Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com OCT. 7, 2019 37 GAME PREVIEW: BOWLING GREEN between the two programs, but clearly the success and momentum the Irish staff has built can't be matched by Bowling Green. Advantage: Notre Dame INTANGIBLES Statistics remain skewed through the early part of any season and reading too much into them can be a misleading endeavor, but a couple stand out for both Notre Dame and Bowling Green. For the Irish, the offensive line has not lived up to expectations so far — at least in the running game. Through the first three games, Notre Dame was converting only 29 percent of its third downs, which rated 112th in the country, and its time of possession ranked only 118th at 26:07 per game. Conversely, through four weeks this season, the Irish were one of only 12 teams in the country to score on all of their red-zone possessions. Notre Dame was 11 of 11 going into Virginia, with nine touchdowns and two field goals. When scanning the Bowling Green stat sheet, finding much to celebrate is an exercise in futility. Other than sacks and fewest penalties per game, the Falcons rank in the bottom half nationally of every other statistical category. Add the obvious home-field advantage that Kelly and his staff have built, and Notre Dame easily sweeps the advantage list against the Falcons. Advantage: Notre Dame Senior strong safety Jerry McBride finished sec- ond on the team in tackles last year with 106 and is one of the Bowling Green defense's anchors under first-year coordinator Brian VanGorder. PHOTO COURTESY BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY Offense Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. LT 55 Caleb Bright 6-4 282 R-Jr. 70 John O'Brian 6-5 275 R-Fr. LG 63 Sam Neverov 6-6 318 R-So. 73 Joe Ware 6-5 299 R-Jr. C 65 Jack Kramer 6-3 301 5th-Sr. 79 Cameron Stage 6-3 297 R-Fr. RG 69 Tim Tanner-Blair 6-6 285 R-Jr. 75 Matt Tanner 6-7 311 5th-Sr. RT 72 Derek Downs 6-8 291 R-So. 71 Zach Dziengelewski 6-4 274 R-Jr. QB 6 Darius Wade 6-1 225 5th-Sr. 13 Grant Loy 6-5 223 R-Jr. X-WR 17 Julian Ortega-Jones 6-2 208 R-Fr. 5 Noah Massey 6-4 220 So. Z-WR 4 J. Wayne-Prather 6-1 191 Sr. 8 RB Marlow 5-11 172 Sr. Y-TE 83 Austin Dorris 6-5 248 5th-Sr. 87 Joey Carroll 6-6 240 Fr. or 82 Presley Motes 6-4 237 R-Jr. A-TE 80 Quintin Morris 6-4 228 Jr. 88 Christian Sims 6-4 214 Fr. RB 1 Andrew Clair 5-10 199 Jr. 12 Bryson Denley 5-10 173 R-Jr. 24 Davon Jones 5-10 235 5th-Sr. Defense Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. DE 44 Karl Brooks 6-4 259 So. 9 Roland Walder 6-3 250 R-Jr. DT 54 Nico Lautanen 6-3 278 5th-Sr. 56 Walter Haire 6-3 267 R-So. NT 35 DeMontae Haigler 6-1 268 R-Jr. 53 Chris Oliver 6-4 284 Fr. DE 8 David Konowalski 6-3 242 5th-Sr. 85 Jevon Henderson 6-4 265 R-Fr. WILL 55 Kholbe Coleman 6-0 217 Jr. 3 Evan Brown 5-10 198 R-So. MIKE 1 Brandon Perce 5-11 211 5th-Sr. 55 Kholbe Coleman 6-0 217 Jr. SAM 33 Jerry Roberts 6-4 221 R-So. 15 Eldridge Salguero 6-1 206 5th-Sr. CB 2 Caleb Biggers 5-11 185 So. 19 Davin Wilson 5-10 179 Fr. SS 7 Jerry McBride III 6-2 205 Sr. 21 Antonyo Sotolongo 6-1 207 5th-Sr. FS 13 Jamari Bozeman 6-2 190 5th-Sr. 18 Jordan Anderson 5-10 192 Fr. CB 28 JaJuan Hudson 5-10 168 Fr. 25 Ty Redding 6-2 175 R-Jr. BOWLING GREEN DEPTH CHART Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. K 39 Nate Needham 6-1 196 R-Jr. 93 Mason Lawler 6-3 204 R-Fr. KO 39 Nate Needham 6-1 189 R-Jr. P 96 Matt Naranjo 5-10 206 R-Jr. 98 Grant Tinnerman 6-5 209 R-Jr. H 96 Matt Naranjo 5-10 206 R-Jr. Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. LS 48 James Carolan 5-11 205 Jr. 52 Gabe Skrobot 6-3 227 R-Jr. KR 12 Bryson Denley 5-10 173 R-Jr. 11 Cedric Mitchell 6-1 190 R-So. PR 14 Jake Rogers 5-8 174 Fr. 4 J. Wayne-Prather 6-1 191 Sr. Special Teams