Last season, the Buffalo football team witnessed a breakout season from junior wide receiver Ron Willoughby and consistent production from senior wide receiver Devon Hughes. With Hughes graduated, the Bulls must replace the No. 2 receiver.
The biggest challenge new head coach Lance Leipold has to figure out entering next season is the missing pieces of the offensive and defensive lines.
On Saturday, the Bulls held their annual Blue-White spring football game at UB Stadium.
Last season, the Bulls finished third in the Mid-American Conference in rushing yards per game with 178.6 and will return all three rushers from last season in seniors Anthony Taylor and Devin Campbell and junior Jordan Johnson. The Bulls will play their annual spring game on Saturday, April 18 in UB Stadium.
With all the changes to the football team this offseason, the one position the Bulls seem the most set on is one of the most important positions on the field – the quarterback. The Bull’s two senior quarterbacks, Joe Licata and Tony Daniel, will assume their roles of starting and backup quarterbacks, respectively. With two seniors, head coach Lance Leipold said he believes the team is in “good position” at quarterback.
The Bulls will lose three graduating senior offensive linemen. Andre Davis, Jake Silas and Trevor Sales made up the left side of the offensive line in 2014. The team plans to fill that void with a combination of experienced seniors and underclassmen that are “hungry” for the position, according to Agpalsa.
On Wednesday, the Lance Leipold era officially began in Buffalo as the Bulls held their first spring practice under the first-year Division-I head coach and the new staff at the ADPRO Sports Training Center in Orchard Park, New York.
Former football head coach Jeff Quinn took a job as an offensive analyst for Notre Dame last week.
Buffalo held its annual Pro Day at Ralph Wilson Fieldhouse Thursday. The Pro Day is crucial for draft-eligible student-athletes who hope to play make NFL rosters next season. The events of the day include the 40-yard dash, bench presses, vertical leaps along with other drills.
Junior forward Mackenzie Loesing and the Bulls will host Toledo and Bowling Green this week. Buffalo is 3-1 in their last four games after beginning MAC play 1-3.
Christian Pino and Raheem Johnson are just two UB athletes who approach their diet specifically to get in top game shape.
Senior forward Kristen Sharkey and junior guard Mackenzie Loesing both eclipsed 1,000 career-points and were No?s 5 and 4 on The Spectrum?s top-10 for over break.
When UB announced that Lance Leipold would be UB football?s new head coach, everyone had plenty to say.
The Bulls? season was filled with change ? starting with graduating some of the most successful senior classes in school history and a mid-season coaching change.
Art by Amber Sliter UB?s new head football coach won?t be leaving his current team behind quite yet ? Lance Leipold?s Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks are on a 27-game winning streak in the midst of Division-III playoffs. ?Division-III? might raise some eyebrows ? UB is a Division-I school and staunchly proud of it ? but Leipold isn?t just any D-III coach. He was the fastest college football coach to reach 100 wins at any level, and in his eight seasons in Wisconsin coached his team to an impressive 106-6 record. Considering UB would be thrilled with just breaking .500 ? much less earning the 12-0 record held by Leipold?s Warhawks this year ? this is an exciting hire. It?s undoubtedly a bold move by Athletic Director Danny White, and one that strays from his tendency to bring in big-name coaches like basketball coach Bobby Hurley.
It?s been more than 45 days since Buffalo fired Jeff Quinn and now that the season?s officially over, I wouldn?t be surprised if Athletic Director Danny White already has his next coach all but signed.
The football team gathers together at the end of the practice Sunday. The Bulls? game against Kent State was canceled by the MAC after Kent State?s equipment truck was unable to reach Buffalo due to road closings caused by the lake effect snowstorm.
Can we take a minute to step back and look at the big picture? Yes, the Buffalo football team?s matchup against Kent State was canceled.
Buffalo football's game against Kent State is tentatively scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m. Chad Cooper, The Spectrum Mid-American Conference officials, Buffalo and Kent State held multiple teleconferences before coming to a decision about this week?s football matchup. The Bulls and Golden Flashes are tentatively scheduled to play Friday at 1 p.m at UB Stadium.
The Bulls' scheduled Wednesday night game against Kent State was called off due to "travel issues" with Kent State's equpitment truck.
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