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Almost a year before the NCAA finally voted to allow athletes to be able to profit from their name, image and likeness (NIL) rights, Indiana struck an agreement with Opendorse, a social media marketing company, to prepare its athletes for what they would be dealing with when they finally had the ability to market themselves. It was an early sign of how IU would approach NIL. It would stay inside the lines and avoid inducements or pay-for-play, but look for every opportunity to make it easier for its athletes to navigate the NIL landscape and help guide them to opportunities when allowed and appropriate. Last week's announcement that IU had come to a "total school solution agreement" with Campus Ink marks a continuation in that approach.

Campus Ink is an apparel company that works in officially-licensed college gear. It created the NIL store so there would be a central online hub for athletes to be able to partner with designers to make apparel and be able to use licensed marks of their school and athletic department. Illinois and several other schools had already come to agreements with Campus Ink before Indiana became interested, and it was only then that the athletic department realized one of IU's most famous and wealthiest alums, Mark Cuban, happened to be one of Campus Ink's investors. "We are always looking to be on the forefront of NIL issues, this is the most basic NIL opportunity, and Campus Ink is an innovative leader in this area," IU senior associate athletic director and spokesman Jeremy Gray told the Herald-Times via email. " Obviously, (Cuban's) involvement is a bonus!" "I'm really excited that the leading NIL company, Campus Ink, and the best university on the planet, my alma mater, Indiana University, are working together," Cuban said in the statement. "The sky is the limit!" - Herald Bulletin

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QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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04/20/22 - Connor Bazelak, rSr/2025, Bowling Green, 6-3, 212 (DS#26 QB) + More +

The Hoosiers return two quarterbacks who started games last year in fifth-year senior Jack Tuttle and sophomore Donaven McCulley, and both are very much in the mix to win the starting job. However, Allen wanted more depth at the position than he had in 2021 and he has it. Bazelak comes to Indiana after three years at Missouri with far more passing production than anyone else in the room, throwing for 5,050 yards and 23 touchdowns. which puts him well beyond Tuttle's 819 passing yards and four touchdowns in a career spent almost entirely as a backup to this point.

Bazelak certainly doesn't have a lock on the starting job, but coaches do feel he has the arm strength to make all the throws. He's working on familiarity with Bell's offense and developing rapport with receivers he's never played with before, and honing his accuracy. "Just being able to be more comfortable with his teammates," Allen said when asked about Bazelak's development this spring. "...To be able to throw the ball accurately, and throw it with decisiveness." - Indianapolis Star/News

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QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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02/28/22 - Darren Anders, rSr/2024, Bowling Green, 5-11, 220 (DS#56 OLB) + More +

2021 ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Linebacker - Darren Anders, Bowling Green,...Anders (Jr., North Olmsted, Ohio) leads the MAC with 124 tackles, which ranks tied for No. 7 in the nation. He is one of two players in the nation with 110 tackles, 3+ sacks (3.0), 1+ interceptions (1) and 1+ (1) fumbles recovered. He joins LSU's Damone Clark on that list. Anders notched double-digit tackles in seven of BGSU's 12 games with a season-best 14 in the opener at Tennessee. - Bowling Green Football

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OLB Darren Anders, Bowling Green
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02/28/22 - Nate Needham, rSr/2022, Bowling Green, 6-0, 193 (DS#7 K) + More +

2021 ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Placekicker - Nate Needham, Bowling Green,...Needham (Sr., Chesterton, Ind.) is No. 1 in the nation in field goal success rate (95 percent) after going 19-of-20. He connected on 92.3 percent (12-of-13) of field goals from 40+ yards, which is tops in the nation. Needham is one of five players in the nation that is perfect from 50+ yards with multiple attempts. He made a 50-yard field goal at Tennessee and connected on a career-long 52-yard field goal at Kent State. Needham is the first BGSU placekicker to earn first-team All-MAC honors since Derek Schorejs in 1995. - Bowling Green Football

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K Nate Needham, Bowling Green
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02/28/22 - Christian Sims, rSr/2023, Bowling Green, 6-2, 243 (DS#3 FB) + More +

2021 ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Tight End - Christian Sims, Bowling Green,...Sims (Jr., Norcross, Ga.) led the league's tight ends with 41 receptions and 418 receiving yards. He was second among MAC tight ends with two receiving touchdowns. He added another touchdown on his first career rush, a four-yard score at NIU. Sims had his best game at Buffalo when he made five catches for 103 yards and two touchdowns, which included a career-long 81-yard receiving touchdown. Sims gives BGSU a first-team All-MAC tight end for the second year in a row. Quintin Morris earned the accolade in 2020. - Bowling Green Football

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FB Christian Sims, Bowling Green
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02/28/22 - Devin Taylor, rSr/2022, Bowling Green, 6-0, 191 (DS#94 CB) + More +

2021 ALL-MAC THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Defensive Back - Devin Taylor, Bowling Green,...Taylor (Sr., Lansing, Mich.) was one of the top shutdown corners in the league. He arrived on campus a week before the first game after transferring from Virginia Tech. Taylor started all 12 games and made 43 tackles, two interceptions and broke up eight passes as opponents limited testing his side of the field. - Bowling Green Football

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CB Devin Taylor, Bowling Green
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02/28/22 - Karl Brooks, rSr/2023, Bowling Green, 6-3, 296 (DS#10 DT) + More +

2021 ALL-MAC THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Down Lineman - Karl Brooks, Bowling Green,...Brooks (Jr., Lansing, Mich.) made 42 tackles, 12.5 TFLs and 7.5 sacks. His 7.5 sacks rank No. 5 in the MAC, while his 12.5 TFLs rank No. 4 in the league. He is the first BGSU defensive linemen to be named to any of the All-MAC teams since Bryan Thomas in 2014. - Bowling Green Football

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DT Karl Brooks, Bowling Green
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02/28/22 - Matt Naranjo, rSr/2022, Bowling Green, 5-10, 200 (DS#999 P) + More +

2021 ALL-MAC THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Punter - Matt Naranjo, Bowling Green,...Naranjo (Sr., Skokie, Ill.) led the league in punt yards (2,620) and was No. 5 in the league with a 41.59 punting average and No. 4 in the league with 20 punts inside the 20-yard line. - Bowling Green Football

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P Matt Naranjo, Bowling Green
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11/30/21 - Odieu Hilaire, rSr/2024, Bowling Green, 5-11, 182 (DS#85 WR) + More +

2021 ALL-SWAC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Wide Receiver: Odieu Hilaire - Alabama A&M,...One of the top receiving threats in the country, Hilaire led the SWAC in receptions (71) and catches per game (7.1) and finished second in yards per game (91.8) and total yards (918), both of the latter to his teammate Ibrahim. On the year he finished fourth in catches per game at the FCS level and was 14th in receiving yards per game and 16th in total receiving yards. Additionally, his nine receiving touchdowns tied for fourth in the league.

Individually, Hilaire had at least six catches in seven games, highlighted by a career-high 12 for 122 yards and a pair of scores at Texas Southern (11/13). He also hauled in 10 grabs for a then career-high 161 yards and a score at Grambling (10/2) and 10 the following week for 117 yards and a TD against Jackson State (10/9). He would cap the 2021 campaign with eight catches for a career-best 162 yards and a score against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/20). - Alabama A&M Football

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WR Odieu Hilaire, Bowling Green
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11/26/21 - Matt McDonald, rSr/2023, Bowling Green, 6-2, 211 (DS#40 QB) + More +

Matt McDonald completed 24 of 37 passes for 255 yards and a touchdown and Bowling Green beat Ohio 21-10 on Friday in the season finale for both teams. The Bobcats beat Bowling Green 52-10 last season. On fourth-and-goal from the 1, Bowling Green's Nick Mosley was dropped in the backfield by Bryce Houston but, after a false start by the Bobcats, Blaine Spires and Karl Brooks stopped Armani Rogers in the end zone to give the Falcons a 15-10 lead with 12:55 to play.

Nate Needham, who missed from 43 yards in the second quarter, made field goals of 23 and 43 yards before his 40-yarder capped a 13-play, 51-yard drive to make it 18-10 with 7:03 left. He added a 39-yard field goal to cap the scoring with 1:17 to play. Rogers, who finished with three carries for minus-4 yards, took a snap from the shotgun and plowed into the end zone from 1-yard out early in the second quarter and Steven Johnson kicked a 22-yard field goal to give Ohio (3-9, 3-5 Mid-American Conference) a 10-3 lead with 8:47 left in the first half. The Falcons (4-8, 2-6) responded with an 11-play, 70-yard drive that culminated when McDonald threw a 14-yard pass TD to Austin Osborne that made it 10-all at halftime. - Bowling Green/AP College Football

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QB Matt McDonald, Bowling Green
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11/21/21 - Connor Bazelak, rSr/2025, Bowling Green, 6-3, 212 (DS#26 QB) + More +

Connor Bazelak threw a 2-point conversion pass to Daniel Parker Jr. to lift Missouri to a 24-23 overtime victory over Florida on Saturday. The Tigers (6-5, 3-4 Southeastern Conference) drew within a point on Tyler Badie's 13-yard touchdown run, and Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz elected to go for 2 rather than send the game to a second overtime with a PAT kick. Parker, a tight end, slipped undetected into the left side of the end zone and caught the lobbed pass. Badie rushed 27 times for 146 yards. Bazelak completed 15 of 26 passes for 165 yards and a touchdown. Florida (5-6, 2-6 SEC) got the ball first in overtime, and Emory Jones caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from wide receiver Trent Whittemore on a trick play to give the Gators a brief lead. Jones completed 20 of 32 passes for 261 yards and a touchdown.

Missouri entered the game with the nation's 118th-ranked defense, and Florida had yielded 92 points in its last two games. No matter - the defenses dominated in a stingy battle of field position and field goals. Missouri led 9-6 at halftime on three Harrison Mevis field goals. Florida finally broke the touchdown drought on its first drive of the second half. Jones hit Jacob Copeland on a 49-yard pass to set up a Dameon Pierce 2-yard scoring run. Missouri answered early in the fourth quarter when Bazelak connected with tight end Niko Hea on a 41-yard touchdown pass. Missouri missed a chance to take the lead with 1:04 left in regulation when Mevis - who had made 17 of 18 field-goal attempts this season - pushed a 46-yarder wide right. Florida coach Dan Mullen elected to run out the clock and take his chances in overtime rather than throw the ball. - Missouri/AP College Football

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QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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10/30/21 - Matt McDonald, rSr/2023, Bowling Green, 6-2, 211 (DS#40 QB) + More +

Matt McDonald threw for 263 yards and a career-best four touchdowns - three in the first half - ran 47 yards for the capper with under a minute to play and Bowling Green survived the ejection of head coach Scot Loeffler to upend Buffalo 56-44 on Saturday. McDonald entered the game with six touchdown passes on the season. The teams combined for 49 points in the fourth quarter alone, matching score for score, and Buffalo rallied with 34 points after halftime. The teams amassed 983 yards of total offense. The Falcons (3-6, 1-4 Mid-American Conference) ended a four-game skid. McDonald's run for the final touchdown appeared to be set up as a kneel-down when he saw a gap and bolted out of the pocket.

McDonald completed eight of his first 11 passes with two touchdowns to Christian Sims, for 81 and 6 yards - and a third to Tyrone Broden. Broden had two TD catches and 110 yards receiving while Sims made five catches for 103 yards. Terion Stewart rushed for 170 yards and two second-half touchdowns as Bowling Green gained 221 yards on the ground. Loeffler was ejected in the third quarter after being flagged for two unsportsmanlike conduct calls on back-to-back drives. He became the first head coach ejected since a rules change in 2016. In 18 minutes after his ejection, Bowling Green scored more points than in any full game over the last two seasons. Buffalo backup quarterback Matt Myers was 12-of-24 passing for 239 yards with a touchdown pass, and he ran for two more after starter Kyle Vantrease left after a sack. - Bowling Green/AP College Football

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QB Matt McDonald, Bowling Green
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10/21/21 - Nate Needham, rSr/2022, Bowling Green, 6-0, 193 (DS#7 K) + More +

OCT 18 MAC EAST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nate Needham, Bowling Green, PK, Senior, Chesterton, Ind. (Chesterton),...Recorded a career-high four field goals and a career-high 14 points scored in a narrow loss at NIU. Connected on field goals of 23, 49, 42, 42 on a day when winds were whipping between 17 and 30 MPH. Made a 49-yard field goal with seven seconds left in the second quarter to make it a one-possession game. He is one of 13 FBS players who is perfect on the year, but his 13 made field goals ranks No. 1 in the nation among those who are perfect. A perfect 9-of-9, he leads the nation with nine field goals from 40+ yards. His 13 made field goals in a row ranks No. 6 in the nation among active streaks. - MAC Football

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K Nate Needham, Bowling Green
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10/05/21 - Nate Needham, rSr/2022, Bowling Green, 6-0, 193 (DS#7 K) + More +

OCT 4 MAC EAST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nate Needham, Bowling Green, PK, Senior, Chesterton, Ind. (Chesterton),...Booted a 52-yard field goal at Kent State last time out. The career-long field goal by Needham is the longest in the MAC this season, tied for 12th longest in the nation and his second field goal of 50+ yards this year. He is one of five FBS players with multiple 50+-yard field goals this season, joining Cade York (LSU), Harrison Mevis (Missouri), James McCourt (Illinois) and Gabe Brkic (Oklahoma). Needham Also connected on a 42-yard field goal at Kent State to keep BGSU in the game in the first half as the Falcons trailed 13-6 at the intermission. Also hit on both his PAT opportunities, the second putting BGSU up for the first time in the game late in the third quarter, 20-13. - MAC Football

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K Nate Needham, Bowling Green
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09/27/21 - Matt McDonald, rSr/2023, Bowling Green, 6-2, 211 (DS#40 QB) + More +

SEPT 27 MAC EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Matt McDonald, Bowling Green, QB, Senior, Newport Beach, Calif. (Mission Viejo),...McDonald rushed for two touchdowns, accounting for all of BGSU's scores in the upset of Minnesota. The BGSU win halted Minnesota's 21-game winning streak against non-conference teams, which was the longest in the nation heading into the week. McDonald navigated the BGSU offense against the nation's No. 14 defense, which has only allowed 255 yards of total offense over the last 120 minutes of football. His first touchdown of the game snapped Minnesota's streak of 87:24 of game time without allowing points. Tailing in the late in third quarter, 10-7, led BGSU on an 8-play, 65-yard drive to take the lead for good. His rush on a 4th and 1 opportunity from the BG 43 went for 18 yards. Four plays later BG was in the end zone and on top for good. The 18-yard rush was BG's longest of the game. Lost 32 yards rushing via sacks. - MAC Football

(DS#40 QB) rSr/2023

QB Matt McDonald, Bowling Green
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