NDSU at Minnesota Game Thread

[TheBisonator]

Figured I'd start one now. 2 hours and 27 minutes till kickoff.

GOOOOOO BISON!!!!!

[BisonFan02]

The march is ON!

[Twentysix]

Easily 10000 here Tailgates. Prob a lot more.

[Twentysix]

The gophers in front of me said this is the longest the shuttle line has ever been.

[TheBisonator]

And HERE WE GO!!!!!!

(I'll be at the thread on Bisonville. Someone keep this thread going!!)

[Gil Dobie]

Impressive first drive by the Gophers. The Bison offense will have to move the ball or it will be a long night.

[bisonguy]

1st and goal Bison at the one

[bisonguy]

TD Bison!!!!!!!!

[bisonguy]

Each team only had one possession in the first quarter and NDSU needed one play in the 2Q to finish off the drive.

[BisonBabe]

Gonna be a tough game but I like our odds

[bonarae]

Hmm, there's free audio over at Minnesota's site. I'm listening to it now.

[DOME]

Don't look now but the cows just completed two passes in a row!

[bisonguy]

TD Bison!!!!!!!!!!!!

13-7 Bison awaiting PAT

[bisonguy]

14-7 Bison.

[BisonBabe]

Well the boys are doing great. Over on BV I said we needed Sam, DJ, Ryan and Warren to step up and they all have. Brock is doing fabulous today as well.

[UD SECT D FF]

Bison came to play!!

[bonarae]

The half is going to end...

14-14 2:11 2nd Quarter

[Gil Dobie]

See if the Bison can get a score in the final 2 minutes.

[UNIFanSince1983]

Was Marquis Gray hurt or just not performing...why was he not in on the last Minny drive?

[bisonguy]

2nd and 10 Bison at the Gopher 14. 1:25 left in the half

[bisonguy]

1st and Goal Bison at the 2!

[Gil Dobie]

Was Marquis Gray hurt or just not performing...why was he not in on the last Minny drive?

Gray was not performing.

[bisonguy]

TD Bison!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BisonBabe]

DJ in for a TD

[bonarae]

Another TD for the Bison.

NDSU 21
Minnesota 14
0:24 2Q

[bisonguy]

21-14 Bison :24 left in the half

[Thundar]

LETS GO BISON!!!!!!! NDSU gets the ball first in the second half

[Gil Dobie]

Gray is back

[UNIFanSince1983]

I've only seen the last Minnesota drive and this 2 minute drive by McNorton, wait I mean NDSU. They are looking good so far.

[Thundar]

Gray is Flustered 4 sacks on him tonight, just over threw a reciever by 20 yds

[Gil Dobie]

Miracle TD by Williams

[bisonguy]

Bison with the pick and a pitch for the TD!!!!!!!!!!!

27-14 Bison waiting for the PAT

[Gil Dobie]

Bison with the pick and a pitch for the TD!!!!!!!!!!!

27-14 Bison waiting for the PAT

Amazing

[bonarae]

Yet another TD for NDSU. Pick, fumble, scooped by NDSU, TD!

28-14 NDSU HALFTIME

[bisonguy]

28-14 Bison. halftime.

Gopher crowd out of the game.

[UNIFanSince1983]

That play was RIDICULOUS! WOW!!

[Thundar]

HOW ABOUT THAT BISON DEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BisonBabe]

OMG I am speechless.....that was a fabulous way to go into the break......

[4th and What?]

Will that be #1 on Sportscenter tomorrow? Gotta practice the bounce pass more....

[Tod]

NDSU to the Big 10? Seriously, what is up with NDSU's ability to win or at least compete well in every damn game with Minnesota? Good job so far, Bison!

[bisonguy]

NDSU to the Big 10? Seriously, what is up with NDSU's ability to win or at least compete well in every damn game with Minnesota? Good job so far, Bison!

A whole lotta pissed off Minnesota kids.

[Thundar]

NDSU to the Big 10? Seriously, what is up with NDSU's ability to win or at least compete well in every damn game with Minnesota? Good job so far, Bison!

Stuff like this:

http://www.gophertailgate.com/2011/09/20/bison-vs-gophers-preview-numbers-numbers-numbers/

[Gil Dobie]

NDSU to the Big 10? Seriously, what is up with NDSU's ability to win or at least compete well in every damn game with Minnesota? Good job so far, Bison!

Minnesota is bad, Brewster ruined the program. Jerry Kill has a job ahead of him, and will do well once his players get into the system.

[UD SECT D FF]

Hope Delaware is in the opposite bracket come playoff time! Great Game Bison!

[Gil Dobie]

Hope the Bison can keep it up for the 2nd half. Lucky the penalties have been minimalized by the plethera of Gophers penalties.

[BisonBabe]

Wow Brock has to be having one of his best games...the O is clicking

[bisonguy]

50 yard FG. 31-14 Bison.

[Uncle Buck]

Keep it up Bison

[Thundar]

31-14 NDSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gil Dobie]

Nice 8 minute drive for a FG

[DJOM]

Best game---so far--of the day. Go Bison

[Gil Dobie]

Nice sack by the Bison Defense

[Gil Dobie]

Gophers settle for FG, 31-17 NDSU

[bisonguy]

Gophers end up with a FG.

31-17 Bison. About 2:00 left in the 3rd.

[Gil Dobie]

Gophers special teams are fired up, lets get a nice long Bison drive now.

[Thundar]

31-17 start of the 4th

GO BISON!!!!!!!!!!

[Gil Dobie]

First Bison Punt :(

Let's go Defense :)

[BisonBabe]

Need to stop them here on this 3rd and short

[Gil Dobie]

4th & 7 Gophers get a TD

[DJOM]

Now that was a shame. Let's fire up Bison.

[Gil Dobie]

Time to get the offense moving Bison

[Mountaineer#96]

I love it!...........Go Bison!

[Thundar]

3 Minutes left Gophers take over Bison up by 7

[Gil Dobie]

Missed FG, Argh. DEFENSE

2:50 left, Gophers Ball

[Mountaineer#96]

Damn, I hope NDSU pulls this out....nothing like another FCS vs. FBS win

[Gil Dobie]

INT Bison, Pick 6

[UNIFanSince1983]

Game Bizon! INT for TD

[bisonguy]

MWill with his second pick six. Well, first was a pickup six.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Wow, i had no idea this game was on the BTN!! Just turned it on in time to catch the pick 6!

[bojeta]

Absolute pleasure to listen to this one!! Congratulations Bison!!!

[Mountaineer#96]

Congrats Bison! great win

[Gil Dobie]

Local Bookie had Minnesota by 13.5

[UNIFanSince1983]

Why does Minnesoota keep scheduling FCS schools? I would think they'd want to stop paying teams to come to their house and kick their butts.

[UNIFanSince1983]

Local Bookie had Minnesota by 13.5

Hope you took that action. I probably would have.

[Pard4Life]

There should be no question that NDSU is the #1 team in FCS. Flipping between this game and Lafayette and NDSU has owned the Goophers.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Congrats Bison!!

[Squealofthepig]

Man, was I glad to pick this one wrong - I had thought the Gophers would circle this one, as it was the only game they had left they could win.

Awesome win for the Bison, way to go!

[whitey]

Congrats NDSU!

[bisonguy]

Victory formation after NDSU takes over on downs with :57 remaining. 37-24 NDSU.

[bisonguy]

Whoops. Guess they might run a play or two. :D

[Gil Dobie]

Victory formation, Love it :)

[Thundar]

Missouri Valley with 2 FBS wins in 2011, NDSU 2-1 against Minnesota since 2006 5-3 against FBS!!!!

[BisonFan02]

Hail the Bison! Hail the Bison!

[TheBisonator]

I LOOOOOOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Professor Chaos]

Bison are 5-3 against FBS competition. One more win and we're bowl eligible!

[Jacked_Rabbit]

I watched the entire game and NDSU was - by far - the better team... Congrats Bison fans!

[TheBisonator]

Bison are 5-3 against FBS competition. One more win and we're bowl eligible!

Best comment of the year.

[Gil Dobie]

Hope you took that action. I probably would have.

I had a pocket full of cash when I talked to him, and he was willing to take it, but I was too concerned about getting home to watch the game, so I blew it off.

[UIWWildthing]

Congrats to NDSU!

[strike00]

Congrats to the Bison, NDSU looked very impressive.

[UNIFanSince1983]

Doesn't make me look forward to going to Fargo later this year. Impressive win by the Bizon.

[Bogus Megapardus]

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6321/ndsu.jpg

[Bogus Megapardus]

Awesome job, Bison! Congratulations!

[boonegoon]

Great job!

[JSUBison]

Hoeven gets his tater tot hotdish!

[bisonguy]

Hoeven gets his tater tot hotdish!

That was so bush league by Klobuchar.

[Chi Panther]

Congrats!!!

[Go Bison]

Hoeven gets his tater tot hotdish!

If I was Senator Hoeven I wouldn't touch that hotdish from Senator Klobuchar! Isn't he 2-0 in bets for NDSU? I know he won walleye filets from Gov. Pawlenty in 2007. Now that was a good bet.

[bkrownd]

congrats, but don't get used to it - Gophers won't be down for long :D

[WrenFGun]

Congrats Bison!

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

congrats, but don't get used to it - Gophers won't be down for long :D

Not even one more year?:D

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Having been at the game, here are my thoughts:

1. NDSU was better...period!
2. Gray is a poor passer, the Fr QB is much better and will probably start the rest of the season.
3. Great to see so many Bison fans down there. LOL....when we were chanting "Let's Go Bison"......gooopher fans would look over at us.....we were just as loud.
4. Brock played awesome.
5. We dont play a game last week and move down in the coache's poll....xchinscratchxxchinscratchx It will be interesting to see where we go this week.
6. NDSU was better.....period!

[Gil Dobie]

Having been at the game, here are my thoughts:

1. NDSU was better...period!
2. Gray is a poor passer, the Fr QB is much better and will probably start the rest of the season.
3. Great to see so many Bison fans down there. LOL....when we were chanting "Let's Go Bison"......gooopher fans would look over at us.....we were just as loud.
4. Brock played awesome.
5. We dont play a game last week and move down in the coache's poll....xchinscratchxxchinscratchx It will be interesting to see where we go this week.
6. NDSU was better.....period!

Gray might move to a slotbak or WR if he is no longer the QB. It's tough on a team when the QB is switched every other drive or even play.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Gray might move to a slotbak or WR if he is no longer the QB. It's tough on a team when the QB is switched every other drive or even play.


Gray is a very good athlete but pretty mediocre at QB.

I bet Michigan will look at this tape and completely annihilate the goophers next week.

[UNIFanSince1983]

I thought Gray played WR last year when they had Adam Weber anyways. I think they should take a look at moving him back and only using him at QB in a Wildcat type formation.

[Gil Dobie]

This game does matter, example 1, recruiting, front and center Marcus Williams

Strib link (http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/130514183.html)


While the rest of Division I-bound peers selected from a herd of schools that offered them scholarships, former Hopkins standout Marcus Williams wondered where he'd play.

He was the point guard -- and a standout cornerback in football -- for a Hopkins basketball team that sent four starters to Division I schools and captured the 4A state title in 2008-09 with remarkable ease. Williams ended up at North Dakota State, a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) school, as a football walk-on with the promise of a chance to earn a scholarship.

He was the only member of the Hopkins starting five that didn't earn a full ride from a major hoops program.

But during a memorable homecoming Saturday night, he was a hero, after scoring two defensive touchdowns in the Bison's 37-24 victory over the Gophers at TCF Bank Stadium.

He recovered a teammate's fumble and streaked up the sidelines 52 yards for a score as time expired in the first half. Later, he stole Max Shortell's must-have pass for another pick-six with 2:36 remaining in the game.

The latter sealed North Dakota State's second consecutive win over the Gophers in four years.

And it made Williams the star he'd been during his time at Hopkins, albeit one who was overlooked by major colleges.

"Playing with four other guys who played Division I ball and me here [with people saying] 'You could do this, you could do that, but your grades aren't good.' In basketball, 'You can't shoot real well.' Playing football, 'You're too small, not fast enough.' It was a big deal. [North Dakota State coach Craig Bohl] came to my house, told me if I do good my first year, he's going to give me a scholarship. I was with it the whole way."

He brought his best for his return trip to Minneapolis.

In the final seconds of the first half, Bison strong safety Colten Heagle intercepted a MarQueis Gray pass. Gophers wideout Marcus Jones went for the tackle, but Heagle tossed the ball toward Williams, who rumbled down the sidelines for a 52-yard touchdown that gave the Bison a 28-14 edge at halftime.

"I'm yelling 'pitch, pitch, pitch,' and he pitched it back," Williams said. "It bounced, it had a great bounce. It pitched right to me and I was just scoring the whole way."

But that effort finished second to Williams' late 40-yard TD interception that ended the Gophers' comeback hopes.

Williams said he watched Shortell's eyes before he jumped the route. It was a moment that Williams said he'd craved since he joined the Bison.

"To be honest, it was pretty emotional, really," he said. "Coming from Minneapolis, being from here, going against the home state, people thinking I wasn't good enough to play here, probably wasn't going to play Division I ball at all. And just coming here and showing up and playing a good game, it just felt real good."

[Gil Dobie]

Kill humble in defeat. He will turn the Gopher program around, he is a classy coach.

Strib
“Coach [Craig Bohl] outcoached me and their team outplayed us,” Kill said humbly. “They deserve to win the game.”

[Twentysix]

Pretty evident it wasn't a fumble.....

[DJKyR0]

Marcus is just an incredible athlete. Is it fair to start calling the play before the half "The Pitch v. 2.0?"

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Kill humble in defeat. He will turn the Gopher program around, he is a classy coach.

Strib


I agree but it might take awhile.

[BlueHenSinfonian]

Kill humble in defeat. He will turn the Gopher program around, he is a classy coach.

Strib

The whole quote is even better:


"Coach outcoached me, their team outplayed us and they deserved to win the game," Gophers coach Jerry Kill said, adding: "I feel bad for our students. I feel bad for the state of Minnesota. I feel bad for our fans, and I feel bad for our kids."

[bkrownd]

I agree but it might take awhile.

Might or might not - I've seen a lot of programs go from awful to pretty good in just a year or two after a coaching change, including Minnesota.

[darell1976]

Minnesota can't beat USD and NDSU in football, they can't beat UND in hockey, that leaves basketball as their only sport where they may be dominate..at least for now.xlolx (Hey Gophs, I hear the MAC calling your name.)

[frozennorth]

Minnesota can't beat USD and NDSU in football, they can't beat UND in hockey, that leaves basketball as their only sport where they may be dominate..at least for now.xlolx (Hey Gophs, I hear the MAC calling your name.)

Out of curiousity, did they announce the score at the alerus center? And what was the reaction?

[bkrownd]

Bring it on. If college ball weren't owned by television and money I always thought it would rock to have a conference centered in the upper plains - Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas.

[frozennorth]

Bring it on. If college ball weren't owned by television and money I always thought it would rock to have a conference centered in the upper plains - Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas.

It was called the big 8

[NDB]

Minnesota can't beat USD and NDSU in football, they can't beat UND in hockey, that leaves basketball as their only sport where they may be dominate..at least for now.xlolx (Hey Gophs, I hear the MAC calling your name.)

thank you for bringing up hockey. it's the best sport evah!!!!

[No_Skill]

thank you for bringing up hockey. it's the best sport evah!!!!

Hell yes it is! I just bought a shirt this weekend that says "NDSU Hockey Undefeated since 1890".

Butthockey

[bkrownd]

It was called the big 8

Nah, this would have been a distinctly Northern conference.

[darell1976]

Out of curiousity, did they announce the score at the alerus center? And what was the reaction?

I left at Halftime (my 5 year old wasn't being cooperative) but they put scores on the video screen. At the time they showed it it was 7-0 Minny. No one said anything around us.

[NDB]

you left the potato bowl at halftime?

at a game against black hills state!?!

shocking.

[darell1976]

you left the potato bowl at halftime?

at a game against black hills state!?!

shocking.

Maybe if you should read my whole post. My 5 year old was being uncooperative so I left because he was annoying us and the people around him. Or I would have stayed til the end.

[BisonBabe]

I left at Halftime (my 5 year old wasn't being cooperative) but they put scores on the video screen. At the time they showed it it was 7-0 Minny. No one said anything around us.

It can be frustrating as a parent to be put in this kind of situation. Kudos to you for making the decision to leave and give the fans around you the opportunity to enjoy the game. Perhaps until the little one gets older you may wish to invest in a sitter for game time.

[NDB]

Maybe if you should read my whole post. My 5 year old was being uncooperative so I left because he was annoying us and the people around him. Or I would have stayed til the end.

Try taking him to a Bison game.

[darell1976]

It can be frustrating as a parent to be put in this kind of situation. Kudos to you for making the decision to leave and give the fans around you the opportunity to enjoy the game. Perhaps until the little one gets older you may wish to invest in a sitter for game time.

He did pretty good last year at Target Field for a Twins game, but what a difference a year makes. No games til 7 or 8.

[darell1976]

Try taking him to a Bison game.

He started saying Go Bison at the game, and my other son said thats not the Bison, and he said sure look. BHSU has yellow on their pants so he thought it was the Bison. Too funny!!

[DJKyR0]

He started saying Go Bison at the game, and my other son said thats not the Bison, and he said sure look. BHSU has yellow on their pants so he thought it was the Bison. Too funny!!

Smart kid!

[darell1976]

Smart kid!

Wife is a Bison fan. Her and my oldest will be at the Bison Homecoming game on Saturday. I will be listening to the Sioux-SUU game with the younger kids all dressed in Sioux green.:D

[THE HERD]

I thought Gray played WR last year when they had Adam Weber anyways. I think they should take a look at moving him back and only using him at QB in a Wildcat type formation.

This.

[LakesBison]

wow, what a game. My friend was in the NDSU band and said being on the field when #1 scored that last td was electrifying!

Im so proud to be a bison and I know most freshman from the twin cities can pound their chests this week.

Go Bison!