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penguinpower:
Once again the offense failed to live up to their end of the deal.  Four 3 and outs with -2yards. Same pattern against any good defense.  But actually it was worse because they really didn't do anything outside of Jodi Webbs big play in the 3rd.

Sickening.  As bad as our punter is, and as bad as the special teams played, we still had a chance as long as the offense lives up to their end of the deal and once again they did not.

DavedS:
NDSU came in here playing their best fb of the season--after beating WIU by 52 points last week it looked like we might be in for a real ass whooping--didn't happen--in spite of some costly errors we still went toe to toe with them--I'm rarely proud when we take a loss but I think we all know NDSU escaped with this one.We lost to Pitt by 1 score--NDSU by 3 pts and Nat'l Runner-Up Ill. State by 2pts.That tells me that we are not that far from being back in the upper echelon of the FCS.Although I don't believe in moral victories I'm extremely proud of how this team fought and never gave up.

FOOTBALLFEVER:

--- Quote from: DavedS on November 15, 2015, 08:12:55 AM ---NDSU came in here playing their best fb of the season--after beating WIU by 52 points last week it looked like we might be in for a real a$$ whooping--didn't happen--in spite of some costly errors we still went toe to toe with them--I'm rarely proud when we take a loss but I think we all know NDSU escaped with this one.We lost to Pitt by 1 score--NDSU by 3 pts and Nat'l Runner-Up Ill. State by 2pts.That tells me that we are not that far from being back in the upper echelon of the FCS.Although I don't believe in moral victories I'm extremely proud of how this team fought and never gave up.

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Great post..This is also the way I see it. I love the side of Bo with his agression but not to the point it hurts the team and he's running all over the field to search out official 's. It's getting to the point where my oldest daughter won't let me take my grandson unless he has ear muffs on..lol..I have know idea what the future holds for Bo at YSU..lets face it guys wins in the MVC are very hard to come by with know gurantee's. I just don't know if Bo would be willing to risk another season at the FCS level especially in this conference on his resume. But if he does stay it will tell alot about his desire to get the program turned around..We are playing good and I'm happy

IAA Fan:
So let's see.

- We give up a 42-yard pass to the left side under the small scoreboard & the only reason NDSU had to wait one more play to score is because the player was down when he caught it.

- The very next series , #3 come back off of his man to cover a receiver that was already covered by#7 (or at least looked that way to me). This time we give up a TD pass for over 60-yards. The receive had no one near him.

- Oh ...and the series before both of these series we run another zone blitz, blow our coverage and give up an end-around left side that went all the way down to the 4-yard line ...subsequently moved back to the 11 & only resulted in a field goal.

So this 17-points that never should have happened, better blame the offensive coordinator.

But wait. NDSU moves into a typical i-formation and move up and down the field and scores twice on us. Gee ...this is the 4th time I have seen the Bison beat us with good old Tressel-ball. We were powerless to stop them, because we cannot tackle; but let's twice again call for the OC's head.

mmm ... was it once, maybe twice ...try door number 3 Jim that Jody Webb caught kick-offs within 1-foot (not yard) of the goal line ... AND HE NEVER EVEN SMELLED THE 20, LET ALONE THE 25 THAT IS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE BALL. Gee, let's not even think for a minute that you have to change your offense when you are starting at your own 10. Yet nooooo ...we will just blame the OC for not being aggressive in the shadow of his own end-zone on 2 of those occasions.

Gee what major blunder happened more than 3 times on special teams? How about the fact that we gave up mammoth returns 4 TIMES. yes 4 times we gave NDSU the ball well INSIDE YSU TERRITORY. It would have been 5 time, except they were pushed back to the 48 by an official's call.

So let's blame the OC for anything else? How about the fact that we could not tackle ...it was like watching the same defense that we had for the past 4 or 5 years. Put your shoulder down into it and hope the ball carrier miraculously tackles himself.

Now not to leave the offense untouched, we certainly could have went more aggressive, but that was really only one series. I thought the play-calling was quite aggressive. We saw that NDSU was dedicating themselves to going after Wells in Q3 and we were smart enough to take advantage of it. None the less, Ruiz was ineffective & although Wells had 2 nice throws dropped ...he tried to change-up the pace of the offense (the 2 delayed throws out into the flat, almost like some kind of long-distance option) and it failed. Davis also had a nice pass dropped, but he is far from a solid passer and his running off the left side was not wide enough in the second half, as NDSU brought in the ends and Davis had no vision. Yes running wide risked a 3-5 yard loss, but I would have tried it. Then again, I am talking as though we had time to redesign the offense in the middle of the game and also that our QB is an experience running back.

So go ahead an keep your blinders on in thinking that your offense coordinator is your only issue. The reality is ...he is your only hope for a solution. Throwing in a new coordinator will do nothing.

We had good design on O & D, but kept shooting ourselves in the foot all game. Special teams? Who knows?

FOOTBALLFEVER:
I watched NDSU practice that deep pass play in warm-ups. They ran it ten times with both Quarterbacks

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