Anthone Taylor doesn?t like Miami Ohio and he has a pretty good reason not to. Taylor, who is from Huber Heights, Ohio, grew up fewer than 60 miles from Miami Ohio?s campus.
A car accident after a high school football game changed Adam Redden?s perspective of his life.
The Bulls host Miami Ohio this weekend in their first MAC game of the season. The RedHawks? ?D? is allowing 31 points per game to begin 2014.
After four non-conference games, the football team (2-2) will begin Mid-American Conference play Saturday against Miami Ohio (0-4). The Bulls have won the last two meetings and four of the last six against the RedHawks, but are only 4-12 all-time and 2-5 at UB Stadium against the RedHawks.
24,714 fans attended Buffalo?s 63-21 loss to No. 8 Baylor on Sept. 12. The crowd as the third largest in the history of UB Stadium and the game was broadcasted on ESPN.
UB's Tailgate Concert Series continued Saturday with The Spin Doctors. The group's acrobatic performance entertained the crowd before the Bulls took on Norfolk State.
Buffalo?s ?D? entered Saturday allowing 46 points and 502 yards per game. Norfolk State?s offense totaled 20 points and 637 yards through its first three games. One of these statistics had to drastically change.
Senior wide receiver Devon Hughes scores a 92-yard touchdown in the first quarter of Buffalo's 36-7 victory over Norfolk State Saturday.
Junior linebacker Nick Gilbo pressures Spartan quarterback Terrance Ervin in Buffalo's 36-7 victory.
Sophomore cornerback Boise Ross scans the Baylor offense in the Bulls? 63-21 loss last Friday.
Art by Amber Sliter Football is a game of violence. Players? bodies becomes weapons as they tackle their opponent, grabbing at their limbs, their hair, their facemasks (when they can get away with it), driving into players with their helmets, flinging their bodies into space and hoping they collide with enough force to knock the ball out. And fans love it. But NFL players have helmets, shoulder pads, back plates ? layers of protective gear surrounding them as they?re slammed to the ground and into each other.
In UB Stadium?s first ever home game televised on ESPN's flagship channel, Bulls fans ?blacked out? the stadium, showing support for Buffalo?s new black helmet that was unveiled Friday. Cletus Emokpae, The Spectrum Danny White described UB?s football game day experience in 2012 as like ?a ghost town." White, Buffalo?s Athletic Director, called the atmosphere for the Bulls? game against Baylor Friday night ?electric.? Fans tailgating inside the Special Events parking lot welcomed the Baylor team bus onto campus with ?boos? and insulting signs.
Senior wide receiver Devon Hughes caught six passes for 72 yards Friday night, including a 41-yard touchdown. Chad Cooper, The Spectrum Quarterbacks: D+ The Good: Junior quarterback Joe Licata threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Devon Hughes.
I learned something Friday night. No, not that Baylor is very fast. I knew that. Anybody who?s watched Baylor for five minutes over the past two seasons knew that.
Junior quarterback Joe Licata was 14 of 25 for 171 yards in Buffalo's 63-21 loss to No. 8 Baylor.
Courtesy of Baylor Athletics Don?t be fooled by the 47-39 score against Army last week.
Baylor senior quarterback Bryce Petty will play Friday against the Bulls after missing the Bears' last game due to a back injury.
Spectrum File Photo At the football team?s weekly press conference Tuesday, junior quarterback Joe Licata was asked how Buffalo answers to outside perceptions about its chances in Friday?s game against Baylor.
The Bulls fell 70-13 to Baylor in Floyd Casey Stadium on Sept. 7 2013. Buffalo hosts the Bears Friday night in what will be UB Stadium?s first appearance on ESPN.
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