Sioux94

I haven't gone back and re-read it all....but I think the whole issue is that whole part of the discussion stemmed from someone basically saying....."Bubba directly screwed the pooch in the Missouri State game at the end". Otis fumbled the ball on his own, Danny called the play and it didn't work.....so some people were just questioning.....how is that Bubba directly screwing that game up. In the end wins and losses are on the coach....yes, but to say Otis's fumble and that 4th down play call....somehow show Bubba is a bad coach based on that....just seems like a stretch to pile on Bubba. And on that 4th down play call....we likely wouldn't have picked it up if we ran it up the gut. I am with you on the 4th down call against NDSU, and probably most of us are as to how bad it was....but that wasn't what we were talking about when the Missouri St. meltdown came up.

Did Bubba call that play? On 4th down....does the OC run the play by the coach first or does he just run it? That I don't know the answer to. Bubba may have had veto power but I hardly doubt he got on the headset and told Danny....hey let's run that one trick play... Danny should get most of the blame for the play call if you are going to blame someone. However, any time a trick play is run.....if it doesn't work.....people think it's the worst call in history. But when they run it and it works....all of the sudden they are brilliant. Thinking back to last year, our OL was not good at picking up short yardage. Remember our -1 yard average running the ball on 2nd and short last year? Danny must have felt the couldn't punch it up the gut with a stacked line on 4th and short and tried to catch them off guard, obviously turned into a disaster.

Hoping you are even more excited to wear in about three weeks!

Hope SDSU keeps rolling them. Good for a MVFC team to destroy a top Big Sky team. Big fluffy getting put in it's place.

MSU making UND defense look pretty stout! SDSU has a TD on every possession

I think their man point was that Bubba is a better FCS coach than Petrino. Petrino wanted nothing to do with the FCS other than he needed a job. His only goal was to put lipstick on a pig for as long as he could until he got another job. The lipstick was shining brightly through the 3rd quarter against Arkansas. But that lipstick came off after that and then it was as ugly as ever.

Davis for SDSU was damn lucky, if there was a better angle he would have blown a TD

Well 49 sure doesn't have the ball, he is just laying on it. Nobody has control at this point....it should still be a live ball. You can't see the one arm of the UIW player, he may have a hand on the ball and be more in control of the ball than 49.

I haven't watched it again, but is just laying on a ball possession? Thought you had to be in control of the ball....not just laying on it.

Scary thing is....the Bison gonna roll to a Championship. Wait until they get another QB again that can run and throw.....these semifinal games will be NDSU blowouts.

Couldn't believe it on the 4th quarter....Word played man to man....with no spy.....so Miller easily runs it for 29 yards.

Although you would sure think MSU or SDSU would for sure force Miller to beat them with his arm. But even then not sure anybody can.....it's ridiculous. The Bison had more passing yards in the mid 80's when they ran the option than tonight.

Doesn't matter if they are favored. They won't beat them in Frisco.....or in the playoffs, not happening. SDSU will feel all the pressure.....NDSU will roll them.

That is exactly what I said 30 minutes before the game when I said Bison will win this but Word is tough and will make it a game.

And if anybody thinks Montana State or SDSU is going to knock them off in Frisco....you're crazy.

Watch Miller pick up first down on a draw

That's game

It's amazing how they still can't stop miller on the ground when he can't pass.

Yet they are going to win.

Ya saw that, can't believe they didn't even show a replay. Seemed obvious in real time. Bison gonna roll in 2nd half. Word shot their load.

Sac State was good this year, but they didn't have to play Montana State and I think were slightly overrated. I don't think Sac State would have beaten NDSU, would have likely been a 15 point win for NDSU IMO. I think SDSU, NDSU, and Montana are the top three....and then there is a drop off. UIW seems to have some athletes and playmakers though....so I'm definitely giving them a chance tonight. But to underestimate the Bison has been pretty foolish in the past. You have to give them credit, their players make plays when they are needed. Even in the spring Covid season when they were without Lance.....against Sam Houston on the road....they weren't doing much on offense.....so right when it wasn't looking good Watson returns a kickoff for a TD, and I think he had another pretty big return. Unfortunately, I would expect NDSU players will make plays when needed and they will be off to Frisco again. SDSU seems to have the least beneficial home field advantage of any of the top teams. Their crowds are usually smaller during the playoffs....almost got beat by SIU....last year I think it was. Montana is also a cold weather team....and they like to run the ball. Could be another NDSU - MSU matchup again this year. If it's SDSU and NDSU, all of the pressure will be on SDSU since they have never beaten NDSU when it really counted....in the playoffs. I would take NDSU in that matchup. I think both games this weekend will at least be competitive and entertaining to watch.

So if and when our next coaching change comes....are we going to have to post the damn position for 30 days again before announcing, leaving 30 days of instability where players can leave. Other schools have a new coach in place in about a week. Not that players still may not leave during any coaching change, but when there is no head coach for 30 days.....that is a long time for uncertainty and more time for players to think about leaving....instead of meeting and getting excited about the new coach.

I do see that 19 hours ago, he did retweet the Sawyer Seidel commitment to UND tweet. So it seems as of 19 hours ago he was still strong UND. But an offer by Nebraska can quickly change that....Ugh.

I feel kind of bad for the Missouri State fans. They started having high hopes.....then they crapped the bed this year and now Bobby is gone and I'm sure they will likely have a lot of guys transfer out ....and back to being a dumpster fire again. Although on the other hand, some of those Misery State fans got pretty cocky pretty quickly, so in that sense I don't feel that bad.

There was a penalty on the last play of the half, moving the ball up 15 yards for NDSU to kick a FG. The clock was already at 0 and because of the penalty they got to run one last play. So since the clock literally was at zero, it probably said it's halftime online, then a minute later they kicked the FG.