3 Worst Things We Saw In The G5 In Week 2

Week 2 is over. It produced some stellar performances from G5 teams. It also produced some stinkers. Some games gave G5 programs the opportunity to set higher

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Week 2 is over. It produced some stellar performances from G5 teams. It also produced some stinkers. 

Some games gave G5 programs the opportunity to set higher expectations for themselves for the rest of the year, or, to live up to expectations that had already been set for them. In a few cases, they failed to rise to the challenge in notable fashion.

It might be an overreaction in some cases, but a few of these teams need to figure out what they're doing before the season continues. Here are a few examples. Obviously, this is an opinion. Feel free to disagree.

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UConn's Ball Security

The Huskies had few issues in a 35-14 loss to Georgia State on Saturday. The chief one? Arguably, their ball security. 

UConn fumbled the ball three times in the loss and failed to recover two of those fumbles. Quarterback Ta'Quan Roberson also threw an interception. 

UConn's performance last season gave us the impression that bigger and better things were on the horizon for this program. They still might be, but they've missed some key opportunities in the first two weeks. 

The MAC's Performance Against The FCS

I mean no disrespect to the FCS, but the MAC should not have been fighting for its collective life the way that it was on Saturday. Conference favorite Toledo and, oddly enough, Bowling Green were the only teams that had a fairly easy go of it against an FCS opponent. 

Central Michigan and Akron barely squeaked through with one-score wins. Northern Illinois and Buffalo, on the other hand, suffered losses to FCS opponents the week after encouraging Week One performances. 

NIU QB Rocky Lombardi threw three interceptions against Southern Illinois. 

Fordham QB CJ Montes had a career day against Buffalo, with five touchdown passes and over 300 yards passing. Montes did the same thing against Wagner the week prior. Wagner were picked to finish last in the Northeast Conference this year in the league's preseason coaches poll.

The Ohio-FAU Game

This was just one of those games where it felt like neither team deserved to win. A 17-10 victory for the Bobcats, it was ugly football. 

Ohio had three turnovers while FAU had two. Kurtis Rourke threw two interceptions coming off an injury. The Owls' Casey Thompson, a touted transfer from Nebraska, threw two of his own. The FAU offense totaled just 185 yards - their lowest total since 2015. 

Even though Ohio won, they showed they also have significant work to do. Just look at the first half, where of their seven drives, two ended in interceptions (one a pick six), one a lost fumble, one a turnover on downs, one a punt, and one a missed field goal.