I made a bet today...
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2008 Season:
Sat, Apr 26 Green & Gold Spring Game - - Fargo, N.D. Gold, 14-3
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Thu, Aug 28 Austin Peay 2 - Fargo, N.D. 41 - 6 (W)
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Sat, Sep 06 Central Connecticut State 1 - Fargo, N.D. 50 - 14 (W)
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Sat, Sep 13 Wyoming 1 - at Laramie, Wyo. 13 - 16 (L)
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Sat, Sep 20 Youngstown State * 2 24 at Youngstown, Ohio 24 - 32 (L)
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Sat, Oct 04 Southern Illinois (Homecoming) * 6 11 Fargo, N.D. 35 - 27 (W)
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Sat, Oct 11 Western Illinois (Trees Bowl) * 6 19 Fargo, N.D. 22 - 27 (L)
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Sat, Oct 18 Northern Iowa * 16 4 at Cedar Falls, Iowa 13 - 23 (L)
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Sat, Oct 25 Illinois State * 25 - at Normal, Ill. 25 - 7 (W)
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Sat, Nov 01 Indiana State (Harvest Bowl) * 24 - Fargo, N.D. 34 - 7 (W)
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Sat, Nov 15 Missouri State * 25 - at Springfield, Mo. 48 - 27 (W)
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Sat, Nov 22 South Dakota State * 24 - Fargo, N.D. 24 - 25 (L)
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If your team is so good how did they lose 5 games last year with that schedule?
The Sisters of Charity really had a great team last season, as did the Girl Scouts.
CycloneErik
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CycloneErik
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I've got a buddy at work that's having a blast with it. We keep looking to see if 3000 Bison fans have shown up yet. We're nervous.
Good point... unless you live inside 1 hour radius from Fargo. Than it's totally opposite. I also must say that they are a very confident group for some strange reason.
No. No. No. No. You can't use this logic to justify why ISU should easily beat NDSU this year
Unless you are certain Bison fans who claim NDSU will beat Iowa State because they beat Minnesota.
Yeah, the 21 point spread might be a little too much. NDSU is tough enough to keep it under a 21 point spread. Never underestimate your opponent.
If we are going to give all of the credit to the O for turnovers and none to the D, then it's worth pointing out that ISU also had 3 turnovers. A fumble at the goal line that resulted in a TB. A bates fumble, and a fumble on a punt return. In reality, with where the TO's happened for each team, essentially the first 3 for SDSU and the 3 for ISU cancelled each other out because of where they happened on the field.
For example, McDowell fumbled on a punt return, two plays later SDSU throws a pick.
And another example, A Rob fumbles for a TB 5 or 6 plays after ISU recovered an SDSU fumble on their 20 or so yard line.
The game was never really in question, and ISU did benefit from multiple TO's but it was still a 27 point game.
ndsu has players suspended for the game, iowa state has much to prove. i bet the final score to be 54-21. our defense still won't be good enough to shut them down, but our offense should be the same as last year if not better and can put up points.
That's just it. ISU really doesn't have anything to prove by beating this team. People expect them to win this game. It's the following week where they'll have something to prove.
I don't think ISU will have their starters in long enough to get to 50+ points. I think you're pretty close on NDSU's final score though. I'd say 38-21 with NDSU scoring a late TD.
The 21 points may be a bit much to overcome.
I expect the offense to stay intact for most all the game unless its a huge margin in ISU's favor late...Then perhaps AA and Arob get pulled for safety's sake and to get Tiller some reps. I think its important to get the offense as sharp as possible early on.
The defense however could be another story in the event that ISU has a large lead in the 2nd half.....the reserves(on defense) would be more likely to be brought in early to get them some experience. This could cut significantly into any large lead ISU could have.
I expect the offense to stay intact for most all the game unless its a huge margin in ISU's favor late...Then perhaps AA and Arob get pulled for safety's sake and to get Tiller some reps. I think its important to get the offense as sharp as possible early on.
The defense however could be another story in the event that ISU has a large lead in the 2nd half.....the reserves(on defense) would be more likely to be brought in early to get them some experience. This could cut significantly into any large lead ISU could have.
well here is how we have done in the past Nonconference
2003
UNI 7 point win
ohio 28 pt win
iowa loss
Norther IL loss
2004
UNI 23 pt win
Northern IL 7 pt win
iowa loss
2005
IL State 11 pt win
iowa 20 pt win
army 7 pt win
2006
toledo 2 pt win
unlv 6 pt win
iowa loss
UNI 1 pt win
2007
kent st loss
toledo loss
UNI loss
iowa 2 pt win
2008
sdsu 27 pt win
kent st 20 pt win
unlv loss
iowa loss
three 21pt+ wins in the past 6 years. 3 21+ point wins in 22 at bats. not good odds. i think you lose. seems every year everybody gets amped and starts predicting 48 point victories over our opponents, then we have a 6 point win over a 1aa opponent, or worse yet a loss to one.
lets face it, we were awful last year and it will take some time for the new schemes to sink in and run fluidly. i expect a win but not by much
2003
UNI 7 point win
ohio 28 pt win
iowa loss
Norther IL loss
2004
UNI 23 pt win
Northern IL 7 pt win
iowa loss
2005
IL State 11 pt win
iowa 20 pt win
army 7 pt win
2006
toledo 2 pt win
unlv 6 pt win
iowa loss
UNI 1 pt win
2007
kent st loss
toledo loss
UNI loss
iowa 2 pt win
2008
sdsu 27 pt win
kent st 20 pt win
unlv loss
iowa loss
three 21pt+ wins in the past 6 years. 3 21+ point wins in 22 at bats. not good odds. i think you lose. seems every year everybody gets amped and starts predicting 48 point victories over our opponents, then we have a 6 point win over a 1aa opponent, or worse yet a loss to one.
lets face it, we were awful last year and it will take some time for the new schemes to sink in and run fluidly. i expect a win but not by much
I don't understand why people say it's a new system. The system is going to be nearly the same thing it was last season (spread) but faster paced (no huddle). We put up a million yards in our last couple games last season, I don't expect much different to begin this season. Our chances to score more points will probably be there simply because we won't hold the ball as long (no huddle). This doesn't even account for the fact that while SDSU was a 27 point win, the starters weren't on the field for the entire 4th quarter. SDSU had 3 points on the first team D. NDSU put up 24 points on a team we hung 44 on handily, and gave up 25 to a team that our starters held to 3.
