SDSU Post Game Thoughts & Discussion

[scottietohottie]

Makes me think back to the good old days in 2016, when we lost to JMU. Bisonville was furious at Polasek for his vanilla offense. Then yesterday Bisonville is screaming for "JUST RUN IT UP THE GUT!!"

Running it up the gut is always the right call against bad teams. JMU and SDSU are not bad teams.

Yeah but run it up the gut seems to work really well this year. It was all the fancy crap that almost cost the game. Coaches are in the second guess themselves phase on their coaching journey. Trying to get to smart. It happens. Those runs up the gut need to be done and need to be used to set up other plays. It will be alright.

[scottietohottie]

When they stack the box then it's time to let Trey beat them.

[scottietohottie]

Play action would also help our slow wide receivers get open.

[SDSUAlum08]

they were on the 31 after the pen. So it would have been 40 at least. assuming no gain on 3rd down 43, then 48 after the infraction. If that’s to far they had 4th down to run another play. They weren’t forced to pass there, or shouldn’t have felt they were anyway.

The kids mistake cost them 5 yards but it didn’t cost them possession, if you’re going to assign blame for that it goes to the coaches assuming they fell into this forced to pass line of reasoning.

Stig said in the post-game the interception was just as much on the coaches as our QB. I agree. Tough sequence for SDSU there and likely the new QB had an affect on the false start too.

[HerdBot]

Makes me think back to the good old days in 2016, when we lost to JMU. Bisonville was furious at Polasek for his vanilla offense. Then yesterday Bisonville is screaming for "JUST RUN IT UP THE GUT!!"

Running it up the gut is always the right call against bad teams. JMU and SDSU are not bad teams.

This team lacks a downfield passing game, just like the 2016 team. Mess added a dimension to the team that was needed yesterday. Most weeks we dont need it, but we could certainly run the ball better outside with Mess who mixed in more zone blocking

[El_Chapo]

when gibbs went out, I have no idea why NDSU didn't just stack 8 in the box. seemed like we stayed in our base the entire game.

Also, Trey Lance should've been allowed to pass more yesterday, 20 runs was ridiculous. At some point you gotta trust Trey to throw.

[Professor Chaos]

This team lacks a downfield passing game, just like the 2016 team. Mess added a dimension to the team that was needed yesterday. Most weeks we dont need it, but we could certainly run the ball better outside with Mess who mixed in more zone blocking

Disagree, yards per pass attempt are right in line with last year. IMO they lack a short to intermediate passing game which is why they haven't been sustaining drives over the last couple games.

[HerdBot]

when gibbs went out, I have no idea why NDSU didn't just stack 8 in the box. seemed like we stayed in our base the entire game.

Also, Trey Lance should've been allowed to pass more yesterday, 20 runs was ridiculous. At some point you gotta trust Trey to throw.

This ^^

Its like no shit, a backup QB isnt going to light it up. They dont get enough reps to go any deeper than base offense. Terrible adjustment by our DC. At the very least make it look like a 2 deep and have one safety run to the line of scrimmage. Totally out coached there. If I was thinking it as a fan...

[HerdBot]

When they stack the box then it's time to let Trey beat them.

I think it's time to put in a fullback or single back with Trey under center and do play action

[Bisman]

Postgame Press Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxPSqeLccTM