2021 Game 8 Preview: Indiana State

[tolnabison]

A couple big reasons I feel Cam has to be the starter going forward. The past few games we have struggled with the blitz. Mainly 3-4 blitzing teams (UND, Illinois St). A consistent short passing game will help prevent teams from just selling out. Screen passes, quick reads, etc. Also, I feel like Cam knows the playbook better. He will be able to make checks into plays that put us in a better situation against things like the blitz. I also think this will help with run checks and possibly help get our running game going.

[Kevin]

Might be the only remaining game where I bet ndsu no matter the spread.

[Professor Chaos]

Their offensive line is huge... their two OTs are both 6-7 (315/340), OG 6-4 375 and 6-3 335 and their C is a squat 320. They don't allow many sacks.

DE Inoke Moala has 8 sacks on the season and they play a 3-4 so we're doomed on offense too.

Honestly, I don't see why they've been so mediocre this year. I'm guessing it's because their offense is so sporadic - they even take pretty good care of the ball.

Their last game notes: INS Wk8 Youngstown State (PDF) - Indiana State University Athletics (gosycamores.com)

Yeah, their offense is not good. In the FCS they're ranked 94th in passing offense, 96th in rushing offense, 106th in total offense, and 104th in scoring offense. So I'm gonna guess they don't match up well with the Bison defense.

Their defense is ok but they're 104th in TOP so their defense has had to be on the field a lot. Whoever the Bison QB is will have opportunities through the air. Both SDSU's and USD's QB had a lot of success throwing the ball against them in the first half of their respective games. If the Bison offense can keep the chains moving and finish drives in the endzone it'll be a long Trees Bowl for the Trees.

[EC8CH]

If that awesome video guy could work this into his next hype video for the Trees Bowl against the Trees like the last Bear Hunt one, that's be great.

[tony]

Yeah, their offense is not good. In the FCS they're ranked 94th in passing offense, 96th in rushing offense, 106th in total offense, and 104th in scoring offense. So I'm gonna guess they don't match up well with the Bison defense.

It is really hard to get a handle on college football this year.

I was listening to Bison1600 and they've switched their OC and he loves reverses and whatnot. I do not expect an easy game but would love to be surprised. I just don't think our rush offense is doing well enough to bulldoze conference teams this year.

[Professor Chaos]

It is really hard to get a handle on college football this year.

I was listening to Bison1600 and they've switched their OC and he loves reverses and whatnot. I do not expect an easy game but would love to be surprised. I just don't think our rush offense is doing well enough to bulldoze conference teams this year.

It would be nice to see a similar about face for the o-line that we saw in 2015 when Stick took over for Wentz under center. As I recall, the run game was very pedestrian to that point in the season and the o-line took it personally to improve that aspect of the offense from there on out. Hopefully that can happen again this year regardless of whether there's a midseason QB change or not.

[56BISON73]

It is really hard to get a handle on college football this year.

I was listening to Bison1600 and they've switched their OC and he loves reverses and whatnot. I do not expect an easy game but would love to be surprised. I just don't think our rush offense is doing well enough to bulldoze conference teams this year.

Couldnt agree more. A lot of game are like WTF is going on here? Crazy stuff.

[CAS4127]

It is really hard to get a handle on college football this year.

I was listening to Bison1600 and they've switched their OC and he loves reverses and whatnot. I do not expect an easy game but would love to be surprised. I just don't think our rush offense is doing well enough to bulldoze conference teams this year.

Well, our constant jet-sweep action isn’t doing anything other than putting miles-per-game on Watson, at least how or “why” we are running it now.

[oldmantutters]

Well, our constant jet-sweep action isn’t doing anything other than putting miles-per-game on Watson, at least how or “why” we are running it now.

I was really disappointed in our TE blocking on the couple of jet sweeps we ran on Saturday.

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[CAS4127]

I was really disappointed in our TE blocking on the couple of jet sweeps we ran on Saturday.

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Cuz TE’s are sick of it. Insanity: repeating the same conduct thinking there will be a different result. This is especially true with our O and the jet sweep. Everyone in the effing stadium knows what is coming. Hell, sometimes it feels like we run that action just out of habit.

”Ok, line up, run jet-sweep action for the hell of it, and then run the QB up the middle cus we just faked them out with the jet-sweep action that we run every play regardless.”