Montana state playoff game

[bruinbison]

Anybody find Montana State video? It's hard to find - heck, Fox mistakenly put Mississippi State v Ole Miss video up with their write up. The SDSU stuff is useless because Andersen* wasn't their QB. Andersen's first game this season was against Portland State (he had 211 yards rushing, btw).

Should be an interesting game - they were having a lot of success running the option against UIW - they also were running the delta formation in the backfield too, weren't they? Andersen threw some nice balls against UIW so if they've got a guy who can get behind our secondary like Illinois State did, that could be trouble. It's really tough to judge team speed, but they looked very quick. They kind of remind me of the 2011 or 2010 Bison team. I just can't watch UIW again because that team is the opposite of NDSU.


* it's not Anderson - like Brock Jensen, the second "e" is for Excellence.

Had to watch on the phone, but was impressed with the Bobcats passing. Won’t be surprised to see them take their shots downfield early, trying to make the Bison D adjust. Andersen threw a good deep ball when he had a clean pocket, or a clean roll-out. Seemed like spirals, but on the phone screen could have been misleading. Bobcats incorporated jet sweeps as well as the option plays, and often split QB Andersen out on the edge with a WR as the QB. Could see a lateral to Andersen in that situation with a downfield shot following. Don’t know if that WR can throw the ball, but if he can chuck it 40 +, Andersen was a state sprint champ, maybe the Cats will take a downfield shot that way.


With the pressure the Bison DLine generates, along with Jabril Cox & Co spying on Andersen, could be a tough day for him. Seems like it takes him a little more time to load and release, so hello Kitty......
But won’t be surprised to see the Cats with a big play or two, helping keep the game closer than most expect.

As to Tony’s Brock Jensen mention, I used a freshman Brock Jensen comp, only faster, this weekend when I was asked about Andersen and the Bobcats at a wedding anniversary party.