North Dakota State @ Eastern Washington

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Let your fans know Taiwan is vastly overrated and he will be lucky to get past the line of scrimmage Saturday. The highlights you see on You Tube were fabricated, just like the moon landing. Relax this week, we will be lucky to score and our beautiful turf will give you Bison the advantage as we are still getting used to playing on it, as you can see by our 6-0 record. Drive safe and we will see you in our humble tailgate Saturday morning. Also, don't worry about JC Sherritt knocking the snot out of every Bison who comes near. He is also overrated, many of his tackles were made when our opponents were blinded by the Red.

:lol:

 

[GOB1SON]

Let your fans know Taiwan is vastly overrated and he will be lucky to get past the line of scrimmage Saturday. The highlights you see on You Tube were fabricated, just like the moon landing. Relax this week, we will be lucky to score and our beautiful turf will give you Bison the advantage as we are still getting used to playing on it, as you can see by our 6-0 record. Drive safe and we will see you in our humble tailgate Saturday morning. Also, don't worry about JC Sherritt knocking the snot out of every Bison who comes near. He is also overrated, many of his tackles were made when our opponents were blinded by the Red.

That's more like it!

 

[kalm]

As to how Taiwan ended up at EWU, we've had some success before with academic non-qualifiers like Rodney Stuckey, and Jesse Chatmann who played in the NFL. And Taiwan had a legit reason for struggling in the classroom:

It wasn’t until midway though his senior year that Jones was tested and diagnosed with dyslexia.

By then, there were only three colleges were still showing any interest in acquiring his considerable talents. And Jones, by his own admission, didn’t have a clue where two of them – Eastern Washington and “some school back somewhere in one of the Dakotas, I think” – were located.

“I didn’t get looks from any another schools,” said Jones, who was recently named the Big Sky Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Year. “My only other choice was to go to a junior college in California.”

Fortunately for Eastern, former Eagles assistant Malik Roberson had heard about the 6-foot-1, 200-pound Jones from a Bay Area friend. And as soon a Roberson relayed the message to fellow assistant Chris Hansen, who was assigned to recruit in Northern California, Hansen headed to Antioch.

“The first time I saw him on film, I thought, ‘Aw, geeze, I gotta call this kid,’” recalled Hansen, who was coaching defensive backs for Paul Wulff at the time and saw what Jones had done as both a running back and cornerback for Deer Valley.

Hansen made the call and hooked up with Jones at his high school that same day – only to learn about his suspect GPA. Still, Hansen asked Jones, who was also a prep track standout, if he liked football best.

“His answer was yes,” Hansen recalled, “so I told him, ‘OK, then, we’re going to start recruiting you.’”

From then on, Hansen called Jones “whenever it was legal,” pointing out Eastern’s past success with nonqualifiers and trying to sell him on coming to Cheney in that capacity, sitting out his freshman year to concentrate on his studies.

“I kept telling him he was going to either be an All-American corner or we’d move him to running back and he’d be the best offensive player in the nation,” explained Hansen, who now coaches running backs for Eagles third-year head coach Beau Baldwin. “That was my selling point, of course I wanted him as a cornerback at the time, because I was coaching cornerbacks.”

But Jones was under pressure from his father to enroll at a nearby junior college. So it wasn’t until the night before the letter-of-intent signing day that he called Hansen and told him he was going to become an Eagle.

“When I heard that, I broke down and cried,” Hansen said. “I really did.”

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/dec/01/taiwan-jones-unwanted-except-ewu/

 

[fccubed]

If the dude is so amazingly freakalishous, then why in the hell is he playing in front of 6000 fans every Saturday and not taking hand offs from Jake Locker or Tom Brady? Just curious.

And this is what SEMO is saying about TJ.

"We knew where he was going to make his cuts and he still made those cuts and was able to be successful with it," Southeast coach Tony Samuel said about Jones. "You've got to give him credit for that because he has great ability to make his cuts. I'm not going to say we underestimated him, but sometimes game speed is not the same as film speed."

Jones showed his explosive speed late in the first half. He took the handoff and zipped past the defense for a 56-yard score to even the score at 14-14 with 3 minutes, 43 seconds left before halftime. It was his 19th career run of 50 yards or longer for the junior.

A fast guy," Southeast defensive lineman Maurice Lyles said. "We knew what we had to do. We had to keep him inside. We didn't do a good job of it."
Jones didn't rely solely on this speed. He employed some jukes and spins to break free of would-be tacklers for important first downs. He finished with 168 yards on 25 carries.

http://www.semissourian.com/story/1685623.html

 

[JoinTheEAA]

All kidding aside, Taiwan Jones is an outstanding young man both on and off the field. His leadership is underestimated as his teammates look to him to set the tone. His toughness is amazing and for those local folks who are reading this who haven't seen him live yet what is your excuse? Get to Cheney this weekend and watch #22 as he alone is worth the price of the ticket. Great opponent coming to Spokane County and without good support from our alumni in the area we are giving North Dakota State a better chance at winning on the Red. Local fans and non-fans alike, we need you this weekend! Support your school!

 

[eaglesfootball]

did anyone mention TJ is fast?

 

[EdubAlum]

I wasn't using the "we beat y, and y beat z, so we should beat z" what I said was that we just beat MSU, which in turn, beat EWU, and because of this, we think that we have a pretty good football team that can come to town and be competitive.

I didn't say anything about beating EWU by 100.

Truth be told, if anyone is overconfident it is the EWU fans. According to what I have read here, Taiwan is the next coming of Jesus H Christ himself. If he can't run around or over the defense, he will just put on a cape and fly his sainted ass into the end zone time and time again. Not to mention EWU is a much smaller school than NDSU.

If the dude is so amazingly freakalishous, then why in the hell is he playing in front of 6000 fans every Saturday and not taking hand offs from Jake Locker or Tom Brady? Just curious.

You don't have to compete with any FBS schools, or professional sports for that matter, and have a population only 1/3rd larger than the Spokane metro area, what else is there to do other than support an FCS school? As mentioned by other posters, Eastern has to compete with the Pac-10 an hour down the road, one of the best basketball programs in the nation (normally) in addition to professional hockey (even if minor leagues). That's like saying, how come University of Mary doesn't have a 20,000 fans at every game, because they're not the biggest game in town.

Ever heard of Rodney Stuckey (if not google him)? he found his way to Eastern and has a pretty good NBA career. Don't be surprised if Jones does end up taking snaps from Tom Brady one day.*

*though probably not, because running backs of his size normally don't get a chance in the NFL.

 

[EWUeag]

I am fully confident that if Taiwan was eligible out of high school, he would be a first team all Pac-10 pick this year. I tried to give a straight, honest description of TJ on Bisonville but was ridiculed (expertly I might add, worth a look lol) because what I said sounds a little...outlandish.

However, I always enjoy reading the dumbfounded statements from opposing teams on Sundays about TJ :lol:

I ate crow earlier, so now I must give props...BLM is better than I expected. He has consistently made big-time throws for the last 4 weeks. I've deemed him Bo Levi Favre. He may get picked now and then (and my blood pressure will rise every time) but he makes some great plays.

From what the Bison boys are saying, they sound similar to SEMO, just better. So hopefully they're only one or two td's better.

GO EAGS

P.S. FormerEag, you better get your white ass over here this weekend.

 

[RockTheRed]

Better than expected? Y'all were thinking he was the next coming of J.C. himself when you heard he was dropping down. Now he's just "better than expected"? Wow! I love the way you use "he may get picked now and then", because what it really is, is a direct pass to the opponent with nary a red jersey in sight. And white jerseys with red numbers, well, that don't count the same way on the scoreboard!

It's comical what y'all will talk yourselves into, but we're really no different than the people that have been calling for Wulffs head in P-Town all year, who are now saying "Great decision by Moos to keep Wulff". What a bunch of ninnymuggins. Crackin' me up!

 

[EWUeag]

Better than expected? Y'all were thinking he was the next coming of J.C. himself when you heard he was dropping down. Now he's just "better than expected"? Wow! I love the way you use "he may get picked now and then", because what it really is, is a direct pass to the opponent with nary a red jersey in sight. And white jerseys with red numbers, well, that don't count the same way on the scoreboard!

It's comical what y'all will talk yourselves into, but we're really no different than the people that have been calling for Wulffs head in P-Town all year, who are now saying "Great decision by Moos to keep Wulff". What a bunch of ninnymuggins. Crackin' me up!

Ah the ramblings of the uninformed.

I was never a fan of BLM

He IS better than I expected.

And he has something like 24 touchdowns to only 7 picks.

Save the rabblerousin' for the off-season you ninnymuggin

 

[bisonhp]

wait wait wait.....im confused when you said:

Let your fans know Taiwan is vastly overrated and he will be lucky to get past the line of scrimmage Saturday. The highlights you see on You Tube were fabricated, just like the moon landing. Relax this week, we will be lucky to score and our beautiful turf will give you Bison the advantage as we are still getting used to playing on it, as you can see by our 6-0 record. Drive safe and we will see you in our humble tailgate Saturday morning. Also, don't worry about JC Sherritt knocking the snot out of every Bison who comes near. He is also overrated, many of his tackles were made when our opponents were blinded by the Red.

the moon landing WAS fabricated.....http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.html so does that mean that all this other stuff you said is really true??

and can you explain to a midwestern Norwegian what the hell a "ninnymuggin" is??? :? :? :?

 

[EWURanger]

http://www.gobison.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=2400&ATCLID=205043367

NDSU coach on the upcoming game with the Eags.

 

[FormerEag]

P.S. FormerEag, you better get your white ass over here this weekend.

Well EWUeag, you've made me an offer I can't refuse. Barring some unforeseen roadblock, you can't count me and my plus one in. Can't really justify missing this one.

Sidebar: Would it be douchey if I wore my '05 Championship ring to the game?

 

[EdubAlum]

P.S. FormerEag, you better get your white ass over here this weekend.

Sidebar: Would it be douchey if I wore my '05 Championship ring to the game?

NO!

 

[EWUeag]

P.S. FormerEag, you better get your white ass over here this weekend.

Sidebar: Would it be douchey if I wore my '05 Championship ring to the game?

NO!

I'm with Edub...I would wear mine too if it wasn't on the west side at the 'rent's house.

Former...am I cleared to purchase 4 tickets?

And I have no idea what a ninnymuggin is. I just copied RockTheRed

 

[EWURanger]

And here is Coach Balwin post-SEMO game discussing the upcoming match-up with the Bison of NDSU.

http://www.espnnorthwest.com/college-video/

 

[bkafflen]

http://web.ewu.edu/groups/athletics/emails/fballplayoff10-quarterfinals/email.html

Just thought I'd pass on some info. about this weekend's game. Invite a friend to a great game! Let's at least match the attendance from earlier this year of 7000+. Come on fans!

 

[DakotaKid]

Bison fans have been waiting 15 years for a return to playoff action after winning 5 Division II titles in 8 years. It didn't help that 2 highly-ranked teams couldn't qualify for the playoffs during our transition years.

I don't get to follow the Bison as closely as I used to living out west and am looking forward to a great game in Cheney.

 

[kalm]

Bison fans have been waiting 15 years for a return to playoff action after winning 5 Division II titles in 8 years. It didn't help that 2 highly-ranked teams couldn't qualify for the playoffs during our transition years.

I don't get to follow the Bison as closely as I used to living out west and am looking forward to a great game in Cheney.

Yeah I remember those transitional years. You guys have a great program and great tradition. Hope you can make it to the game.

 

[4mcrue]

This discussion and site is worse than a DII site