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FCS National Championship vs. NDSU: Game Day Thread
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ewueagle2010
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CDAEAGLE said:
We get little respect from the local media...
The evening after beating Maine, one local news station opened with the first 5 minutes of coverage breaking down Gonzaga’s loss to North Carolina. Eastern was not covered until the sports portion of the show.
luckyintheorder
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on field interview Coach Best...
to summarize:
No distractions, rested, mind right, NDSU IS all that and a bag of chips...
[media]https://twitter.com/EWUFootball/status/1078426940770373633[/media]
to summarize:
No distractions, rested, mind right, NDSU IS all that and a bag of chips...
[media]https://twitter.com/EWUFootball/status/1078426940770373633[/media]
luckyintheorder
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Saw this on AGS and got me thinking.
The bolded text is exactly how the NDSU DL plays. Good to know Bison fans have watched their team play because it's clear they haven't watched Eastern play since last year.
Cox may shadow EB3, hope so, because that will expose the edge to McPherson, Custer and crew and put them in a position to get the edge w/o the LB waiting after the read option holds him for a step or so. Eastern's WR's have been great on blocking downfield and helping EB3 and RB's make big plays running the ball. If Cox is out of the picture even a step on the read option following EB3, it's one less guy for McPherson to beat. Eastern played another team that said, "pick your poison". D may have to pick it's poison against NDSU, but NDSU will have to pick it's poison against Eastern as well.
Guarantee that the players and coaches on both teams have watched film on each other and will make plans to stop their opponent. Have seen NDSU do a good job of scheming for their opponents tendencies, sometimes their D looks like they are in the huddle of the offense. Will say, Reeder has some tendencies and NDSU coaches have noticed. Honestly, if Reeder can break tendency and still keep it inside the offense, Eastern will score a lot of points.
The bolded text is exactly how the NDSU DL plays. Good to know Bison fans have watched their team play because it's clear they haven't watched Eastern play since last year.
Cox may shadow EB3, hope so, because that will expose the edge to McPherson, Custer and crew and put them in a position to get the edge w/o the LB waiting after the read option holds him for a step or so. Eastern's WR's have been great on blocking downfield and helping EB3 and RB's make big plays running the ball. If Cox is out of the picture even a step on the read option following EB3, it's one less guy for McPherson to beat. Eastern played another team that said, "pick your poison". D may have to pick it's poison against NDSU, but NDSU will have to pick it's poison against Eastern as well.
Guarantee that the players and coaches on both teams have watched film on each other and will make plans to stop their opponent. Have seen NDSU do a good job of scheming for their opponents tendencies, sometimes their D looks like they are in the huddle of the offense. Will say, Reeder has some tendencies and NDSU coaches have noticed. Honestly, if Reeder can break tendency and still keep it inside the offense, Eastern will score a lot of points.
flyingnail
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clawman said:
Stick will get his, just need to keep him inside the 20's, bend but don't break ! Go Eags !!!
luckyintheorder
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luckyintheorder said:
Video of the YSU v NDSU game. Hate Pellini but this is a pretty good view of just how to play NDSU.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMsOhOuwAII[/media]
luckyintheorder
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clawman said:
NDSU is saying the same thing about stopping EB3... Of course both teams have other weapons. It all comes down to tackling and pursuit to the ball. Eastern has done both much better all this season and of course NDSU is good at it. Agree there will be more than one player to spy either QB, the Bison fans seem to think it will be Cox predominately. You've read their stuff, it's pretty one note.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnTVpxPq-74[/media]
luckyintheorder
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InferNoMercy
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Jay Tee listed on the 2 deep :clap:
InferNoMercy said:
I wouldn’t get too excited. The 2-deep doesn’t mean much and probably just signifies the fact that he’ll be the starter if this thing gets sorted out.
What I saw on there that WAS concerning was no Keith Moore listed, and a freshman DT listed as the backup that I’ve never even heard if. This tells me if JT can’t go, we’re going to have a guy who’s played minimal live snaps starting at NT. That is concerning.
Also noticed no Limu-Jones, which sucks. Don’t want to speculate too much but that’s a little concerning given the recent rumors on the board and elsewhere.
Palm Springs Eag
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Neither Moore or Jones have been listed on the two deep for quite some time. Davis has been listed as the backup DT for weeks even though that hasn’t appeared to be the rotation in games. I don’t know anything more than that, but the two deep isn’t different than it’s been and shouldn’t itself be concerning.
luckyintheorder
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Palm Springs Eag said:
This is right. The freshman DT Davis has been listed and did see the field against Maine in rotation with Moore et. al. Moore's done great work in there with everyone else. Limo-Jones hasn't been listed for a while but has continued to play special teams mostly. He did get a catch against Maine.
Would love to see Tiuli get past his problems, not sure that can happen on a short holiday week; but like most here, haven't seen anything new after some searching of newspapers and web.
Was wondering like Dopa, if we might see some of the players who haven't played all season as red shirts called into duty on defense. There are at least one more big body who hasn't played and several DB types. Not sure of the rule or readiness of the players in question. Guess we'll see Saturday.
luckyintheorder said:Palm Springs Eag said:
This is right. The freshman DT Davis has been listed and did see the field against Maine in rotation with Moore et. al. Moore's done great work in there with everyone else. Limo-Jones hasn't been listed for a while but has continued to play special teams mostly. He did get a catch against Maine.
Would love to see Tiuli get past his problems, not sure that can happen on a short holiday week; but like most here, haven't seen anything new after some searching of newspapers and web.
Was wondering like Dopa, if we might see some of the players who haven't played all season as red shirts called into duty on defense. There are at least one more big body who hasn't played and several DB types. Not sure of the rule or readiness of the players in question. Guess we'll see Saturday.
Yup, the RS thing. Really wondering if we can leverage that rule to gain some available depth. I’ve noticed certain players that are definite RS’s suited up, the most obvious being (now) QB3 Burkett. That’s probably an in extremis thing but I wonder if there’s anyone that could really contribute using this new rule.
luckyintheorder
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Readiness is definitely a factor. Will anyone ever understand the new RS rule? :?EWURanger said:luckyintheorder said:Palm Springs Eag said:
This is right. The freshman DT Davis has been listed and did see the field against Maine in rotation with Moore et. al. Moore's done great work in there with everyone else. Limo-Jones hasn't been listed for a while but has continued to play special teams mostly. He did get a catch against Maine.
Would love to see Tiuli get past his problems, not sure that can happen on a short holiday week; but like most here, haven't seen anything new after some searching of newspapers and web.
Was wondering like Dopa, if we might see some of the players who haven't played all season as red shirts called into duty on defense. There are at least one more big body who hasn't played and several DB types. Not sure of the rule or readiness of the players in question. Guess we'll see Saturday.
Yup, the RS thing. Really wondering if we can leverage that rule to gain some available depth. I’ve noticed certain players that are definite RS’s suited up, the most obvious being (now) QB3 Burkett. That’s probably an in extremis thing but I wonder if there’s anyone that could really contribute using this new rule.
Super proud of how everyone playing DL has stepped up and still think that a little more help wouldn't hurt. Pure speculation but had a thought about Levao. He was a good DL coming out of HS and wonder if there a couple of other OL that might be able to play a few snaps on D or if Matt Meyer couldn't slide in at guard and move Levao over to D. Just know I was disappointed when they moved Levao to OL his 2nd year valuing his size and strength on D. Sometimes you just dance with the ones who brought you or play the hand your dealt. Excited to see what the coaches come up with for sure.
Best outcome would be to have Tiuli on the field leading the D in the biggest game for these players. Let us pray.
luckyintheorder
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EWURanger said:luckyintheorder said:Palm Springs Eag said:
This is right. The freshman DT Davis has been listed and did see the field against Maine in rotation with Moore et. al. Moore's done great work in there with everyone else. Limo-Jones hasn't been listed for a while but has continued to play special teams mostly. He did get a catch against Maine.
Would love to see Tiuli get past his problems, not sure that can happen on a short holiday week; but like most here, haven't seen anything new after some searching of newspapers and web.
Was wondering like Dopa, if we might see some of the players who haven't played all season as red shirts called into duty on defense. There are at least one more big body who hasn't played and several DB types. Not sure of the rule or readiness of the players in question. Guess we'll see Saturday.
Yup, the RS thing. Really wondering if we can leverage that rule to gain some available depth. I’ve noticed certain players that are definite RS’s suited up, the most obvious being (now) QB3 Burkett. That’s probably an in extremis thing but I wonder if there’s anyone that could really contribute using this new rule.
OK, finally found an article that explains the RS rule's implications better than anything else I've read. It does look like anyone who has been redshirting can play late season in up to four games. It does talk about playing in a bowl game, no mention of FCS playoff's. Eastern has players that seem to be redshirting who may be able to play several snaps if necessary. Like this rule and hope the coaches can use it to shore up depth.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ll-impact-college-football-in-2018-and-beyond
