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Some surprising developments after week 1. The three teams with the most hype all got off to less than stellar starts. Illinois State looked inept against Iowa, despite the two dangerous weapons in their backfield. The 31-14 score is misleading as they got two late touchdowns against Iowa's reserves in garbage time. Northern Iowa was even more inept against lowly (by FBS standards) Iowa State, getting crushed 31-7. And for those of you that missed this, Montana at home lost to Cal Poly, 20-19, on a last second field goal. That is the same offense that torched NDSU. Montana also gave up 330 yards on the ground. Remember how bad NDSU running backs looked in that contest.
The middle of the conference did quite well. SDSU scored at will against a very bad (by FBS standards) Kansas team. Southern Illinois lost a shootout to Indiana, although Indiana suspended nine players just before the kickoff. Western Illinois had an easy time with a bad Eastern Illinois team.
Bottom line. The MVFC looks not only tough but wide open.
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I agree, I was really surprised Illinois St did not give Iowa a better game. Thought they might even be able to pull out the W. UNI also shocked me as well getting smacked around. MVFC is wide open boys.
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Instead of saying EIU is bad, I'd say mediocre. WIU ripped them, and we lost to WIU last season. This year we play them away and we will have our hands full. There are no easy games in the MVFC. We only beat Misery St by one score last year. The only reason SIU lost to Indiana was the decision not to go for the PAT and a tie. NDSU lost a lot of their D to graduation, and now have an Achille's heel to exploit.
As far as YSU goes, some of our deficiencies improved, and some of our strengths have weakened. Overall we are going to be more competitive in the MVFC, but can only afford two more losses in eight games...a tall order. 3 MVC losses may get us in....esp w/ MEAC forgoing post-season....but no guarantees.
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Looking ahead to our 1st conference opponent South Dakota. Probably the funniest thing in this shutout defeat to K-State was the marching bands performance. K-State led in overall yardage 330-260 and returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. The numbers could be somewhat deceiving because the K-State Qb got injured early on and did not return. Still the South Dakota Qb played well, and their defense did a pretty good job in the Red zone. The coyotes running game really struggled and only averaged 1.7 a carry. This is a game we can't take lightly
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There are no easy games in the MVFC. I'm hoping Bo Pelini won't let the team take any team lightly, even Robert Morris or Saint Francis.
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I hope the pay attention to RM, just so they don't get hurt, but from a football prospective, they don't pose much of a threat. SF should at least provide an opportunity to break a sweat for the starters. We had to play a lot of players in Pitt because of the weather, RM and SF should allow that to continue, which can do nothing but help when we get to conference play.
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Nice to see the conference go 4-0 against the Big Sky conference over the weekend. Our first conference opponent South Dakota picked up a good win against a U.C. Davis that returned 18 starters and our expected to be very competitive in conference play
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Nice to see the conference go 4-0 against the Big Sky conference over the weekend. Our first conference opponent South Dakota picked up a good win against a U.C. Davis that returned 18 starters and our expected to be very competitive in conference play
Looks like SD is a much improved team from last year and they gave YSU fits. No easy games this year for YSU. The target is on our back just having a high profile HC.
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There are no easy games in the MVFC. I'm hoping Bo Pelini won't let the team take any team lightly, even Robert Morris or Saint Francis.
You look like a prophet now, YO!
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Nice to see the conference go 4-0 against the Big Sky conference over the weekend. Our first conference opponent South Dakota picked up a good win against a U.C. Davis that returned 18 starters and our expected to be very competitive in conference play
and if you look at our games against them ...we sure do struggle with them. Kind of like WKU when they joined the conference.
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There are no easy games in the MVFC. I'm hoping Bo Pelini won't let the team take any team lightly, even Robert Morris or Saint Francis.
You look like a prophet now, YO!
I hope that continues, because I still say this team is talented enough to go 8-4 and make playoffs.
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There are no easy games in the MVFC. I'm hoping Bo Pelini won't let the team take any team lightly, even Robert Morris or Saint Francis.
You look like a prophet now, YO!
I hope that continues, because I still say this team is talented enough to go 8-4 and make playoffs.
I'm with you on that! Only thing that concerns me is Wells plays like a Florida QB in bad weather not a Canton OH boy!
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There are no easy games in the MVFC. I'm hoping Bo Pelini won't let the team take any team lightly, even Robert Morris or Saint Francis.
You look like a prophet now, YO!
I hope that continues, because I still say this team is talented enough to go 8-4 and make playoffs.
The problem is we only play 11 games this year. Are we going to go 8-3 or 7-4 and if so, do we still make the playoffs at 7-4?
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The problem is we only play 11 games this year. Are we going to go 8-3 or 7-4 and if so, do we still make the playoffs at 7-4?
Yeah I meant 8-3. But I think theres a good chance we could make playoffs either way.
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South Dakota State is home this weekend to Robert Morris..Does anyone look for a close game or upset ??
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South Dakota State is home this weekend to Robert Morris..Does anyone look for a close game or upset ??
Not unless Robert Morris has a passing QB we don't know about. I think the mystique is exposed.
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South Dakota State is home this weekend to Robert Morris..Does anyone look for a close game or upset ??
Not at all
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Umm,, My guess is SDSU 70- 7
Another question will be: Is SIU for real? SIU vs Liberty
LU 38 - 24
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Nope. SIU game much more interesting. I think both MVFC teams will win big
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I agree !AA; the Liberty vs SIU match up will be far more interesting. In fact I predict Liberty will beat Southern Illinois on their home turf.
SDSU will have a easy time with Robert Morris, but RMU will gain over 100 yards on the ground. probably 41- 13 .
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SIU up 21 with 5 to go in the 4th..Hello big south conference
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JMU is for real ...all over SMU. SDSU crushed Robert Morris.
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According to the box score, Robert Morris rushed for 228 yards against SDSU. SDSU passed for 395 yards against them. Doubt that the game was played in a steady rain; I did not check.
Liberty has learned for the second year in a row that they are no match for a MVFC middle-of-the-pack squad.
Agree that James Madison is very explosive on offense, but SMU is a bad G5 outfit.
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JMU is for real ...all over SMU. SDSU crushed Robert Morris.
SMU might be the worst FBS program in the nation so I wouldn't say that.
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According to the box score, Robert Morris rushed for 228 yards against SDSU. SDSU passed for 395 yards against them. Doubt that the game was played in a steady rain; I did not check.
Liberty has learned for the second year in a row that they are no match for a MVFC middle-of-the-pack squad.
Agree that James Madison is very explosive on offense, but SMU is a bad G5 outfit.
The Game was played in perfect conditions. If Robert Morris had any kind of a passing game they would probably win their conference. They played all four of their QB'S and only managed to go 4-17 for 43 yards. Up next for S.D.S.U. Wentz and company.
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SIU seem to dominate Liberty (who last week beat Montana) with very little problems. SIU was quick and showed a diversified offence. Looks like another strong MVCF team.
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SIU seem to dominate Liberty (who last week beat Montana) with very little problems. SIU was quick and showed a diversified offence. Looks like another strong MVCF team.
I would not call SIU a strong MVFC team?! They lost to SEMO that just lost to a DII team this weekend. I know "on any given Saturday" BUT Com'mon Man!!
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SEMO IS A FCS TEAM IN THE Ohio Valley Conf. Yes, they defeated S. Illinois 27-24 and lost by only 1 point to Ind. St. 29-28.
So. Illinois appears to have improved (with easy win over Liberty) and will cause havoc in the MVC. The conference is loaded with very good teams. I believe 6 MVC teams are in the top 15 teams in the Coaches Poll.
It will be tough for any team to make it through the MVC conf. schedule with only 2 loses.
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South Dakota State is home this weekend to Robert Morris..Does anyone look for a close game or upset ??
Still hard to figure out who has what, but apparently Robert Morris was pretty true to form for to 2015 team
Saturday vs SDSU
att. yds ave.
Rush Totals... 38 236 6.0
And the QB was about as bad as we saw in the rain.
comp att int yds.
BARR, Mathew 4-12-0 43
RMU lost convincingly, but that run game that gave us some real trouble looks to be "for real".
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I watched the replay over again of Robert Morris and Y.S.U. and I still can't get over how big and physical both sides of their lines were. Something you wouldn't expect to see from a 40 scholarship program and N.E. Conference member. Heck Costal Carolina had to come from behind to beat Bryant and managed to win by only 14. Not to say every Northeast Conference school would be competitive against the upper F.C.S. programs but obviously some are and can't be taken lightly
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SDSU held Robert Morris to 26 yards of offense in the second half. However they struggled to stop the run in the first half. The issue for me is that while our defense held them to lower rushing and passing yards, our offense managed very little production against Robert Morris and we had to go to overtime with them. I am concerned that we do not have the receivers needed to make a run.
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Penguin Power this upcoming game will answer plenty of questions. From what I saw in practices and scrimmage's both true freshman Shackleford and Swanson could both contribute. One as a downfield threat and the other in red-zone packages.Then again I'm not the coach and their probably looking to preserve their red-shirts or possibly their just not ready. I just don't like the fact on several occasions this season inside the 5-10 yard line we had 2 straight running plays then passed on 3rd down when everyone knew what was coming and then had to settle for 3
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Don't worry, Fever. This game starts the "real" season. Bobby Morris should have been a warning. The question of coaching will get a good look this year. Remember -- EVERYONE expects great things with good talent back. The fun is about to start !
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Don't worry, Fever. This game starts the "real" season. Bobby Morris should have been a warning. The question of coaching will get a good look this year. Remember -- EVERYONE expects great things with good talent back. The fun is about to start !
Not me ole' buddy! I'm worried about the tallent. 5 years of Wolfman's boyzzz.. I hope Bo started to change them into "FOOTBALL PLAYERS" 8)
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BINGO Red. Just paladin setting up his "I told you so" posts. In reality, we return a very shallow O front ...and almost non-existent d-front ...supposedly Wolf's strengths. The secondary is more than questionable, but we have always given them a pass because we lacked pressure up front. Special teams skill was almost ignored the entire time coach W was here. Wolf recruited a JUCO at the last minute, who ended us saving us many times. Never saw him focus on this from prep recruits. He let a worthless DC from Florida chase away all the talent that we had on defense before his first season and it cost him everything.
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BINGO Red. Just paladin setting up his "I told you so" posts. In reality, we return a very shallow O front ...and almost non-existent d-front ...supposedly Wolf's strengths. The secondary is more than questionable, but we have always given them a pass because we lacked pressure up front. Special teams skill was almost ignored the entire time coach W was here. Wolf recruited a JUCO at the last minute, who ended us saving us many times. Never saw him focus on this from prep recruits. He let a worthless DC from Florida chase away all the talent that we had on defense before his first season and it cost him everything.
Huh??? Shallow O front and D front problems?? They go 8 deep up front on O and they go 7 deep on D.... D-Line is where the best talent on the team is. Confused by your post.....
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BINGO Red. Just paladin setting up his "I told you so" posts. In reality, we return a very shallow O front ...and almost non-existent d-front ...supposedly Wolf's strengths. The secondary is more than questionable, but we have always given them a pass because we lacked pressure up front. Special teams skill was almost ignored the entire time coach W was here. Wolf recruited a JUCO at the last minute, who ended us saving us many times. Never saw him focus on this from prep recruits. He let a worthless DC from Florida chase away all the talent that we had on defense before his first season and it cost him everything.
Huh??? Shallow O front and D front problems?? They go 8 deep up front on O and they go 7 deep on D.... D-Line is where the best talent on the team is. Confused by your post.....
OL is young and needs more time. Didn't we lose our center? Have a QB with almost a full season of games under his belt. We no longer appear to have DL issues but LB is still not up to where it needs to be.
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BINGO Red. Just paladin setting up his "I told you so" posts. In reality, we return a very shallow O front ...and almost non-existent d-front ...supposedly Wolf's strengths. The secondary is more than questionable, but we have always given them a pass because we lacked pressure up front. Special teams skill was almost ignored the entire time coach W was here. Wolf recruited a JUCO at the last minute, who ended us saving us many times. Never saw him focus on this from prep recruits. He let a worthless DC from Florida chase away all the talent that we had on defense before his first season and it cost him everything.
Huh??? Shallow O front and D front problems?? They go 8 deep up front on O and they go 7 deep on D.... D-Line is where the best talent on the team is. Confused by your post.....
I am talking about where we were at the end of last season. We are quite different now, but still a major work in progress. Coach P seems to be happy, but we are not near 2-deep on any line position outside of ends. Listen to Zaborsky's comments and you can see how much the attitudes have changed and he has mentioned rotation and/or stepping in more than once. That has not happened in recent years and one of several reasons why I am trying to cut Paladin off before he starts.
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BINGO Red. Just paladin setting up his "I told you so" posts. In reality, we return a very shallow O front ...and almost non-existent d-front ...supposedly Wolf's strengths. The secondary is more than questionable, but we have always given them a pass because we lacked pressure up front. Special teams skill was almost ignored the entire time coach W was here. Wolf recruited a JUCO at the last minute, who ended us saving us many times. Never saw him focus on this from prep recruits. He let a worthless DC from Florida chase away all the talent that we had on defense before his first season and it cost him everything.
Huh??? Shallow O front and D front problems?? They go 8 deep up front on O and they go 7 deep on D.... D-Line is where the best talent on the team is. Confused by your post.....
I am talking about where we were at the end of last season. We are quite different now, but still a major work in progress. Coach P seems to be happy, but we are not near 2-deep on any line position outside of ends. Listen to Zaborsky's comments and you can see how much the attitudes have changed and he has mentioned rotation and/or stepping in more than once. That has not happened in recent years and one of several reasons why I am trying to cut Paladin off before he starts.
I would beg to differ. Zaborksy and Kromah in the middle with Squiric and Smith backing up playing big minutes. We are deeper than we ever have been I agree with that.
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Amazing. After all the hype I read here and in the papers, someone now tries to duck what everyone is expecting . Picked for 4th by the league pre-season, returning starters everywhere, big name coach, high talent transfers from Nebraska but suddenly there is reason for concern ? ;D I love it.
Plus , we are playing a cellar dweller .
The fun is about to begin.
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Amazing. After all the hype I read here and in the papers, someone now tries to duck what everyone is expecting . Picked for 4th by the league pre-season, returning starters everywhere, big name coach, high talent transfers from Nebraska but suddenly there is reason for concern ? ;D I love it.
Plus , we are playing a cellar dweller .
The fun is about to begin.
Cellar dweller? How do you have a "cellar dweller" with a conference record of 0-0? You're right in saying "the fun is about to begin. But the rest of your post reads like a postmortem. You losers make me laugh!
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Paladin cannot stand the fact that there are no big expectations this year ...it is all brand new!! Just enjoy it with the rest of us, because there is no "I told you so". Of course if he would do that, he would be able to really see what is happening with YSU football.
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What MVFC team does YSU not play in '16 and '17?
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What MVFC team does YSU not play in '16 and '17?
??? NDSU I thought I saw a 16 schedule seem to believe NDSU was not on there. I wish I could find it :-\
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What MVFC team does YSU not play in '16 and '17?
??? NDSU I thought I saw a 16 schedule seem to believe NDSU was not on there. I wish I could find it :-\
I saw on AGS that it is WIU. We skipped NDSU before UNI, and Misery before that. It'd be nice to skip a more distant opponent (USD, SDSU).
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What MVFC team does YSU not play in '16 and '17?
??? NDSU I thought I saw a 16 schedule seem to believe NDSU was not on there. I wish I could find it :-\
I saw on AGS that it is WIU. We skipped NDSU before UNI, and Misery before that. It'd be nice to skip a more distant opponent (USD, SDSU).
??? Not saying your wrong but YSU played NDSU 2 years in a row at the Fart and go dome because of the addition of USD. MO State was 1st 2 years P-uni the 2nd 2 now it's WIU according to a WIU fan on AGS.
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What MVFC team does YSU not play in '16 and '17?
??? NDSU I thought I saw a 16 schedule seem to believe NDSU was not on there. I wish I could find it :-\
I saw on AGS that it is WIU. We skipped NDSU before UNI, and Misery before that. It'd be nice to skip a more distant opponent (USD, SDSU).
??? Not saying your wrong but YSU played NDSU 2 years in a row at the Fart and go dome because of the addition of USD. MO State was 1st 2 years P-uni the 2nd 2 now it's WIU according to a WIU fan on AGS.
You are right. We never skipped NDSU....no such luck >:(
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I really like Indiana St. over S.D.S.U. tomorrow night in Brookings. N.I.U. will have a very tough task against N.D.S.U. and their defense at the Fargo dome
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I really like Indiana St. over S.D.S.U. tomorrow night in Brookings. N.I.U. will have a very tough task against N.D.S.U. and their defense at the Fargo dome
Most of their fans hate it when you call it NIU ;D
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True on UNI fans:
UNI is University of Northern Iowa
NIU is Northern Illinois University, now in the MAC. I have two nephews that went to NIU. One graduated and the other is a Junior. They sent me a really nice Huskies ball cap, but never wear it over my Penguins cap :). NIU did a really nice job against the Buckeyes.
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Sorry- U.N.I. it is..and yes N.I.U. gave the buckeyes a great game. Getting ready to board my plane and catch the game tonight with family and friends. Enjoy the game everyone it should be a good one..Go Guins !!
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Sorry- U.N.I. it is..and yes N.I.U. gave the buckeyes a great game. Getting ready to board my plane and catch the game tonight with family and friends. Enjoy the game everyone it should be a good one..Go Guins !!
Choke Tech is also an acceptable name for UNI
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Sorry- U.N.I. it is..and yes N.I.U. gave the buckeyes a great game. Getting ready to board my plane and catch the game tonight with family and friends. Enjoy the game everyone it should be a good one..Go Guins !!
Choke Tech is also an acceptable name for UNI
After being to the playoffs 18 times it's a more appropriate name. 8)
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Sorry- U.N.I. it is..and yes N.I.U. gave the buckeyes a great game. Getting ready to board my plane and catch the game tonight with family and friends. Enjoy the game everyone it should be a good one..Go Guins !!
Have a safe flight! Go GUINS fb
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How about that..UNI holds SDSU to 7 points in a 10-7 victory
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Yeah! and we are supposed to be a good defensive team. What a Joke tonight was. get burned by the screen over and over again, and can't stop SIU on a third a nine from the 24.
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South Dakota holds off Southern Illinois 34-31
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South Dakota holds off Southern Illinois 34-31
Good.