Ball state fell to a 12-1 season, Many people might say they fell under pressure but the simple fact is they chocked, They did not play Ball State Cardinal football, Instead, my personal opinion, is they looked past Buffalo, They were focused on a bowl game, completely underestimated them. One of the main reasons they lost is the simple fact of they could not go without shooting themselves in the foot, One of the fumbles that they scored off of is because of a premature hike. Davis was not ready and not looking and the ball while the ball was hiked and it bounced off of him. Another time Davis tried to be a hero and make a leap of faith and got hit and fumbled which was ran back for a TD. You take away those two dumb mistakes and the Ball State Cardinals would have won. On top of that Ball State actually scored and it was never counted. They passed the line but it was not official.
On the brighter side, next year Ball State University gets to be blessed by the chance of seeing Nate Davis again. He decided not to go pro yet and stay another year, which leaves a wide possibility to see Ball State back in the top rankings and another chance to have a shot at the MAC title.
On the defending side of buffalo, they played some of the best defense I have seen in a long time. Their defense simply beat the Ball State Cardinals. They were able to take out the Cardinals 3 and out when they wanted to, made plays happen. It was just simply their ball game.
In conclusion Ball State just simply came ready to play and we did not. Do I believe they are a better team? No, I just think Ball State went into the game too confident and did not expect Buffalo to play as well as they did. Do I think they played better that night? Yes. It seemed like they wanted the game more than Ball State did just because they played their hearts out and really wanted the MAC title.The lesson from this is never underestimate your opponent
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