Dawgs fall just short in a dandy with Franklin

Heck of an effort in the home opener at the Butler Bowl this afternoon.

A nice crowd saw a nice football game that featured turnovers, stops, precision passing, and special teams heroics.

But in the end, the Bulldogs fell a field goal short and Franklin posted a 31-28 victory.

Butler goes to 1-1 on the season, done in by costly penalties and several terribly errant passes on its final possession.

Given a chance to tie or win following a miraculous onside kick recovery, the drive ended with a sack on 4th and 14.

Still, in the grand scheme of things, Butler has shown quite a bit of spunk in these first two games and proven their ability to move the football.

We'll see where things go from here.