By Budd Bailey About a month ago, Western Michigan lost a game when a second was added to the clock and Michigan scored the game-winning touchdown after, in a sense, time had run out. On Saturday afternoon, Buffalo had a chance to hand Western Michigan yet another last-second loss, although this time without an officiating controversy. But the Bulls couldn’t pull off the re-run. They dropped a 20-17 decision before 6,350 in Broadview Stadium. Let’s take a look at the end of t

By Budd Bailey University at Buffalo football coach Pete Lembo took some positives out of Saturday’s home game with Robert Morris. The biggest one? The Bulls won the game. However, when it came to the particulars, Lembo almost sounded like an old motor boat struggling to get going when describing the 31-27 victory. As in “but … but … but … but … but … but.” (Read fast to get the full effect.) It was hardly a performance that the 11,449 in attendance will want to hang on the w

By Budd Bailey The Mid-American Conference isn’t supposed to be completely rational. It is looking up at most of the Division I football conferences in America, giving it a quite a bit of unpredictability. The opening weekend, however, might have overdone it. Here are some mid-week thoughts about two games on the Opening Weekend that caught my eye. A water-logged start No one was too sure what to expect when the University at Buffalo started its season on Thursday with a home