GDT: NDSU vs. SDSU

[b15on]

#2 North Dakota State Bison (6-1, 5-1 MVFC) vs. #4 South Dakota State Jackrabbits (4-1, 4-1 MVFC)
Saturday, April 17, 2021 · 2:30 p.m. · FargoDome · Fargo, ND

TV: NBC North Dakota will have statewide television coverage with Brian Shawn (play-by-play), Lee Timmerman (analyst) and Ryan Gellner (sideline). Pregame coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. with Beth Hoole, Devin Fry and Kyle Emanuel. ESPN+ will carry the game beginning at 2:30 p.m. ESPN+ is available by subscription on ESPN.com and the ESPN app.
RADIO: Coverage begins at 2 p.m. on the Peterson Farms Seed Bison Radio Network including 107.9 The Fox in Fargo with Jeff Culhane (play-by-play), Phil Hansen (analyst) and Cole Jirik (sideline). Extended coverage locally on Bison 1660 and 92.7 FM includes "Bison Tailgate" from 11:00-12:00, "Bison Game Day" from 12:00-2:00 and the "Bison Hotline" call-in show following the network broadcast.



Game Previews
NDSU Game Preview Release
South Dakota State Game Preview
Missouri Valley Football Conference Notes

The Fargo Forum
Small town, big world: Longest tenured Bison assistant embraces country upbringing
Game Day notebook: It's been a while since Noland was the QB for a title game

The Analyst FCS/HERO Sports
FCS College Football’s Five Must-See Games in Week 10
FCS Spring Week 10 Predictions: SDSU-NDSU, Richmond-JMU, Holy Cross-Bucknell + More
FCS: What’s At Stake For SDSU vs. NDSU?

The Argus Leader
Tale of the Tape: North Dakota State - South Dakota State
Freshman Mark Gronowski leads South Dakota State into Dakota Marker game
'We're so excited': South Dakota State football elated to return to the field

[Bison03]

Pound the rock in a rockfight to keep the rock in Fargo!
Bison: 27
Bunny Turds: 17

[NDSU92]

I think it’ll be up to our offense to keep us in the game/blow it open. Give it to the juggernaut and Gonnella early and often. Try to catch them sucking in with Watson and TE’s running seams every once in a while.

Nervous about our pass D. UNI can’t throw a football to save their lives. SDSU is really different and their QB can run too. Going to be a massive test for our defense with out Josh Hayes.

[Gully]

We must convert better on 3rd downs to get some momentum. I don't see them holding SDSU to a really low score, so they're going to have to stay on the field more and then score more.

[Professor Chaos]

All week my head has said SDSU wins but now that we're to game day and this thing is actually happening my heart is overruling my head.

Conference title on the line. Home field until Frisco on the line. The marker on the line. All the chips are down. Let's go!!!!

[El_Chapo]

CRUSH THE BUNNY TURDS. PUNCH EM IN THE MOUTH EARLY

(stig pulls out 2 trick plays today)

[Son of a Bison]

27-17 Bison win. Corners need to defend well. LBs need to make tackles. D line will be solid as usual and hopefully last week learned how to contain a mobile QB. Waage and Ching time.

[WeAreThePride]

This game is won or lost on how the Rams open holes. If Zeb throws more than 11 times, we're in trouble.

[bruinbison]

Things I’ll be watching today include:

- 1st Jackrabbits possession - they have scored on 1st drive 4 of 5 games this spring

- 2nd quarter SDSU dominance - have outscored opponents 59 to 7

- True FR QB Mark Gronowski - is he comfortable in the pocket?
He is a running threat, but also needs to pass for the Jacks to not be one-dimensional (we know how the Bison D likes making an opponent 1D)

- RB Pierre Strong - 5’ 11” 210 - averages 5.2 ypc
And when Strong needs a break, now the Jackrabbits have
Isaiah Davis - FR - 6’ 1” 220 - a real nice get as a recruit from Joplin MO.
Davis ‘only’ averages 7.8 ypc - Yikes!

- Janke Twins - 6’ 2” & 6’ 3” WR - tall, just the way SDSU likes ‘em.
With NDSU losing CB Josh Hayes, seems likely Stig will try to exploit that...

- In the red zone, who scores for SDSU?
The Jackrabbits have been very good in the Redzone this season, much better than the Bison.
Surprisingly it isn’t Pierre Strong scoring (1 TD). It is, shades of a Brock Jensen/Easton Stick - QB Gronowski (6’ 3” 200) with 6 TD’s and backup RB Davis with 4

- Where is DE Spencer Waege? SDSU has a really nice RT in soph Garret Greenfield (6’ 6” 295). Does Waege get moved around to take advantage of match ups? As mentioned, am hoping the Bison D make Gronowski uncomfortable & he has happy feet all day

- And most important, how is the Bison play calling?
Is this the game where NDSU has to establish the pass 1st to then set up the run???
Or does Stig have 8 Jacks in the box? And get away with it?
With not having a running threat at QB, have enjoyed seeing faster developing runs, the pitches and the outside runs etc.

GoBizon!!!

Here is a link to Jackrabbit Illustrated’s game day article:

https://jackrabbitillustrated.blogsp...-ndsu.html?m=1

[oldmantutters]

Guys! It's fine! I made it to the Turf for a Turf Burger yesterday.

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