Gridiron Report Card: Bulls get three defensive touchdowns against Florida Atlantic
By QUENTIN HAYNES | Sep. 20, 2015Check out The Spectrum's grades of the Bulls in their 33-15 victory over Florida Atlantic University on Saturday.
Check out The Spectrum's grades of the Bulls in their 33-15 victory over Florida Atlantic University on Saturday.
He shined through the first two games of 2015. In the matchups against Albany and Penn State to begin the season, Ross totaled nine tackles, three pass breakups and an interception. But this Saturday’s game against Florida Atlantic had to have been his most impressive performance to date.
The Bulls’ defense scored three touchdowns and recorded a safety in arguably the best defensive performances I’ve ever seen. Yes, I’ve seen Khalil Mack and that triumphant defense in 2013 play as well.
It’s always been about the Buffalo football team’s offense. That’s the unit that possesses the Bulls’ superstars and playmakers that have potential to score more than 40 points a game week in and week out.
UB Athletics received a $1.5 million bequest commitment from Buffalo alumnus Dr. Burt H. Rubin. The bequest is the largest planned gift received in the athletic program’s history.
Of course, there were issues, but overall, it was a successful game. The question now is will the personnel repeat its successful ways against a comparable opponent in Florida Atlantic (0-2) this Saturday on the road? The Spectrum decided which team has the edge at each position.
The Bulls (1-1) now turn to this Saturday’s game, a road trip to Boca Raton, Florida to face Florida Atlantic University Owls (0-2).
In one of their closest games so far this season, the Bulls (0-9) lost to their backyard rivals Canisius College 3-1 on Tuesday night. It’s a far cry from the 6-3 start the team earned just last season.
It’s a pre-conceived notion that whenever a student-athlete steps onto a college campus, he or she should be treated like a professional athlete.
It was just another victory for the women’s soccer team Friday, a seemingly routine 3-0 win over a nonconference opponent for a team many predict to win the Mid-American Conference East. It was more than that to N’Dea Johnson.
Since the semester’s start three weeks ago, a lot has happened in UB Athletics – on and off the floor. Here are the top-10 moments that have occurred since the start of school.
It’s almost fall, which means football is back in the swing of things. And what better way to celebrate football season than with everyone’s favorite pre-game activity: tailgating.
Nothing seemed to go right for the Bulls (0-8) this weekend as they lost all three matches in the Rebel Classic in Oxford, Mississippi. Buffalo dropped matches against Ole Miss and Belmont Friday before falling to Southern Miss 3-2 Saturday.
The Bulls (3-3-1) lost to Bryant 1-0 on Sunday in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Buffalo was held scoreless for its third consecutive game and hasn’t picked up a victory in four straight games. After going 3-0 to start the season, the Bulls have gone 0-1-3 in their last four games.
The Spectrum sports team grades the football team's performance against Penn State.
The Bulls defeated Binghamton (1-3-1) 3-0 at a rainy UB Stadium Friday. Buffalo put the Bearcats away with two goals in the second half after already holding a one-goal lead at halftime.
The Buffalo football team lost by 13 points to Penn State, which seems to define college football culture. But Saturday's loss for Buffalo was more impressive than the Nittany Lions' victory.
The Bulls (1-1) couldn’t hold down Penn State (1-1) as the Nittany Lions notched their first victory of the year, a 27-14 win on Saturday at a rainy Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania.
The football team (1-1) fell 27-14 to Penn State (1-1) in State College, Pennsylvania Saturday afternoon.
Sokoli, a former UB defensive lineman, had just completed the final stages of his first NFL preseason and was anxiously awaiting a phone call from his agent to find out news he had been hoping to hear for more than four months.