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Alan1

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I think this is a win for the Vikings. They beat us last year, but barely, and we are better in 2019. Are they? Massey has it 35 - 28 Bengals. I'm going for a win on the road. What do you think?
 
5dimes released their opening line with ISU as a 4 point favorite. Based on watching Big Sky non-conference play I was thinking PSU -2 or so, but we’ll find out more on Saturday. Looking forward to see what this team can do against FCS competition
 
Bengals offense has struggled at times, but their defense looked really good last week at Northern Iowa. I would be surprised if this game resembles last year's shootout. I've got it as a Viks win, 28-20.
 
bigskyconf said:
Bengals offense has struggled at times, but their defense looked really good last week at Northern Iowa. I would be surprised if this game resembles last year's shootout. I've got it as a Viks win, 28-20.
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The Idaho State Journal has a preview: https://www.idahostatejournal.com/sports/isu/time-to-get-going-idaho-state-football-opens-big-sky/article_566b8fcb-24d3-5fa1-a4d0-e89eb3d99165.html
 
Game from Pocatello starts at 3pm MDT (2pm out here). Game will be shown on Pluto TV. In talking with some Bengal fans, it seems they are more concerned with Alexander's ability to avoid their rush and keeping plays alive than they are with Charlie T (if Taumoepeau plays).
 
I'm very close to turning this off. Penalties, dropped passes, trying to return a kickoff five yards deep in the end zone, and oh, a pick six.
 
And, Idaho State was picked to finish where? Don't think that's a very good football team which, at this point, is blowing out the Viks.
 
You know, take away the seven penalties and well... Oh wait, never mind, Struck has a 317.3 QB rating at the half because we can't seem to keep receivers anywhere near us.
 
Idaho story said the Bengals were waiting to see how they could do against the PSU defense, because it's not used much anymore. Anyone wonder why? System? Or did our kids just not come ready to play Idaho State receivers seemed to be behind our defensive backs all day...that is if stutter, stutter, little play, stutter, stutter Pluto tv was providing enough continuous coverage (darned little) to tell.

Two things stink today...the PSU football team and Pluto TV...as is often the case. Pluto tv is a pile of garbage! Wish there were some other way to get the broadcasts. Why did Big Sky TV not work?
 
goviks2 said:
Idaho story said the Bengals were waiting to see how they could do against the PSU defense, because it's not used much anymore. Anyone wonder why? System? Or did our kids just not come ready to play Idaho State receivers seemed to be behind our defensive backs all day...that is if stutter, stutter, little play, stutter, stutter Pluto tv was providing enough continuous coverage (darned little) to tell.

Two things stink today...the PSU football team and Pluto TV...as is often the case. Pluto tv is a pile of garbage! Wish there were some other way to get the broadcasts. Why did Big Sky TV not work?
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Welcome to the modern era of video communications! The audio feed was good.
 
AP report: "Thinking the kickoff is 7pm MDT, the Portland State football team has just arrived at Holt Arena, and are being told that the game actually started at 3pm MDT."

Not really the type of game you want shown to potential donors when you are looking for 65 million dollars.
 
Our great and vaunted defense. Going in to this game, ISU had scored 44 points total in their first three games, with 38 of them coming in their first game against DII Western Colorado. They had 41 points in the first half of this game. :oops: :ohno:
 
one team came prepared to play and one didn't. It looks like PSU believed a little too much that they might be an okay football team.

It continues to seem as though Barnum coaches Jekyll and Hyde teams. His teams just don't seem prepared against the teams they should, but over achieve against other teams. I'm baffled.
 
In "the year of the cheetah", we got to watch the receivers constantly burn our defense and make plays. It is easy to dismiss this as "it is just Arkansas" or "it is just Boise", but when you don't play an FCS team in non-conference, you do not know exactly what you have. Idaho State played Northern Iowa the week before and thus came into this game knowing they have a good FCS defense. We knew we could compete with the NAIA and DII, but we had no idea if we were just as fast as the FCS. Well, now we know.

We had an opportunity to schedule North Dakota in week 4. Also, rumor is that North Dakota State sent a request to all the Big Sky schools to play in Fargo that same day (and Davis was the only one who accepted). We turned both down, played Eastern Oregon, and won 59-9. We then played Idaho State, a real FCS team and had 41 points scored on us by halftime.
 
bigskyconf said:
In "the year of the cheetah", we got to watch the receivers constantly burn our defense and make plays. It is easy to dismiss this as "it is just Arkansas" or "it is just Boise", but when you don't play an FCS team in non-conference, you do not know exactly what you have. Idaho State played Northern Iowa the week before and thus came into this game knowing they have a good FCS defense. We knew we could compete with the NAIA and DII, but we had no idea if we were just as fast as the FCS. Well, now we know.

We had an opportunity to schedule North Dakota in week 4. Also, rumor is that North Dakota State sent a request to all the Big Sky schools to play in Fargo that same day (and Davis was the only one who accepted). We turned both down, played Eastern Oregon, and won 59-9. We then played Idaho State, a real FCS team and had 41 points scored on us by halftime.
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That just doesn't sound like the optimistic, see the football program through rose colored glasses, bigskyconf. Maybe his account has been hacked. :lol:
 
Alan said:
bigskyconf said:
In "the year of the cheetah", we got to watch the receivers constantly burn our defense and make plays. It is easy to dismiss this as "it is just Arkansas" or "it is just Boise", but when you don't play an FCS team in non-conference, you do not know exactly what you have. Idaho State played Northern Iowa the week before and thus came into this game knowing they have a good FCS defense. We knew we could compete with the NAIA and DII, but we had no idea if we were just as fast as the FCS. Well, now we know.

We had an opportunity to schedule North Dakota in week 4. Also, rumor is that North Dakota State sent a request to all the Big Sky schools to play in Fargo that same day (and Davis was the only one who accepted). We turned both down, played Eastern Oregon, and won 59-9. We then played Idaho State, a real FCS team and had 41 points scored on us by halftime.
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That just doesn't sound like the optimistic, see the football program through rose colored glasses, bigskyconf. Maybe his account has been hacked. :lol:
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Frustrated, like any other PSU football fan. We're better than that.

If anyone was pleased with the effort, I have to think there is something wrong with you. Defense, offense, coaching, playcalling, effort, heck even our reliable kicker missed a chip shot. I'm trying to find something positive but I'm coming up empty.
 
bigskyconf said:
Alan said:
bigskyconf said:
In "the year of the cheetah", we got to watch the receivers constantly burn our defense and make plays. It is easy to dismiss this as "it is just Arkansas" or "it is just Boise", but when you don't play an FCS team in non-conference, you do not know exactly what you have. Idaho State played Northern Iowa the week before and thus came into this game knowing they have a good FCS defense. We knew we could compete with the NAIA and DII, but we had no idea if we were just as fast as the FCS. Well, now we know.

We had an opportunity to schedule North Dakota in week 4. Also, rumor is that North Dakota State sent a request to all the Big Sky schools to play in Fargo that same day (and Davis was the only one who accepted). We turned both down, played Eastern Oregon, and won 59-9. We then played Idaho State, a real FCS team and had 41 points scored on us by halftime.
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That just doesn't sound like the optimistic, see the football program through rose colored glasses, bigskyconf. Maybe his account has been hacked. :lol:
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I'm trying to find something positive but I'm coming up empty.
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I thought the coin toss went well. Other than that...
 
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