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By Stephanie StormBeacon Journal sports writer
POSTED: 10:48 a.m. EDT, Oct 09, 2009
KENT: Bowling Green is struggling, but that isn't stopping Kent State coach Doug Martin from worrying about Falcons quarterback Tyler Sheehan and their high-powered offense.
''We're going to have to be physical with their wide receivers because they do a great job of spreading the ball around,'' Martin said. ''It's not that they just throw it to one receiver. Sheehan is a tremendous quarterback with a lot of experience, and he's seeing the field a lot better than he has in the past.''
It sure looked that way last week when Sheehan threw for a career-high 390 yards and two touchdown passes in a 44-37 loss against visiting Ohio last week.
The big showing moved Sheehan into second place in school history with 7,521 career passing yards. Through five games, Sheehan in his third-year as a starter ranks second in the Mid-American Conference and ninth nationally with 291 passing yards per game.
Bowling Green (1-4, 0-1 in MAC) also boasts the reigning special teams player of the week in the conference in kicker Jerry Phillips.
Phillips, a freshman, converted all three of his field-goal attempts against Ohio and racked up a career-high 13 points with four extra points, too. In addition, Phillips had eight kickoffs with three touchbacks and averaged 65.5 yards per kickoff.
The Falcons, though continually ran in trouble in the loss to the Bobcats, allowing one big play after another in a shootout that came down to the wire. Now, they are looking to snap a four-game losing streak since opening the season with a 31-14 win against Troy.
''Last week we just simply made too many mistakes to beat a good football team,'' Bowling Green first-year coach Dave Clawson said. ''We allowed a punt return for a touchdown; we had a very costly fumble that led to a touchdown; we didn't execute a fake punt; and we dropped three touchdown passes.'
Although Kent State (2-3, 1-0) took a lot of positives out of their 31-15 loss to Baylor of the Big 12, the biggest thing the game did was solidify in Martin's mind that he needed to make the switch to freshman Spencer Keith at quarterback for the game Saturday at Dix Stadium.
''With us offensively, the key is maintaining the balance we had (against Baylor),'' Martin said. ''Spencer Keith came in and really played well for us. I think he kind of gives us our best option right now as far as how many the plays he's making.
''We're going to start Spencer with the hope that he can get a little more consistent. Giorgio [Morgan] hasn't played bad, but Spencer is just just making more plays and better decisions right now.''
In nearly 11 quarters this season, Keith has completed 60 percent of his passes for 587 yards and four touchdowns. He also has thrown three interceptions.
Kent State's main receivers have become freshman Tyshon Goode (16 catches for 168 yards) and senior Jameson Konz (10 receptions for 153 yards and a team-high two touchdowns).
''They are a very much improving football team,'' Clawson said. ''They're getting better every week. We knew they were going to young at the skill positions and some of their young players are really stepping up for them.
''Schematically on offense, they really create some run-pass dilemma's for (opponents), they have a really effective play-action game and I really like them on defense. They're very active up front, their linebackers and secondary players are very good tacklers.''
Junior linebacker Cobrani Mixon leads the Flashes in that area with a team-best 46 tackles, 26 solo. In addition, junior free safety Brian Lainhart continues to be a game-changing threat with 10 interceptions in his past 12 games dating to last October.
With a win, Kent State would improve to 2-0 in the conference for just the third time in the past 32 years. The previous fast starts were in 2006 and 1986.
Stephanie Storm can be reached
at sstorm@thebeaconjournal.com.
KENT: Bowling Green is struggling, but that isn't stopping Kent State coach Doug Martin from worrying about Falcons quarterback Tyler Sheehan and their high-powered offense.
''We're going to have to be physical with their wide receivers because they do a great job of spreading the ball around,'' Martin said. ''It's not that they just throw it to one receiver. Sheehan is a tremendous quarterback with a lot of experience, and he's seeing the field a lot better than he has in the past.''
It sure looked that way last week when Sheehan threw for a career-high 390 yards and two touchdown passes in a 44-37 loss against visiting Ohio last week.
The big showing moved Sheehan into second place in school history with 7,521 career passing yards. Through five games, Sheehan in his third-year as a starter ranks second in the Mid-American Conference and ninth nationally with 291 passing yards per game.
Bowling Green (1-4, 0-1 in MAC) also boasts the reigning special teams player of the week in the conference in kicker Jerry Phillips.
Phillips, a freshman, converted all three of his field-goal attempts against Ohio and racked up a career-high 13 points with four extra points, too. In addition, Phillips had eight kickoffs with three touchbacks and averaged 65.5 yards per kickoff.
The Falcons, though continually ran in trouble in the loss to the Bobcats, allowing one big play after another in a shootout that came down to the wire. Now, they are looking to snap a four-game losing streak since opening the season with a 31-14 win against Troy.
''Last week we just simply made too many mistakes to beat a good football team,'' Bowling Green first-year coach Dave Clawson said. ''We allowed a punt return for a touchdown; we had a very costly fumble that led to a touchdown; we didn't execute a fake punt; and we dropped three touchdown passes.'
Although Kent State (2-3, 1-0) took a lot of positives out of their 31-15 loss to Baylor of the Big 12, the biggest thing the game did was solidify in Martin's mind that he needed to make the switch to freshman Spencer Keith at quarterback for the game Saturday at Dix Stadium.
''With us offensively, the key is maintaining the balance we had (against Baylor),'' Martin said. ''Spencer Keith came in and really played well for us. I think he kind of gives us our best option right now as far as how many the plays he's making.
''We're going to start Spencer with the hope that he can get a little more consistent. Giorgio [Morgan] hasn't played bad, but Spencer is just just making more plays and better decisions right now.''
In nearly 11 quarters this season, Keith has completed 60 percent of his passes for 587 yards and four touchdowns. He also has thrown three interceptions.
Kent State's main receivers have become freshman Tyshon Goode (16 catches for 168 yards) and senior Jameson Konz (10 receptions for 153 yards and a team-high two touchdowns).
''They are a very much improving football team,'' Clawson said. ''They're getting better every week. We knew they were going to young at the skill positions and some of their young players are really stepping up for them.
''Schematically on offense, they really create some run-pass dilemma's for (opponents), they have a really effective play-action game and I really like them on defense. They're very active up front, their linebackers and secondary players are very good tacklers.''
Junior linebacker Cobrani Mixon leads the Flashes in that area with a team-best 46 tackles, 26 solo. In addition, junior free safety Brian Lainhart continues to be a game-changing threat with 10 interceptions in his past 12 games dating to last October.
With a win, Kent State would improve to 2-0 in the conference for just the third time in the past 32 years. The previous fast starts were in 2006 and 1986.
Stephanie Storm can be reached
at sstorm@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Canton, OH
Posted 06:18 PM, 10/09/2009
C'Mon, BeeGee, C'Mon. . . .Roll up them Black Squirrel Flashes. . .
Posted 08:54 PM, 10/09/2009
The master bard strikes AGAIN!
Canton, OH
Posted 07:15 PM, 10/10/2009
Props to the black squirrel flashes for beating BeeGee. . I assume that they are gonna win ' cuz they are up by a lot late in the game. . .
