Sioux94

We may look back at Bubba’s boneheaded decision to go for it on 4th down from his one 20.....as the beginning of the end for him.

So glad Wynnbet I’m not on the site that had UND +10.5 I’d have lost that one.

Hope this doesn’t turn into 2017 2.0

This game worries me more than the SIU game for some reason

Better to sit him a while so he can get back to 100%. I think Boltmann makes a big play today.

Isn't this on ESPN+ also? I don't see it listed?

So I guess we have to root for SU to beat Northern Iowa today?

That is a crazy spread. Wynnbet has UND +3.5 Wish they had it at +10.5 too damn.

Somebody's gotta do it....so I will USD 24 UND 21

NINE??? wtf I checked Wynnbet and DraftKings and they don't have it listed.

Why did the NDSU commentators get to do the 30 minute pregame show before the game on Midco? It wasn't aired on ESPN+ as the coverage didn't start on ESPN until right before the game, but Midco had a 30 minute pregame show with Brian Shawn and another NDSU guy. And why did they get to do a halftime bit? Did we get to do the pregame before the game in Fargo this spring, and did UND commentators get to do a halftime discussion? Maybe they did, I can't remember.

Decent height too at 6'2"

Ok Rudy Jk I do think Smith needs a few more carries and is a nice compliment to Otis. I think we need to mix it up like we did on those first few drives against Utah State.

THIS. Or remember at the end of the Idaho State game when we went for two when we were already up big. That was a totally unique play and the guy was wide open. Not 100% sure that one works in middle of the field, but the yardage needed was the same. Still think we should have saved that two point conversion play for when we really really needed a 2 point conversion, not to put us up 21 instead of 20.

You flat out said Bubba is stupid. There is a difference between someone being stupid, and someone making a stupid decision. You flat out calling Bubba stupid....was stupid, but you yourself are probably not stupid. I do think the decision to go for it on 4th down on our 20 was stupid. There, I've now used up my quota for using the word stupid for the rest of the year.

Wasn’t sure where to put this one..... When the head coach looks younger than the rookie QB

Here is my armchair Quarterback take on the lack of a successful deep passing attack. 25% - Due to Tommy's arm. He doesn't have a cannon but we saw him hit a guy in stride last year with the ball traveling 46-47 yards in the air. In the EWU game the other night their QB hit on a deep ball....I went back and watched it again and it traveled exactly 45 yards in the air. I'm really not sure how often college completions actually travel more than 45-50 yards in the air? I've been trying to pay more attention to when I see deep pass plays....how far in the air they actually travel. I did see Tommy rifle a 10 yard pass in a super tight window on Saturday, it was a nice catch by Belquist I believe because it had some mustard on it. 50% - We don't have a burner who can get behind people 15% - I think Tommy doesn't want to throw a pick so if a guy only has 1-2 yards of separation he plays it safe and either throws it long or it's on the money, doesn't want to leave it short. In the SU game on the one long pass the WR was open but two guys were converging and Tommy over threw it about 2 yards or so. I think Tommy may lack the confidence that our WR's will go up and get the 50/50 deep ball so if coverage is tight he throws it long. 10% - Danny doesn't call the deep go route often.

Montana dropped 2 and they had a quality loss on the road. I'm glad SIU didn't lose this last week, if we beat USD and then beat SIU that SIU will be a good win. If we run the table and then lose to SDSU I think we will be in top 8 unless we get completely destroyed by SDSU, which could happen if we are off that day......they will want payback from last year. It wasn't long ago we started seasons not ranked or ranked in the 20's and had to work our way up. Take care of business the next two weeks.

To be fair, NDSU would have never averaged 11.3 points a game if they were in the Big Sky. EWU put up 40 against them in the Dome that one year and should have won that game, and SU was pretty good that year if I recall. Kupp was out the entire second half that game also. I agree though, their super stout Defense, and a superior OL has been the key to their success in my opinion. Although they also had a run of crazy good QB's which will likely never happen again, which last year came to an end and they were still almost good enough to overcome it with crappy QB play. We are headed in the right direction on D. I'd guess 16 points will likely be the lowest score they have the rest of the year and we spoon fed them 3 of those.

If we are going to take players not plays into account, their defensive front four is the strength of their defense and our interior OL has been a weakness on short yardage. Yes Otis is good, but I would not have run it up the gut on 4th and 2. As much as I love the way Otis runs, not sure I would have slammed it up the middle on that play. We averaged -1 yard per run on our 2nd and 2's against Utah State.

Can we hire Muss as a consultant to recruit us a couple burner WR's?

No kidding, I can't believe they didn't try a few deep balls to Watson (I can't remember if that pass in the endzone was to him or not though). Watson is probably wishing he transferred in the off season.

Honestly I have to admit....watching it on TV....I saw that guy open...and for a split second I said to myself...."dump it do that guy".....but he air mailed it a little high and yeah the safety was right behind him. When I watched it again he didn't look very open but when the play happened in real time I thought for a second he could dump it to that guy. However when they went into the fake punt mode......I'm like No No No....don't snap it. I'm quite sure NDSU saw the tape of the JMU game where we did this exact same thing, we weren't fooling anyone on that.

I guess this shows why the OC will always get criticized. You and others are thinking we needed to feed it to Weah more on short yardage. The other half of us are saying....why the hell are we running Weah up the middle on 3rd and short (and 2nd and short against Utah State), our interior OL is our weak point and running up the middle on short yardage has not worked! IMO.

Next weeks game is huge, it's always tough playing down at USD. Will the team curl up, or will they come out swinging and get the W we've gotta have.