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Post by sdyotefan on Nov 18, 2015 8:31:09 GMT -6
Past time to move on and focus on the ISU game as I'm sure the team has been doing since Monday. Great challenge but also great opportunity for the Yotes to show everyone what they can do! Hopefully Ryan's ankle is ok. Anyone have any info on his status? GO YOTES!!
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Post by coyotecrazie5 on Nov 18, 2015 9:10:09 GMT -6
According to Massey: ISU - 34 USD - 17 O/U - 51 Win probability: ISU - 89% USD - 12% From ISU board: Weather could be a factor: "Snow during the morning will give way to clearing skies and sunshine during the afternoon. High 32F. Winds NW at 15-25 MPH. Chance of snow 70%. Snow accumulations less than an inch" www.weather.com/weather/tenday/l/Normal+IL+61761:4:US |
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Post by Yote 53 on Nov 18, 2015 9:42:52 GMT -6
Sounds like the weather dictates it will be a good old fashioned midwestern slug fest. Run and stop the run.
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Post by yodayote on Nov 18, 2015 10:17:33 GMT -6
I am unsure if that weather helps us or not? ISU leads the league in running the football 247 a game, and have a big O-Line that averages 6'5" 305. I think our strongest part of our defense is stopping the run. While we seem to contain RB's it is the mobile QB that seems to hurt us.
Now on the flip side, on offense is where I think the weather can hurt us. We have to throw the ball to keep the defense from stacking the box, cold and windy may be hard to throw to keep the chains moving.
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Post by Yote 53 on Nov 18, 2015 10:27:26 GMT -6
Low scoring game. Inclement weather can lead to sloppy ball handling conditions, which means turnovers. All the right conditions for us to pull the upset. Just got to show up and be willing to go toe to toe on gameday.
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Post by Yotes on Nov 18, 2015 11:40:10 GMT -6
I would guess poor weather would hurt us less than it would hurt Illinois State and tier incredibly athletic playmakers. Makes the game more of a grind were physical play will be rewarded and fancy moves may make a ball carrier fall flat on his face.
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Post by nccyote on Nov 18, 2015 15:21:12 GMT -6
Illinois St. plays on field turf, so the footing shouldn't be an issue, unless they get more snow than predicted. An inch or less shouldn't really be a factor on field turf. Since footing should be fine, the passing games will be effected the most if the weather is bad. I'm not sure which offense this would hurt the most. We have relied on the short passing game a lot lately to help with some of the QBs accuracy issues and hopefully the weather won't be a huge issue with the bubble screens, swing routes, slants, etc. We also need to attack downfield with our playaction schemes though and this worries me. I would think throwing the ball downfield will most likely be difficult if the weather is an issue.
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Post by Coyote Fan on Nov 18, 2015 19:03:41 GMT -6
Anytime the weather conditions make it more difficult to pass I think that favors the Coyotes. They don't pass that well and don't defend the pass all that well. The Coyote do run it pretty well and stop the run pretty well.
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Post by golfingyote on Nov 19, 2015 7:47:49 GMT -6
I am unsure if that weather helps us or not? ISU leads the league in running the football 247 a game, and have a big O-Line that averages 6'5" 305. I think our strongest part of our defense is stopping the run. While we seem to contain RB's it is the mobile QB that seems to hurt us. Now on the flip side, on offense is where I think the weather can hurt us. We have to throw the ball to keep the defense from stacking the box, cold and windy may be hard to throw to keep the chains moving. I guess I am with you Yoda, I dont see the weather as an advantage if neither team is able to throw effectively. These guys pound it out on the ground for 250 a game behind a big physical O line. I would love to be wrong though. |
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Post by Yote 53 on Nov 19, 2015 9:19:23 GMT -6
When teams become run oriented defenses can stack the box and get a numbers advantage. Offensive lines, no matter how good, can be overwhelmed by numbers.
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Post by golfingyote on Nov 19, 2015 14:40:27 GMT -6
No Van Roekel this weekend. Good opportunity to get Ramsey more targets.
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Post by 88grad on Nov 19, 2015 15:16:45 GMT -6
I wonder if any of our freshmen from Florida have ever seen snow before let alone played in it...
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Post by nccyote on Nov 19, 2015 15:23:52 GMT -6
I remember being with Stefan Logan the first time it snowed in Vermillion during his freshman year...he was like a 5 year old on a snow day! It was one of the most hilarious things that I had ever seen.
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Post by Yote 53 on Nov 19, 2015 17:09:12 GMT -6
I remember those days from some of the Cali boys I played with. Gave one of them a ride once after practice in early fall. I had an ice scraper on the floor of the vehicle and he asked what that "thing" was for. I told him it was for scraping the ice off the windshield of the car in the winter. He didn't believe me, then asked if it really go that cold here. Good guy. He still stuck it out. Was with him when we walked out of the Dome one day after practice too, first snow day, and first time he had seen snow. He was all excited. But by the end of winter he'd had enough snow.
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Post by yoteforever on Nov 20, 2015 16:19:16 GMT -6
NOT A GOOD START
The Coyotes are stuck in the Sioux Falls airport and could be here all night. For what it's worth, the Jacks are also there, as is Sioux Falls University as they head out, or try to anyway, to their playoff game.
This has to be disruptive for the staff and players. It's going to be interesting if game time will be changed? Or Day?
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