Illinois State

[peteonastick]

This will be a season defining game for this team. If we play some D we are looking at a possible 6-6 season. Something that seemed improbable after the Duquesne loss and the blowout losses at Pitt and SDSU. RUNgard (no it isn’t spelled wrong) has single handedly taken over the offense. Although I liked what I saw Saturday, we still need a deep threat. Davidson to Oliver opened up the run game for King to get over a 1000 yards. The drop back and then scramble will only last so long against a defense that prepares for it. I did see UND spy RUNgard several times but he still managed to outrun the spy. We will need to score 45 the next 3 games if the defense does not step up!!

Go Guins!

[Jayguin]

I agree with Pete.   We really need to be more balanced offensively especially taking a few more shots.  The back shoulder throw worked so well last year. Haven't seen many this year.  On d if we play like we did in the 2nd half last week we should be ok.   Would love to get a turnover and not give any up.

[YsuPride]

We are on the road next two. Big difference in us playing at home as opposed to a road game...We are horrible on the road.  All wins have been at home and blowout losses were  on the road.  Let's see how the defense shows up. If they do we got a shot but if not we will lose both away games.  Reality.

[YsuPride]

Predictions are Illinois St 45-21 and SIU 30 - 20.

[Jayguin]

YSU 31-21. What concerns me is their QB can run.  Let's see how we improved against a running QB.

[Wick250]

The happiness that we feel after the victory on Saturday obscures the fact that this is the worst defense in the history of Youngstown State University. Can we outscore Illinois State? Well we did outscore North Dakota. But doing that each week, especially on the road in the MVFC, seems unrealistic.