"Even tougher to comprehend- NDSU somehow won the natty when they only had 5 players back from the 17 championship team!
How many players did we have back from the 18 championship team, you ask? ahh who cares, that championship didnt matter because JMU wasnt there"
- Brian Maclaughlin
1. The FCS was the Best option for NDSU for a very long time.
2. As a general rule- the FCS sucks at football and has proven that is not committed to football at all.
3. It's time to go FBS
The other thing about this play is Hayes wrapped rather than just hit the runner. There was a play later in the game (may have been a 3rd or 4th down on the last drive) where the runner was hit about a yard short of the line to gain but rather than wrapping up. It allowed the runner to gain an extra yard or two and reach the line to gain. If he came in with a wrap up tackle he could have possibly stopped him short. Hitting has replaced tackling which is also leads to targeting and missed tackles.
The weather in Fargo keeps the undesirables out.....
...Which is why I live near the Twin Cities.
Pretty interesting article comparing the unbeatens
https://www.inforum.com/bison-media-...onship-seasons
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He does do a good job I think.
Think this year most of it stems from him having JMU #1 (a 4 loss team the year prior) because they had "so much returning" until what the SDSU game? And giving them credit (JMU) for "dominating" the line against WVU even though they lost and WVU was one of the worst offenses in the entire FBS. Was he wrong that they were a good team. No.
This sums it up pretty well. To me, he had made prediction preseason, that wasn't preposterous, but continued to form his narrative around his prediction. It seemed like he was applying two different metrics to measure NDSU and JMU. Nothing that he said was necessarily wrong or unfair to anyone, I just didn't like how he was justifying his position. He does a great job covering FCS though. He's the best of the Hero guys IMO. That's my thoughts on it.
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