Does Tim Polasek know what a play action pass is?

[mtoutfitter]

Sounds like we're getting Montana States OC...Courtney Messingham


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A Big Sky chuck the pigskin type? Although I see he's from Waterloo, IA so I'm sure he's got some Coach K connections.

[HerdBot]

Well.....here's the answer?

http://www.valleynewslive.com/conten...413718703.html

Courtney Messingham Montana St

As long as we don't turn into a Big Sky passing attack... I'm excited about it. Although... last year we really lacked in our passing game so he could add a different dimension.

[tjbison]

Sounds like we're getting Montana States OC...Courtney Messingham


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well anyone that thought Coach P was getting away from the Power game surely must be doing backflips for this hire.....im not sure on this one but welcome coach and GOODLUCK youll need it with this fanbase

[wagsabison]

I'd assume most coaches can develop their play calling to best suit what system is already in place. I wouldn't expect a change from what we predominantly do. I'm sure CK knew Coach P was looking at other positions so he probably had a short list of candidates ready to go.

[aces1180]

I like it! Good pick with tons of experience!

[2011BisonAlumni]

After all he did for NDSU, you blame him for the JMU loss? SMH.

Oh absolutely I do. He had a lack of understanding situational football and has the inability to adapt during the course of the game. He also systematically began to tear down the fundamentals of what made NDSU's offense so great. The entire offense was SOFT last year. I put the blame on him. 4 back rotation instead of allowing a guy to get into a groove. You might have thought he was great. Myself, along with a multitude of people, had the complete opposite viewpoint.

[bisonsupporter]

So over/under on how many jet sweeps to the short side of the field are called per game? 4?

[HerdBot]

Times sure have changed. Back in the old D2 days - Montana State hired away our head coach. Now we steal their Offensive Coordinator in a lateral move. Shows we are a very attractive job when we can get quality candidates like this.

[unbison]

Oh absolutely I do. He had a lack of understanding situational football and has the inability to adapt during the course of the game. He also systematically began to tear down the fundamentals of what made NDSU's offense so great. The entire offense was SOFT last year. I put the blame on him. 4 back rotation instead of allowing a guy to get into a groove. You might have thought he was great. Myself, along with a multitude of people, had the complete opposite viewpoint.

and your opinion is more valid because?
obviously your opinion and that of a long time coach at a fbs program are very different............along with many nfl analysts last year.....Id say with all this out there and documented you and your like opinioned people would be incorrect..........just a fyi for you

[Mr Meaty]

Here are Montana State and NDSU stats for last year

The Automated ScoreBook
Montana State Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 19, 2016)
All games

TEAM STATISTICS MSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 282 276
Points Per Game............. 25.6 25.1
Points Off Turnovers........ 53 62
FIRST DOWNS................... 190 225
Rushing..................... 100 75
Passing..................... 73 135
Penalty..................... 17 15
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 2332 1605
Yards gained rushing........ 2603 1805
Yards lost rushing.......... 271 200
Rushing Attempts............ 456 374
Average Per Rush............ 5.1 4.3
Average Per Game............ 212.0 145.9
TDs Rushing................. 23 16
PASSING YARDAGE............... 1715 2670
Comp-Att-Int................ 127-276-14 248-414-10
Average Per Pass............ 6.2 6.4
Average Per Catch........... 13.5 10.8
Average Per Game............ 155.9 242.7
TDs Passing................. 13 18
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4047 4275
Total Plays................. 732 788
Average Per Play............ 5.5 5.4
Average Per Game............ 367.9 388.6
KICK RETURNS: #-Yards......... 33-720 36-656
PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards......... 13-171 14-62
INT RETURNS: #-Yards.......... 10-41 14-128
KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 21.8 18.2
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 13.2 4.4
INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 4.1 9.1
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 14-11 14-8
PENALTIES-Yards............... 61-510 73-670
Average Per Game............ 46.4 60.9
PUNTS-Yards................... 61-2413 63-2572
Average Per Punt............ 39.6 40.8
Net punt average............ 37.9 35.6
KICKOFFS-Yards................ 56-3393 56-3441
Average Per Kick............ 60.6 61.4
Net kick average............ 41.3 40.1
TIME OF POSSESSION/Game....... 29:44 30:15
3RD-DOWN Conversions.......... 50/156 57/160
3rd-Down Pct................ 32% 36%
4TH-DOWN Conversions.......... 11/19 11/20
4th-Down Pct................ 58% 55%
SACKS BY-Yards................ 15-84 16-130
MISC YARDS.................... 0 7
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 36 34
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 11-16 13-20
ON-SIDE KICKS................. 1-1 1-1
RED-ZONE SCORES............... (30-34) 88% (33-41) 80%
RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS........... (22-34) 65% (25-41) 61%
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. (33-34) 97% (33-34) 97%
ATTENDANCE.................... 107442 60418
Games/Avg Per Game.......... 6/17907 5/12084
Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
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Montana State....... 51 113 68 50 - 282
Opponents........... 76 92 40 68 - 276



TEAM STATISTICS NDSU OPP
SCORING 408 232
Points Per Game 29.1 16.6
Points Off Turnovers 78 27
FIRST DOWNS 269 235
Rushing 150 93
Passing 112 126
Penalty 7 16
RUSHING YARDAGE 3372 1490
Yards gained rushing 3567 1930
Yards lost rushing 195 440
Rushing Attempts 596 454
Average Per Rush 5.7 3.3
Average Per Game 240.9 106.4
TDs Rushing 29 9
PASSING YARDAGE 2339 2985
Comp-Att-Int 171-294-9 250-428-19
Average Per Pass 8.0 7.0
Average Per Catch 13.7 11.9
Average Per Game 167.1 213.2
TDs Passing 19 18
TOTAL OFFENSE 5711 4475
Total Plays 890 882
Average Per Play 6.4 5.1
Average Per Game 407.9 319.6
KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 41-847 63-1173
PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 12-151 3-0
INT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-198 9-74
KICK RETURN AVERAGE 20.7 18.6
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 12.6 0.0
INT RETURN AVERAGE 10.4 8.2
FUMBLES-LOST 12-6 16-7
PENALTIES-Yards 83-764 73-585
Average Per Game 54.6 41.8
PUNTS-Yards 61-2276 64-2687
Average Per Punt 37.3 42.0
Net punt average 36.0 39.0
KICKOFFS-Yards 75-4450 54-3348
Average Per Kick 59.3 62.0
Net kick average 40.4 40.3
TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 31:51 28:09
3RD-DOWN Conversions 83/181 80/198
3rd-Down Pct 46% 40%
4TH-DOWN Conversions 8/13 8/24
4th-Down Pct 62% 33%
SACKS BY-Yards 37-269 15-97
MISC YARDS 0 0
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 52 27
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 15-23 15-25
ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-2
RED-ZONE SCORES (34-41) 83% (33-46) 72%
RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (25-41) 61% (22-46) 48%
PAT-ATTEMPTS (49-50) 98% (25-26) 96%
ATTENDANCE 167002 108419
Games/Avg Per Game 9/18556 5/21684
Neutral Site Games 0/0


Score by quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
North Dakota State 94 137 77 87 13 408
Opponents 33 77 52 70 0 232