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ysuguins4:
The D did a great job containing Streveler last year. Hoping for a repeat performance. Wonder if they are planning some snaps for Ricky being as he played against SD last year.
go guins:
I've been bumming around on a South Dakota football blog, and I can tell you this for certain. They are FAR more fired up about this game than we are. This may be the biggest game in USD football history and it isn't close to the biggest game for us so far this season. If the players are as fired up as their bloggers and ours are as listless as the bloggers on this site, we will be in a huge pile of trouble. They are waiting for YSU to send back unused tickets so the can sell them to waiting fans. Going to be loud in that dome, that's for sure.
Wick250:
Making projections based on widely divergent ooc games and a single league match is rather pointless. For what it is worth (not much) our two best opponents in the Sagarin ratings (#54 Pitt and #87 SDSU) are supposedly stronger than the two highest rated South Dakota foes (#90 Western Illinois and #142 Bowling Green.)
Our defense surrendered 348 yards to Pitt and 222 to SDSU. South Dakota yielded 472 to BG and 474 to Western Illinois. Much of that yardage came in the air where they appear to be most vulnerable. Ricky Davis threw for over 200 yards against them last season. If they commit too many resources to containing our running game, Mays should be looking at single coverage all across the field.
As go guins suggested, the biggest enemy on Saturday is focus and emotion, not talent. We better not take this week off, or any of the remaining weeks in October.
peteonastick:
Don't like this game at all. Tough place to play - like a sardine can. Coming off a great game and have the #2 team next week. We can either get trapped looking back or forward. They believe this is the the breakout game for their program. Talent across the field I think we are better in almost every position except QB, but the intangibles will determine this game - playing a full game, turnovers, special teams, taking the crowd out of the game early! Nervous about what our demeanor will be like! National Champion level or just a playoff team. Better coach them up this week. USD is 3-0 on the road - we better win on the road in this conference!
GO GUINS
ytownchief22:
Pretty nervous about this one.
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