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I try not to put too much stock into one game as an indicator of anything and I realize that BSU might become the bottom of the west division this season. They're not a bad team.

With that said, a few thoughts on today.


- Ironic that the unit I was most concerned about ultimately won the game, both by limiting BSU to 7 in the second half and by the last stand that decided the final score and winner. I don’t know if that was because of schemes or motivation or what but the defense seemed to be playing their butts off in the second half.

-They held Ball State to 3.7 per rush today and 145 net yards rushing. We rushed for 208. Edwards had 26 runs for 77 yards and a TD, Banks rushed for 41 in 6 carries. Their longest run was 27 yards by Banks. When push came to shove, Ash knocked down the 3rd down pass attempt at the end. Defense came up big, even though they had only one sack today.

Our defense forced BSU to punt on five of the last seven possessions. The fourth posession was a TD and the last ended on downs with the imcomplete pass which sealed the win.

- We knew that our offense would score on Ball State but it is becoming clear that aside from our QB we have four legitimate weapons and finding creative ways to get them the ball in space makes this offense explosive and dangerous, at least against MAC defemses. Phillips is coming into his own as a big play guy to go along with Davis, Franklin and Braverman. Think if that 74 yard return had not been called back.

- All purpose yards: Phillips 174, Franklin 161, Davis 154, Braverman 100. Nuf said.

- Total offense: Broncos outgained them 498 - 471 while running 24 fewer plays. We had numerous explosive plays of 20+ yards today. A beautiful thing to watch. Too bad I couldn’t watch today. But listening was OK since we haven’t had such an improbable comeback in ages.

- BSU fans can’t be happy on homecoming with their kicker. He was 1 for 5 today on FG. Haldeman, on the other hand, was perfect today on xp but 0 for 3 on FG. Our special teams remain both special at times and a major problem.

I’m seeing progress. Who knows, maybe I'll warm up to Fleck. In many ways, I'm seeing some good calls from the staff, compared with last season.

Another good recruiting class and this team and program will be contenders. Heck, even this year they’re still contenders. CMU beating NIU keeps both us and CMU in the hunt for the West Division title. Crazy, huh? This team has already shown they can stay with Toledo. I'm not so sure that we're that far behind NIU, to be honest.

The good: see above/ the amazing comeback

The bad: Horrible first half. Uncreative play calling, poor execution, flat play.

The ugly: Terrell throwing the pick at less than two minutes left in the half and us down 10. BSU scores to end the half.