mac notes:
why not start right at the top with the quarterbacks.
bowling green's omar jacobs separated his left (non-throwing) shoulder in the first quarter against western michigan last saturday. bg was up 6-0 and driving the ball in wmich territory. on a 1st/10 from the western michigan 30, jacobs was sacked and fumbled the ball. the broncos recovered the fumble and returned it for a touchdown. what was looking like a 13-0 bowling green lead was quickly a 7-6 western michigan lead. jacobs was hurt on the play and did not return.
officially, he's questionable for the akron game this week. but it would be a huge surprise if he played. some bg people have said he will be out at least one week and possibly more. brandon says the decision is up to jacobs as far as being able to handle the pain, but really don't see the coaches letting him out there. redshirt freshman anthony turner replaced jacobs last week, and the coaches are preparing him for what will likely be his first start against akron this weekend. he's a pretty good athlete and the coaches feel he's in the josh harris mold, who was a run-pass quarterback in his years at bowling green. but turner obviously is nowhere near jacobs level as a passer.
for ohio university, frank solich wanted to get freshman quarterback brandon jones some reps against ball state, but circumstances kept him on the sideline for all but a few plays. the bobcats scored 38 points and had a monster day rushing the football (414 yards as a team), but those numbers cant cover up the fact that incumbent quarterback austen everson was just 5/18 for 40 yards. obviously when you rushed for 400+ yards as a team (and get 268 yards from running back kalvin mcrae) you really dont have to worry about passing the ball, but the reality is that ohio needs to improve their passing game if theyre going to finish the season strong. after this buffalo game, the bobcats play three straight on national television (toledo, akron, miami). they have a knack for playing the big boys well, but they have to get the passing game fixed in a hurry. even jones, in his limited action, was just 1/5 throwing the ball.
for akron, the zips are desperately trying to get their passing game fixed and quarterback luke getsy has been miserable the last 4 games. theres really no way to misinterpret his season. in the first three games of the season, he threw for 1008 yard and 9 touchdowns with just 3 interceptions. in the four games since then, hes thrown for just 772 yards and only 3 touchdowns with 6 interceptions. his completion percentage has been sub-47% in 2 of the last three weeks. whats alarming is that those two sub-47% games were against buffalo and army.
akron head coach jd brookhart has said that he has no plans of making a quarterback switch though but did say that backup john ferguson will get more reps in practice. ferguson has good size (6'5 / 226) if he ever sees the field, but the zips might have had a better alternative had they not moved jabari arthur from quarterback to wide receiver in the offseason. arthur was the backup to charlie frye last year and had some game experience coming into this season. arthur has 15 catches on the season and is playing pretty well at his new position, but if getsy continues to struggle, you gotta wonder if the zips might have been too quick to move arthur to wide receiver.
why not start right at the top with the quarterbacks.
bowling green's omar jacobs separated his left (non-throwing) shoulder in the first quarter against western michigan last saturday. bg was up 6-0 and driving the ball in wmich territory. on a 1st/10 from the western michigan 30, jacobs was sacked and fumbled the ball. the broncos recovered the fumble and returned it for a touchdown. what was looking like a 13-0 bowling green lead was quickly a 7-6 western michigan lead. jacobs was hurt on the play and did not return.
officially, he's questionable for the akron game this week. but it would be a huge surprise if he played. some bg people have said he will be out at least one week and possibly more. brandon says the decision is up to jacobs as far as being able to handle the pain, but really don't see the coaches letting him out there. redshirt freshman anthony turner replaced jacobs last week, and the coaches are preparing him for what will likely be his first start against akron this weekend. he's a pretty good athlete and the coaches feel he's in the josh harris mold, who was a run-pass quarterback in his years at bowling green. but turner obviously is nowhere near jacobs level as a passer.
for ohio university, frank solich wanted to get freshman quarterback brandon jones some reps against ball state, but circumstances kept him on the sideline for all but a few plays. the bobcats scored 38 points and had a monster day rushing the football (414 yards as a team), but those numbers cant cover up the fact that incumbent quarterback austen everson was just 5/18 for 40 yards. obviously when you rushed for 400+ yards as a team (and get 268 yards from running back kalvin mcrae) you really dont have to worry about passing the ball, but the reality is that ohio needs to improve their passing game if theyre going to finish the season strong. after this buffalo game, the bobcats play three straight on national television (toledo, akron, miami). they have a knack for playing the big boys well, but they have to get the passing game fixed in a hurry. even jones, in his limited action, was just 1/5 throwing the ball.
for akron, the zips are desperately trying to get their passing game fixed and quarterback luke getsy has been miserable the last 4 games. theres really no way to misinterpret his season. in the first three games of the season, he threw for 1008 yard and 9 touchdowns with just 3 interceptions. in the four games since then, hes thrown for just 772 yards and only 3 touchdowns with 6 interceptions. his completion percentage has been sub-47% in 2 of the last three weeks. whats alarming is that those two sub-47% games were against buffalo and army.
akron head coach jd brookhart has said that he has no plans of making a quarterback switch though but did say that backup john ferguson will get more reps in practice. ferguson has good size (6'5 / 226) if he ever sees the field, but the zips might have had a better alternative had they not moved jabari arthur from quarterback to wide receiver in the offseason. arthur was the backup to charlie frye last year and had some game experience coming into this season. arthur has 15 catches on the season and is playing pretty well at his new position, but if getsy continues to struggle, you gotta wonder if the zips might have been too quick to move arthur to wide receiver.
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