Sioux94

Part of that may be due to our 2nd string being in the 4th quarter and teams getting late TD'S.

Agree, although I recall even back in the 90's when we had the better team, we struggled to win down there, and dropped a few also. Schmidt has this team ready each week though, and as AJS said.....Defense travels.

I had this game down as a loss back in August, that has changed. Should be able to win this one. Still tough place to play but Schmidt will have the boys ready. Love how he preaches about overcoming 'hard' or difficult situations. Prior to the start of the season I said one of the biggest changes I thought we would see this year is a complete shift in the mindset and mental toughness of the team. That has definitely played out. Although our Defense is just flat out better than last year, and QB play is so much better too.

CJ's injury may end up being a good thing as it gave the new kid a chance. Would be nice to go back to the days of not being nervous on XP's and short FG's.

I sure hope he does end up being like Vinatieri. I missed the 4th quarter on Saturday so I didn't know who missed the FG and hadn't looked it up. I still thought it may have been a bit premature after just one game the previous week to get that excited about the backup kicker. But CJ hasn't looked very good this year, so I get why the excitement for someone new.

Pretty sure there were a couple of comments about how good the kicker looked in last week's game.

I found it a bit comical last when when a few of you thought we had the next Vinatieri after watching our backup kicker make 4 extra points and a short FG.

No doubt, they've been horrible.

Why didnt he run out of bounds!

A FG from the 4.5 yard line is about like an extra point, that wouldn't prove anything. Going for it there was the right call.

We went for it on 4th and 1 from the 5 and only got half a yard, ran Brunell up the middle.

I want to see JTJ and the entire 2nd string offense playing the entire 4th quarter.

Thank God the griddy is dead!

Sac St. returns kickoff for a TD but gets called back on holding. Then just fumbled a punt leading to another Montana TD. Montana lucking out like usual.

Montana down 14-7 to Sac State. Do we want Montana to lose this one? Thinking so.

I don't have any point spread requirements, I just want us to come out and look and play like we have all year....which is pretty darn good. If we do that things will take care of themselves and we will win by 3 scores or more. Reps for 2nd string in the 4th quarter, and no injuries. Hoping we have a commanding enough lead in this one going into the 4th quarter where another QB plays the entire 4th quarter.

Source? Did they have contracts that would need to be bought out, or are you just saying this, which is my guess. Well it's a good thing Schmidt didn't let them go. Fruechte does deserve some of the blame for not getting Jerry in more last year IMO, and he also admitted it. Nice to see a coach admit something, tbey often don't. It's also the HC's final call who starts at QB, and last year that was Bubba. The offense has been good this year, the OL has been good, we've got depth. Plus I think from a players standpoint, probably good to keep a couple coaches around to provide a little consistency during the transition. If Schmidt didnt want them, then Im sure he would have made the switch and got someone he wanted. While the offense has been good, still areas for improvement for sure. Don't get a lot of push up the middle when we get deep into the red zone, which has also caused our red zone to struggle. 8 different receivers catching a pass per game has been a thing of beauty though. Defense cannot key on just one or two players

You have lost your mind. Sounded like Schmidt required a few improvements before deciding to come here, like the nutrition. He didnt have to come here, so if he did, he wanted certain things to be in place so he could do it his way, taking from things he has learned at other programs. So you think they told him, ok sure we will improve nutrition etc. etc., but here is the thing Eric, you dont have total control of your coaching staff, you have to get approved from us before you can hire or fire certain staff. Ummm right.

Are you seriously asking if Schmidt had 100% power to hire and fire coming into this season???

Not that I want to, but I'm ok if we give up some points late with the second team when we are up big. Get those guys some needed reps like you said. But the 3rd quarter the last two games hasn't been good. OC should maybe script his first 6-8 plays of the 2nd half, we keep going 3 and out.

Youngstown looks like they are going to win.

Thats the beauty of this staff, they keep the team hungry and focused.

Love picking up the first down with our backups in while they were calling timeouts

Such a massive difference from last year!

This camera work is so bad, Im getting dizzy watching.