GDT: NDSU vs WIU

[heffray]

North Dakota State University Bison vs Western Illinois
Saturday, October 21, 2023 - 2:30 PM CT - Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome - Fargo, ND
- TV Coverage: Statewide ABC, ESPN+
- Radio Coverage: Bison Radio Network (stream at https://www.bison1660.com/ and see https://gobison.com/sports/2013/4/19/radio.aspx for a list of radio stations/frequencies)
- Weather: High 57F, Winds NNW at 10-25 gusting to 35 (Weather inside the Fargodome: Perfect)

The Fargo Forum:
- Kolpack and Izzo Podcast: Where NDSU goes from here as Western Illinois comes to town : https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison...-comes-to-town
- McFeely: Five things to watch in the Bison-Western Illinois game : https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison...llinois-game-1
- Bison notebook: Ryan Jones preparing to step into starting role : https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison...-starting-role
- Other articles on BisonMediaZone : https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone

goleathernecks.com:
- Western Illinois takes on North Dakota State : https://goleathernecks.com/news/2023...ota-state.aspx
- Other articles on https://goleathernecks.com/sports/football

Hero Sports:
- Herder: FCS Week 8 Predictions: Montana State-Sac State, Furman-Western Carolina + More (no NDSU game prediction) : https://herosports.com/fcs-week-8-pr...na-state-bzbz/

heffray’s Game Notes:
- Betting line (care of https://madduxsports.com/college-football-lines.php, thank you, TSCF!…) : NDSU -37.5, O/U 61.5
- It will be interesting to see how NDSU responds at home to a team they are favored by 4+ scores, and will also be interesting to see if there are any key positions filled by underclassmen at the start of the game, or if they get rotated in early, or even get full drives early
- I give the Offense a lot of crap (and deservedly so, Roehl is horrible situationally, especially in the Red Zone and on 3rd and short), but I’ll be paying close attention to the Defense today… I’m not expecting a shut-out or even holding them to 10 points like others have done, but I am looking to see some good play in key positions, LB and D Line specifically. Can our LBs solo tackle in space? Can the edge get home? Can the middle stop the run?
- I think NDSU won’t have any problem scoring on this one, particularly because I don’t think Roehl will have many, if any, situations where he needs to call the right play on 3rd and short or Goal to go type situations… so I think they’ll get 50, but I see our coaches letting the underclassmen stretch their legs a little (well, kinda hoping they do actually) so I bet Western will actually score a couple TDs here… but I’ll take the good guys on spread and overall points.
- NDSU 52, WIU 14

[Bison03]

Time to get right and blow these guys out as we should. Want to see a dominant performance on both sides of the ball. Lets Go Bison!!!

Bison: 52
Farewell Leathernecks: 10

[Kevin]

We should hammer the under on this right?

That aside I don’t know what to expect today. I just want to see something different. A sign that the coaching staff is conscious that they need changes.

Personnel, plays, whatever. Just something.

[scottietohottie]

Roehl Herd eh!

[MyOhMy]

We should hammer the under on this right?

What's the over/under on QB runs? % of snaps in shotgun? And missed tackles? I'll just take the over across the board...

[KSBisonFan]

Bison need to step up their defensive game from last week's ass beating. I predict they'll be better. Bison 49-WIU 48.

Seriously, though. Bison 49-WIU 45*

Interested to see who gets the #4 RB carries. Here's an idea: Maybe give our top 3 RBs more carries and cut back the rotation? There's such a thing as RBs needing carries to get into a rhythm.

Steindorf shouldn't need to practice any punts in warmups, only kickoffs. Is this staff capable of changes? Can they call normal plays for the reserves in mopup time? Defense and special teams should be going full contact tackling drills in warmups. Maybe use Chapo in the tackling drills.

*Not really serious

[SoCalBison]

The yo-yo season continues. Bison win 38-10.

[BigHorns]

Bison 52-7

Shotgun and sideline looks used all game, the debate continues.
We find out what we really have in 2 weeks.

[MAKBison]

Its a simple analogy

https://youtu.be/xsaTP12Y44g?si=gBl9uK6KimdBcLeC

It sorta sounds the same as we all know and expect but not really.

[Son of a Bison]

52-6. Time to regain confidence and get some new guys some experience. Will have roster up hoping to see some new names.