This is why Bison fans don't give a !@#$ about this game. They stomp us regularly, minus one anomaly. It's pathetic. UND isn't even competitive.
And his play was just as dirty as his look. Every time I followed him, he was doing something egregious. I know it's complete bias, but the officials always seem to let SU get away with more than other teams. And then throw flags when their bench bitches.
I was at the game and want to give a quick shout out to the Aggie fans. That was a fun atmosphere and they were very respectful.
I agree with Midwestern Hawk; Danny comes out with a smokin' game plan, then falls apart once the other team adjusts....if that's what they did. We completely abandoned what got us up 21-7 in the first quarter. Where was Quincy? He's so effective when he's in. We need to use him more than 2-3 plays per game. Our offense has the weapons. That's not in question.
The glaring concern is our defense. We gave up an enormous amount of yards and were out of position all night. I can't get over the angle our DB took on the TD they stacked the receivers. There were several plays of that nature.
Overall, we have a good team that could have easily flipped that score. We really beat ourselves. But I do have to give USU a lot of credit. They played exactly how I wish UND would....all out, as if every game is for the title. Their team energy was palpable.
Utah State brought in a pile of transfers, but they looked like cohesive offensive and defensive units against Washington St. Their high tempo offense has potential to give UND fits, but hopefully UND has the answer.
UND will have to play a solid game, but so will Utah State. I give them the home field edge, but I will be there to do my part in neutralizing it.
From what I've seen, JMU's defense looks every bit as good as NDSU's. I think they should be able to make Lance look like he's human. It will be a good game. Is the FCS Championship usually on ABC?
Bubba's not capable of making sound, real-time decisions. We've all known it for years. This is what we get with Bubba ball. I don't know how it works, but I wonder if Freund was even trying to push him to go for it? Every single one of us knew UND had to go for it, but Bubba.