As Falcons flock back to Bowling Green for Homecoming 2025, we proudly spotlight one of the most electric and memorable years in BGSU Athletics history—2005. It was a year that embodied excellence, heart, and the rallying cry that continues to echo across campus and beyond: “Who’s Got it Better Than Us!” – Jackie and Jack Harbaugh

Women's Soccer Rules the MAC
The 2004 women's soccer Falcons made a run through the MAC Tournament that was as spectacular as it was improbable. BGSU, the eighth seed for the tourney, outscored opponents by an 8-2 count en route to three wins and the title. With a target on their backs heading into 2005, the Falcons won the MAC's regular-season crown for the first time in program history, earning the right to host the league tourney for the first time. BGSU did not allow a goal in three MAC Tournament matches, advancing past Kent State via penalty kicks in the final to earn a second-straight league tourney title and NCAA Championships berth.

Oddities in Oxford
On November 15, 2005, the football Falcons defeated Miami, 42-14, in one of the more surreal games in recent memory. The kickoff was delayed more than two hours due to inclement weather in the Oxford, Ohio, area. Once the game started, the Falcons – aided in a B!G way by the RedHawks – rolled up a 29-point halftime lead en route to the victory.

Miami botched four punt snaps on the night, resulting in three safeties (tying an NCAA record). In large part due to the snap sailing over the punter's head on those four occasions, the RedHawks were held to negative-64 yards rushing in the game.

Falcons Fly Across Every Sport

• To the victors go the spoils. The MAC champion women's soccer Falcons swept the league's specialty awards, as Andy Richards was named MAC Coach of the Year. Samantha Meister was the conference's Player of the Year, and Corbie Yee was voted MAC Freshman of the Year.
• Women's basketball's success was such a balanced team effort in 2004-05 that – despite winning the MAC regular-season title – no Falcons were named to the All-MAC First Team. Ali Mann and Liz Honegger each were named to the second team, with Carin Horne earning honorable mention. But, after the Orange and Brown swept their way to the league tournament title, the MAC's All-Tournament Team featured plenty of Falcons. Freshman Kate Achter was named the MAC Tournament MVP, with Honegger and Casey McDowell joining her on the all-tourney team.
• Curt Miller was named MAC Coach of the Year in 2004-05. Beginning that year, Miller would earn league C-O-Y honors in a MAC-record five consecutive seasons.
• The exploits of Nolan Reimold and Burke Badenhop were mentioned above, but they were far from the only Falcons to shine on the diamond. BGSU hit .310 as a team in 2005, with four starters batting .343 or higher. One of those four, Andy Hudak, hit .361 and joined Reimold on the All-MAC First Team.
• Badenhop became just the second baseball student-athlete in school history named to the CoSIDA (now CSC) Academic All-America First Team, while Hudak earned third-team honors.
• The men's basketball dynamic duo of John Reimold (Nolan's brother) and Josh Almanson each averaged over 17 points per game as the Falcons went 18-11 in 2004-05. Reimold became the first – and still the only – Mid-Major All-American in program history, while Almanson was an All-MAC First-Team selection (Reimold was named to the second team).
• In November of 2005, John Floyd's buzzer-beating jumper gave the Falcons a 72-71 victory at Virginia Tech. BGSU led for nearly the entire game, but the Hokies rallied to take the lead with just 14 seconds left, setting the stage for Floyd's last-second heroics.
• The 2005-06 campaign also saw Martin Samarco shatter the school single-season record by making an even 100 three-point field goals.
• Men's cross country standout Rogers Kipchumba was named to the All-MAC Second Team.
• After earning All-MAC honors on multiple occasions, Falcon football offensive lineman Scott Mruczkowski was chosen by the San Diego Chargers in the seventh round of the National Football League Draft.
• The 2005 football Falcons began the season ranked 23rd by Sports Illustrated, and quarterback Omar Jacobs was featured in ESPN The Magazine. BG's wins in '05 included the aforementioned 28-point victory at Miami.
• Hockey standout Jonathan Sigalet was selected by the Boston Bruins in the fourth round of the 2005 National Hockey League Draft.
• Omari Aldridge scored more than half of the men's soccer team's goals in 2005. Aldridge found the back of the net 11 times and was named to the All-MAC First Team.
• Women's cross country standout Jamie Roflow finished 28th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, the highest placing by a Falcon in seven years. That came after her eighth-place finish at the MAC Championships, which earned her all-conference accolades.
• In women's track and field, Kerri McClung advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the shot put. Several weeks earlier, McClung had won a MAC Championship in that event.
• Men's golf standout Craig Pickerel was the recipient of the MAC Sportsmanship Award.
• In women's tennis, Ashley Jakupcin won 23 singles matches, tying her for fifth on the BGSU single-season list at the time. Susie Schoenberger was named to the All-MAC First-Team in 2004-05.
• Gymnastics picked up conference wins over Ball State, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan during the regular season, and finished fourth in the MAC Championships. Jessica Guyer was named to the All-MAC First Team.
• The volleyball Falcons won 18 matches, including capturing seven of eight matches during an October stretch. Kendra Halm was named to the MAC's All-Freshman Team.
• Goalkeeper Ali Shingler became the first student-athlete in women's soccer history to be named to the CoSIDA (now CSC) Academic All-America First Team.
• The men's soccer Falcons snapped a losing streak in a B!G way, with a 3-2, overtime win over nationally-ranked Ohio State at Cochrane Stadium in September of 2005. After the Buckeyes scored a pair of goals in the final 13 minutes of regulation to force extra time, Kyle Williams found the back of the net in the 107th minute to give BG the win and spark a wild celebration.
   

Whether on the field, rink, court, track or course, 2005 showcased the very best of Falcon pride, perseverance, and performance. This Homecoming, as we gather for the Decades Party on Sept. 12 and walk Decades Drive on Sept. 13, we honor those who wore the Orange and Brown with pride and made 2005 one for the record books.

So, we ask again, as Jackie and Jack Harbaugh did—Who’s Got it Better Than Us?
Nobody.