • Lincoln Financial Field
Bowling Green Falcons (1-5, 0-2 MAC) vs. Temple Owls (4-2, 1-1 MAC)
Radio: BGSU Radio Network (99.1 FM) • Todd Walker (Play-by-Play) and John Gibson (Analyst)
Television: None
Online: www.bgsufalcons.com (audio)
Oct. 16, 2010 • 1:00 p.m. • Philadelphia, Pa. • Lincoln Financial Field
Bowling Green Falcons (1-5, 0-2 MAC) vs. Temple Owls (4-2, 1-1 MAC)
Radio: BGSU Radio Network (99.1 FM) • Todd Walker (Play-by-Play) and John Gibson (Analyst)
Television: None
Online: www.bgsufalcons.com (audio)
Game Notes (31 Pages)
The Bowling Green State University football team will travel to Philadelphia, Pa., for a showdown with fellow Mid-American Conference opponent, the Temple Owls. Opening kickoff is set for 1 p.m. inside Lincoln Financial Field.
Scouting the Falcons
The Falcons are led by second year head coach Dave Clawson, who is 8-11 overall and 6-4 in the Mid-American Conference. Clawson is 66-60 in ten-plus years as a head coach, including five years at Fordham and four at Richmond.
BGSU brings a 1-5 overall and 0-2 MAC record to Saturday's game, the Falcons worst start to a season since the 2000 Falcons began the year 1-6.
Quarterback Matt Schilz returned to the lineup last weekend after a two-week layoff and the redshirt freshman was impressive. Schilz completed 23-of-37 passes for 277 yards and two touchdowns versus Ohio and has completed 64.1 percent of his passes this season.
The Falcons' top offensive target is junior Kamar Jorden. The Darby, Pa. native, who spent two years at Hudson Valley Community College before sitting out last year, has 50 catches for 554 yards and three touchdowns. Jorden's 50 grabs are currently tied for the nation's lead.
Senior running back Willie Geter is coming off one of his strongest games of the year, finishing with 98 rushing yards in the loss to Ohio. On the season the senior captain has 406 yards and three touchdowns on the ground.
Defensively the Falcons are allowing 38.8 points and 489.8 yards per game, ranking 12th and 13th in the conference. BGSU is first in the conference with 18 takeaways, including a league-high 11 interceptions. Middle linebacker Dwayne Woods not only leads the conference with 73 tackles, he also is tops in the country with those 73 stops.
Falcons Fall at Ohio, 49-25
The BGSU football team got inside the Ohio 10-yard line twice in the first five minutes of the contest, but came away with just three points, which was followed by 35 unanswered points from the Bobcats en route to a 49-25 loss last Saturday in Athens, Ohio.
Matt Schilz threw for a career-high 277 yards and two touchdowns, while Willie Geter ran for 98 yards and a score and Kamar Jorden caught eight passes for 129 yards and two touchdowns in the loss.
Ohio was held to 380 yards of total offense, but the Bobcats did manage 257 yards on the ground, including 142 by quarterback Phil Bates.
Series With Temple
Bowling Green leads the all-time series 7-3-0, with the last contest between these two squads resulting in a 48-35 win for the Orange and Brown at home back in 2007. The Falcons are 4-3-0 all-time in Philadelphia.
In 2006 the Falcons traveled to face the Owls, who had lost 20 straight games before they downed the Falcons 28-14. BGSU's last win on the road versus Temple was back during the 2005 season, a contest the Falcons won 70-7.
Storylines
• Bowling Green has not started 0-3 in the MAC since the 1990 team opened conference play at 0-3-1.
• BGSU has not started 1-6 in a season since 2000.
• Quarterback Matt Schilz returned to action after missing the previous two weeks with a shoulder injury. He threw for a career-high 277 yards last week versus Ohio.
• The Falcons will be playing on a grass surface for the first time since the 2008 season opener at Pittsburgh on Heinz Field, a contest the Falcons won 27-17.
• The Falcons are first in the MAC with 18 takeaways, while Temple has forced just eight.
• Kamar Jorden is tied for the nation's lead with 50 receptions.
• Willie Geter is 13th all-time in rushing yards at BGSU with 1,844. He is less than 200 yards away from climbing into the top-10.
QB University
From 2000-03 Josh Harris threw for 7,503 yards and was followed by Omar Jacobs and his 6,938 yards from 2004-05 and Tyler Sheehan was next, throwing for 10,117 yards from 2006-09. What is in store for the newest Falcon quarterback, Matt Schilz?
Schilz is just the fifth quarterback to open a season as the Falcons' starting quarterback since the 2001 season. The redshirt freshman has thrown for 941 yards and four touchdowns, while completing 64.1 percent of his passes.
Best Freshman QB?
As mentioned before, Matt Schilz is completing 64.1 percent of his passes this season. If the year ended right now, that would be the sixth-highest completion percentage ever by a BGSU quarterback and the second-best completion percentage by a freshman in school history, behind Brian McClure's 1982 season where he completed 64.2 percent.
Top Completion Percentages in BGSU History
Name Comp. % Year
1. Omar Jacobs (2004) .669 So.
2. Tyler Sheehan (2008) .668 Jr.
3. Josh Harris (2003) .658 Sr.
4. Tyler Sheehan (2009) .649 Sr.
5. Brian McClure (1982) .642 Fr.
6. Matt Schilz (2010) .641 Fr.
Just Keeps Getting Better
As expected, there were going be some growing pains at the quarterback position this season with a first-year starter, but it hasn't take Schilz long to get comfortable behind center.
He opened his career by completing 51.1 percent of his passes for 221 yards and one score at Troy.
The following week he improved to 72.5 percent for 262 yards versus Tulsa and added 181 yards on 19-of-25 (76.0 percent) versus Marshall before leaving the game late in the third quarter.
Schilz returned to action this past week versus Ohio, throwing for a career-high 277 yards and two touchdowns, while completing 23-of-37 passes (62.2 percent).
Little Giant
While Willie Geter may be one of the smallest guys on the team (5-7, 176), he continues his march up the record books. Geter, who ran for a career-high 705 yards last season has already totaled 406 yards in 2010 (67.7 per game).
Top 15 BGSU Rushers
1. Dave Preston (73-76) - 3,423
2. Paul Miles (71-73) - 3,239
3. P.J. Pope (02-05) - 3,238
4. Fred Durig (50-52) - 2,564
5. Josh Harris (00-03) - 2,473
6. Bryant Jones (80-82) - 2,357
7. LeRoy Smith (89-92) - 2,313
8. Joe Alls (99-02) - 2,137
9. Zeb Jackson (90-93) - 2,044
10. Courtney Davis (93-96) - 2,011
11. Bernard White (84-85) - 1,985
12. Dan Saleet (74-77) - 1,965
13. Willie Geter (2007-PR) - 1,844
14. Keylan Cates (94-96) - 1,827
15. Chris Bullock (2006-09) - 1,756
Take Me to Your Leader (Almost)
BGSU junior Kamar Jorden currently is currently tied for the nation's lead with 50 receptions through six games. Jorden, who made his first career start versus Troy, had nine grabs for 111 yards versus the Trojans, which was impressive, but nothing compared to his 14 catches for 168 yards at Tulsa. While the yardage was not there Jorden added 11 grabs for 64 yards and his first career touchdown versus Marshall and added six grabs for 70 yards versus No. 21 Michigan. This past week he had his first multiple touchdown game of his career, finishing with eight catches for 129 yards and two touchdowns at Ohio.
Nation's Reception Leaders
1. Kamar Jorden (BGSU) - 50
Greg Salas (Hawaii) - 50
3. Justin Blackmon (OSU) - 47
Armand Robinson (Miami) - 47
5. Ryan Broyles (Oklahoma) - 46
I'll Take That
Since the start of the 2009 season, a member of the BGSU football team has seen its name atop the national leader in receptions in 17 of 20 weeks.
Freddie Barnes posted 15 receptions in the 2009 home opener and never relinquished the NCAA lead, finishing the year with 155 receptions. Current Falcon Kamar Jorden was the nation's leader after weeks two, three and six.
In Perspective
After what Freddie Barnes did in 2009 it would be nearly impossible to have another Falcon wideout even come close to those numbers, so let's put what Kamar Jorden is doing into a bit of perspective.
Through six games Jorden has 50 catches for 554 yards and three touchdowns. Pro-rate that to a complete season and Jorden would finish with 100 catches for 1,108 yards and six touchdowns.
Prior to Barnes, Cole Magner was the single season record holder for catches (99) and yards (1,138) in a season, numbers Jorden could pass in 2010.
A 1,827 Day Investment
Wide receiver Calvin Wiley invested a lot of time at BGSU before gathering in his first career catch. You see, Wiley is a sixth-year senior for the Orange and Brown. After redshirting in 2005, the Detroit, Mich., native suffered injury after injury from 2006-09. Wiley was granted a sixth-year of eligibility this past spring and took full advantage of the opportunity.
Prior to Troy the last time Wiley saw game action was on Nov. 21, 2006, but did not record a catch all season.
When it is all said and done Wiley first took the field on Sept. 2, 2006 and did not record his first reception until Sept. 4, 2010, a span of 1,827 days.
All-Purpose Pronty
Tyrone Pronty is currently first in the MAC in all-purpose yards per game with 146.2. He opened the season with 224 yards versus Troy and had 218 yards versus the Wolverines for a pair of 200-yard games this season.
MAC All-Purpose Yard Leaders
1. Tyrone Pronty (BGSU) - 146.2
2. Eric Williams (BSU) - 143.7
3. Erc Page (UT) - 140.7
4. Terrell Jackson (UB) - 121.6
5. Jordan White (WMU) - 120.6
Old School
While Calvin Wiley is clearly the “old guy” on campus, many of his wide receiver teammates have been around for a while as well. When the Falcons line up for their first offensive play versus Tulsa it is expected to see sixth-year Wiley, joined by fifth-year wideout Tyrone Pronty and redshirt junior Kamar Jorden. The fourth Falcon wide receiver is expected to be redshirt junior Adrian Hodges and you can't forget about fifth-year tight end Nick Rieke.
New Side of the Trench
Senior Nick Torresso spent 2007-09 as a defensive tackle for the Orange and Brown and Jordon Roussos spent the 2009 season (and some of 2010), as a defensive tackle but both have made position changes. Torresso has started all four games on the offensive line in 2010, while Roussos saw his first action on the offensive line this past weekend versus Michigan.
Dynamic Duo
Two new starters in the Falcon defense, Dwayne Woods and Jovan Leacock, currently rank first and 10th in the MAC in tackles. Woods leads the conference with 73 stops and Leacock is 10th with 51. The duo's combined 124 tackles are the most among any duo in the conference.
Laying The Wood
Sophomore Dwayne Woods is tied for first in the country with 73 tackles through six games. This past week he had eight stops versus Ohio, but two weeks ago the sophomore had 20 stops in the loss versus Buffalo.
National Tackle Leaders
1. Dwayne Woods (BGSU) - 73
Bobby Wager (Utah St.) - 73
Corey Paredes (Hawaii) - 73
4. Luke Kuechly (BC) - 71
5. Manti Te'o (ND) - 69
May The Force Be With You
The Bowling Green defense has forced 18 turnovers in the first six games of this season. They picked off two passes versus Troy, added two more turnovers against Tulsa (1 INT, 1 Fumble), five takeaways versus Marshall, forced two turnovers at Michigan, had six versus Buffalo (4 INT, 2 Fumble) and one forced fumble at Ohio. The 18 forced turnovers currently lead the MAC and are the second most in the country.
Forced Turnovers
1. Oregon - 22
2. BGSU - 18
3. Ohio State - 17
Troy - 17
5. Army - 16
Take it to the House
And when the Falcons do force a turnover they know exactly what to do. Three times this season the Falcon defense has returned an interception for a touchdown, all from long distances away.
Robert Lorenzi has an 82-yard touchdown return versus Buffalo and Dwayne Woods (78 yards) and Boo Boo Gates (29 yards) each did it versus Marshall. The Falcons also have a 19-yard return down to the Tulsa 1-yardline from Woods, Lorenzi returned an INT 32 yards down to the Buffalo 5-yardline and Woods picked up a fumble at Ohio and returned it 28 yards down to the OU 3-yardline.
Rimington Watch List
Bowling Green State University's Ben Bojicic was named to the Rimington Award Watch List, announced on Aug. 26. The award is given to the nation's top center.
In all, there are 37 players on the Watch List, including three from the Mid-American Conference. Bojicic, along with Kent State's Chris Anzevino and Central Michigan's Colin Miller are the lone representatives from the MAC.
The junior from Farmington Hills, Mich., is one of four captains on this year's Falcon squad.
The winner will be honored at Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska on January 15, 2011.
Follow the Leader
Ben Bojicic, Eugene Fells, Willie Geter and Calvin Wiley will serve as captains for 2010.
Voice of “Champ”ions
The Bowling Green athletic department released its 2010 television commercial on Aug. 1, 2010. The 30 second spot features Falcons working out as they get ready for the season, but the special part of the commercial is that BGSU's Eugene “Champ” Fells does the voice-over for the commercial.
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