Game Day Thread

[Risky]

Just watched the highlights of the game.  The one thing I did notice is there were a lot more people in the stands  in the first quarter than in the 4th quarter.  It is fun to send the away crowd home early.

[gundy1124]

Just watched the highlights of the game.  The one thing I did notice is there were a lot more people in the stands  in the first quarter than in the 4th quarter.  It is fun to send the away crowd home early.

From Highlights, ours and theirs.  Santiogo is legit.  He has a special step and instinct that you can't coach.  Studsrund showed a good burst on his touchdown run, that play looked good.  Studsrud was almost in the endzone a second time on that play.

Don't know what the hell happened on the 92 yard pass we gave up, the film didn't exactly show anything until we were already out of position.

[LkvlleUNDFan]

Is there highlights anywhere online that can be watched or did Wyoming destroy all tape that this game ever happened?

I had this picture of Peter Graves in the old "Mission Impossible" series. I bet Bohl wishes they had those old self-destructing tape machines.  Mission Impossible "This message will self-destruct in 10 seconds."

One stat that says an awful lot about how this game went: Wyoming's free safety and strong safety combined for 27 tackles. OLine was doing its job! #RoadGraders

Can't wait for next weekend in the Alerus!

[MafiaMan]

Portlnd St beat wazzo.

Wazzo?

I think you mean Wazzu.  

[jdub27]

http://www.undsports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&id=4372992

#RahRahRah

[Westside]

"It was a whale of a game!"

[TBR]

Was at the game. First let me say that all the Wyoming people I interacted with, which were several, were cordial and hospitable, even while their team was being taken to the woodshed.  I have to say the game day experience of being at the "War" was lacking to say the least. Through most of the game rap/hip-hop noise was blasted intermittently at ear splitting pitch. All the Wyoming people I was around thought it was just as obnoxious as I did, but as a UND fan I was doubly exacerbated by the fact that they blasted this crap while UND was in its offensive huddles, but not when Wyoming was in theirs. Heading back to Cheyenne for the night I listened to the post game show from Laramie on the radio. About 40 per cent of the calls were Wyoming fans complaining about the  "music" ruining their game day experience just as much as losing to a "mediocre"FCS team ruined it.

[zonadub]

Suck it Bohl. 0-2 versus UND

so now we know the real reason Taylor and Bohl would not schedule UND after both teams moved to D-I.

[Hayduke]

Was at the game. First let me say that all the Wyoming people I interacted with, which were several, were cordial and hospitable, even while their team was being taken to the woodshed.  I have to say the game day experience of being at the "War" was lacking to say the least. Through most of the game rap/hip-hop noise was blasted intermittently at ear splitting pitch. All the Wyoming people I was around thought it was just as obnoxious as I did, but as a UND fan I was doubly exacerbated by the fact that they blasted this crap while UND was in its offensive huddles, but not when Wyoming was in theirs. Heading back to Cheyenne for the night I listened to the post game show from Laramie on the radio. About 40 per cent of the calls were Wyoming fans complaining about the  "music" ruining their game day experience just as much as losing to a "mediocre"FCS team ruined it.

I concur.  The music was obnoxious.   Ill be at the Eastern Michigan / Pokes game Saturday and will post if it changed.   

Wyoming fans are very hospitable.  Even when their biggest rival, Colorado State, shows up, they rib them, but are nice.  

 

[TBR]

I concur.  The music was obnoxious.   Ill be at the Eastern Michigan / Pokes game Saturday and will post if it changed.   

Wyoming fans are very hospitable.  Even when their biggest rival, Colorado State, shows up, they rib them, but are nice.  

 

I'd be interested to know  if they tone things down as they need to do. Good luck to the Cowboys the rest of the way.

[Teeder11]

Wow!  That's all I can say after my first UND away-game experience ever.  Everything, from the solo road trip down Old Hwy 85 through the Black Hills and eastern Wyoming to the hospitality of all I encountered in Wyoming to, of course, the big win in Laramie, was an experience I will  never forget.

The Pre-game experience:

The Wyoming campus is beautiful, and I love the synergies that are built when you have all your sports facilities stacked on top of each other on campus. They, too, have a large IPF but nowhere near as big as ours. Just 100 yards of Turf under roof.... no track nor room for spectating. Pretty bare bones but effective for its purpose.

I liked the fact that UW has a radio frequency you can tune into to get all the on-campus parking info that you need for game day and otherwise. UND could really use something like this.

The tailgating was nutz and very friendly. When the cheer team marched by me and my buddies in our UND garb well before game time, every one of them acknowledged us with a friendly "Hello" a smile and a "Welcome to Wyoming!"  

More than once we were embraced by UW tailgaters who wanted to share their beverages with us and talk football.  The common questions we were asked before the game was "Why does everyone say your defense is so good?"  "You're not the ones that won all those championships, right?" And "Why does Notre Dame allow you to wear that logo?"  We were very friendly and humble in our responses.... kind of giving them the ol' "Aw shucks, we're just happy to be here and have a chance to compete."

Ran into some former North Dakotans now living in Wyoming -- who were obviously, big Bison fans.  They were proud to get our attention and show off their UW Brown and Yellow colored T-shirts that read "Sioux Suck."  Turns out one was from Dickinson, and I used to party with some of his older relatives when I was growing up there in the 80s. We took the ribbing good naturedly and parted with friendly handshakes.

On the flipside there were hundreds of UW fans who had dual allegiances to the Cowboys and to UND. They showed up for the game with a mix of UW and UND clothing. That was nice to see.

The beer wasn't too terribly overpriced -- we were able to get two Coors pounders each for 8 bucks.

The game:

There were about 200-300 UND fans in attendance throughout the stadium, mostly in the southwestern corner. They were loud and had plenty to cheer about, obviously.

Most know I am partial to "Roughriders" as a new nickname for UND.  I saw lots of ways that we could put our own stamp on the Roughrider name before, during and after games similar to how UW uses the Cowboys monikers and mascot. They had a colorfully adorned Cowboy (not the mascot), mounted on horse, ride into the stadium just before game time ala Florida State with their Seminole rider.  The UW Cowboy carried a school flag and came to an abrupt halt on about the 20 yard line right in front of us, and threw the flag to a member of the cheer team, who speared it into the ground. That's just one example.

The only lame thing that I saw/heard was that the UW team rushed the field to the cliche intro music "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC. What? Are we at an NDSU game?

Can't say enough about John Santiago.  After each head-turning rush, I would turn to my buddies and say "Do you realize, we have this guy for four more years?

His move at the 5 yard line to deke the oncoming NT showed that he is years ahead of his playing age and he has the talent to pull it off.

In their post-game comments, the UW radio guys referred to Santiago as UND's "Secret Weapon" that know one had any clue about coming into the game.

Don't forget that, in all of his success, on Saturday, Santiago got loose around the edge on a 70-yard TD run that got called back on a penalty. Penatly or not, I think that run gave him confidence that he used the rest of the game. 

I thought Clive Georges showed flashes of what he can do.

Seibel did what he had to do on punt returns, no mistakes, but I think we need more speed at that spot.

I thought Keaton was a very good game manager. That QB keeper for at TD was executed to perfection. 

Meindel was very good in the punting game but our Special Teams coverage needs a little work.

Taubenheim's FG miss was on the opposite side of the field... from our perspective it looked like it was good so it must not have missed by much.

As impressive as the final score was .... I think we could have had at least 10 more points if it was not for the penalty that negated Santiago first long TD run and the fact that Taubenheim's FG miss followed a delay of game penalty on a try in which he put it through the uprights.

From my viewpoint and if I recall correctly, the 92 yard TD pass for Wyoming, came at a point when UND's defense was running on all cylinders on a third and very long.  UND pinned its ear back and brought all comers in a blitz package.  The corners also initially got sucked in to this momentum just enough for their WR to get loose down field on a fly pattern. Coffman floated the ball right over the WR at about the 48 yrd line and he was gone.  Coffman did get hurt on that series from the heavy pressures brought on by UND. It was one time when UW guessed correctly what our aggressive D was going to do. I am sure our coaches will shore this up in the future.

Finally, I can't stress enough how nice the people of Cheyenne, Laramie and all of Wyoming were to all of us UND fans. I even got pulled over on my way home on Sunday by an HP, who let me off with a warning. 

It was so great to be part of UND football history in such a fun environment!

Bring on Drake!

 

 

Edited September 7, 2015 by Teeder11

[Big10Sioux]

so now we know the real reason Taylor and Bohl would not schedule UND after both teams moved to D-I.

My thoughts exactly. In my day, you had to actually beat your in state rival otherwise you were just a paper champ, nothing more.

[Nodak78]

Nice write up Teeder.  I was at the game as well and recorded the cowboy on horseback riding with the flag.  I will try and get it posted for others to see.  it was nice and added to the atmosphere.  the Wyoming fan were so nice.  One fan I though was yelling boo but he came over to me and said he was yelling Sioux and as I listen closer he was.  I the first play from scrimmage when the defense stuff their RB for no gain I hollered very loud YES.  all the poke fans seating around me looked.  From then on I contained some of my excitement.  One fan next to me conversed about their program but I think I knew more about his team then he did. The only aspect of the game more exciting then Santiago was the rush defense.  amazing, simply amazing to contain those 2 quality RB's.    Bohl was correct the game was not close.  so many poke fans were very disappointed that they could not run against our defense. 

Now we need to keep focused on Drake.  fill up the Alerts sat.

[Teeder11]

Nice write up Teeder.  I was at the game as well and recorded the cowboy on horseback riding with the flag.  I will try and get it posted for others to see.  it was nice and added to the atmosphere.  the Wyoming fan were so nice.  One fan I though was yelling boo but he came over to me and said he was yelling Sioux and as I listen closer he was.  I the first play from scrimmage when the defense stuff their RB for no gain I hollered very loud YES.  all the poke fans seating around me looked.  From then on I contained some of my excitement.  One fan next to me conversed about their program but I think I knew more about his team then he did. The only aspect of the game more exciting then Santiago was the rush defense.  amazing, simply amazing to contain those 2 quality RB's.    Bohl was correct the game was not close.  so many poke fans were very disappointed that they could not run against our defense. 

Now we need to keep focused on Drake.  fill up the Alerts sat.

Nice assessment, Nodak!   You are right on the run D.  Also, the fact we had very few boneheaded mistakes as for penalties and such was very telling that Bubba is instilling discipline and the players are buying in.

Now let's shore up our pass coverage and special teams coverage.  

[geaux_sioux]

How did the d line look? Specifically Greer and Cieslak. Also are Dranka and Greely a lot bigger and better?

[Teeder11]

How did the d line look? Specifically Greer and Cieslak. Also are Dranka and Greely a lot bigger and better?

Cieslak is a beast and had a sack.... Dranka and Greely were Dranka and Greely and that's a good thing.  I did not notice anything on Greer.  The DL was effective in tying up the OL and letting the LBs gobble up tackles. The DL did have a few shining moments in the Wyo backfield, though.

Edit:  I did not think that Dranka and Greely appeared much bigger than last year, IMHO

Edited September 7, 2015 by Teeder11

[Nodak78]

I saw a couple of plays on Greer.  he pushed the on his block very nice.  The dline all of them did great and a lot of substitution to keep them fresh.  Cieslak, Noah Johnson and Greer all did just fine.  this week with Tank will ne interesting.

[Nodak78]

Here is an interesting analysis of Santiago's TD run.  we have some hogs.  wyonation fans are saying they are out of position.  yes some true to that but the OLoine man handled the defense and Santiago suck the LB into one gap and broke free with just a safety to beat.  OLine blocking and Santiago's speed and quickness.  ohhh I love this season.

 

http://www.wyonation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13034&sid=b7d6ee0f4da82ec676a1d8cbb7383d07

 

 

[homer]

Not sure if this has been posted. Some highlights from Wyoming. Why couldn't they have webcast this? 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v-t3sOdHO60

[darell1976]

@tommillergf: After a stat correction from Wyoming game, UND actually only allowed 29 rushing yards as opposed to 41 previously reported.

[BisonCardinal]

Congrats on your FBS win!  Nice solid game on both sides of the ball.

[MafiaMan]

My thoughts exactly. In my day, you had to actually beat your in state rival otherwise you were just a paper champ, nothing more.

In my day, winning the national championship meant winning the national championship.  That pretty much took the sting out of any regular season loss to an in --or out--state rival.

[fightingsioux4life]

In my day, winning the national championship meant winning the national championship.  That pretty much took the sting out of any regular season loss to an in --or out--state rival.

Amen.

[Matt]

Fantastic win.  That's all there is to it.

[North Dakota]

It was a great win! Especially the way it played out. Pretty dominate effort by the boys!