Enderle was injured almost all of november...and idaho was horrible then with the backup....enderle got dinged in the last game of the season against utah st.....and they lost their last 2 games....if i were a betting man..i would cap this game based on a healthy enderle with a month off to heal and focus on idaho's first few games as your focus....not the last 4....mamories in this business are short and not much gets given to the healing factor over a month.......i think idaho gets it done with a enderle that is 100%....this is the team that won at northern illinios(bowl team) in september...remember they played on the blue turf already this season....but 3 losses in november were with no enderle or with him at 60%...their other losses were at washington (we see how tough they were beating cal, usc and arizona at home) and nevada when they were at their hottest.....
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Enderle was injured almost all of november...and idaho was horrible then with the backup....enderle got dinged in the last game of the season against utah st.....and they lost their last 2 games....if i were a betting man..i would cap this game based on a healthy enderle with a month off to heal and focus on idaho's first few games as your focus....not the last 4....mamories in this business are short and not much gets given to the healing factor over a month.......i think idaho gets it done with a enderle that is 100%....this is the team that won at northern illinios(bowl team) in september...remember they played on the blue turf already this season....but 3 losses in november were with no enderle or with him at 60%...their other losses were at washington (we see how tough they were beating cal, usc and arizona at home) and nevada when they were at their hottest.....
Enderle is just one piece of the puzzle. He's not bad and have an arm just as good as Sheehan.
Bowl season = OOC games. People have to be aware of the disparity of the level of competition in such [untraditional] matchups. Temple versus UCLA, anyone? Not to mention the level of talent of the athletes involved.
Idaho is where they are because, lets face it, they're in the WAC.
Nothing to write home about the MAC either.
But its safe to say that the BGSU pass defense can hang with the Chippewas' aerial onslaught while Idaho would get romped by Central Michigan like they did against Nevada and Boise State. Seriously, i take a look at this Idaho roster in the backfield and i really don't see anyone that can cover nor contain Freddie Barnes. And that is the part of the Vandals defense that is very thin in depth. Most of 'em are froshes and JC transfers.
Motivation is about the same for this matchup, i think. Home-field advantage doesn't mean much if you don't have the athletes to stop what a certain team does well. And there should be many times over and over the things Sheehan & Freddie Barnes might do very well against this putrid Vandals defense.
I don't have all the answers but here are some other tidbits for this matchup.
Turnover Margin: BGSU +5, Idaho -9
Penalties: edge to BGSU
Strength of Schedule: BGSU 71, Idaho 110
The big one - 3rd down defensive efficiency: BGSU 36%, Idaho 52%. The Vandals can't stop anybody on 3rd downs. Guess who Sheehan will be throwing to when it happens to be 3rd and long?
Of course, not all games are defined by the stats. Otherwise, we can just take the team with the better stats and win most of the time, right?
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Enderle is just one piece of the puzzle. He's not bad and have an arm just as good as Sheehan.
Bowl season = OOC games. People have to be aware of the disparity of the level of competition in such [untraditional] matchups. Temple versus UCLA, anyone? Not to mention the level of talent of the athletes involved.
Idaho is where they are because, lets face it, they're in the WAC.
Nothing to write home about the MAC either.
But its safe to say that the BGSU pass defense can hang with the Chippewas' aerial onslaught while Idaho would get romped by Central Michigan like they did against Nevada and Boise State. Seriously, i take a look at this Idaho roster in the backfield and i really don't see anyone that can cover nor contain Freddie Barnes. And that is the part of the Vandals defense that is very thin in depth. Most of 'em are froshes and JC transfers.
Motivation is about the same for this matchup, i think. Home-field advantage doesn't mean much if you don't have the athletes to stop what a certain team does well. And there should be many times over and over the things Sheehan & Freddie Barnes might do very well against this putrid Vandals defense.
I don't have all the answers but here are some other tidbits for this matchup.
Turnover Margin: BGSU +5, Idaho -9
Penalties: edge to BGSU
Strength of Schedule: BGSU 71, Idaho 110
The big one - 3rd down defensive efficiency: BGSU 36%, Idaho 52%. The Vandals can't stop anybody on 3rd downs. Guess who Sheehan will be throwing to when it happens to be 3rd and long?
Of course, not all games are defined by the stats. Otherwise, we can just take the team with the better stats and win most of the time, right?
ur looking at nevada in their best game of the year...and a game with a 2nd string qb....idaho beat a bowl bound mac team(northern illinois) going to their house a week afther NI beat purdue at Purdue already with enderle at full strength...
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ur looking at nevada in their best game of the year...and a game with a 2nd string qb....idaho beat a bowl bound mac team(northern illinois) going to their house a week afther NI beat purdue at Purdue already with enderle at full strength...
Enderle is just one piece of the puzzle. He's not bad and have an arm just as good as Sheehan.
Bowl season = OOC games. People have to be aware of the disparity of the level of competition in such [untraditional] matchups. Temple versus UCLA, anyone? Not to mention the level of talent of the athletes involved.
Idaho is where they are because, lets face it, they're in the WAC.
Nothing to write home about the MAC either.
But its safe to say that the BGSU pass defense can hang with the Chippewas' aerial onslaught while Idaho would get romped by Central Michigan like they did against Nevada and Boise State. Seriously, i take a look at this Idaho roster in the backfield and i really don't see anyone that can cover nor contain Freddie Barnes. And that is the part of the Vandals defense that is very thin in depth. Most of 'em are froshes and JC transfers.
Motivation is about the same for this matchup, i think. Home-field advantage doesn't mean much if you don't have the athletes to stop what a certain team does well. And there should be many times over and over the things Sheehan & Freddie Barnes might do very well against this putrid Vandals defense.
I don't have all the answers but here are some other tidbits for this matchup.
Turnover Margin: BGSU +5, Idaho -9
Penalties: edge to BGSU
Strength of Schedule: BGSU 71, Idaho 110
The big one - 3rd down defensive efficiency: BGSU 36%, Idaho 52%. The Vandals can't stop anybody on 3rd downs. Guess who Sheehan will be throwing to when it happens to be 3rd and long?
Of course, not all games are defined by the stats. Otherwise, we can just take the team with the better stats and win most of the time, right?
happy..the stats are skewed....take out the games enderle didnt play and use the ones where he did...see what your stats say then.......see how much more the defense was on the field during those games skewing the 3rd down stats and adding to the turnovers
the back up qb had 5 interceptions against boise alone and fumbled twice...
also most of their issues skewing the stats on 3rd down efficiency was against dual threat qb's(wash 11-14 nev 6-12).......BG doesnt have a dual threat
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Quote Originally Posted by HappyKane:
Enderle is just one piece of the puzzle. He's not bad and have an arm just as good as Sheehan.
Bowl season = OOC games. People have to be aware of the disparity of the level of competition in such [untraditional] matchups. Temple versus UCLA, anyone? Not to mention the level of talent of the athletes involved.
Idaho is where they are because, lets face it, they're in the WAC.
Nothing to write home about the MAC either.
But its safe to say that the BGSU pass defense can hang with the Chippewas' aerial onslaught while Idaho would get romped by Central Michigan like they did against Nevada and Boise State. Seriously, i take a look at this Idaho roster in the backfield and i really don't see anyone that can cover nor contain Freddie Barnes. And that is the part of the Vandals defense that is very thin in depth. Most of 'em are froshes and JC transfers.
Motivation is about the same for this matchup, i think. Home-field advantage doesn't mean much if you don't have the athletes to stop what a certain team does well. And there should be many times over and over the things Sheehan & Freddie Barnes might do very well against this putrid Vandals defense.
I don't have all the answers but here are some other tidbits for this matchup.
Turnover Margin: BGSU +5, Idaho -9
Penalties: edge to BGSU
Strength of Schedule: BGSU 71, Idaho 110
The big one - 3rd down defensive efficiency: BGSU 36%, Idaho 52%. The Vandals can't stop anybody on 3rd downs. Guess who Sheehan will be throwing to when it happens to be 3rd and long?
Of course, not all games are defined by the stats. Otherwise, we can just take the team with the better stats and win most of the time, right?
happy..the stats are skewed....take out the games enderle didnt play and use the ones where he did...see what your stats say then.......see how much more the defense was on the field during those games skewing the 3rd down stats and adding to the turnovers
the back up qb had 5 interceptions against boise alone and fumbled twice...
also most of their issues skewing the stats on 3rd down efficiency was against dual threat qb's(wash 11-14 nev 6-12).......BG doesnt have a dual threat
Vandals are on a slide in which they have given up 30+ in 5 straight games and have not covered any of those games either. While, BG is hot coming into the bowls winners of 4 straight as well as covering those games vs bottom feeders of the MAC. Here is the hook. BG is just happy to be in a bowl. Midseason their bowl hopes looked bleak. While, The Vandals have stumbled down the stretch and will be highly motivated to turn this thing around in front of 27,000 Vandals fans as well as a national audience for the first time this season and build for next year.
Vandals- first half- pickem
Vandals +1
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Vandals are on a slide in which they have given up 30+ in 5 straight games and have not covered any of those games either. While, BG is hot coming into the bowls winners of 4 straight as well as covering those games vs bottom feeders of the MAC. Here is the hook. BG is just happy to be in a bowl. Midseason their bowl hopes looked bleak. While, The Vandals have stumbled down the stretch and will be highly motivated to turn this thing around in front of 27,000 Vandals fans as well as a national audience for the first time this season and build for next year.
We've had success all season long and have been scoring some points," Enderle said. "In this game, I think we need to start a little bit faster on offense."
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idaho and the over...this is nice to see
We've had success all season long and have been scoring some points," Enderle said. "In this game, I think we need to start a little bit faster on offense."
Good points made on both sides - I was leaning on BG from the start based on the terrible pass defense of Idaho but am still on the fence. Took BG team total over 34 and may just leave it at that. Good luck to all tonight.
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Good points made on both sides - I was leaning on BG from the start based on the terrible pass defense of Idaho but am still on the fence. Took BG team total over 34 and may just leave it at that. Good luck to all tonight.
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