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The right North Dakota team comes out of Arizona with the win. 

Nacho
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This may be the funniest thing I've read here,  eye on your bobber, from a guy who spends most his life monitoring an opponents message board!!

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The NDSU/SDSU game was pretty interesting today.. couple of thoughts SDSU offense in the first half looked pretty terrible when it went away from the run.  This was made way worse by all of th

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Sioux>Bison

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1 hour ago, SWSiouxMN said:

Scratch that. UNI penalty!

SDSU makes the FG and wins the valley

UNI playoff hopes are over

HUGE penalty on UNI!!!

they brought in a tall receiver and he jumped on his own player which is illegal. Unsportsmanlike conduct when they could have just played the usual player in that situation.

gave the sdsu another chance to drill the GW FG

the UNi win looks not as good but at least they can’t get to 7 wins

……. Yet they still will get more votes in the coaches poll next week…….

SWSiouxMN Grand Master

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So next weeks look at the Valley:  I have ranked these games in importance for UNDs fans

1) YSU (6-3) @ Mo State (3-6)

This is the most important game that isn't UND/USD.  The Penguins are rolling right now and are in a very good spot to not only get to 7 wins but could win out to get 8.  With that said, there is still a few areas of concern on their resume.  First off, while they don't have any bad losses, they don't have any great ones either.  A win at Illinois State might be their best win right now.  So they might want to win out to really feel safe.  A loss against Mo State would be a bad blow and beating SIU the next week might not be enough.  If the Penguins want to make the playoffs, they need to win this game against a Mo State team playing out the string.  

Best Result:  YSU winning would better UNDs resume.

2) NDSU (7-2) @ SIU (5-4)

A few weeks ago, this could have been the matchup that decided the Valley title.  Now?  SIU is batting for their playoff lives.  The good: They have that win against UND and an FBS win against Northwestern.  The bad:  The Missouri State loss is a bad loss and those two non-conference losses to Incarate Word and SEMO is really hurting them.  However, they have two good opportunities for statement wins, with the first one coming up against NDSU.  A win against NDSU could make a case for a 6 win SIU team getting in (NDSU, NW, and UND wins, how can you keep that out).  However, a loss to the Bison would all but end their dreams.

The Bison are looking for to clinch a seed, but what if they were to lose???? Then things would get interesting.

Best Result:  As much as we want to watch Bison Fans squirm, UND fans need to grit their teeth and hope NDSU send SIU to 5 losses.

3) IL State (5-4) @ SDSU (9-1)

ISU Red was so close to getting an important win.  That win would have gotten them to 6 wins and with games with SDSU and WIU left, they easily had a path to 7 wins.  

Now?  They need to pull an upset in Brookings, against a team who just won the Valley AQ and is looking to lock up the #1 seed in the tournament.  

If they were to do that, game on.  They would still need to win against WIU, but if they did that, a 7 win squad with an SDSU win might be enough to squeeze in. 

Best Result:  SDSU finishing the job of an undefeated Valley season and cementing the 1 seed. 

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Very good analysis.  One of the few times pulling for the Bison.  SIU had a week off.  The incarnate Word is not a bad loss.  They score points.  Not a lit of tough opponents but they kill everyone.

Best thing Both Bison and UND win this week.  Final UND wins and gets a seed.  Bison would as well but we would be in different brackets.

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SWSiouxMN

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7 minutes ago, Nodak78 said:

Very good analysis.  One of the few times pulling for the Bison.  SIU had a week off.  The incarnate Word is not a bad loss.  They score points.  Not a lit of tough opponents but they kill everyone.

Best thing Both Bison and UND win this week.  Final UND wins and gets a seed.  Bison would as well but we would be in different brackets.

Not a bad loss in that sense, more of losses that made their margins of error much more narrower. 

UND, NDSU, and SDSU wins helps clear a lot of mud.  UND doesn't need to hang in the mud

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Kab

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8 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Anyone paying attention to NDSU and know whether or not Luepke has been playing much?

Don’t worry

he will be running at us all day long 

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14 hours ago, SiouxHawkGuy said:

mmmmm nahh I want the bison to lose the next two weeks

So. If bison lose to SIU and beat UND. SiU beats YSU. They would be 7-4. UND would be 7-4.  Only one would make the playoffs.  And SIU beat us guess who gets in.

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SWSiouxMN

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The sooner SIU can get to 5 losses, the better. 

It would be best for UND to have SIU and ISU Red eliminated next Saturday. 

Now this is all moot if UND doesn't take care of business at home against USD

 

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Kab Grand Master

Kab

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4 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Can we stop it?

Stop what?

just telling you what I think will happen

he sort of had a coming out party against us a few games ago 

it looks like they have been spreading the ball around quite a bit to their backs 

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1 minute ago, Nodak78 said:

UND offense needs to take that game over.  

That’s kind of what I was thinking. Score on most possessions and OWN the TOP.

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