Bison06

Absolutely, this year sac state was one of those teams that I think gives ndsu a lot of trouble. They were ranked 1-2 all year.

What, other than you wanting to make your argument makes you think SDSU in brookings is a tougher matchup than Sac St at home?

If those two teams are flipped, nothing changes. This is the oddest argument I’ve ever heard.

Please… You make ridiculous claims in the hope that it’ll start a controversy and ndsu fans will show up and then you bitch when they do. Don’t act like ndsu fans commenting here wasn’t what you hoped for.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2022-11-20/fcs-playoff-bracket-predictions-picks-every-fcs-playoff-game-and-round?amp What preferential treatment? Flip ndsu with Montana state if you think that should have happened. You have the same outcome. Ndsu was set up to play a road game in the semis, just as they would have as the 4 seed. If sdsu loses today and montana state is at home for the semis, that isn’t their fault or some sort of advantage that was given to them. Sac state had their chance and blew it.

They were set up to play on the road in the semis, sac state lost. There’s no advantage here. You think they should have been on the road in the quarterfinals?

The reality is there are only 1-2 teams at the FCS level that can compete with ndsu. Home or away doesn’t matter. FCS just isn’t that competitive. Ndsu is a shell of its former self and outside of a very small group of teams, nobody can put up a legitimate fight regardless of the location of the game.

Why do you describe it as b*llshit? NDSU would have been on the road this coming weekend if Sac St could have held their home field advantage. What would you have done differently? NDSU as a 4 seed? That could have played out exactly the same as this year did with a higher seed losing at home. I can understand it being frustrating, but I wouldn’t describe it as BS.

I understand that, but don’t you think at some point it’s possible to overdo it with transfers to the point where the identity of the team and the university it represents don’t fully align? If most of the key players on NDSU’s team were transfers that the coach brought with him or came in from other places, I would feel differently about the team I think. I’ve never viewed any transfer player differently than a player who’s been with the program from the start, but if the scales started tipping the other direction in terms of the ratio of transfers, I think I would feel different about the team.

This Deion situation bring up an interesting discussion. Deion may have the ability to bring in a massive amount of transfers with his personality and name recognition. Hypothetically, if Deion brings in a whole new team of transfers with very few players remaining from the previous year, and wins, how would the fan base view that team? Nothing wrong with transfers, moving forward I think it’s an integral part of a college teams recruiting plan. But where’s the line in a situation like Deion and Colorado find themselves in? How many starters get replaced before a fan base would start to feel like this is no longer their team? Is there a line? I don’t know.

Without Belquist, who seems to my eye to have elite athleticism and skill, but may be a 4.5 guy(could be wrong here) you’re receiving core would be well below average.

I agree with everything you’re saying. Taking a big picture look though, 4.6 and 4.7 receivers in the nfl are the exception rather than the rule. To play at a high level at that speed you need to be elite at the other elements of being a great receiver eg. Hands, route running, situation awareness etc. Speed isn’t everything at the position, but it matters. As an example, running great routes doesn’t mean as much if a db can sit on routes knowing he doesn’t have to flip his hips early to cover the home run. Speed is an element of the game that drives fear into defensive backs. Getting beat for 10-15 yards over and over again is annoying and frustrating, but it isn’t embarrassing like getting beat over the top is. When lined up against 4.3 guys, a db and/or defensive coordinator is constantly thinking about getting beat deep and that opens up a lot of other routes. Coverage gets rolled that way, a safety gets rolled to that side over the top to stop the deep ball and that’s one more player not showing up in the run game. I agree with your premise, speed isn’t absolutely needed for success at the receiver position, but being scary fast can wreak havoc on defensive schemes without a doubt. https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/the-wide-receivers-who-ran-slow-at-the-nfl-combine-and-still-had-pretty-good-careers

Clearly roughing…It’s anything but clear, it’s grey area, which is why you have a split of how people are seeing it. Happy Thanksgiving to you as well.

Focusing on his feet, it appears he is lifted because he is trying to run away.

Lol, this made me laugh. Good work.

Fair enough. What is your assessment of why the flag was picked up?

I’ve been trying to be objective here. Call it questionable if you want, but a cheap shot? Not even close. If I’m that corner I’m doing the same thing. You keep running, you’re gonna get hit. No question.

We’ll have to agree to disagree on this one. It’s questionable, but I think if the players were reversed, you’d all be arguing the other side of this one.

And if you think Maag wasn’t going to continue to run, where exactly do you say he was going here when he continues running? He didn’t run towards an official or even turn his attention to the official to hand the ball. My take is Maag didn’t think he was down either and planned to run up the field.

Ok now I remember this play. Call me a homer here, but I see this as the DB not thinking Maag was down, which it appears he actually wasn’t. Maag reacted as a player who wasn’t giving himself up when he popped up, the DB interpreted him popping up as him trying to continue running and finished the tackle. I don’t see any issue here.

Do you have video? I don’t remember this one specifically.

Agreed, amazed they would offer him based on what I saw in his time at NDSU. Fine, serviceable player, but not a real game breaker in my view.

Without inside knowledge it’s impossible to know. If you’re hope as a player is to get onto a different team, you have to be enrolled for spring semester so the timing makes sense to pull the plug now and not risk quitting halfway through the playoffs. I’m not saying it isn’t something to keep an eye on, but the timing makes sense from the players’ perspective.

While it’s frustrating to see contributing players leave, it’s just a part of the game in 2022. Playing time, location, coaching staff etc. So many reasons an 18-22 year old kid would change schools, some of them valid, others are spitting the bit when the going gets tough. Every school will deal with it with the new rules in place.