GDT: NDSU v. Western Illinois

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#1 North Dakota State Bison (9-0, 5-0 MVFC) vs. Western Illinois (1-8, 1-4 MVFC)
Saturday, November 9, 2019 · 2:30 p.m. · Fargodome (18,700) · Fargo, ND

TV: KVLY and the NBC North Dakota network will carry the game with Brian Shawn joined by Lee Timmerman and sideline reporter Ryan Gellner. Pregame coverage on KVLY and the NBC North Dakota with Beth Hoole, Alex Egan and Kyle Emanuel will begin at 1:30 p.m. The game will be available to ESPN+ subscribers on ESPN.com and the ESPN app.
RADIO: Coverage begins at 2 p.m. on the Peterson Farms Seed Bison Radio Network with fourth-year NDSU play-by-play voice Jeff Culhane joined by NDSU and Buffalo Bills hall of famer Phil Hansen and NDSU sideline reporter Jeremy Jorgenson. Extended coverage locally on 107.9 The Fox, Bison 1660 and 92.7 FM includes "Bison Tailgate" from 11:00-12:00 with Brad Jones and "Bison Game Day" from 12:00-2:00 with Keith Brake and Cole Jirik. Brake and Jirik return for "Bison Hotline" with Chris Hanson and Kyle Emanuel for two hours following the network broadcast.

Tailgating Weather: Cloudy with snow showers early and steady snow likely later in the day. High 34F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 80%. Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WysmvGr7C4g

Game Previews
NDSU Game Preview Release (https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gobison.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/11/4/NDSU_Football_Notes_20191104.pdf)
Western Illinois Game Preview Release (https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gobison.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/11/6/Western_Illinois_Football_Notes_20191105.pdf)
Missouri Valley Football Conference Weekly Release (https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gobison.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/11/4/MVFC_Notebook_20191104.pdf)

The Fargo Forum
Like father like son: Bison safeties make the most of being kids of coaches (https://www.inforum.com/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/football/4758139-Like-father-like-son-Bison-safeties-make-the-most-of-being-kids-of-coaches)
Game Day notebook: Bison offensive line dominating Missouri Valley weekly award (https://www.inforum.com/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/football/4757600-Game-Day-notebook-Bison-offensive-line-dominating-Missouri-Valley-weekly-award)
FCS matchups at a glance (https://www.inforum.com/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/football/4756152-FCS-matchups-at-a-glance)
Monmouth climbing Division I FCS polls after landmark victory against Kennesaw State (https://www.inforum.com/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/football/4757018-Monmouth-climbing-Division-I-FCS-polls-after-landmark-victory-against-Kennesaw-State)
Senior spotlight: Get to know Bison senior running back Ty Brooks (https://www.inforum.com/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/football/4754696-Senior-spotlight-Get-to-know-Bison-senior-running-back-Ty-Brooks)

STATS FCS/HERO Sports
Big Sky, MVFC stand out in FCS committee rankings (http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20191106215029125304304&ref=rec&tm=&src=FCS)
FCS Game of the Week: Princeton vs. Dartmouth (http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20191107082324028410904&ref=rec&tm=&src=FCS)
FCS Week 11 Score Predictions (https://herosports.com/fcs/football-2019-predictions-11-princeton-dartmouth-bzbz)

The McDonough County Voice
Leathernecks embrace challenge of playing No. 1 Bison (https://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20191107/leathernecks-embrace-challenge-of-playing-no-1-bison)
After emotional win, Western gets back to work (https://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20191105/after-emotional-win-western-gets-back-to-work)

[Bison03]

This one aint going to be pretty. Stat stuffer game with lots of backups and true freshman playing the 2nd half. Good to be tailgating again. Attendance is going to suck.

Bison: 66
Necks: 7

[Christopher Moen]

Watched WIU's last five games in chronological order this week. They're not without talent (Clint Ratkovich and Max Norris are fun to watch), but definitely lack a lot of discipline (expect them to come out like a bunch a of hyperactive kids on a sugar rush for the first half and be spent the second half). I don't think the high-tempo offense (the ball gets snapped with 12 seconds of being set by the officials) on first and second down helps them, and forces their defense to be on the field longer than they need to be in order for this team to be successful. They are a team full of chaos and lack efficiency. For example, they'll run 20-30 yards East to West on many of their jet-sweep type plays just to gain two.

For a team that put guys like Bryan Cox, Rodney Harrison, Don Beebe, and now Khalen Saunders (dude looks huge for the Chiefs) in the NFL, and even had the great Darrell Mudra as a coach at one time, this program deserves better. However, that will not be happening today!!! I see NDSU winning 54-6, but I'm hoping for a Bison shut-out.

Stay Hungry, Stay Humble!!!

[WFBisonFan]

Unfortunately, the attendance might be the lowest all year due to 1 - deer opener and 2 - lackluster opposition. I fully expect to be be complaining about a lack of energy from the crowd by end of 1st quarter.

Bison 45
'Necks 10

[scottietohottie]

Unfortunately, the attendance might be the lowest all year due to 1 - deer opener and 2 - lackluster opposition. I fully expect to be be complaining about a lack of energy from the crowd by end of 1st quarter.

Bison 45
'Necks 10

Don't shoot any combines you crazy deer hunters.

[Twincitybizon]

Marine corps birthday tomorrow.... Will the leathernecks show up big??

[Hammerhead]

The highlight of our day might be finding the mini donuts before the game. We were running late for our first game in the Fargodome this year and didn't have time to see if they moved somewhere else. That was the first time we had to park on the other side of the SHAC.



Unfortunately, the attendance might be the lowest all year due to 1 - deer opener and 2 - lackluster opposition. I fully expect to be be complaining about a lack of energy from the crowd by end of 1st quarter.

Bison 45
'Necks 10

[scottietohottie]

Western qb watched the last 2 weeks of film on the bison defense and hasn't slept since.

[Bison 4 Life]

Can we just call run plays exclusively? See if we can make this the shorted game ever?

[Vet70]

Marine corps birthday tomorrow.... Will the leathernecks show up big??

Semper Fi.

[Hammerhead]

Can we just call run plays exclusively? See if we can make this the shorted game ever?

No. I want to see Zeb throw some long bombs in the 2nd half.

[BisonTeacher]

Gameday Shirt on. Stumplifter in hand. Flag will be up shortly

Let go Bison! Go Gophers too!!!!

[BadlandsBison]

I'm not sure if I saw something very funny on College Gameday or if I was hallucinating.

Gameday is in the deep South today, I may have saw a sign,

"Is this the line for dialysis?"

[marenlee]

Hafa adai from Guam! 0600 with brisket and butts on smoker. With sunrise on he beach. Not a bad football morning. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191109/ce16b668857ab57b7c7dc5aed9e586a3.jpg


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[fmfantasy]

No. I want to see Zeb throw some long bombs in the 2nd half.


we will probably never get to see that barring an injury as they always shut it down in the second half.

[fmfantasy]

Bison haven't lost for 2 years and 5 days...

bison 56
WIU 10

[SoCalBison]

Bison roll. NDSU 52, Leatherheads 3

[scottietohottie]

It took Lee 12 seconds to get me to push mute. Ha he ha. That little laugh did it today.

[No_Skill]

Hafa adai from Guam! 0600 with brisket and butts on smoker. With sunrise on he beach. Not a bad football morning. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191109/ce16b668857ab57b7c7dc5aed9e586a3.jpg


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I have that same smoker.

[NDSUstudent]

And the rout is on.

[Bison03]

What the hell. Just kick the damn ball

[NDSUstudent]

Only question in this game is how soon does Zeb get in?

[HerdThat!]

I get the approach of keeping the defense honest and making them prepare for a 2pt conversion, but wouldn’t it make more sense to line up like you’re kicking a XP and THEN go for 2?!?

Lining up like you’re going for 2 and then kicking doesn’t exactly seem to throw off defenders cuz they are now prepared to defend vs block a kick. Weird approach if you ask me.

[Dstahn]

Watching #3 give up on even trying to tackle lance is sad.

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[No_Skill]

Worst gameday thread ever.

[Bison 4 Life]

Horribly unfocused when they overmatch someone.

[HerdistheWord]

Special teams has been icky this game. Botched 2pt and FG.

[Gtownbison]

Phil won’t be giving an A to special teams today


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[El_Chapo]

best part of this game.. the band just played the game of thrones theme song

[Bison 4 Life]

Get Kobe out. He's clearly hurt.

[No_Skill]

Jabril is hurt

[Bison 4 Life]

another sloppy game. Playing down to the competition.

[Bison03]

another sloppy game. Playing down to the competition.
We will still win big..no worries

[NDSUstudent]

It is just about Zeb time.

[bruinbison]

Trey Lance 88 yard TD pass to Jim Kleinsasser......:)*

*Josh Babicz doing his best Kleinsasser imitation, hope he gets his million bucks off that play too!!!

[NDSUstudent]

Just send the Rice and Payton awards to Fargo now.

[Dstahn]

They called a TO with 1:09 left just for chapo

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[No_Skill]

Hopefully Cox is just a sprained knee.

[VirginiaBison]

another sloppy game. Playing down to the competition.


Yep, that when people get hurt.

[fmfantasy]

messed up 2pt, messed up FG, td called back, 7 penalties and its still 27-0 and we start the second half with the ball.

[NDSU1980]

I don't get going for it at the end of the half. Just kick the FG and take the 3. Looks like they need the practice any way.

[VirginiaBison]

messed up 2pt, messed up FG, td called back, 7 penalties and its still 27-0 and we start the second half with the ball.


but 3 players injured

[VirginiaBison]

I don't get going for it at the end of the half. Just kick the FG and take the 3. Looks like they need the practice any way.


It appears Entz lost faith in the long snapper?

[El_Chapo]

Pull every starter. No more injuries

[VirginiaBison]

It appears Entz lost faith in the long snapper?


Miss the extra point now

[G_Funky]

How a kid like Watson ends up at NDSU is just flat out mind boggling. Not because NDSU isn’t worthy of a kid like that, but how does literally 2/3 of the fabric of college football miss out on a kid like this.


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[steelbison]

Big trouble if Cox is out for an extended length of time.


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[steelbison]

How a kid like Watson ends up at NDSU is just flat out mind boggling. Not because NDSU isn’t worthy of a kid like that, but how does literally 2/3 of the fabric of college football miss out on a kid like this.


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Coach’s said late bloomer. Young for his class.


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[MontBison]

Any word of cox on the sideline?

[VirginiaBison]

Zeb time now?

[89MTBISON]

Jabril limps into the locker room Dimitri limps off after TD, RB corps got thin today

[DM05]

Illinois State up 9 in Brookings, 6:30 left in the 4th.

[Dstahn]

10+ penalties today. Very sloppy.

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[NDSUSR]

10+ penalties today. Very sloppy.

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It seems like we average about 100 yards of penalties per game these days.

[DM05]

Illinois State beats SDSU. If UNI beats them next week, Jacks can host the F'hawkers and NCAA can send route them to Fargo....perfect.

[NDSUstudent]

Illinois State beats SDSU. If UNI beats them next week, Jacks can host the F'hawkers and NCAA can send route them to Fargo....perfect.

UND would probably host SDSU...Unless some donor wants to take the financial hit to get the game at Brookings for their 4,000 fans.

[Bison03]

Worst pass interference call I have ever seen. Did not even touch him, and it was uncatchable! These refs suck shit!!

[Bison03]

And then thar TD call! Incomplete ruled and they overturn that??? Holy shit!!

[Hammersmith]

Fans not happy after several questionable calls, but that was a legit TD. TV replay showed it clearly.

[VirginiaBison]

Worst pass interference call I have ever seen. Did not even touch him, and it was uncatchable! These refs suck shit!!


Maybe have an o/u bet somewhere offshore

[HerdistheWord]

How does a ball bounce in the air when a guy is laying on the ground if he has control? The 10 fans left in the fargodome are ready to storm the field. These refs need to look themselves in the mirror.

[Bison03]

Fans not happy after several questionable calls, but that was a legit TD. TV replay showed it clearly.
No way you can overturn that. Have to go with the ruling on the field.

[EC8CH]

These refs. Not good.

[Hammersmith]

How does a ball bounce in the air when a guy is laying on the ground if he has control? The 10 fans left in the fargodome are ready to storm the field. These refs need to look themselves in the mirror.

It never touched the ground. It went into his arms, bounced around without touching the ground, bounced out, hit his hands to deflect into the air without touching the ground, then he caught it and secured it still without it touching the ground. It was a wild catch, but legit.

[dryash83]

How does a ball bounce in the air when a guy is laying on the ground if he has control? The 10 fans left in the fargodome are ready to storm the field. These refs need to look themselves in the mirror.

EXACTLY. Not enough evidence to overrule field call.

[Hammersmith]

No way you can overturn that. Have to go with the ruling on the field.

No way. The rear camera view showed the ball never touched the ground when it went into his body, and the pressbox camera showed the ball didn't touch when it came back out. To not overturn it would have been the bad call. Just accept it was a great catch.

[DM05]

UND would probably host SDSU...Unless some donor wants to take the financial hit to get the game at Brookings for their 4,000 fans.

I suppose they could send SDSU through a seeded UNI....but we all know that would never happen.

[HerdistheWord]

Jalen Bussey have yourself a game.

[Bison03]

Jalen Bussey have yourself a game.
2 rushes, 110 yards, 2 TDs, and a 40+ yard return...not too shabby!!

[EC8CH]

Jalen Bussey have yourself a game.

Yeah. He's fast.

[El_Chapo]

shortest game thread ever?

[Hammerhead]

shortest game thread ever?

This thread is short and it seemed like the longest game ever for those of us that stayed to the final whistle.

[EC8CH]

This thread is short and it seemed like the longest game ever for those of us that stayed to the final whistle.

It did seem long.

[BisonHorns]

What happened to letting the play clock run down? Since Brock we would snap the ball at the last second once the game was out of hand. As much as we had the ball yestetday and snapped it early the team probably had a whole extra drive or two. Are we doing it for more reps?

[EC8CH]

What happened to letting the play clock run down? Since Brock we would snap the ball at the last second once the game was out of hand. As much as we had the ball yestetday and snapped it early the team probably had a whole extra drive or two. Are we doing it for more reps?

Frankly the offense needed improvement during the middle part of the season. If that is the reason, good for them for taking advantage of the opportunity.

[Mr Meaty]

Fans not happy after several questionable calls, but that was a legit TD. TV replay showed it clearly.

watched when I got home and it was a TD.

[MNLonghorn10]

This thread is short and it seemed like the longest game ever for those of us that stayed to the final whistle.Man that had to be brutal

[westnodak93bison]

Man that had to be brutalSo you didn't go to the game?

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[Professor Chaos]

What happened to letting the play clock run down? Since Brock we would snap the ball at the last second once the game was out of hand. As much as we had the ball yestetday and snapped it early the team probably had a whole extra drive or two. Are we doing it for more reps?


Frankly the offense needed improvement during the middle part of the season. If that is the reason, good for them for taking advantage of the opportunity.
They've been doing that all season basically. I remembered being frustrated by it in the UC Davis game because they needed to be in a 4 minute offense running clock and they were snapping it with a running game clock with 10+ seconds left on the play clock. It didn't end up hurting them that game but you never know when those few extra seconds ran off are the difference in about 4 or 5 extra plays at the end of the game.

I'm guessing Roehl doesn't emphasize it as much as previous OCs have. Maybe having a freshman under center plays into that some as well.

[CAS4127]

They've been doing that all season basically. I remembered being frustrated by it in the UC Davis game because they needed to be in a 4 minute offense running clock and they were snapping it with a running game clock with 10+ seconds left on the play clock. It didn't end up hurting them that game but you never know when those few extra seconds ran off are the difference in about 4 or 5 extra plays at the end of the game.

I'm guessing Roehl doesn't emphasize it as much as previous OCs have. Maybe having a freshman under center plays into that some as well.

I wouldn’t assume Roehl or Entz have even thought of this. Not dissing them, just saying that it’s been a long time since we’ve actually done this consistently when ahead by plenty.


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[Professor Chaos]

I wouldn’t assume Roehl or Entz have even thought of this. Not dissing them, just saying that it’s been a long time since we’ve actually done this consistently when ahead by plenty.


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Yeah, that's certainly possible. It seems like clock management is one of the toughest things for new coaches to get accustomed to. I don't know if Klieman ever really got a good handle on it at the end of halves during his time here.