Davis game thread

[coloradobison]

half hour to kickoff, got my recliner pulled right up to my computer, hope to watch a good game. GO HERD!!

[insane_ponderer]

so happy that thunder radio got to the dome just in time to hear "and the home of the BISON"

:)

[coloradobison]

sure sounds pretty quiet in there so far.

[coloradobison]

4th down punt time

[coloradobison]

1st and ten herd from their 20

[coloradobison]

2 runs for no yardage at all, some imagination in the play calls would be nice.

[coloradobison]

missed played punt, bison ball on the 26

[insane_ponderer]

is there a better TE combination than delabarre and cooper?

good stuff :)

[coloradobison]

delebarre with a diving catch of a deflection after it was knocked away from johnson, first down

[coloradobison]

davis giving no respect to passing game so far...with good reason....

[coloradobison]

off johnson's fingertips in the endzone, vartanian misses yet another FG. 0-0 davis ball

[insane_ponderer]

does davis have a good secondary where they can hang with our recievers one on one?

[insane_ponderer]

thunder radio announcers are thinking 15.5 k plus in the dome today.

[coloradobison]

i dont know the quality of the DB's but on first and second down it looks like 8 or 9 in the box at least. on johnson's missed catch in the endzone, he had a step or two, just couldnt catch up with it.

[insane_ponderer]

big stop by lavant....love that kid, had stats with him and he actually went ice fishing with the family...good kid.

[insane_ponderer]

through the hands of marques johnson....talk about phrases i have heard before.

[coloradobison]

another drop by johnson, punt time again...maybe they will muff it again and we can get it back

[coloradobison]

through the hands of marques johnson....talk about phrases i have heard before.


repeatedly

[coloradobison]

does heckendorf still play for us, i havent heard his name in weeks ???

[insane_ponderer]

yeah...must have stole walkers girlfriend or something, because with white out i would be throwing to him and cooper over the middle all day.

[coloradobison]

an oustounding 51 yds to 21 yds favor of davis in the first half

[coloradobison]

Defensive TD taken away by pass interference

[runtheoption]

Is it my computer or does the crowd really sound into the game?

[coloradobison]

bison get another turnover on a fumble by the running back first down on the bison 40

[insane_ponderer]

sounds like the student section is really full and really jacked :)

[coloradobison]

2 passis in a row, what gives ;D

[runtheoption]

Very fast Davis D.

Crowd sounds awesome!!!

[coloradobison]

with 2 wr's on the last play, the aggies had 7 guys on the line of scrimmage...

[coloradobison]

they threw to heckendorf....but a penalty negates it

[insane_ponderer]

when is the last time there was a beat down drag out defensive struggle in the dome?

seems like its been awhile.

[runtheoption]

Gotta start working their corners. Way too many in the box.


with 2 wr's on the last play, the aggies had 7 guys on the line of scrimmage...

[coloradobison]

joe mays stuffs the run with a nice hit in the gap be nice to have a stop here and get the ball back in decent field position

[runtheoption]

JOE MAYS!

[coloradobison]

when is the last time there was a beat down drag out defensive struggle in the dome?

seems like its been awhile.


cal poly last year comes to mind...

[insane_ponderer]

i really enjoy how the thunder radio crew has taken to calling him the "8-ball"

[coloradobison]

i will be one happy bison fan when we get corners who dont give 15 yards right from the line of scrimmage

[westriverbison]

Big sack plus grounding by 8

[coloradobison]

bison got help on that penalty...he was easily outside the tackle box

[coloradobison]

very nice tackle by Humber on that screen play...

[coloradobison]

davis easily has a first down and more if the wide reciever catches what hits him right in the hands....was very open in a large hole in the secondary...also, no pressure at all on the qb on a obvious passing down..

[Mr._Bill]

In a coffee (yeah I know, lame) in MN with nothing but this page!! What is the game status? Help

[GoAgs]

the third down camera angle sucks!

[coloradobison]

0-0 less than 2 left first half...bison driving about midfiled... walker picked up first down on ground after heads up play srambling

[runtheoption]

0-0, 1:50 left in first half, Bison driving.

[coloradobison]

the third down camera angle sucks!


there is alot to be deisred

[westriverbison]

Now I see why not many downfield passes. Walker way off the mark.

[coloradobison]

deflection picked off by davis.... passing game is just no clicking...looks like good coverage cuz line is giving walker time to throw on most downs....

[Mr._Bill]

Thanks for the update! Greatly appreciated!!

[coloradobison]

1:18 left davis ball midfield...2nd down

[coloradobison]

i miss listening to scotty miller but the radio is ahead of the video feed.....davis draw right up the middle for good yards

[coloradobison]

running back left alone in coverage again...down to the 20 with 24 secs left in the half...

[coloradobison]

zimmerman almost took the ball right out of grants passing hand on that last sacks....if he hits the ball with a swipe, it probably comes out

[westriverbison]

16 seconds left, Davis at Bison 26. No TO's left

[coloradobison]

upcoming FG attempt it looks like...

[coloradobison]

FG good...3-0 davis 11 secs left

[westriverbison]

Davis FG. 11 seconds left 3-0

[coloradobison]

should be 3-3 mind you...

[westriverbison]

Shamen time!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D

[westriverbison]

Should be 10-3. The interference call was bogus.

[coloradobison]

the interference wasnt totally bogus...it looked like babich had turned the WR some ...but hard to tell on the net feed video

[insane_ponderer]

really quiet offensive first half...wow

[coloradobison]

time to regroup....no running game to speak of....passing game hasnt been great, but has accounted for most of the yards all in all, 3-0 davis at half.

[GoAgs]

not as bogus as the muffed punt call or the running back fumble when his knee was on the ground.

[coloradobison]

it looked like the punt did "graze" the davis returner...but hey we missed the fg so it doesnt really matter. as for the fumble...he was close to down...to hard to tell from the replay i saw

[coloradobison]

time for the coaching staff to earn there $$ and make adjustments at halftime...need to come out this half and score 4 more points than davis

[westriverbison]

looks like many of the students went to study. :'(

[coloradobison]

nice 3rd down conversion for the herd...then a 15 yd penalty moves them back

[coloradobison]

holding penalty on first down makes it 1st and 20 from the bison 45

[coloradobison]

4th down, penalties kill yet another drive...but they did show signs of moving the ball

[westriverbison]

two drive killing penalties. 4th & 20 at own 45

[westriverbison]

I bet we run inside next time on first down next time we get the ball

[coloradobison]

bison stop them on 3rd down, should get ball back around the 30 or so..

[coloradobison]

1wr in on 1st down...9 guys in the box...incomplete pass

[coloradobison]

steffes drops a ball on 3rd down that if he catches he might take to the house

[coloradobison]

davis blocks a punt and takes over at the 1

[coloradobison]

10-0 aggies pending the XP

[runtheoption]

Hey coloradobison, you watching the Wyoming-CO State game too? CO State has the ugliest home uniforms ever.

[coloradobison]

no havent caught that...but speaking of ugly, this offensive performance is just terrible

[runtheoption]

True. *Walkers passes are consistently off, Steffes isn't getting any room to run, and the screens are being shut down.

[coloradobison]

FG attempt no good, bison ball. time to get something moving....

[coloradobison]

when walker does have time he is getting happy feet and scrambling because more times than not someone is all over him

[coloradobison]

3 ugly plays and out, 3 incompletions 2 thrown away and one batted down at the line

[coloradobison]

the last play was the first i saw a sub on the D-line

[coloradobison]

worst display of tackling i have seen in a long time as the QB scrambles 30 yds for a td

[coloradobison]

ive seen about as much as i can take..... :-[

[insane_ponderer]

need some energy, the one thing about bohl was the team never quit, but it really doesnt seem like the offense has any excitement or will today.

[runtheoption]

very, very ugly >:( >:(

[runtheoption]

our D has to be getting gassed

[MinotBison]

What the #@$% is going on??????????? ??? ???

I'm listening to it, and it sounds like more missed tackles, stupid penalties, Walker is way off his game, and when the ball is there, it is dropped. I think they said the O had something like 3 yards rushing for the game.

[runtheoption]

finally on the board -- 20-7, bad guys

[tony]

Well, I'm still here... I kinda think Walker has been hurt enough to really affect his passing for a long time. Nice job on the last drive.

[runtheoption]

RECOVERED THE ONSIDE KICK!!!

[MinotBison]

Well, I'm still here... I kinda think Walker has been hurt enough to really affect his passing for a long time. Nice job on the last drive.

How has he been injured?

[MinotBison]

HOLD THE PHONES, EVERYONE.

[tony]

Say what you will, but the Bison DO not give up!

[insane_ponderer]

looks like we got a game finally...glad i went out to get groceries at the half so i could get back for this.

[tony]

How has he been injured?


Ribs... I just think it's affecting his throwing motion a bit.

[runtheoption]

Bison TD--20-14!!

[runtheoption]

anyone know how much time is left

[insane_ponderer]

chronic injuries are the worst, ribs, sprains, shoulders etc....

i would much rather just break something and rehab than be sore every day for months and years.

[insane_ponderer]

not enough time...

[runtheoption]

back to the drawing board

[MinotBison]

Nice effort at the end, and it's good to see they don't quit, but this is two ugly games in a row.

Good question on another post: what happened to the team that beat NW Louisiana?

What now fans?

[tony]

Good question... I sure don't have the answer.

[TheBisonator]

Just got back from the game. Four thoughts:

1) Two thirds of the student section was filled with fair-weather fans. A lot of them started leaving midway through the third quarter. This makes me very pissed indeed. Either cheer on the team 100%, or don't cheer tham at all. Don't go at it half-assed. I was down in the lower student section with the hardcore student fans, and I was yelling up at them "When you go to a movie, do you leave with a half hour left in it??" and "There's more important things in life than going drinking!!" One guy next to me was yelling out to the fair-weathereds, "Your Playstation will still be there when the game ends!!!" :) We seriously need to boost the hardcore student fan numbers. Most of the students past row 12 were sitting most of the second half. That is unacceptable. And those fair-weather fans that did leave missed a hell of a comeback attempt.

2) My ears are still ringing from the crowd noise with about three minutes left in the game. I have never had this happen to me at any sporting event I have ever been to in my life. I've been to Vikings games back when the Metrodome was touted as "the loudest stadium in the NFL", and I didn't even have ear ringing then. During the comeback, the student section was going as crazy as usual, but this was the ONLY time in the game where the other crowd actually got off their asses and made some NOISE. (It took them until 3:00 left in the game???) Whenever the rest of the crowd joins in the action, it CAN get VERY loud. Two thirds of the stadium does not realize that they can do something very special at the dome, instead they choose to sit down with their thumbs up their asses.

3) Attendance: Close to 16,200. This is awesome. I originally thought it would be about 600 less than that. We're well on our way to averaging 15,000 during the year. I truly believe that this is NORTH DAKOTA'S TEAM. Not just football team, but TEAM. I will wager any Sue fan that NDSU football gets more overall support than UND hockey. I believe that by the time we have been playoff eligible for TWO YEARS (by the end of the decade, 2010), we will average a sellout. Interest is growing, and very fast. Do you remember that just three years ago we were averaging just over 10,000 a game, with some crowds as low as 6,000?? Remember that?? We have come to the point where a 13,000 crowd is a dissapointment. And that makes me proud.

4) The Aggies are a good football team. but I still think we're as good as them. It was just their Saturday. If the Bison played the Aggies 10 times in a row on consecutive weeks, I believe the Aggies would win 5 and the Bison would win 5. I think this says more about it being their day than anything else. And hey, we almost beat them too. We had a chance at the end.

Overall, I'm looking at this game more as a positive than other folks on this board might make it out to be. I think as far as fan support goes, this was a big step we took towards cementing our place as NORTH DAKOTA'S TEAM.

Thank you.

[TheBisonator]

BTW, does anyone have the exact attendance number?? Sixteen thousand one hundred something??

[TheBisonator]

Never mind, found it. 16,193.

Season average: 14,594