#1 NDSU versus Missouri State

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Can Missouri State come into the FD and pull off a huge upset?

USD just curb stomped them and I think NDSU might be a tad bit better than USD but anything can happen....right?

NDSU is 6-0 2-0
Missouri State is 1-4 1-1


This is a game where the Bison can play a lot of players. Great for game reps for them. Get Trey Lance out of the game early so there is no chance of injury. Noah Sander could QB this team to victory....or James Hendricks (HS QB).

MSU is going to get curb stomped but the score will probably be closer than expected with a lot of young players getting reps. Or maybe Coach Entz keeps the foot on the pedal and beats them by 40+......xdontknowx


For the Bison: Get the game over early and get ready for a huge battle against SDSU.

[Professor Chaos]

Yeah, this one could get ugly. Their QB Huslig is a nice player and he's hurt the Bison with his legs before (2 years ago in the dome specifically) but he can't finish drives for them.

Hoping for a clean and injury free game. The Bison got a big down in Brookings a week from Saturday. So I suppose you could call this a trap game but even a sleepwalking Bison team wins easily IMO.

[ST_Lawson]

We almost beat Missouri State. This will be ugly. 3rd string by halftime, cheerleaders and band in by the 4th quarter.

[Silenoz]

Should be a good one

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Should be a good one


Almost like Montana versus Sisters of the Poor which is most of the Big Sky....xlolx

[JacksFan40]

If this isn’t over by halftime I’ll be disappointed in NDSU. Of course I know SDSU will find a way to make the Indiana State game a close one so I can’t say much.

[Professor Chaos]

On paper this is just a slight mismatch.

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Coming into this game Missouri St is 112th in rushing yards allowed per game and 108th in rushing yards allowed per carry. Yikes!

They do appear to have a good punter/punt coverage team though.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

MSU gives up 238 rushing yards/game....xeekx and they only convert 26% of their 3rd downs....xsmhx

NDSU could hand off every play and win this game going away.....

[RabidRabbit]

The only way this isn't a 4 TD win for Bison, is that it's nothing but the frosh for the Bison (especially on D) the entire 4th quarter, after leading by 35+ at end of 3.

[IBleedYellow]

Do we just hand the ball off the entire game?

[TheKingpin28]

Do we just hand the ball off the entire game?

#BringBackTheVeer

For BF02

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Do we just hand the ball off the entire game?


We could but some FCS fans on here would say we are running up the score or that would be a "dick move".......xrolleyesx

[BisonFan02]

Run the veer

[POD Knows]

Run the veerDitto, with retro uni's

[Herdistheword]

I think NDSU puts up a clunker. After beating three top 10 teams in a row, the Bison players take a day off. Bison win, but only by 2-3 scores. Bison-27, Misery State-10

[Silenoz]

Almost like Montana versus Sisters of the Poor which is most of the Big Sky....xlolx
Don't kid yourself....






The entire FCS is the Sisters off the Poor. Hear that? Tick tock tick tock.

[BisonFan02]

NDSU scored 21 in the 4th quarter against UNI and the only passing attempt by the Bison was the very first play of the quarter for an incompletion. All signs point to NDSU pounding the rock. :D

[Gil Dobie]

Just hope there are no fake punts.

[caribbeanhen]

When is the Oregon game? everything else is just a scrimmage for the Ala Bison....

[centennial]

When is the Oregon game? everything else is just a scrimmage for the Ala Bison....

This Bison team will struggle Oregon. DB's don't have enough speed on the outside, maybe next year with Herbert gone they have a chance.

[Professor Chaos]

The 5dimes betting line for this game is at a cool NDSU -40 with an O/U of 61.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

The 5dimes betting line for this game is at a cool NDSU -40 with an O/U of 61.

I'd take the over on 61.

40 is a lot of points. If Entz keeps the foot on the pedal then no problem but the 2nds and 3rds will get a lot of snaps so the press might not get covered.

[Professor Chaos]

New uniform look for the Bison this Saturday:

https://twitter.com/NDSUfootball/status/1184121755738263552

Personally I'm not a fan of the single color (aka color rush) jerseys but if it gets the players and fans a little more juiced up for an otherwise lifeless matchup so be it.

[Schism55]

New uniform look for the Bison this Saturday:

https://twitter.com/NDSUfootball/status/1184121755738263552

Personally I'm not a fan of the single color (aka color rush) jerseys but if it gets the players and fans a little more juiced up for an otherwise lifeless matchup so be it.
Came here to post this, damn you PC! xbowx
I'm dubious of this uni/helmet pairing, mono chromatic look rarely ever looks good much less great. Will reserve my opinion til saturday when we see them under the Fargodome lights.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Code Green all green: I like it!!

[CassBison]

New uniform look for the Bison this Saturday:

https://twitter.com/NDSUfootball/status/1184121755738263552

Personally I'm not a fan of the single color (aka color rush) jerseys but if it gets the players and fans a little more juiced up for an otherwise lifeless matchup so be it.

When is the last time NDSU wore the single color jersey combo?

[MSUBobcat]

I'm thinking 40+ is the correct answer based on some quick math of my expected final score:

NDSU: All the points
Misery St: - None of the points
Difference: > 40 points

Verified it with my old TI-85 and the math checks out....

[X-Factor]

I'd take the over on 61.

40 is a lot of points. If Entz keeps the foot on the pedal then no problem but the 2nds and 3rds will get a lot of snaps so the press might not get covered.

61 is a lot. I’d much rather take the Bison at -40. Do you really think MoSt can score more than 21? I don’t, unless the Bison put in all freshman middle 3Q.

[Silenoz]

I'm thinking 40+ is the correct answer based on some quick math of my expected final score:

NDSU: All the points
Misery St: - None of the points
Difference: > 40 points

Verified it with my old TI-85 and the math checks out....
This guy xhighfivex

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

61 is a lot. I’d much rather take the Bison at -40. Do you really think MoSt can score more than 21? I don’t, unless the Bison put in all freshman middle 3Q.


If NDSU left the starters in, MSU would not score a point.

NDSU's 2nd string could beat MSU by 30+ points. I think the Bison are going to get into the 50s with MSU getting a garbage time score or 2 on the reserves. But I would like to see a big 0 on the scoreboard for them.

[cx500d]

If NDSU left the starters in, MSU would not score a point.

NDSU's 2nd string could beat MSU by 30+ points. I think the Bison are going to get into the 50s with MSU getting a garbage time score or 2 on the reserves. But I would like to see a big 0 on the scoreboard for them.

O c’mon, secondary would get burned at least once


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[Hammerhead]

When is the last time NDSU wore the single color jersey combo? Never - at least with the green harvest helmets that are only a few years old. I want to see this in the stands.
31167

[POD Knows]

O c’mon, secondary would get burned at least once


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[Bison Fan in NW MN]

O c’mon, secondary would get burned at least once


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Not against this team.

[BisonFan02]

The real question will be if MSU shows up in all surrender whites.

[Bisonoline]

New uniform look for the Bison this Saturday:

https://twitter.com/NDSUfootball/status/1184121755738263552

Personally I'm not a fan of the single color (aka color rush) jerseys but if it gets the players and fans a little more juiced up for an otherwise lifeless matchup so be it.


Not a fan of this single color crap. If people really are excited about the color of the uniform they may want to seek counseling..

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

MSU play by play guy was on local radio and not much excitement for Bear football. Coach is in year 5 or 6 and not much to show for it. Nice facilities.

[Derby City Duke]

Bizon by 100,000,000...

ok, 56 - 6

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Wonder if NDSU will rush for over 300 in this game?

xchinscratchx


IMO, NDSU goes over 400 in this game....xnodx

[POD Knows]

Not a fan of this single color crap. If people really are excited about the color of the uniform they may want to seek counseling..Agree, bad karma and a bad look, don't mess with success. Bad moon a rising on the game this Saturday.

[Gil Dobie]

I love the single color tribute to Code Green. This is awesome, and I'm typically a traditionalist.

I'm not a fan of adding black as a faux school color.

[Sycamore62]

I picked the Bears. Im also going with the Sycamores this weekend so...

[Sycamore62]

I know you guys are going off history and stats but what you leave out is that with those stats, all NDSU's stats were from teams that lost and nearly all of the MSU stats are from teams that won so I think this might be a squeaker.

Just trying to make it interesting.xlolx

[Professor Chaos]

I picked the Bears. Im also going with the Sycamores this weekend so...
Indiana St winning this weekend would be a pretty big upset. They're 19 point underdogs to SDSU. Missouri St winning would be a historic upset since they're 40 point underdogs.

I never mind seeing SDSU lose especially a game they have no business losing but, selfishly, I'd like to see them roll this week so they're feeling really good about themselves coming into next week's Dakota Marker showdown.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Both NDSU/SDSU need to win all their games besides the head/head so the are not on the same side of the bracket.

[Hammerhead]

This will be the first home game we get to attend this year and our seats are way "down" in row Q instead of our usual row FF or GG near the top of the end zone. This was probably that last choice for other Team Makers who don't have season tickets and request single-game tickets before the general public.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Ventured over to the Missouri State fan forum to see what they are saying..........and not much.

3 total posts.....xsmhx

[Bisonoline]

I love the single color tribute to Code Green. This is awesome, and I'm typically a traditionalist.

I'm not a fan of adding black as a faux school color.

Lets see------
4 day week end
We are playing MSU
Tickets still available

This is all a marketing deal trying to push this.

As far as honoring all the former players?? May be they should have contacted some of us as I dont know anyone that likes the all green look.

[Sader87]

Jesus...do you think anyone outside of the NDSU fandom cares one whit how much NDSU wins this game by?

[Lorne_Malvo]

Jesus...do you think anyone outside of the NDSU fandom cares one whit how much NDSU wins this game by?

Its a FCS board, maybe you should try knitting.com or something else if you care so little that you have to post in a thread you are offended by.

[Sader87]

Its a FCS board, maybe you should try knitting.com or something else if you care so little that you have to post in a thread you are offended by.

It's just so stupid.....NDSU will win by 40...hooray!!!

Sooo boring.....go FBS already.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Jesus...do you think anyone outside of the NDSU fandom cares one whit how much NDSU wins this game by?


Yet you come on this thread and spew the same crap like you have in the past. Go away and stay there.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Game Day.

MSU is not a good team. A lot of "coach speak" during the week which is fine but this game will not be close. Start fast and put this team away early. No injuries. Get the 2nds and 3rds some valuable game reps.

NDSU could hand off and run the ball every play and win going away. The Bison OL will dominate this DL, which is not good.

MSU has no running game.....xsmhx.....take away Huslig (QB) and this will be a rout early.

Bison 55-0

[Gil Dobie]

Lets see------
4 day week end
We are playing MSU
Tickets still available

This is all a marketing deal trying to push this.

As far as honoring all the former players?? May be they should have contacted some of us as I dont know anyone that likes the all green look.

Might just be a few students and fans gone for the long weekend? I haven't run into any fans, except here, that don't like the uni's.

MSU isn't a big draw, if I wasn't moving on Thursday, I would be there. Pretty much an all day event for me, living 3.5 hours away, soon to be 4 hours. Still a better crowd than what I saw during the early years of DI. First playoff game in DI, was about 12,000 fans.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Might just be a few students and fans gone for the long weekend? I haven't run into any fans, except here, that don't like the uni's.

MSU isn't a big draw, if I wasn't moving on Thursday, I would be there. Pretty much an all day event for me, living 3.5 hours away, soon to be 4 hours. Still a better crowd than what I saw during the early years of DI. First playoff game in DI, was about 12,000 fans.



I think the all green look is going to look bad ass with the harvest helmets. I like how NDSU does it, not over the top and they keep the traditional colors....no color schemes that are not school colors.

NDSU rarely does it so it stays "fresh" so to speak. Now if they did what Oregon does with all kinds of crap combinations and colors then it would get really stale.

[Bisonoline]

Jesus...do you think anyone outside of the NDSU fandom cares one whit how much NDSU wins this game by?

You mean like your postings?

[Bisonoline]

Might just be a few students and fans gone for the long weekend? I haven't run into any fans, except here, that don't like the uni's.

MSU isn't a big draw, if I wasn't moving on Thursday, I would be there. Pretty much an all day event for me, living 3.5 hours away, soon to be 4 hours. Still a better crowd than what I saw during the early years of DI. First playoff game in DI, was about 12,000 fans.

Oh Robert Morris on Thanksgiving weekend when we didnt expect to make the playoffs? Not a good example.

[Professor Chaos]

FWIW they only sold 1 of the 6 student sections this week to the general public so maybe they did claim most of them. Or maybe they knew demand would be down for this game so they didn't bother to sell any endzone student sections to give students the chance to claim them Friday and this morning still.

[dewey]

GAMEDAY!

My prediction
NDSU 45
Missouri State 7

Go Bison!

I am pumped to see the all green and harvest helmets.

The Bison are 30-0 while wearing yellow jerseys.
14-0 wearing the green harvest helmets.
11-0 wearing the all-alternate yellow jersey and green harvest helmet.

Dewey

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[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Ready to leave.

Bison have 2 backs go over 100 yards in this game.

[JacksFan40]

It's just so stupid.....NDSU will win by 40...hooray!!!

Sooo boring.....go FBS already.
Or you guys just go D2, it’s not like you compete for anything in the FCS.

[TheKingpin28]

Or you guys just go D2, it’s not like you compete for anything in the FCS.

They compete for the "Ivy League Jock Sniffing Trophy".

[BisonFan02]

Spread narrows to only 33 from 40....Misery isnt wearing all surrender whites.

[TheKingpin28]

Missery St gets a stop, time to drop the Bison. xcoffeex

[TheKingpin28]

Trey Lance is good at football.

8-0 NDSU

7:40 left in the 1st Q.

[TheKingpin28]

NDSU is making questionable calls.

[TheKingpin28]

NDSU gets bailed out by an offsides call on 4th down and converts it to a TD.

15-0 NDSU.

9:44 left in the 2nd Q

[Bisonator]

NDSU is making questionable calls.
Looks like Tyler is just trying to get thru this game without using his whole playbook. Really strange draw plays on 3rd and 7 and 3rd and 5. Maybe stuff they want to work on I don't know.

[Herdistheword]

Looks like Tyler is just trying to get thru this game without using his whole playbook. Really strange draw plays on 3rd and 7 and 3rd and 5. Maybe stuff they want to work on I don't know.

The first one was a good call. It was open. Schoening didn’t execute his block.

[POD Knows]

Garbage first half by the Bison. Brutal.

[TheKingpin28]

Looks like Tyler is just trying to get thru this game without using his whole playbook. Really strange draw plays on 3rd and 7 and 3rd and 5. Maybe stuff they want to work on I don't know.

I get not wanting to open the playbook, but this game is beyond vanilla.

[POD Knows]

Bison phoning it in.

[Professor Chaos]

Very unimpressive half for the Bison offense.... not sure how they put up 283 yards of total offense.

[POD Knows]

Very unimpressive half for the Bison offense.... not sure how they put up 283 yards of total offense.
Why not call timeouts when the Bears had the ball deep in their territory with over two minutes left. No confidence in the D? Pretty tame approach to this game.

[Bison56]

Looking ahead to next week.

[Herdistheword]

Their defense has played well. Props to the Bears D that half.

[POD Knows]

Wow. Dog****.

[TheKingpin28]

Yet somehow NDSU has 300+ yds of offense and there is still 10 minutes to go in the 3rd Q. Props to the defense for bending but not breaking.

[Bisonator]

Jfc for penalties. Entz should be pissed after this one.:(

[TheKingpin28]

Jfc for penalties. Entz should be pissed after this one.:(

Watson with the almost drop at the goalline and now the tripping penalty. Yeah, he is going to be doing some "extra" reps in practice.

[TheKingpin28]

Wow, what a shank by the Kicker.

[Bisonator]

That's it, no more code green uni's!

[TheKingpin28]

That's it, no more code green uni's!

Never been a fan of the color rush concept to begin with, but the all green is putrid.

[Drblankstare]

I’m going to take a nap and pretend this game doesn’t exist. I think this was the NDSU offensive game plan also.

[Gil Dobie]

Look up the season average attendance prior to the band wagon jumpers.

Phil Hansen likes the all green, haven't heard anything negative from the media

[Professor Chaos]

Wow is this an ugly football game. Both teams are playing like garbage. Neither deserves to win.

[Drblankstare]

Wow is this an ugly football game. Both teams are playing like garbage. Neither deserves to win.

Bison D deserves it

[POD Knows]

Our offensive line is getting manhandled by these guys

[bulldog10jw]

Once in a while, someone should post a score

[Lorne_Malvo]

Trey lance throwing like crap today. He looks really bad.

[POD Knows]

What a **** show.

[TheKingpin28]

Once in a while, someone should post a score

Sarcasm detected.

[JacksFan40]

Looks like NDSU has no interest in this game and wants to get to SDSU.

[Hammersmith]

Once in a while, someone should post a score

15-0 NDSU. No new scores in well over a quarter.

[POD Knows]

Once in a while, someone should post a score
15 to 0

[TheKingpin28]

Almost 400 yds of total offense for the Bison vs 135 for the Bears. The defense for Missery St is the MVP of the game.

[Gil Dobie]

Not the best game, but still up on the score board.

[POD Knows]

Didn’t think it could get much worse and then we played the 3rd quarter. D playing well so I guess there is that

[Bison56]

These type of games is when you worry about injuries. This game should have been over at halftime, hats off to MSU for keeping the score close.

[gsf23nd]

15-0 NDSU

[Prime Power]

This is a pathetic display of offensive football by the Bison.

[Herdistheword]

Honestly, 52 on the Bears defense is a baller. He has been very impressive this game.

[TheKingpin28]

*goes to see how Bisonville is reacting to this game*

Exactly how I thought they would react.

[BEAR]

I thought this was supposed to be a blowout? xconfusedx

Is MoSt playing good or NDSU not playing well?

[Herdistheword]

I thought this was supposed to be a blowout? xconfusedx

Is MoSt playing good or NDSU not playing well?

Yes!

[Herdistheword]

The Bears defense has been very stout today. They are dominating the Bison oline on run plays. Both teams have been sloppy though. NDSU has a lot of penalties and the offense has looked out of sync (partial credit goes to the Bears D on that).

[POD Knows]

I thought this was supposed to be a blowout? xconfusedx

Is MoSt playing good or NDSU not playing well?
They showed up to play. Our offensive line has played like complete garbage Hats off to the Bears. Their D is playing well.

[Herdistheword]

Somebody needs to buy 52 a nice steak dinner. NCAA rules be damned. That boy came to play and I imagine that is hard to do on a one win team.

[Drblankstare]

The funny thing is that everyone is complaining about how bad the Bison offense has looked. They have 421 yards of offense right now.

[TheKingpin28]

NDSU finally scores.

[Hammersmith]

Bison TD

22-0 NDSU

[Bisonator]

Wins a win. Flush this one and get ready for the bunnies.

[IBleedYellow]

I've never been so underwhelmed in a shutout...

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[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Some thoughts after the game:


Kudos to the MSU defense, they came to play.

MSU's offense is crap. No running game and a lot of 50/50 balls. Not much trouble for the Bison defense. Bison defense played well.

TL seemed off. His stats were good but made some high throws and had open receivers in the middle of the field that he missed. Very athletic and excellent runner. I this is his bad game, I'll take it. Not really a bad game though.

Like Coach Entz said..."win is a win"....

The SDSU game next week will be the FCS game of the year.

[ming01]

Need to be balanced offensively next week. Dakota Marker could determine the conference.

What ifff... Sdsu wins this, wins out. JMU wins out and NDSU gets 3 seed? Haha.

[Scooter]

NDSU really missed meatstick today.
Alot of penalties and didn't open up playbook. This one was a ho hum win.
Still... it was a 22 point win.

[Schism55]

Look up the definition of trap game in the dictionary and there is a picture of this game. Happy with a W, could be way worse - See Wisconsin xeyebrowx

[caribbeanhen]

Why was this game called after the first quarter?

[BisonBacker]

Why was this game called after the first quarter?

xlolx

[POD Knows]

I watched the game again and it wasn't as bad the second time as it was live, MSU has some pretty nice players on D, 52 was everywhere, really quick sideline to sideline and played a great game. NDSU did a couple of fairly stupid things that cost them points in the game, the trip by Watson and the long screen pass play was really dumb and probably cost them 7 points but the interior line and the LB group for MSU played really well. We struggled with them a couple years back in the dome as well. Any way, glad it is over but NDSU needs to step it up big time next weekend in Brookings and I really don't see that happening. Bunnies 28 Bison 24, take it to the bank #BOOKIT

[POD Knows]

Why was this game called after the first quarter?Seventeen, yes, seventeen punts in that game, 10 by them and 7 by NDSU. It was a mistake filled snooze fest.

[Professor Chaos]

Seventeen, yes, seventeen punts in that game, 10 by them and 7 by NDSU. It was a mistake filled snooze fest.
Yep... one of the uglier Bison football games I've ever watched. Reminded me of watching a Vikings game and that is definitely not a compliment.

That said, they picked the right team to put up a stinker against I guess. I'm concerned about how poor the O-line played (specifically in run blocking) against a pretty bad front 7 considering they're going up against one of the best front 7s in the FCS next Saturday. Hopefully watching the film of that gives them a kick in the ass this week and they come out focused and motivated to get back on the right foot next Saturday.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Yep... one of the uglier Bison football games I've ever watched. Reminded me of watching a Vikings game and that is definitely not a compliment.

That said, they picked the right team to put up a stinker against I guess. I'm concerned about how poor the O-line played (specifically in run blocking) against a pretty bad front 7 considering they're going up against one of the best front 7s in the FCS next Saturday. Hopefully watching the film of that gives them a kick in the ass this week and they come out focused and motivated to get back on the right foot next Saturday.


IMO, the OL lacked focus. Still ran for well over 200 run it seemed like a struggle. But hats off to the Bears, they schemed up the Bison pretty well. Come hell or high water, they were determined to take away A gap power.

#52 (LB) looked like an AA yesterday.

Offense wasn't sharp for sure but next week should give them all the motivation they need to bring their A game.

[semobison]

IMO, the OL lacked focus. Still ran for well over 200 run it seemed like a struggle. But hats off to the Bears, they schemed up the Bison pretty well. Come hell or high water, they were determined to take away A gap power.

#52 (LB) looked like an AA yesterday.

Offense wasn't sharp for sure but next week should give them all the motivation they need to bring their A game.


Take away Colfield's 58 yard run and our RB's averaged 2.6 ypc. That was the Bears defensive plan, to run blitz and stack the box. I'm surprised we didn't have some big plays off play action but just maybe we were playing conservative and didnt want to show a future opponent too much on tape!

[Gil Dobie]

Yep... one of the uglier Bison football games I've ever watched. Reminded me of watching a Vikings game and that is definitely not a compliment.

That said, they picked the right team to put up a stinker against I guess. I'm concerned about how poor the O-line played (specifically in run blocking) against a pretty bad front 7 considering they're going up against one of the best front 7s in the FCS next Saturday. Hopefully watching the film of that gives them a kick in the ass this week and they come out focused and motivated to get back on the right foot next Saturday.

You must have missed the Babich era, argh! Even some of the games during the Bohl era, before he figured things out.

[Professor Chaos]

IMO, the OL lacked focus. Still ran for well over 200 run it seemed like a struggle. But hats off to the Bears, they schemed up the Bison pretty well. Come hell or high water, they were determined to take away A gap power.

#52 (LB) looked like an AA yesterday.

Offense wasn't sharp for sure but next week should give them all the motivation they need to bring their A game.
Yep, seemed like the big runs were mostly off of ball carrier effort not particularly good blocking. That big 58 yard run by Cofield was pretty much all him when he spun away from 2 or 3 potential tacklers just past the LOS. Outside of that run Bison RBs had 34 rushes for 71 yards. You could tell that Missouri St had the Bison offense out of stride just because they threw the ball 31 times yesterday. That's the most they've thrown the ball in a single game since the 2016 semifinals against JMU.

[POD Knows]

IMO, the OL lacked focus. Still ran for well over 200 run it seemed like a struggle. But hats off to the Bears, they schemed up the Bison pretty well. Come hell or high water, they were determined to take away A gap power.

#52 (LB) looked like an AA yesterday.

Offense wasn't sharp for sure but next week should give them all the motivation they need to bring their A game.A lot of those running yards were on chunk plays, NDSU sustained very little consistency in the run game yesterday. There were a lot of little things that kept the score down, a couple of motion penalties at key times, really poor ball spot on a 3rd down play, tripping penalty which was sort of away from the play. There were several times we had 2nd and short and ended up punting. Just a weird game overall. I have no idea how we ended up with over 400 yards of offense because it sure didn't seem like it.

[POD Knows]

Take away Colfield's 58 yard run and our RB's averaged 2.6 ypc. That was the Bears defensive plan, to run blitz and stack the box. I'm surprised we didn't have some big plays off play action but just maybe we were playing conservative and didnt want to show a future opponent too much on tape!I don't get this but I read this all the time, there is tape out there from previous games, where we "hiding" the playbook in those games as well. NDSU couldn't run the ball yesterday for whatever reason and had to go to plan B which didn't really work either.

[Professor Chaos]

You must have missed the Babich era, argh! Even some of the games during the Bohl era, before he figured things out.
True, I should've said that was the one of the uglier Bison football games I've watched this decade. Still doesn't come close to that 3-0 debacle (ironically enough also against Missouri St) to close out the 2010 regular season. And there was plenty of frustration before then too.


Take away Colfield's 58 yard run and our RB's averaged 2.6 ypc. That was the Bears defensive plan, to run blitz and stack the box. I'm surprised we didn't have some big plays off play action but just maybe we were playing conservative and didnt want to show a future opponent too much on tape!


I don't get this but I read this all the time, there is tape out there from previous games, where we "hiding" the playbook in those games as well. NDSU couldn't run the ball yesterday for whatever reason and had to go to plan B which didn't really work either.
Yeah, the "going vanilla so they don't show much on tape" comment doesn't hold water. Entz has said a few times when they've run their special teams gimmicks (like the fake XP against Butler) that he wanted to get more stuff on tape for future opponents to have to prepare for. I don't see any reason why this mentality is different for the offensive play calling.

[caribbeanhen]

I don't get this but I read this all the time, there is tape out there from previous games, where we "hiding" the playbook in those games as well. NDSU couldn't run the ball yesterday for whatever reason and had to go to plan B which didn't really work either.

well even the Bison can have a mulligan but if this keeps up next you can bet the JMU drum will be heard beating faintly somewhere over the horizon

[TheKingpin28]

well even the Bison can have a mulligan but if this keeps up next you can bet the JMU drum will be heard beating faintly somewhere over the horizon

I wouldn't be surprised if some "voters" in polls across the FCS landscape drop them, just so they have a reason to pump up a different team.

[Derby City Duke]

I wouldn't be surprised if some "voters" in polls across the FCS landscape drop them, just so they have a reason to pump up a different team.

You didn’t have your best game offensively, but your D picked up the slack and pitched a shutout. That’s what great teams do. Absolutely no reason to drop them.

[Lorne_Malvo]

These days a 22-0 shutout against a MVFC team isnt good enough. Who gets held to a higher standard than NDSU?
Other posts talk about quality losses, but shutout wins are not enough now. Weird.

[TheKingpin28]

These days a 22-0 shutout against a MVFC team isnt good enough. Who gets held to a higher standard than NDSU?
Other posts talk about quality losses, but shutout wins are not enough now. Weird.

SHSU? xcoffeex

[Lorne_Malvo]

SHSU? xcoffeex

LOL

[Bisonoline]

MSUs head coach is an excellent defensive coach. They schemed us perfectly. I give them alot of credit. I think MSU is only 3-4 players away from being a very good team.

[Professor Chaos]

MSUs head coach is an excellent defensive coach. They schemed us perfectly. I give them alot of credit. I think MSU is only 3-4 players away from being a very good team.
He is but coming into the game they had the 120th ranked (out of 124 teams) scoring defense in the FCS allowing 41.2 points per game. They were 106th in total defense (458.6 yards allowed per game), 112th in rush yards allowed per game (238 yards), and 121st in rush yards allowed per carry (5.48 ypc). NDSU's offense came in under those averages in all those categories.

This was a bad defensive team. Maybe they played a fantastic game on Saturday because they sure didn't look like a bad defense but I have a hard time giving them too much credit given how poor their defense has been to this point in 2019 (and it's not like their schedule has been a murderer's row either).

[caribbeanhen]

I wouldn't be surprised if some "voters" in polls across the FCS landscape drop them, just so they have a reason to pump up a different team.

that would be that looney Bison fan Though right, he will probably drop em from top 25

[TheKingpin28]

that would be that looney Bison fan Though right, he will probably drop em from top 25

I get sandbagging, but you know it's bad when opposing fans are shaking their heads at how their rival is not #1 on the ballots.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

He is but coming into the game they had the 120th ranked (out of 124 teams) scoring defense in the FCS allowing 41.2 points per game. They were 106th in total defense (458.6 yards allowed per game), 112th in rush yards allowed per game (238 yards), and 121st in rush yards allowed per carry (5.48 ypc). NDSU's offense came in under those averages in all those categories.

This was a bad defensive team. Maybe they played a fantastic game on Saturday because they sure didn't look like a bad defense but I have a hard time giving them too much credit given how poor their defense has been to this point in 2019 (and it's not like their schedule has been a murderer's row either).


Like all the coaches say when they are on local radio.....the Bison get everyone's A game and this one was no different.

I went and looked at their defensive stats and they are not good but the played a very good game yesterday. What does that say to me? Actually, nothing. They played way above their heads and the NDSU offense was lethargic. Bison defense was very good.