DamStrait Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 I would say its best to let Treanbeth rest and call it a game.Iron horse. Quote
Let'sGoHawks! Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 I should add...we are essentially a Division II team. UC Davis has what, 5 years on us? I think the boys had a decent performance tonight, it was a 10 point deficit, we had a great 9 minute drive where we stuck with the run, but we didn't get points. That was the gamechanging drive. Add the drop by Nicholas in the endzone later on, then the missed FG...we had chances, it just wasn't in the cards tonight. Quote
Siouxru Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 I should add...we are essentially a Division II team. UC Davis has what, 5 years on us? I think the boys had a decent performance tonight, it was a 10 point deficit, we had a great 9 minute drive where we stuck with the run, but we didn't get points. That was the gamechanging drive. Add the drop by Nicholas in the endzone later on, then the missed FG...we had chances, it just wasn't in the cards tonight. i'm going to strongly disagree with you, but we are all entitled to our opinions. the way you talk sounds like northern colorado and we all know what happened to them Quote
Matt Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 What's the points over/under the offense needs the rest of the season to get wins? 30? 35? Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted October 26, 2008 Author Posted October 26, 2008 I should add...we are essentially a Division II team. UC Davis has what, 5 years on us? I think the boys had a decent performance tonight, it was a 10 point deficit, we had a great 9 minute drive where we stuck with the run, but we didn't get points. That was the gamechanging drive. Add the drop by Nicholas in the endzone later on, then the missed FG...we had chances, it just wasn't in the cards tonight. I would go along with that theory.....except that we struggled against Western Washington last week at home (a Division II team). There have been too many apathetic performances by the defense this season and the previous two seasons to write it off as "Well, we are still a Division II team so it isn't a big deal". This year's defense would have trouble stopping Omaha, Central Washington and who knows how many other ex-NCC teams. Quote
Matt Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Did I just hear a "block that kick" cheer during the PAT? Quote
jimdahl Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 TD FREUND The comeback is ON! I should add... 0:33 left, down by 13 Quote
Let'sGoHawks! Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Davis is a good team, still have a chance at the FCS playoffs. Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted October 26, 2008 Author Posted October 26, 2008 Final. UC-Davis 34 UND 21 Time to regroup and get ready for Lennon and Southern Illinois. Quote
bincitysioux Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 At least the defense has been consistent all season. Crappy against all divisions...... Quote
Sioux27 Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Time to have a cocktail..........it's my birthday in 1 hour 20 minutes! Quote
SiouxMD Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Time to have a cocktail..........it's my birthday in 1 hour 20 minutes! Happy Birthday...I'm working this weekend...no cocktails for me. Quote
andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Time to have a cocktail..........it's my birthday in 1 hour 20 minutes! Happy Birthday! (a bit early of course) Quote
Let'sGoHawks! Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 At least the defense has been consistent all season. Crappy against all divisions...... What about the defense's performance in the 2nd half? Come on Sioux fans, don't jump ship! This is our transition year, things will improve, we are not Northern Colorado. Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted October 26, 2008 Author Posted October 26, 2008 Davis is a good team, still have a chance at the FCS playoffs. We are going to run into a lot of "darn good football teams" in DI FCS. Is this what we can expect when we play "darn good fotoball teams"? Are we going to settle for beating below average to average teams? I know we are in our first season of FCS play, but how come I keep thinking that our teams from earlier in this decade would have done better than this? Someone please tell me why this loss shouldn't tick me off? Quote
Sioux27 Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 I will be on board until the end..........which is when they fire me into the ground! Quote
star2city Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 I would go along with that theory.....except that we struggled against Western Washington last week at home (a Division II team). There have been too many apathetic performances by the defense this season and the previous two seasons to write it off as "Well, we are still a Division II team so it isn't a big deal". This year's defense would have trouble stopping Omaha, Central Washington and who knows how many other ex-NCC teams. Montana had major trouble with Central Washington, so that's not a good benchmark. Been listening to the Aggie broadcast, and they complemented the UND offense, but questioned UND's defensive speed saying it seemed apparent UND hadn't seen speed like UCD has. Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted October 26, 2008 Author Posted October 26, 2008 Fighting Sioux defense gives up 415 yards of total offense. What a difference three years makes! Next week is going to be a tough one for this team to win. Quote
UND92,96 Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 I don't want to throw anyone under the bus, but I think one thing should be abundantly clear--the co-coordinator experiment has now lasted nearly three seasons, and I don't think anybody is particularly happy with the defense during that period of time. Mike Mannausau is the associate head coach, which I interpret as being second in command of the entire program. Why not give him a chance to completely run the defense? Or possibly even bring back Eric Schmidt? Quote
bincitysioux Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Stats: Total Offense: UC Davis 415, UND 245 First Downs: UC Davis 28, UND 14 TOP: UC Davis 33, UND 26 UND held to 68 yards net rushing Murray: 11 car 82 yards Denham: 321 pass yards Somewhat curious to me is why UND did not seem to try to run the ball more. They seemed to go away from it rather early. Murray was having success in the first half. It seems to me when your defense is allowing the opponent to walk up and down the field at will, you would want to pound it at them on offense, to keep the D off of the field. It seems to me like Murray's carries were limited by our own coaching staff, rather than what the Aggies were doing. Quote
Bin Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Time to have a cocktail..........it's my birthday in 1 hour 20 minutes! Happy Birthday! Mine already started since I'm on Eastern Time. No cocktails tonight, tho - had a few last night. Quote
UNDintheNHL Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 did I miss something? did we not lose a bunch of great players, our great coach, and also move up a level (of play) in our opponents? I would say those 3 are plenty to blame it on. Quote
bincitysioux Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 I don't want to throw anyone under the bus, but I think one thing should be abundantly clear--the co-coordinator experiment has now lasted nearly three seasons, and I don't think anybody is particularly happy with the defense during that period of time. Mike Mannausau is the associate head coach, which I interpret as being second in command of the entire program. Why not give him a chance to completely run the defense? Or possibly even bring back Eric Schmidt? I agree, and I don't also want to throw anyone under the bus, but "Co-Coordinator" Kelling is responsible for the secondary, and that has been our weakest spot the last couple years. And this year, with Hawkins, Otto, Manke, Watkins, and Ankenbauer, I feel we have more talent in the defensive backfield than we had in 2006 and 2007. Quote
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