Game 2: Northern Alabama. (Beat Big Sky Champion in opener)

[wagsabison]

I agree. They are going to be fired up to play us and you better believe we better come out ready to play. We win this game regardless but this is one of those games where they can make it look closer than it should be.

[Bison 4 Life]

Just have a feeling that this UNA team will be scrappy like Ferris State. Will give us more competition than many of our full fledged FCS OOC opponents like St Francis and Prairie View.

You mean the 56-10 game? Yep. They really played it close.

[tony]

You mean the 56-10 game? Yep. They really played it close.

That was a weird game though... Ferris State rushed for more yardage than NDSU (they held us to 162 rushing yards) and they had 1 more first down. Heck, they had almost 5 ypc.

On the other hand, it was enough of a blowout that the coaching staff let Wentz come in for two series.

[BisonCardinal]

You mean the 56-10 game? Yep. They really played it close.

Hey zippy, they rushed for 228 yds against us. Something even Iowa couldn't do. What part of scrappy don't you understand?

[Bison 4 Life]

Hey zippy, they rushed for 228 yds against us. Something even Iowa couldn't do. What part of scrappy don't you understand?

3/4 of of the game was garbage time.

[Vet70]

3/4 of of the game was garbage time.

K-State hangover.

[Honeybooboo]

so Ferris played us Toe-to-toe???

[MNLonghorn10]

Hey zippy, they rushed for 228 yds against us. Something even Iowa couldn't do. What part of scrappy don't you understand?

Oh i'm sure the same bison mentality was there for ferris as it was for Iowa

[Christopher Moen]

Oh i'm sure the same bison mentality was there for ferris as it was for Iowa

I looked up that game on ESPN (http://www.espn.com/college-football...meId=332502449) and by the time NDSU had scored 35 points with a little more than 4 minutes left in the half, Ferris State hadn't yet managed 70 total offensive yards (five series - three punts, INT and fumble). I'm guessing the scrappy part of their yards came against players that wouldn't be starters for a year or two.

Most definitely a different mentality than Iowa.

[KNOW IT ALL]

If maybe the best Bison team ever (on paper) has any trouble with a D2 team in transition, I will be a bit surprised. I think your going to see Stick work on the passing game a bit more than expected and a UNA team stack the box against the run as well. Look for a number of 20-80 yard completions in this one. Hopefully the 2nd string QB gets a LOT more work, and some with 1st string, that would be one of my main priorities if I were coaching this team for a late season run.