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Five Things Learned: Western Michigan 42, Bowling Green 35

We only saw touchdowns at Doyt-Perry Stadium on Saturday afternoon, and we saw 11 of them.

Despite holding a 14-point lead throughout multiple points of the game, Bowling Green lost its sixth game of the year, 42-35, to the visiting Western Michigan Broncos. The Broncos, behind a revived offense that’s averaging 42.2 points per game on their current 5-game winning streak, managed to score four of the final five touchdowns to become one step away from bowl eligibility.

Here’s what we learned from Bowling Green (1-6) vs. Western Michigan (5-2):

The loss cost Mike Jinks his job

It was announced Sunday afternoon that Bowling Green has parted ways with head coach Mike Jinks.