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Post by captaincoyote on Sept 1, 2023 21:42:43 GMT -6
As others have said, the funding is much needed. Also, the allure of a big potential upset provides additional motivation in the dog days of summer. Ideally, we’d want our own cupcake in week 1 and then a big opponent in week 2, but we’re not the program in position to dictate that. Anyone who doesn’t want to compete against big programs, doesn’t have a competitor’s mentality.
To Yotes point, we’re not really in position to criticize our rivals right now. Just need to silently put in the work to catch up and hopefully humble them a little in the Dome again this year without the benefit of a miracle.
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Post by geoffjellic on Sept 2, 2023 13:43:54 GMT -6
Well just got done watching the Missouri game and quite interesting for sure. Definitely a little closer than I thought after the start of the game. Got some major issues on defense and our ability to match personnel. We don’t play in the Big 12 so that 3-3 tire front crap needs to be scrapped vs TE dominate teams. Way too many edge runs and improper fits in the run game. Correctable stuff but need to be a four man front team in the MVFC the majority of the time. Offensively, some major question marks with play selection and choices on who we are targeting in our passing game. Truly hope we were trying to limit exposure on film of our top WR and TE (our 2 top returning pass catchers). Religating our top WR, one if not the best slot WRs in the MVFC to 5 yard hitch routes only as an outside WR and then targeting our excellent TE once. The run game was going to be difficult no matter what vs that defense of front Yeah not sure I agree with the comments on the WR’s … I actually thought that was our only bright spot on offense. Martens is as good as advertised and my guess is they moved him to slot because he can probably absorb the punishment more than Bell … I’m sure there are plenty of targets for Bell in the playbook as well as TE play. It’s one game. We will be fine at WR |
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Post by jackjd on Sept 2, 2023 14:42:52 GMT -6
Actually won two--Minnesota in our D2 days and more recently Bowling Green and have been close with some. Funding is great! Or we could schedule D2 Western Oregon and beat them 45-7 like the bunnies did yest in brooktown AND they have Drake scheduled again!! They love patsies!!! Once a year it is ok to challenge yourself. 16,000 showed up to the game against Western Oregon. We wouldn't have to play Missouri if we could do that. And I will mention that the MVFC provides every challenge an FCS school needs and they are the most recent to conquer every challenge at the FCS level. I swear. How some of you can turn this into intra-state smack and then think you have any ground to stand on is baffling. I try to visit the MVFC fan message boards after game days, looking for insight into the game from the a school's fan base. I was at SDSU's game Thursday and would infrequently check other game scores on the ESPN app. When the USD at Missouri game was concluded, I saw some post-game stats etc. and it looked like USD had a slow start but there were some encouraging minutes after the half when Missouri still had its starters in the game. It appeared the USD offense was improving as the game progressed and I think the outcome had some positives for the Coyotes. Let's face it, any MVFC team visiting just about any SEC team should, by all rights, have some difficult moments. I don't think the Coyotes embarassed themselves playing the Tigers. Yotes hits the nail on the head with his point about intra-state smack. Hard to believe a couple of fans took the time to interject a wise-crack. Fortunately, it was just one or two guys. Before one criticizes the selection of opponents, think about the following: Several seasons ago we all watched how NDSU was starting its schedules with what appeared to be weak opponents. Part of the explanation was FBS schools lost interest in paying the Bison to come to the FBS host only to walk out of the stadium with a big check and a win. While SDSU cannot claim an FBS success rate of NDSU, we have nonetheless started to run into the same reluctance of FBS schools to schedule SDSU. They have nothing to gain and much to lose. So that has left NDSU, and now SDSU, with few choices. We want a sixth home game so we had to schedule an interesting opponent and sometimes that means a D2 opponent. SDSU's opponent Thursday, Western Oregon, is a decent D2 program that is in its second year of membership in the Texas-based Lone Star Conference. When SDSU was transitioning from D2 to D1, SDSU played Western Oregon twice: We visited WOU in 2003 (SDSU 37, WOU 10) and WOU came to Brookings in 2004 (SDSU 38, WOU 3). Thursday's game promised to be entertaining and it was...more than 16,200 fans were in the stadium, a home opener attendance record. Right now I'm watching Drake at UND on Midco. The score is 0-0 a couple minutes into the second quarter. Another cupcake opponent? |
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Post by MD on Sept 2, 2023 15:42:07 GMT -6
Speaking of schedules, St Thomas beat Black Hills State by just 10.
I feel like there is still an awful taste in a lot of Yotes fans mouth how last year ended. The only cure is wins and Saturday better be number one on the season.
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Post by yotefan on Sept 5, 2023 10:23:40 GMT -6
Right now I'm watching Drake at UND on Midco. The score is 0-0 a couple minutes into the second quarter. Another cupcake opponent?
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Final UND v Drake score was 55-7, with the #2 UND QB throwing for over a 100 yards. Another cupcake appears to be the answer to your somewhat rhetorical question.
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