It was a strange start to the 2022 season for Bowling Green, which jumped out to a 17-7 lead against UCLA in the Rose Bowl Saturday before allowing 38 consecutive points to seal a blowout defeat.
What figures to be the toughest test for Bowling Green this fall bears closer examination.
Here are five observations from an opener to forget for the Falcons.
1. An answer to the running back question is a necessity
Bowling Green was dealt a blow by running back Terion Stewart’s Aug. 28 announcement he wouldn’t play in 2022, but Saturday revealed just how much the Falcons would miss him.