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Bowling Green State University
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Mid-American Conference ,<br> CCHA (Hockey)
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Division I <br>( Division I FBS in Football)
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Greg Christopher
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Bowling Green
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Ohio
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OH
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7 men and 10 women
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Doyt Perry Stadium
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Anderson Arena
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BGSU Ice Arena
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Freddie and Frieda Falcon
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Falcons
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"Forward Falcons" & "Ay Ziggy Zoomba"
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Orange
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Brown
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sports teams are called the '''
Falcons '''. The Falcons participate in
NCAA Division I (Division I FBS for
Football ) and in the
Mid-American Conference and the
Central Collegiate Hockey Association . BGSU is one of only 13 universities in the country offering NCAA Division I FBS football, Division I men's and women's basketball, and Division I hockey. The Falcons have won three consecutive conference championships in women's basketball in 2005, 2006, and 2007. The women's soccer team captured the conference crown. The Falcons' main rivals are the Rockets of the
University Of Toledo . Separated by just 20 miles on
Interstate 75 , the two schools celebrate a heated rivalry in several sports. The most well-known of these games is the
Battle Of I-75 , a football game held each year in which the winner takes home the
Peace Pipe , an American Indian peace pipe placed upon a wood tablet.
The 1984 Falcons hockey team defeated the
University Of Minnesota-Duluth , in the longest college hockey championship game in history, to win the NCAA National Championship.
The Bowling Green Dance team performs at many BGSU sporting events. They are well known for their high-energy, spirited performances.
Several notable athletes have played collegiately for Bowling Green State University. Amongst the most memorable is and
Keith McLeod also played at BGSU.
BGSU's hockey team perhaps has provided the school with the greatest number of notable athletes. Two of its players were on the " (
1982 ) and
Brian Holzinger (
1995 ). In 1984 the Bowling Green Hockey Team won the National Championship in one of the longest games in collge hockey history. Geno Cavillini scored at 7:11 in the 4th overtime to give the Falcons their first college hockey national championship.
Don Nehlen is perhaps one of the more memorable Falcon football players and coaches. He played quarterback for BG during his playing days before coaching the Falcons for nine seasons from
1968 -
1976 . Nehlen went on to coach
West Virginia University where he would receive national attention. The legendary coach joined the
College Football Hall Of Fame in
2005 .
Doyt Perry is another Hall of Fame coach who led the Falcons from
1955 through
1964 . The university's
Football Stadium is now named in his honor. More recently,
Urban Meyer coached the Falcons for two seasons in
2001 and
2002 before leave for the
University Of Utah . Meyer is currently the head coach at the
University Of Florida which he led to the
BCS National Championship in 2007.
Forward Falcons,
Forward Falcons,
Fight for victory.
Show our spirit,
make them fear it,
Fight for dear Bee Gee.
Forward Falcons,
Forward Falcons,
Make the contest keen.
Hold up the fame of our mighty name, and win for
Bowling Green
''The unofficial fight song''
Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Zoomba
Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Ze
Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Zoomba
Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Ze
Roll along you BG warriors
Roll along and fight for BGSU!
