geaux_sioux

I feel like you think I'm happy with last nights results. I was pissed after the game over how we wasted a prime opportunity. We could have put them away early with a td instead of the int. we could have also won had the defense played angry like they were at the end. I'm trying to take the positives out of it now since that's all you can do after a tough loss. This Montana game is huge.

The 8-3 season was an accomplishment. That team won ugly alot of times and only had one bad game (Idaho where they did lead at the half). I agree about the trenches though....the oline needs to be able to move people and they didn't last night. The only DL I saw for us moving people and making plays was Edwards.

Just look at the linemen we recruited this past class. Plus Anderson is a stud and only a true soph. Kleason was terrible last night. He's a better tackle than that. I can't wait til we see Miller Stockwell and Bell in there along with Adams too.

It's possible. SDSU is better than both. And both EWU and MSU were better last year.

A great example of the plan working and players not quite executing was the multiple 3rd downs where Kotelnicki sent the dogs and they let sumner dance around just long enough to get a throw off. I liked the way Kotelnicki called the game. I'm not sure what the audible situation was on the Bartels INT but there were two high safeties. With that defense you can't really try a deep crossing route. They should have run on that play.

Not nearly as mobile. I feel like McGee is trying to prove he's a passer so he'll at least hang around. Adams will take off at any instant and sometimes get an unorthodox throw off that is impossible to plan for.

EWU worries me because of the QB. Really mobile QBs kill us. Even did in 2001, Johnson from Omaha.......

See post 486.

Shaugs could have been the answer in my opinion. Feed that kid. He is hungry.

Can't disagree with this. I'm confident 6-5 won't happen.

The players that won for Bohl early would have been FR for Babich and not yet starting/contributing.

Basically Hakstol was handed talent up the ass and made it close but never actually won. Mussman inherited nothing and won that GWC with a team that lacked talent all over the place. Still not a national championship but they were not eligible at the time (not saying they would have since they didn't have enough D1 wins). My main point is. Mussman has gotten a bad wrap from the start. For no reason really. Hakstol was anointed after making it far but not getting the job done with Blais' players. Why is that? Who knows. Maybe Mussman needs to grow a mustache.

Talent inherited. Muss inherited almost nothing for talent. Bohl had a full cupboard. Bohl then blew it and then fixed it. Mussman has had to build from scratch.

My bad I was talking about the end of the post with hockey involved. Hakstol to Muss. 0-0.

We actually had some decent runs on the first two drives. After that it was non existent.

And how many national championships has either won?

I'm sure Zenner was getting a little tired. We also started to stop the run so maybe they thought they could catch us off guard with throws. They had a couple openings late in the game on passes that were either dropped or miss fired. Is it possible that the players for SDSU got buried by big Mo? Their whole team was on their heals for a while in the 4th cause we were steam rolling them out of nowhere. I think the reason it looked like the coach took his foot off the gas was because they were getting stopped.

On offense they did the same stuff. Our D just showed up and stopped them. They softened up on D and then we started rolling and there was nothing they could do other than the late INT. They were still aggressive on offense on their drives when we stopped them.

I'm thinking those records with beating 1 Montana school and splitting with EWU and NAU for 8-3. That's not outlandish. 7-4 is a real likely record.

Right now I feel like 8-3 or 7-4 are probable so this thread seems pretty pointless to me

If that happens I want Kotelnicki as HC. I don't care what people think about hiring from within. He and Schleusner are stud coaches.

5 of the top 7 tacklers last night for us were LBs or DL. That is a very good thing. Darryl Brown had a great game and lead the team as a corner but the LBs actually made some plays last night against what is the most physical offensive line we will face all year. Mike Edwards had a huge game for a FR and Ben Hensen showed he is more effective as a DE. Best of all was Dom Bennett asserted himself. He had 3 QB hurries a sack 2 tfl 6 total tackles and best of all, even though it was a dumb penalty, he took Cam Jones (SDSUs 6'5 250 lb TE and threw him to the ground like a rag doll. It was a penalty but it set the tone for how Dom was going to play the rest of the game. He made good on his potential finally. Also I have to give Goard a shout out again. He only had two tackles but they were BIG. He also crushed Zenner on a pass rush and ruined the timing of Sumner on the play. We need more of him rotating in at ILB.

Anyone at the game remember when SDSU had that uncalled delay of game when the center couldn't hear Sumner desperately pleading for the snap? It brought me back to 2001 when that was a common occurrence in big games. Next week we need to make it that loud but we need to do so before everyone leaves. We have a huge advantage and haven't really used it in years. It's a good feeling when as a fan you can literally help your team in a tangible way.

The short field SDSU got on that fumble was tough.

I'm not in love with Mussman. I did, however, actually notice the improvements made as the game went on last night. We killed them late in the game and the defense work up. Kotelnicki was blitzing alot and we were very very close on some of their big plays to getting a big sack or tfl. The players need to finish those plays. I'm not worried about Mussman, Kotelnicki, Scheusner, Boyd, and Nurse. Those guys are great coaches. The new oline coach Cunningham has some work to do as does Myers. Schwenzfeier needs to play more than one back. The season is young and there is alot of coaching up to be done. Last night the coaches put the players in position to win and they didn't execute until the late 3rd quarter. Things appeared to click last night late in the game. It's up to everyone in the program to build on that.