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Special day welcoming back our Wildcats of
@ArizonaWBB
. Thank you Wildcat fans who showed up to support this team and staff. Thank you
@AdiaBarnes
for setting the bar high for this program. The future is VERY bright! 🐻⬇️
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This is what you love to see after a
@ArizonaWBB
win! People in line for next game tickets!
#BearDown
@AdiaBarnes
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Congrats to
@CoachLoefflerBG
and
@BG_Football
for a hard fought victory. Sing
#AyZiggy
tonight with all of your heart and passion. You deserve it. You have made the Bowling Green nation proud tonight!
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Honored to join the BGSU family. Go Falcons! Can’t wait to join your community.
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They did it!!! Congrats to this staff and players!! So proud of this team! Go Cats and BEARDOWN!!!!!!
@ArizonaMBB
@AZATHLETICS
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It’s time to start the journey to BGSU!
#AyZiggy
🟠🟤
@BGSU_Baseball
@BGSUMHoops
@BG_XCTrack
@BG_Football
@BGMensGolf
@BGFalconHockey
@BGSUmenssoccer
@BGSUwbb
@BG_XCTrack
@BGWomensGolf
@BGSUFMB10
@bgsuwsoc
@FalconSwimDive
@BGSUTennis
@BG_XCTrac
@BGSUVolleyball
@BGathletics
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🚧ATTENTION CITY OF BOWLING GREEN!🚧 The only place you need to be is inside The Stroh Center on Thursday. Understand that this team is the only
@MACSports
team still playing, women or men! Support this program and let’s pack the house!
#super16
@WomensNIT
@CoachFralick
@BGSUwbb
FALCONS ADVANCE!
@BGSUwbb
will advance to the SUPER 16 of the
@WomensNIT
!!
🗓 March 23
📍 BOWLING GREEN
🕕 6pm
🆚 Memphis
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Exciting Day for
@ArizonaFBall
tonight! Thank you to all who helped make Football Signing Day Event very special. Thank you wildcat fans for your commitment to this program and
@CoachJeddFisch
! Looking forward to these guys being on the field!🐻⬇️
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We are practicing in December…. Which means we are bowl-ing in Bowling Green!
@BGathletics
@BG_Football
@quicklanebowl
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I don’t know if y’all know this….but it’s baseball weather in Ohio!!
@BGathletics
@BGSU_Baseball
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Warming up for the battle! We will be ready! Are you? Sound-off if you have your game face on!
#beatcal
@ArizonaFBall
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Over "2 million" people watched BGSU compete in the Quick Lane Bowl. Our students bravely stepped into the arena, competed, & never quit on each other or BGSU. Stand with us & behind us as we take the next step in this program! ... we need YOU!
@BG_Football
@bgsu
@BGathletics
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Take 1 minute out of your day and watch this!
@FalconFanatics1
@BGathletics
@bgsu
#requiredreading
#homework
#strategicplanning
Shout-out to BGSU on that crowd tonight!
#GrowTheGame
#NCAAWBB
@WomensNIT
#RoarLionRoar
FULL PRESS CONFERENCE:
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Over 800 STUDENT tickets are out. We are on pace today to have over 4000 people attending the game. Blowing through sale records. BGSU, are you ready for tonight?
@FalconFanatics1
are ready!!!!!
@BGathletics
@bgsu
#transformative
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I have been waiting for this all day!
#AyZiggy
When the Glass (Bowl) isn’t Tempered 😤
AY ZIGGY ALL DAY 🟠🟤
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My daughter graduated today!! I’m so proud of her and her dedication to her education! I also had to wear orange for her today. I’m ok with it for one afternoon. Way to go, Emily! I’m still going to say...🐻⬇️
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As the Director of Athletics & “Recreation”, I can’t just talk the talk. I have to walk the walk. So, I am going to challenge someone each week to post a plank pic and commit to personal health.
@CoachLoefflerBG
, you are first!
@BGathletics
See you in the BG Recreation Center!
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Great night and win for the Falcons tonight in Toledo! Most
@MACSports
wins for
@BGSU_Baseball
program in its history! Join the ORANGE WAVE 🟠🌊tomorrow at 3 pm at Stellar for the sweep of the I-75 challenge! 🧹🧹🧹
@bgsu
@BGSU_Athletics
@CoachHallock5
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Welcome to Tucson
@CoachJeddFisch
and family! Thrilled to have you guys finally here!
#BEARDOWN
@ArizonaFBall
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My first 5 a.m.
@orangetheory
workout at 50 years old! Here is to another decade of grinding! Still fighting and clawing to do better and to get better!
#read
#learn
#grow
#health
#relationships
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…. And so starts the Fred Chmiel era of basketball at Bowling Green State University!
#AyZiggyZoomba
@BGSUWBB
@BGSU_Athletics
@bgsu
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Yesterday was DAY
#1
for me at BGSU. Excited to hit the ground running with a great team of people. DAY
#2
will be about supporting
@CoachTomic
and
@BGSUVolleyball
and our special student-athlete’s Lexington!
@BGathletics
#startingitright
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Less than 48 hours to prepare the STROH and Falcon Nation for another show down! A FAB FOUR show down! Grab your family, friends, neighbors, in-laws, out-laws………and our STUDENTS and get to the game on Wednesday!
@BGathletics
@bgsu
@BGSUwbb
@BGSUTix
@FalconFanatics1
#orangeout
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Dear
@AdiaBarnes
and
@ArizonaWBB
Time for another first. —Derek
@AariMcdonald
@s_thomas14
@emilydwerlkotte
🐻⬇️
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***Media Update: the official lead cow bell artist of the “MORE COWBELL BAND”
@CoachTomic
is backing 50 STUDENT tickets.
#notechnicals
#onlylove
@BGathletics
@bgsu
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The BGSU experience: student/team! One community! Bowl Eligible! Next stop: Toledo!
#AyZiggy
@BGSU_Athletics
@bgsu
@BG_Football
@FalconFanatics1
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Bear Down... Go Cats! Baby Patton and momma are doing well!🐻⬇️
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Kudos to Arizona Athletics staff…. You set the table for a great dinner last night.
#thewildcatway
@AZATHLETICS
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After 60 years of service to BG, local barber Loring Todd is retiring!
@CoachTsimon
and I wanted to make sure the Falcons took care of him!
@visitbgohio
@bgsu
@BGathletics
@cityofbg
#communityfirst
#service
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Dear
@FalconFanatics1
, the football team has added a “Fanatics” sticker to the helmet today.
@BG_Football
is playing for you today! “Beat Toldeo!” I have 50 extra stickers I will bring to game to hand out to our loyal Fanantics!
@CoachLoefflerBG
#aboutyou
#AyZiggy
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Occasionally, you hold a picture.. because you want the right moment.
@CoachLoefflerBG
playing the tuba at the womens basketball MAC championships was a moment. Didn’t want any of you to miss it.
@bgsu
@BGathletics
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The easiest and best decision BGSU could ever make! One of the most inspiring individuals I have ever worked with! A true leader and a great mentor for me and everyone in this department. Thank you for your commitment to BGSU!
@CoachTomic
@BGathletics
𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙: Tomic inks contract extension with BGSU through 2027!
📰:
#AyZiggy
||
#BGVB23
||
#BGWarriors
||
#DreamBig
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Proud to see the tenacity of this program! They have made it to championship Saturday! BG—We need as much orange as we can tomorrow! Come and support
@CoachFralick
and
@BGSUwbb
program!
#AyZiggyZoomba
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Congratulations to
@CoachJeddFisch
and entire staff for the signees that are rolling in this morning. The long days and nights of recruiting are tough but today makes it all worth it. Looking forward to watching these players WIN in a WILDCAT jersey! 🐻⬇️
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FINAL FOUR BOUND!!!!!! So proud of this team and staff!!!!! Tucson is on fire tonight!!! Let’s go!!!!
@AdiaBarnes
@ArizonaWBB
🐻⬇️🐻⬇️🐻⬇️🐻⬇️🐻⬇️🐻⬇️🐻⬇️🐻⬇️🐻⬇️🐻⬇️🐻
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Dear
@AdiaBarnes
and
@ArizonaWBB
, The nation will all be paying attention to the Wildcats tonight because of you! LET’S GET IT DONE! 🐻⬇️
—Derek
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New chair in my office! It is my daily reminder of what an amazing basketball coach we have at Arizona!
@AdiaBarnes
I put it right under my Candrea flag! Thank You, Adia!
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Thank you Tucson for showing up last night for
@ArizonaFBall
!
@AZATHLETICS
appreciates the support and is glad you understand the journey ahead! The future of this program is bright! Congrats
@CoachJeddFisch
for bringing fans back to the stadium!
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Just sheer joy!!!
#AyZiggy
. Thank you BG community for the support. And…. More Cowbell!!!! See you Monday!
@BGathletics
@bgsu
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Great win for the Falcons over Georgia Tech! So proud to be a part of the 🟠🟤!
#AyZiggy
@BGSU_Athletics
@bgsu
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Incredibly proud of
@ArizonaSoftball
today! The battle, the grit, the patience! Great effort. Congrats
@CaitlinLowe
on your first official super regional win! Take tomorrow!🐻⬇️
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Time to go to work! First on the agenda: Liberty University! The team is ready for what could be hostile negotiations!
@BG_Football
@bgsu
@BGSU_Athletics
#corporatetakeover
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It’s officially game day! Get your ORANGE on and head to Ford Field!!! Falcons v Gophers in the
@quicklanebowl
…Time to get your game on!
@BG_Football
@BGSU_Athletics
@bgsu
🟠🟤
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…. And so starts the Todd Simon era of basketball at Bowling Green State University!
#AyZiggyZoomba
@BGSUMBB
@BGSU_Athletics
@bgsu
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Wheels up! See you in Green Bay! Headed to go win a game tomorrow night! Bowling Green and beyond, you better be watching game tomorrow night at 8 pm EST!
@BGSUwbb
@CoachFralick
@kImCamer0n
@MariaKasza
@BGathletics
🟠🟠
#AyZiggy
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Former BGSU football player Bob Thompson and his wife Ellen extend their financial commitment to Falcon students. Total financial commitment: $150 million, impacting over 6,200 students!
#transformational
#AyZiggy
@bgsu
@BGSU_Athletics
@BG_Football
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My daughter just finished her first skating lessons
@SlaterIceArena
in Bowling Green! How could you not be inspired by the history, traditions, and people that make this place great!
@ScottHamilton84
@BGFalconHockey
@bgsu
@BGathletics
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Let’s go
@ArizonaWBB
and
@AZATHLETICS
fans! We need to sell tickets to support this team and staff on Saturday! Let’s sell out McKale! Who is in?!🐻⬇️
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What a great season and story! This team has been a part of an amazing journey!
#character
#grit
#persistence
@BGSU_Baseball
@bgsu
@BGSU_Athletics
Credit the great leadership and vision of
@CoachHallock5
and the character of this team!
#AyZiggy
MAC CHAMPIONS! Falcons top EMU, 8-6!
⚾️First Outright MAC title since 2009
⚾️First series win in Ypsilanti since 1999
#AyZiggy
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CLINCHED!!!!! 🐻⬇️🏆 Congrats to
@UACoachJ
and
@ArizonaBaseball
!!! Well deserved! We so very proud of this team!!
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After getting back at 3:30 a.m. from LA, Coach Tommy Loyd is right back at it this morning at a corporate sponsor luncheon.
#relentless
#culture
@ArizonaMBB
@AZATHLETICS
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FACT: We have already sold more tickets for FLORIDA than we did for Memphis!
@mremeis
and Mecca Management is in for 100 student tickets,
@BG_Sue1784
is in for 50, and
@CoachLoefflerBG
a 100! Train is leaving the station! Buy Now!
@BGathletics
@bgsu
@BGathletics
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Thank you “Falcon Nation” for reminding the City of Detroit that our Orange friendly fans and friends are a force to be reckoned with! 🟠🟠🟠🟠
#AyZiggy
@bgsu
@BG_Football
@BGSU_Athletics
Where will the Orange Wave travel to next year?
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For the first time in the history of the STROH, a
#1
team in the country is coming to compete. We are under 300 tickets from being SOLD OUT. Be a part of this very special night with the FALCONS!
@bgsu
@BGSU_Athletics
@BGSUWBB
#AyZiggy
🟠🟤🟠🟤🫵🏼
#wearorange
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Great day for BGSU Athletics! Excited to to have
@CoachTsimon
and his family join our community! Let’s build this together!
@BGathletics
@bgsu
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Today, as a community we took a moment of silence for Jordan Nichols…Then, we celebrated as a community the
@BGSUMSoccer
victory over Michigan!
#onecommunity
#theBGway
@bgsu
@BGSU_Athletics
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It takes a village to build something great... My wife and I are going to purchase the NEXT 50 TICKETS for any STUDENTS who want to attend the game on Thursday night. Game Time: 6 p.m. vs. MEMPHIS. Just access link
@bgsu
@BGathletics
#needvillagers
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Met BGSU and NBA great
@adaniels33
today at the Stroh! We are only great if we respect and recognize the great ones that came before us!
@BGathletics
@bgsu
@BGSUMHoops
#buildonthepast
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Great day at the ballpark! The 17-0 MAC start is the second-best in BGSU Athletics history—in any sport!
@BGSU_Baseball
is on a roll! We honored the 1999 & 2009 team today, as well. 🫵🏼Join us tomorrow, when go for 18-0! 🫵🏼Be a part of BGSU history!
#AyZiggy
@BGSU_Athletics
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We just broke through the 4000 mark in total tickets sold/ 1200 STUDENT tickets! Tracking on a sell out!
@BGSUwbb
@BGathletics
@bgsu
See you in the STROH! 🟤🟠
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Practice at Ford Filed this morning. Winter can shut down a lot of things! ❄️💨But, it can’t shut down the Falcons! Day 2 in Detroit!
#AyZiggy
@BGathletics
@BG_Football
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@BGSU_Baseball
waiting for its ball boy, Keegan, to get out of school to head to its I-75 rivalry matchup vs the Rockets!
@MACSports
Coach of the Year
@CoachHallock5
makes sure “Family” is part of the CHAMPIONSHIP program he is building!
#AyZiggy
@bgsu
@BGSU_Athletics
🟠🟤
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Practice
#1
in Detroit! 3 more sleeps till we… go to war with Minnesota! Ho, ho ,ho! ⛄️🎁🎄Christmas spirit at BGSU always includes Bowl Games!
#AyZiggy
🟠🟤
@BGSU_Athletics
@bgsu
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All basketball events should end with a Taylor dance party in the Stroh!
#AyZiggy
never stops having fun… never stops celebrating our student experience at BGSU!
@BGSU_Athletics
@bgsu
@FalconFanatics1
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Leadership that cares... about our team, our community, and our very special students! What makes Bowling Green different... and great!
@FalconFanatics1
@BG_Football
@bgsu
@BGSU_Athletics
@CoachLoefflerBG
@BG_Football
Head Coach, Scott Loeffler, hyping up the student section!!
20 minutes until kickoff🏈🏈
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🔴RED WINS🔴 Congrats
@ArizonaMBB
! 13 straight in McKale Center!!! Love beating those sundevils! BYE!
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Second daughter, Lauren, graduated from ASU today! Proud dad! Two down… two to go!
#graduate
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Amazing to be at a campus that embraces the mission of athletics and values/prioritizes the student and student-athlete experience.
#AyZiggy
@BGathletics
@bgsu
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Yeah. We lost. But guess who is in the gym first thing this morning working on next year?
@BG_Football
@CoachLoefflerBG
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Good Morning, Falcon Nation! Sleep last night? Time time to get to work! Falcons are going back at it tomorrow night at 6 p.m. My wife and I are backing 50 STUDENT tickets and
@CoachFralick
is supporting 50 STUDENT tickets!
#constructionzone
#warning
@bgsu
@BGathletics
@BGSUTix
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I love this team!
@CoachLoefflerBG
is building something special. Starts with a great culture and great people! Will work hard for these student-athletes and this team because they will give everything for BGSU!
@BradDeutser
@BG_Football
@BGathletics
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Love the intensity while I’m on the treadmill supporting the
@ArizonaFBall
BRAND!
@TedyBruschi
@CoachJeddFisch
🐻⬇️
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We are getting ready to entertain our guests in our home on Saturday! Come hungry!
@BGSU_Athletics
@bgsu
@FalconFanatics1
@BG_Football
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Great win
@ArizonaBaseball
! Wildcat Nation was in full force! Great to have so many fans back at the park! Come back and do it again tomorrow, at 7 pm! 🐻⬇️ Congrats
@UACoachJ
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