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Of course their 40 yard FG is right down the middle.

Agree. Midco does so much better....even the camera work on this kinda sucks!

CJ....now Maag.....our big players just can't seem to pull off a big play for their lives.

Ok Weber is filling the middle now....they know we are going to run it up the gut.

There is our patented giving up a 90 yard plus drive for a TD

There it is........5 runs up the gut.....then over the top.

They didn't

I wasn't blaming him for it, it was on the OL......just saying it was a killer.

That sack was a killer......F

Sucks he dropped that pick 6...but 3 and out...let's go!!

Hoping to be able to say....."great call Danny" at least twice today!

I agree with this, everyone across the country is thinking Weber will beat us by 10 plus. The pressure is on Weber....we've got nothing to lose in a sense. I think this is the week we may finally see that fake punt should the right situation arise.

I agree....I always felt if they put Sac St. #1 NDSU would be #4 but when they did SDSU #1 I was pretty sure they would put NDSU at #3 to split them up.

We are the only team this year who can make the case the MVFC is still really strong. The SU's are supposed to make it to the Semi's and/or win it, but if they lose early (which I don't think they will) that can only hurt the image of MVFC. But we go on the road and beat Weber when the rest of the country thinks we are going to get run over out there, it will make a statement that the MVFC is still one of the best, if not the best conference. If we get beat by 2 scores or more....not good. Need to show up Saturday!!

EXACTLY this. And Maag did get up quick yes, but he was not trying to run towards the goal line. Also.....when did they change the rules so that the whistle can be blown and the play is over......that as long as in the defenders mind.....they didn't think the play was over.....it's ok to hit someone. Wasn't aware of that new rule. But the most telling thing I think is what you said, that is not how you tackle someone when yo think the play is live, he was just f'ing with him.

Let's try this again PXL_20221123_165119230.TS.mp4

I did actually take a short clip of it last night when watching. Geaux_Sioux respect your opinion but I disagree on this one, not a case of Maag being soft, this should have been a penalty. I guess you could maybe say the DB didn't think the play was over....but I'm not buying that. PXL_20221123_035304155.TS.mp4

Did a real quick run through of the replay. Man was it a complete sh*t show to start the game. 2nd play of game, Schuster runs into the sack...he could have tucked it up and ran a few yards or had time to throw to Bo who was open and crossing 3rd play of game, Schuster scrambles out to the right and buys time and does what he normally does....but under throws it slightly and is incomplete instead of 1st down. On our 2nd series when in SU territory NDSU DB F's with Maag after the play right in front of official and 99% of the time it's a personal foul but they decide to pull the flag NDSU 2nd series they have a long pass that is well defended and the ball bounces of helmet and their other WR catches it...for about a 50 yard pass play NDSU's second series they are 3rd and goal from about the 6....Cam keeps it and Pedigo is in perfect position to tackle him way short of end zone and completely whiffs We are in NDSU territory and reliable Hoosman, has the wrong play and knocks the ball out of Tommy's hand...when Red was open on the left flag for probably a 5 yard or maybe more gain. NDSU's 3rd drive.....have 3rd and 9 from the 15 yard line.....we hold them but hand to the face gives them a first down and Cam takes it in on the next play from the 7. All of that occurs and there is still 13 minutes left in 2nd quarter and SU is up 21-0 On the bright side, the OL seemed to play fairly well. We had a handful of runs up the middle that gained 5-10 yards. Tommy ran at least 3 designed QB draws.....not sure we've really seen that before. Not sure if it is something specifically Danny saw in their defense or what. Buckner seemed to have decent speed in chasing down a RB on a long run, I wouldn't say he seemed slow. P.S. sorry for bringing up bad memories...but had to go back and watch anyway.

I agree....however that is not has how it has been....... until this instance. But we do need to just go and win.

If they do those really high shorter kicks, that land about at the 20-25 like Missouri State did to us, seems like often times if that up guy catches it they just fair catch it. Might not be bad to do one of those once or twice, mix it up. Or a hard line drive type down the middle that bounces all over the place.

I disagree on shrinking the field. There would have been so little interest going into the last week or two of the season. Even with 24 teams....there are teams like YSU wondering why they didn't get in. The last week or two there was a lot of excitement and fun speculation about who would and would not make it, a majority of that excitement would be gone except for a few teams. You would have to say screw the automatic qualifiers then for sure, otherwise it would be mostly nothing other than conference champs in the playoffs....leaving very deserving teams out. I think 24 is the right amount of teams for the tourney.

To be honest, after Saturday's game.......pretty much all of the wind went out of my sails regarding my thoughts of making a playoff run....and I just kinda felt like the season was over.....even though I felt we would make the playoffs. Then finding out we are going on the road to Weber just added to that feeling initially. However, I definitely think we have a punchers chance in this game. 1. We have played pretty Well at Weber in the past couple years 2. Weber's result against NAU was pretty similar to ours. 3. I think Danny's offense can/may work better against teams that haven't played against it year after year. 4. It's an outdoor stadium so noise won't be quite as much of a factor as it could be in a dome on the road. 5. Finding out that we just got screwed by the committee might give us an extra mean streak on Saturday. 5. After the SIU game where we did not play well we came back the following week and were hitting on all cylinders....even though the team we were playing had players that were supposed to be bigger/stronger/faster - Missouri State (granted that was at home though). We need to win the Special Teams by getting some big kick/punt returns and also not allowing them to get good returns, and we need to win the turnover battle. If we can do that I think it will be a toss up game in the 4th quarter.

Well at least we finally got proof in black and white that we got screwed! Not that the team should need any extra motivation....but time to head into that game with a FU attitude!!

I hope we don't either, but kinda need to mentally get used to a few players transferring out every year...and probably at least one surprise a year.... unfortunately. Always sucks when the season is over, and now we get to hear about guys transferring out after the season to rub some salt in the wound. Early signing day in December is nice though as we hopefully get lots of positive news each December.

Our 290 guys are all NG's though which should be bigger. Our DE's are 240-250.....too light.