USD @ UND

[SiouxFan100]

South Dakota was just plain better. We needed to play a near perfect game in all 4 phases - offense, defense, special teams and coaching.

[homer]

I’ve typed, erased, retyped and just decided probably just give it the 24 hour.  
 

Disappointing back half of this season.  

[fightingsioux4life]

Any of the excuse makers want to rationalize this away?

[Oxbow6]

I'm fine with 5-7. This program is a complete fraud.

[geaux_sioux]

12 minutes ago, rochsioux said:

USD is totally clueless on how handle an onside kick. 

To be fair, those helicopter kicks were vicious. Highlight of the year for me

[AJS]

Nap by nap. Loss by loss. One more. Believe!

[SiouxFan100]

Sd had 12 penalties for 121 yards - part of the reason the game was as close as it was

[geaux_sioux]

2 minutes ago, AJS said:

Nap by nap. Loss not loss. One more. Believe!

It wasn’t big enough…

[SiouxFan100]

Again - thanks to the seniors 

[Oxbow6]

Simon was 20-30 for 180 and 3 TDs. On face value....not bad. Except he had 59 yards through 3Q. 4Q was garbage time. Total stat padding minutes. Complete nothing burger when it matters in every game.

[siouxweet]

11 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

I'm fine with 5-7. This program is a complete fraud.

The month of September gave this program false hope.

[gfhockey]

13 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said:

Sd had 12 penalties for 121 yards - part of the reason the game was as close as it was

But the refs jerked us 

[Irish]

19 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Simon was 20-30 for 180 and 3 TDs. On face value....not bad. Except he had 59 yards through 3Q. 4Q was garbage time. Total stat padding minutes. Complete nothing burger when it matters in every game.

But let's not give anyone else any playing time - 

[Wilbur]

20 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Simon was 20-30 for 180 and 3 TDs. On face value....not bad. Except he had 59 yards through 3Q. 4Q was garbage time. Total stat padding minutes. Complete nothing burger when it matters in every game.

Great kid, but we need a 6'3 kid that can sling the damn thing into tight coverage and down field.  

[Kab]

Some of the play calls  were just  beyond belief 

2nd and 2 and instead of running go for a pass and get sacked

fake punt , why 

So many others too

frustrating the way bubba has run the program into  the ground 

‘with Chaves help 

 

[Irish]

For someone who has been around football as long as Bubba has, his incompetence as a game manager is just stunning.

[Vegas_Sioux]

3 minutes ago, Irish said:

For someone who has been around football as long as Bubba has, his incompetence as a game manager is just stunning.

We won’t break him of his d2 mindset. He’s stuck in his ways. 

[UNDBIZ]

6 minutes ago, Kab said:

Some of the play calls  were just  beyond belief 

2nd and 2 and instead of running go for a pass and get sacked

fake punt , why 

So many others too

frustrating the way bubba has run the program into  the ground 

‘with Chaves help 

 

It's pretty common, basic even, to throw deep on second and short, but you can't take a sack there. This team, especially the defense, is mentally fragile. It was easily predictable that usd would score after the fumble was ruled incomplete and i believe they did just a couple plays later. Defense thought it was getting off the field and was completely broken that they had to stay out there. They were barely a speed bump to the yotes offense after that until they reached 42.

[wheelsup]

1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:

Simon was 20-30 for 180 and 3 TDs. On face value....not bad. Except he had 59 yards through 3Q. 4Q was garbage time. Total stat padding minutes. Complete nothing burger when it matters in every game.

As much as I would like to have seen a different QB this year.. Simon wasn’t even in the top 10 of things that were wrong with this team.  Offense usually did enough.. bubba and the defense were absolutely brutal… when was the last time we had a defense that you thought was even mediocre? 

[HoopsFan03]

1 minute ago, wheelsup said:

As much as I would like to have seen a different QB this year.. Simon wasn’t even in the top 10 of things that were wrong with this team.  Offense usually did enough.. bubba and the defense were absolutely brutal… when was the last time we had a defense that you thought was even mediocre? 

59 passing yards through 3Q’s is the offense doing enough??

[tnt]

1 hour ago, AJS said:

Nap by nap. Loss by loss. One more. Believe!

The whole day by day philosophy would mean you are continually getting better, stronger, more resilient, which would mean at some point you could win on the road.  
The last two years we played decent early, then imploded the rest of the year, which is the exact opposite of the day by day mantra.

South Dakota seems to be the team that is building like SDSU and looking more the part physically of a program building day by day.  We don’t even look like a team that is building and looking the part of a physically dominant team with dependable depth that looks the part as well.

I will say that the day by day philosophy is pertinent to the resources we our giving the program to be able to compete, and as far as I know that should put us above South Dakota.  Bubba has had ample time to build with the increased resources given to him.  

With the next phases of the facilities coming on board, it is time to give someone else an earlier start to building the program into something that is going forward rather than staying stagnant and spinning our wheels.

If either of them care about the state of the program, Chaves and Bubba need to do the right thing for the sake of the program.

 

[wheelsup]

1 minute ago, HoopsFan03 said:

59 passing yards through 3Q’s is the offense doing enough??

This is why this is a rediculous discussion.. I’m not sticking up for Simon… I wanted to see the other guys.. 

our defense is absolutely brutal.. like really really bad.. we gave up 28.. 24.. 35.. 41.. 35.. to the set of powerhouse teams like Idaho state.. Murray state.. San Diego.. Youngstown.. Indiana state.. we had 21 in the first half on decent play.. our defense was a wet paper bag

[homer]

6 minutes ago, wheelsup said:

As much as I would like to have seen a different QB this year.. Simon wasn’t even in the top 10 of things that were wrong with this team.  Offense usually did enough.. bubba and the defense were absolutely brutal… when was the last time we had a defense that you thought was even mediocre? 

The offense did do enough but for me at some point you have to see what you have in younger guys that have more tools.  I give kudos to the offensive staff.  This offense was much better than I expected after getting gutted this off season.  I really think our offensive staff is better.  I can’t help to imagine though a QB with “consistent” accuracy with our running game.  Both would have been so much better.   At times you have to be a threat to convert a 3rd and 8 or 9.  We are not sure if we have that in the bench or not.  
 

Defensively, no matter what our HC looks like next year we need a new staff.  How many years are we going to deal with what we watched today.  And the players are equally responsible.  No fire or heart on that side of the ball.  Some decent young talent but it needs to be coached.  
 

So much for 24 hrs.   It was a long drive back after that game.  

[HoopsFan03]

2 minutes ago, wheelsup said:

This is why this is a rediculous discussion.. I’m not sticking up for Simon… I wanted to see the other guys.. 

our defense is absolutely brutal.. like really really bad.. we gave up 28.. 24.. 35.. 41.. 35.. to the set of powerhouse teams like Idaho state.. Murray state.. San Diego.. Youngstown.. Indiana state.. we had 21 in the first half on decent play.. our defense was a wet paper bag

Oh I completely agree. Our defense is hot trash. Just thought it might be a little much saying that our offense did enough most of the time.

[Dustin]

2 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said:

Oh I completely agree. Our defense is hot trash. Just thought it might be a little much saying that our offense did enough most of the time.

I think he meant most of the season. With the exception of the top two teams in FCS, the offense has put up plenty of points that a capable defense should not allow more.