Bowling Green at Central Michigan
10/9/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 9, 2004
NOTES AND QUOTES
Bowling Green State at Central Michigan
October 9, 2004
NOTES:
-BGSU quarterback Omar Jacobs threw for 387 yards, a career-high for the second consecutive week.
-Jacobs' four TD passes also tied the Kelly/Shorts Stadium record.
-Steve Sanders scored three touchdowns, the first multiple touchdown game of his career.
-BGSU had a season-high seven tackles for loss.
-Cole Magner had the fifth 100-yard receiving game of his career, snaring nine passes for 113 yards.
BGSU:
Coach Gregg Brandon:
"We felt we could throw the ball on them and we did. We did a nice job keeping them off balance. I really didn't think that was a close game."
On Omar Jacobs: "Omar's doing a really nice job directing this offense... Everybody wants Omar to be (former BGSU quarterback) Josh Harris. I think he's playing better than Harris. We have put a lot of the offense on him and he has responded."
On Steve Sanders: "His touchdowns were a result of the play called. Steve just happened to be open."
On the defense: "There's only one stat that matters: scoring defense. We kept them out of the end zone and that's what matters."
On CMU: "It had a young secondary and we felt we could protect with our offensive line. We have a good passing attack and I think we can pass the ball the rest of the way... I like (CMU coach) Brian Kelly. I think he's a good guy. We had him at our camp to speak a couple of times and I think he did a real nice job at Grand Valley. He changed things up today and kept us off-balanced."
Wide Receiver Steve Sanders:
"We have set plays and Omar just looks and sees what's open. Omar's gonna get the ball to whoever is open and make his reads. We have a lot of guys who can make plays."
Quarterback Omar Jacobs:
on CMU: "They did a lot of things that could've given us problems. We went to the film and executed the gameplan."
on Sanders: "I have confidence in all of my receivers. Steve had two great games in a row and is just one of a number of great receivers."
Linebacker Jovon Burkes:
on Jerry Seymmour: "He's an excellent little back. We knew we had to get them off their rhythm on first downs."
"We have to practice even more on gang-tackling. We preach on how we might break but we won't bend and that's what we did today."
CMU:
Running back Jerry Seymour:
On recovering from his injury: "I'm 100 percent (healthy). That wasn't even in a factor (in today's game)."
Regarding not getting into the endzone: "I'm a team player. I'll carry the ball 40 times and it doesn't matter if I get in the endzone.
"We missed a couple of key plays in the first quarter and missed our execution."
CMU Coach Brian Kelly:
On Bowling Green: "Bowling Green is an outstanding football team. We needed to play a perfect game in order to win."
On team mistakes: "We had two communication errors by our center and one by our quarterback in the first quarter."
On the defense: "We were shoddy in tackling, and we didn't make the play. We need to make those plays against a good football team."
On Bowling Green's offense: "It had great balance. It has no weaknesses on the offensive side of the ball."
On Kent Smith and 4th Downs: "We're going to get the ball in Kent's hands on fourth down."
On the quarterbacks: "They're giving it edvetything they have. They're not superstars yet. We fought as hard as we could."
On the CMU secondary: "I'm disappointed (about the secondary). (However) they're moving in the right direction and getting better each week."