I only watched bits and pieces of their IW game as I found it uninteresting (other than IW’s 15 year old head coach wearing wayfarers in the overcast) so this assessment is totally amateur.

My take is this - there is so much focus on Troy Andersen and his ability to make plays offensively. Yes the guy is fast, high school track records and all that BS got folks slobbering on him. And sure, if he turns the corner untouched and has a straight line shot to the endzone there’s a strong likelihood that it’s going to result in a big play/TD. That’s great and all, but also not really uncommon. I’m sure you could take every opponent from our schedule and pick out a handful of guys that could do that same thing...that’s why they’re playing college football.

I think the much larger factor in this game is MSU’s defense. I just don’t think they’re really that good. I don’t think they’re going to present some magical scheme that will baffle the offense and I don’t think talent wise they are capable of hanging. They can’t stack the box because they aren’t good enough on the back end to defend Shep or our TE’s. They can’t not stack the box because we’ll bludgeon them with our running game.

When their head coach, who sounds like a swell fella, says “I’m excited to see where we stack up” that really speaks to their mindset. Montana State is just happy to be here.


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