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Portland State at North Dakota

Maybe they take their program seriously enough to play to win.

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I think we are getting there.
 
I'm not sure about the size differential between Wisconsin and Northern Iowa, but my guess is that Wisconsin looked damn intimidating to the NI defensive front. Wisconsin squeaked by 27-21 . Potatoes, cheese, whatever - let's do AuGratin !
 
The Potato Bowl features the worlds largest french fry feed the week of the game. Simplot, which makes french fries for fast food restaurants, is located about a 1/2 mile from campus.

Hoping for a good crowd this weekend. Anything less than 10,000 will be a disappointment.

I see Monahan is back which will make for a better game, good to see. Is Zach Brown going to be able to go?
 
This is interesting to me -

North Dakota's Alerus Center is a nice little indoor multi use arena that seats somewhere north of 12k. One of it's charms (if you're the home team) is that the student section can raise the decibel level to an entirely new crescendo by banging on the seats and stomping and screaming. Now that's all fine and good except when the other team is on offense, and signal calling becomes an issue (as a matter of fact, there has been a deal of discussion on the ND forums about how many PSU penalties are expected as a result of the noise). I would think that the pistol would be even more susceptible since the QB isn't at the line.

Now, having said that, the Viks don't huddle, and I have noticed that when the QB looks to the sideline for direction before the play that the entire line often raises up and takes a gander as well.

I was at practice today and asked one of the asst. coaches how the Viks were preparing for this noise and he kinda looked at me like it was a stupid question (that's my take, he may have just been caught off guard by the question) but he responded with (and I'm paraphrasing) "We take care of business and don't give them anything to be loud about".

OK, but this isn't basketball where you just take the crowd out of it. If a visiting team has the ball, the home crowd, given the opportunity, will make it miserable on the offense regardless of the momentum. In other words they can affect momentum.

So where do you think the Vikings stand with respect to this tactic ?
 
scooter said:
This is interesting to me -

North Dakota's Alerus Center is a nice little indoor multi use arena that seats somewhere north of 12k. One of it's charms (if you're the home team) is that the student section can raise the decibel level to an entirely new crescendo by banging on the seats and stomping and screaming. Now that's all fine and good except when the other team is on offense, and signal calling becomes an issue (as a matter of fact, there has been a deal of discussion on the ND forums about how many PSU penalties are expected as a result of the noise). I would think that the pistol would be even more susceptible since the QB isn't at the line.

Now, having said that, the Viks don't huddle, and I have noticed that when the QB looks to the sideline for direction before the play that the entire line often raises up and takes a gander as well.

I was at practice today and asked one of the asst. coaches how the Viks were preparing for this noise and he kinda looked at me like it was a stupid question (that's my take, he may have just been caught off guard by the question) but he responded with (and I'm paraphrasing) "We take care of business and don't give them anything to be loud about".

OK, but this isn't basketball where you just take the crowd out of it. If a visiting team has the ball, the home crowd, given the opportunity, will make it miserable on the offense regardless of the momentum. In other words they can affect momentum.

So where do you think the Vikings stand with respect to this tactic ?

Here's my take.

It's the students that make the noise, so that's a valid point by the assistant coach. I recall going down to the New Mexico game years back and we were sitting right next to a ton of students. As our defense took over the game, their chants went from 'portland sucks,' to 'let's get drunk,' and they left early.

However, I suspect that this game may be a close contest, so the noise will most likely be there the entire game.
 
Marty, I think you're right. My question I guess is this - are we, by benefit of the formation we run, and the process of play calling, and the speed with which our offense lends itself to, less or more susceptible to the distraction?

And if we are affected more, what action do think the coaching staff will take to minimize the problem?
 
I think the common wisdom is that a team makes the most progress between the first and second game. It'll be a good prognosis on how the team will fair for the rest of the season. UND has intimidating lines and the arena will be intimidating. Hope we see massive improvement so that we have a shot at this game.
 
This from the UND forum:

"I was a little bored today so I looked up the Portland St game against Carroll College on the web and watched some of it. I did not come away thinking that PSU looked anything special. I was expecting more I guess, I know they weren't using their full play calling potential in the game and all but they didn't appear to have superior athletes all over the field. They have some good ones but nothing crazy and not an abundance of them.  I am now fully expecting a win. "
 
VikThunderous said:
This from the UND forum:

"I was a little bored today so I looked up the Portland St game against Carroll College on the web and watched some of it. I did not come away thinking that PSU looked anything special. I was expecting more I guess, I know they weren't using their full play calling potential in the game and all but they didn't appear to have superior athletes all over the field. They have some good ones but nothing crazy and not an abundance of them.  I am now fully expecting a win. "

This is not representative of our fan base. Most know that PSU is a good team and on the up swing. We are also trying to improve our program to compete with the Montana's and are in no position to be cocky.

Looking forward to a fun time and a great game! :thumb:
 
Hey, Undfan, now that I*'ve got you....I've tried signing on to your forum but no luck. Is it closed? Wanted to talk about volleyball.
 
scooter said:
Marty, I think you're right. My question I guess is this - are we, by benefit of the formation we run, and the process of play calling, and the speed with which our offense lends itself to, less or more susceptible to the distraction?

And if we are affected more, what action do think the coaching staff will take to minimize the problem?

I would think with our lack of a huddle and fast tempo, we'd be less susceptible to the noise.
 
pdxfan said:
Hey, Undfan, now that I*'ve got you....I've tried signing on to your forum but no luck. Is it closed? Wanted to talk about volleyball.

Siouxsports.com? Shouldn't be. Usually they need to send you a link to confirm but I do not know why it wouldn't be working. Strange.
 
I have yet to see anything about the extent of Zach Brown's injury, but I have read a couple of things that have said that he's out for today. On oregonlive today Ian Ruder said, "The Vikings will be without all-league K Zach Brown, who injured his knee in last week's opener. WR Nevin Lewis, LS Kameron Canaday and DT Tomasi Molesi have also been held out of practice."

Still crossing my fingers that it's nothing major.
 
jas said:
I have yet to see anything about the extent of Zach Brown's injury, but I have read a couple of things that have said that he's out for today. On oregonlive today Ian Ruder said, "The Vikings will be without all-league K Zach Brown, who injured his knee in last week's opener. WR Nevin Lewis, LS Kameron Canaday and DT Tomasi Molesi have also been held out of practice."

Still crossing my fingers that it's nothing major.

Ugh. Lewis is out?
 

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