Game preview from caazone

[bisonaudit]

I am a bit nervous about punting myself. They had no trouble getting pressure on punts if memory serves. I guess the key is just to not have to punt.

I'm all for not punting.

[CAS4127]

I'm all for not punting.

Statistically speaking, or from a coaching philosophy standpoint??!!

[bisonaudit]

Statistically speaking, or from a coaching philosophy standpoint??!!

Yes.

[bisonmike2]

Where does he get this 'superior speed' shit? I watched them...and didn't see any streaks of lightning. That's funny.

I thought one of their RB's looked pretty quick. Their QB was quick too but not as quick as Rennie. Nobody on their defensive side of the ball jumped out at me.

[Bison03]

Agree, they will probably try and block punts. I would expect them to "pull out all the stops", might try a fake punt, early onside kick, ect.. Also, I would like to see the Bison try a fake punt and a few middle screens.

I think Bohl has had a fake punt play with Voitlander in his back pocket all year and has yet to try it. It would be a great time to use it on saturday. I am also ok with not punting. Another dumb argument, not mentioned in this article but that I have heard, is that JMU will not be intimidated by the crowd because they play in front of 25,000 at home. Hello..are these people dumb? I am guessing that when they are on offense at home, it is pretty quiet. Now compare that with 19k screaming their asses off when you are trying to call an audible or even hear the snap count. Big difference. The crowd will be a factor. Te more false starts and timeouts that occur that are a direct result of crowd noise, the louder the crowd will get. This team feeds off of the crowd, let's give them plenty to feast on.

[KilldeerBison]

I thought one of their RB's looked pretty quick. Their QB was quick too but not as quick as Rennie. Nobody on their defensive side of the ball jumped out at me.

Linebacker, #27, not sure of his name, he looked like a player.

[bisonmike2]

I think Bohl has had a fake punt play with Voitlander in his back pocket all year and has yet to try it. It would be a great time to use it on saturday. I am also ok with not punting. Another dumb argument, not mentioned in this article but that I have heard, is that JMU will not be intimidated by the crowd because they play in front of 25,000 at home. Hello..are these people dumb? I am guessing that when they are on offense at home, it is pretty quiet. Now compare that with 19k screaming their asses off when you are trying to call an audible or even hear the snap count. Big difference. The crowd will be a factor. Te more false starts and timeouts that occur that are a direct result of crowd noise, the louder the crowd will get. This team feeds off of the crowd, let's give them plenty to feast on.

I heard an interview with one of the players and he didn't seem to be think it was a big deal. He did say that they have played in some big time atmospheres in the past couple of years. I think they played Virginia Tech last year. He said they managed the crowd noise there fine.

[tony]

I thought one of their RB's looked pretty quick. Their QB was quick too but not as quick as Rennie. Nobody on their defensive side of the ball jumped out at me.

Their LBs are all good to very good. I'm guessing that they have a lot of speed - of course, you really don't know how much speed until you see them against a known team.

Their offensive line is pretty darn big for their kind of offense* and their QB looked huge and tough to bring down against EKU, hopefully NDSU defends him as well as they did MarQueis Gray who is a similar QB (Rennie is super quick and is more like Montana State's Denarius McGhee.)

* For option, you basically want five very mobile, large fullbacks (imo).

[NDSU '96]

Another game analysis. They seem more concerned about the turf than perfecting a silent count. http://jamesmadison.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1300426

[MNLonghorn10]

NDSU’s 4-3 defense struggled at times with option teams like JMU. When facing a running QB like the Dukes’ Justin Thorpe, they typically play the running backs.

i agree. marquise gray, and terrell rennie absolutely tore us a new one.


dipshit.