Post by stlawson on Oct 7, 2015 8:28:38 GMT -6
Checked out the Western Illinois thread related to this game and only 3 fans so far have bothered to post comments. Their participation is no where near what this board has. It reminds me of our board prior to the Minnesota victory and ensuing board implosion when it was just a few of us regularly posting on here. FWIW the Leatherneck "fanbase" is already looking past USD calling this one a Western Illinois win.
Not trying to start anything, but just wanted to mention that we're not looking past you guys. From one of my posts:
Massey currently has us listed as about a 15 point favorite in this game (most likely score, 28-13), so it's obviously a "winnable" game...however, this is the MVFC...you DO NOT underestimate a MVFC opponent. Any team in the conference can surprise any other team (just look at NDSU the last 4 years...4 national championship victories, only 3 losses...but who were those losses against...not the Big 10 teams, not the Big 12 teams...it was Youngstown State, Indiana State, and Northern Iowa). Coach Nielson is well aware of this though, and I'm sure he'll have the guys ready. What I'm really looking for this game is special teams finally stepping up...I hope (isn't that what we're all hoping at this point), and not allowing any blocked kicks or long kick returns.