Some losses in sports are good losses. They can be valuable learning experiences and help fix glaring mistakes that exist in the team’s personnel or talent on the field.
And then there are 77-3 losses to Memphis. Bowling Green, down 56-3 at halftime, failed to make any major adjustments in the largest FBS vs. FBS blowout of 2016. Several takeaways arise from the nightmare performance by the Falcons on Saturday night.
- This is a historically bad defense. When Bowling Green was pulverized by the Ohio State Buckeyes 77-10 on week one, it was an embarrassment to the 2015 MAC champions.