South Dakota (Good, Bad, and Ugly)

[Travelingcat]

First, the overwhelming sense I feel (and perhaps this is felt by others on the board, explaining the somewhat muted reaction here) is relief.

We knew that, on paper at least, this was the Bobcats year to get back to Frisco. And throughout the season, we showed, IMHO that we were clearly the best team in FCS, not seriously challenged by any team on our FCS schedule, other than a very fluky game at Davis that should have been over with us having a three TD lead but for a dubious PI call in the endzone, and some lucky bounces and bad tackling that let them back in it. Today we beat by two TDs a team that barely lost in OT on the road in Brookings and beat NDSU. And we did it with a very vanilla 2nd half gameplan in which we hardly threw the ball (Did Tommy complete a single pass in the 2nd half?) and mostly ran it up the middle, trusting our defense to hold. South Dakota was the best FCS team we played this year, and yet, this game, while never an assured win, was always fairly comfortably in hand throughout the 2nd half.

Most of our games this year were over by halfitme and our statistical dominance, substantial as it was, didn't really reveal how good this team was. NDSU was probably our closest competition, but they gave up 31 to Abeliene Christian and 35 in winning by a field goal at East Tennessee State. Our defense didn't give up more than 28 points to a single opponent this year, despite regularly playing our 2nd and 3rd string defense. And we added to that, the top offense in FCS. All that being said, we had to prove on the field that we were the best, and I think there was a real weight on the Team's shoulders that has now been lifted since we are going to Frisco as we know we should. Maybe NDSU goes out there and beats us by four touchdowns in a couple of weeks, but while ultimately we want to prove that we are champions on the field, our overall body of work this year stands alone.

I think the entire team will benefit from going out to Frisco, knowing the pressure is off to some degree- or at least that the pressure weighs equally on us and NDSU. I think we'll also benefit tremendously from having Scottre Humphrey much closer to full strength, as he clearly was not today and Rohan Jones, who was a non-factor today, will also hopefully be healed up enough to be a factor. I didn't recall seeing any serious injuries out there, so we should head into the championship as healthy as we've been in a while.

And with that windup:

THE GOOD:

Tommy Mellott. He was the difference maker and is going to deservedly win the Walter Payton Award as the outstanding offensive player in FCS, if All American Team voting is an indicator. His 2nd TD run was arguably the highlight of the season. In the last two games, when the rest of our offense was stuck a bit at times, Tommy, finally more unleashed in the ground game, consistently got us yards to move the chains when we needed him to, and showed himself a very capable passer as well. He's the one weapon we have that nobody else at our level does. He's one TD pass away from tying Kelly Bradley's single season bobcat record and 70 rushing yards from going over 1000 on the year. I don't know whether he can make it as a developmental QB, but that guy is going to figure out a way to play somewhere at the next level.


First Half Play-Calling: Consistently creative and kept a tough defense on it's heels.

The Crowd: A true X factor, contrbuting to several penalties and a couple of fumbles. Cat fans showed up and were LOUD and I'm sure we'll see the same in Frisco

Defense: Occasionally bent, and gave up two really bad long TD runs, but other than that, they bent a bit, but never broke, giving up just three points outside of those two big plays. They've been outstanding all year.

Taco Dowler: He's really come along as the season has progressed, morphing into our most consistent passing weapon as well as a demon in the return game.

THE TEAM: Lots of great efforts on all sides of the ball. This win was a team effort. Even special teams got into the act, with Hall flipping the field on a couple of key punts.

THE BAD:

Tackling: Those guys are good, particularly their running back, but there were way too many missed tackles out there today and their RB consistently moved the pile forward while running into the teeth of our defense.

Line of Scrimmage: Overall, we were manhandled at times by a S. Dakota Team that looked stronger and tougher up front. This will be a challenge vs. NDSU as well, and I'm glad our lines got a taste of what this will be like so they can hopefully adjust. Tommy made some magic with his legs, and Jones fought for some tough yards, but we didn't have a lot of big holes to run through. Having our power back in Humphrey closer to full strength will probably help a lot, and it was great to see how we could generate offense without dominating up-front, but we'll probably have to improve our performance in the trenches to beat NDSU. These guys are not the '21 NDSU team, which put every OL in the NFL, but they are still NDSU

2nd Half playcalling: I understood the desire to not expose Tommy to hits like he took in the 1st half, but it was still a bit too vanilla for me. If we had driven down the field and scored on one of our conservative drives in the 3rd quarter, we might have put the game out of reach. Especially at a time when we were not dominating in the trenches, it seemed like more of the 1st half's creative playcalling would have come in handy.

THE UGLY

Airline Ticket Prices to Frisco. Pretty brutal out there. And let's not even get into game tickets.


Overall it was a great win and it's been an incredible season. Hats off to the team for playing up to sky-high expectations all year.

No matter what happens in Frisco, it's been a great season, but they are one win away from being MSU legends.

[onceacat]

Agree with all the good.

I was frustrated with the tackling too, but Thiess was a total beast...I'm not entirely convinced that the Cats could have done any more than they did to bring him down at first contact.

I thought the play calling was fine except for the end of the 1st half (WTF, that was straight out of Chicagos Thanksgiving Day playbook) and having Tommy run in on 3rd and long before the 2 minute time out instead of trying for the first down.

But the Cats had a 3 score lead, they were playing the clock, not the Yotes after the 1st drive of the second half.

In the end, it wasn't that close...Cats beat the MVC champion by 2 scores. Hard to be disappointed with much of anything.

[BleedingBLue]

I disagree with the LOS assessment. On D, we consistently strung edge plays out, and forced the RBs back to the inside. When they ran up the middle, Theis was met close to the LOS most of the time. If he got 4-5 yards, it was because he earned them. The USD O line wasn't pushing our DL back very often, or creating huge holes.

Our O line generated good push for about half the game, and made some great adjustments in the 2nd quarter. USD tackled very well when the RBs got to the second level, limiting big plays.

[MSUBRONCO]

First, the overwhelming sense I feel (and perhaps this is felt by others on the board, explaining the somewhat muted reaction here) is relief.

We knew that, on paper at least, this was the Bobcats year to get back to Frisco. And throughout the season, we showed, IMHO that we were clearly the best team in FCS, not seriously challenged by any team on our FCS schedule, other than a very fluky game at Davis that should have been over with us having a three TD lead but for a dubious PI call in the endzone, and some lucky bounces and bad tackling that let them back in it. Today we beat by two TDs a team that barely lost in OT on the road in Brookings and beat NDSU. And we did it with a very vanilla 2nd half gameplan in which we hardly threw the ball (Did Tommy complete a single pass in the 2nd half?) and mostly ran it up the middle, trusting our defense to hold. South Dakota was the best FCS team we played this year, and yet, this game, while never an assured win, was always fairly comfortably in hand throughout the 2nd half.

Most of our games this year were over by halfitme and our statistical dominance, substantial as it was, didn't really reveal how good this team was. NDSU was probably our closest competition, but they gave up 31 to Abeliene Christian and 35 in winning by a field goal at East Tennessee State. Our defense didn't give up more than 28 points to a single opponent this year, despite regularly playing our 2nd and 3rd string defense. And we added to that, the top offense in FCS. All that being said, we had to prove on the field that we were the best, and I think there was a real weight on the Team's shoulders that has now been lifted since we are going to Frisco as we know we should. Maybe NDSU goes out there and beats us by four touchdowns in a couple of weeks, but while ultimately we want to prove that we are champions on the field, our overall body of work this year stands alone.

I think the entire team will benefit from going out to Frisco, knowing the pressure is off to some degree- or at least that the pressure weighs equally on us and NDSU. I think we'll also benefit tremendously from having Scottre Humphrey much closer to full strength, as he clearly was not today and Rohan Jones, who was a non-factor today, will also hopefully be healed up enough to be a factor. I didn't recall seeing any serious injuries out there, so we should head into the championship as healthy as we've been in a while.

And with that windup:

THE GOOD:

Tommy Mellott. He was the difference maker and is going to deservedly win the Walter Payton Award as the outstanding offensive player in FCS, if All American Team voting is an indicator. His 2nd TD run was arguably the highlight of the season. In the last two games, when the rest of our offense was stuck a bit at times, Tommy, finally more unleashed in the ground game, consistently got us yards to move the chains when we needed him to, and showed himself a very capable passer as well. He's the one weapon we have that nobody else at our level does. He's one TD pass away from tying Kelly Bradley's single season bobcat record and 70 rushing yards from going over 1000 on the year. I don't know whether he can make it as a developmental QB, but that guy is going to figure out a way to play somewhere at the next level.


First Half Play-Calling: Consistently creative and kept a tough defense on it's heels.

The Crowd: A true X factor, contrbuting to several penalties and a couple of fumbles. Cat fans showed up and were LOUD and I'm sure we'll see the same in Frisco

Defense: Occasionally bent, and gave up two really bad long TD runs, but other than that, they bent a bit, but never broke, giving up just three points outside of those two big plays. They've been outstanding all year.

Taco Dowler: He's really come along as the season has progressed, morphing into our most consistent passing weapon as well as a demon in the return game.

THE TEAM: Lots of great efforts on all sides of the ball. This win was a team effort. Even special teams got into the act, with Hall flipping the field on a couple of key punts.

THE BAD:

Tackling: Those guys are good, particularly their running back, but there were way too many missed tackles out there today and their RB consistently moved the pile forward while running into the teeth of our defense.

Line of Scrimmage: Overall, we were manhandled at times by a S. Dakota Team that looked stronger and tougher up front. This will be a challenge vs. NDSU as well, and I'm glad our lines got a taste of what this will be like so they can hopefully adjust. Tommy made some magic with his legs, and Jones fought for some tough yards, but we didn't have a lot of big holes to run through. Having our power back in Humphrey closer to full strength will probably help a lot, and it was great to see how we could generate offense without dominating up-front, but we'll probably have to improve our performance in the trenches to beat NDSU. These guys are not the '21 NDSU team, which put every OL in the NFL, but they are still NDSU

2nd Half playcalling: I understood the desire to not expose Tommy to hits like he took in the 1st half, but it was still a bit too vanilla for me. If we had driven down the field and scored on one of our conservative drives in the 3rd quarter, we might have put the game out of reach. Especially at a time when we were not dominating in the trenches, it seemed like more of the 1st half's creative playcalling would have come in handy.

THE UGLY

Airline Ticket Prices to Frisco. Pretty brutal out there. And let's not even get into game tickets.


Overall it was a great win and it's been an incredible season. Hats off to the team for playing up to sky-high expectations all year.

No matter what happens in Frisco, it's been a great season, but they are one win away from being MSU legends.

yeah im not saying much because still in processing stage think, idk im like super happy that im not happy, makes no sense

[Monymony]

I disagree with the LOS assessment. On D, we consistently strung edge plays out, and forced the RBs back to the inside. When they ran up the middle, Theis was met close to the LOS most of the time. If he got 4-5 yards, it was because he earned them. The USD O line wasn't pushing our DL back very often, or creating huge holes.

Our O line generated good push for about half the game, and made some great adjustments in the 2nd quarter. USD tackled very well when the RBs got to the second level, limiting big plays.

I think as fans we are used to manhandling d-lines. You just won’t do that against the MVFC teams and we are going to have to earn yards the hard way. I also thought our o-line was getting a good push but they didn’t give us any holes to run through.

[mule]

First, the overwhelming sense I feel (and perhaps this is felt by others on the board, explaining the somewhat muted reaction here) is relief.

We knew that, on paper at least, this was the Bobcats year to get back to Frisco. And throughout the season, we showed, IMHO that we were clearly the best team in FCS, not seriously challenged by any team on our FCS schedule, other than a very fluky game at Davis that should have been over with us having a three TD lead but for a dubious PI call in the endzone, and some lucky bounces and bad tackling that let them back in it. Today we beat by two TDs a team that barely lost in OT on the road in Brookings and beat NDSU. And we did it with a very vanilla 2nd half gameplan in which we hardly threw the ball (Did Tommy complete a single pass in the 2nd half?) and mostly ran it up the middle, trusting our defense to hold. South Dakota was the best FCS team we played this year, and yet, this game, while never an assured win, was always fairly comfortably in hand throughout the 2nd half.

Most of our games this year were over by halfitme and our statistical dominance, substantial as it was, didn't really reveal how good this team was. NDSU was probably our closest competition, but they gave up 31 to Abeliene Christian and 35 in winning by a field goal at East Tennessee State. Our defense didn't give up more than 28 points to a single opponent this year, despite regularly playing our 2nd and 3rd string defense. And we added to that, the top offense in FCS. All that being said, we had to prove on the field that we were the best, and I think there was a real weight on the Team's shoulders that has now been lifted since we are going to Frisco as we know we should. Maybe NDSU goes out there and beats us by four touchdowns in a couple of weeks, but while ultimately we want to prove that we are champions on the field, our overall body of work this year stands alone.

I think the entire team will benefit from going out to Frisco, knowing the pressure is off to some degree- or at least that the pressure weighs equally on us and NDSU. I think we'll also benefit tremendously from having Scottre Humphrey much closer to full strength, as he clearly was not today and Rohan Jones, who was a non-factor today, will also hopefully be healed up enough to be a factor. I didn't recall seeing any serious injuries out there, so we should head into the championship as healthy as we've been in a while.

And with that windup:

THE GOOD:

Tommy Mellott. He was the difference maker and is going to deservedly win the Walter Payton Award as the outstanding offensive player in FCS, if All American Team voting is an indicator. His 2nd TD run was arguably the highlight of the season. In the last two games, when the rest of our offense was stuck a bit at times, Tommy, finally more unleashed in the ground game, consistently got us yards to move the chains when we needed him to, and showed himself a very capable passer as well. He's the one weapon we have that nobody else at our level does. He's one TD pass away from tying Kelly Bradley's single season bobcat record and 70 rushing yards from going over 1000 on the year. I don't know whether he can make it as a developmental QB, but that guy is going to figure out a way to play somewhere at the next level.


First Half Play-Calling: Consistently creative and kept a tough defense on it's heels.

The Crowd: A true X factor, contrbuting to several penalties and a couple of fumbles. Cat fans showed up and were LOUD and I'm sure we'll see the same in Frisco

Defense: Occasionally bent, and gave up two really bad long TD runs, but other than that, they bent a bit, but never broke, giving up just three points outside of those two big plays. They've been outstanding all year.

Taco Dowler: He's really come along as the season has progressed, morphing into our most consistent passing weapon as well as a demon in the return game.

THE TEAM: Lots of great efforts on all sides of the ball. This win was a team effort. Even special teams got into the act, with Hall flipping the field on a couple of key punts.

THE BAD:

Tackling: Those guys are good, particularly their running back, but there were way too many missed tackles out there today and their RB consistently moved the pile forward while running into the teeth of our defense.

Line of Scrimmage: Overall, we were manhandled at times by a S. Dakota Team that looked stronger and tougher up front. This will be a challenge vs. NDSU as well, and I'm glad our lines got a taste of what this will be like so they can hopefully adjust. Tommy made some magic with his legs, and Jones fought for some tough yards, but we didn't have a lot of big holes to run through. Having our power back in Humphrey closer to full strength will probably help a lot, and it was great to see how we could generate offense without dominating up-front, but we'll probably have to improve our performance in the trenches to beat NDSU. These guys are not the '21 NDSU team, which put every OL in the NFL, but they are still NDSU

2nd Half playcalling: I understood the desire to not expose Tommy to hits like he took in the 1st half, but it was still a bit too vanilla for me. If we had driven down the field and scored on one of our conservative drives in the 3rd quarter, we might have put the game out of reach. Especially at a time when we were not dominating in the trenches, it seemed like more of the 1st half's creative playcalling would have come in handy.

THE UGLY

Airline Ticket Prices to Frisco. Pretty brutal out there. And let's not even get into game tickets.


Overall it was a great win and it's been an incredible season. Hats off to the team for playing up to sky-high expectations all year.

No matter what happens in Frisco, it's been a great season, but they are one win away from being MSU legends.

Very nice write up and thanks.
These two teams that meet in two weeks are so similar in style of play on both sides of the ball it is scary. I guess we can see why with who Vigan was molded by, played for, and coach for. It will be a great game, and I can tell you both will be ready. I'm so happy that either SD teams got to advance.

Only one correction Bobcats gave up 31 points to NM. Bison scored 28 on jacks and jacks only allowed 24 points on any single game this year.

[BelligerentBobcat]

First, the overwhelming sense I feel (and perhaps this is felt by others on the board, explaining the somewhat muted reaction here) is relief.

We knew that, on paper at least, this was the Bobcats year to get back to Frisco. And throughout the season, we showed, IMHO that we were clearly the best team in FCS, not seriously challenged by any team on our FCS schedule, other than a very fluky game at Davis that should have been over with us having a three TD lead but for a dubious PI call in the endzone, and some lucky bounces and bad tackling that let them back in it. Today we beat by two TDs a team that barely lost in OT on the road in Brookings and beat NDSU. And we did it with a very vanilla 2nd half gameplan in which we hardly threw the ball (Did Tommy complete a single pass in the 2nd half?) and mostly ran it up the middle, trusting our defense to hold. South Dakota was the best FCS team we played this year, and yet, this game, while never an assured win, was always fairly comfortably in hand throughout the 2nd half.

Most of our games this year were over by halfitme and our statistical dominance, substantial as it was, didn't really reveal how good this team was. NDSU was probably our closest competition, but they gave up 31 to Abeliene Christian and 35 in winning by a field goal at East Tennessee State. Our defense didn't give up more than 28 points to a single opponent this year, despite regularly playing our 2nd and 3rd string defense. And we added to that, the top offense in FCS. All that being said, we had to prove on the field that we were the best, and I think there was a real weight on the Team's shoulders that has now been lifted since we are going to Frisco as we know we should. Maybe NDSU goes out there and beats us by four touchdowns in a couple of weeks, but while ultimately we want to prove that we are champions on the field, our overall body of work this year stands alone.

I think the entire team will benefit from going out to Frisco, knowing the pressure is off to some degree- or at least that the pressure weighs equally on us and NDSU. I think we'll also benefit tremendously from having Scottre Humphrey much closer to full strength, as he clearly was not today and Rohan Jones, who was a non-factor today, will also hopefully be healed up enough to be a factor. I didn't recall seeing any serious injuries out there, so we should head into the championship as healthy as we've been in a while.

And with that windup:

THE GOOD:

Tommy Mellott. He was the difference maker and is going to deservedly win the Walter Payton Award as the outstanding offensive player in FCS, if All American Team voting is an indicator. His 2nd TD run was arguably the highlight of the season. In the last two games, when the rest of our offense was stuck a bit at times, Tommy, finally more unleashed in the ground game, consistently got us yards to move the chains when we needed him to, and showed himself a very capable passer as well. He's the one weapon we have that nobody else at our level does. He's one TD pass away from tying Kelly Bradley's single season bobcat record and 70 rushing yards from going over 1000 on the year. I don't know whether he can make it as a developmental QB, but that guy is going to figure out a way to play somewhere at the next level.


First Half Play-Calling: Consistently creative and kept a tough defense on it's heels.

The Crowd: A true X factor, contrbuting to several penalties and a couple of fumbles. Cat fans showed up and were LOUD and I'm sure we'll see the same in Frisco

Defense: Occasionally bent, and gave up two really bad long TD runs, but other than that, they bent a bit, but never broke, giving up just three points outside of those two big plays. They've been outstanding all year.

Taco Dowler: He's really come along as the season has progressed, morphing into our most consistent passing weapon as well as a demon in the return game.

THE TEAM: Lots of great efforts on all sides of the ball. This win was a team effort. Even special teams got into the act, with Hall flipping the field on a couple of key punts.

THE BAD:

Tackling: Those guys are good, particularly their running back, but there were way too many missed tackles out there today and their RB consistently moved the pile forward while running into the teeth of our defense.

Line of Scrimmage: Overall, we were manhandled at times by a S. Dakota Team that looked stronger and tougher up front. This will be a challenge vs. NDSU as well, and I'm glad our lines got a taste of what this will be like so they can hopefully adjust. Tommy made some magic with his legs, and Jones fought for some tough yards, but we didn't have a lot of big holes to run through. Having our power back in Humphrey closer to full strength will probably help a lot, and it was great to see how we could generate offense without dominating up-front, but we'll probably have to improve our performance in the trenches to beat NDSU. These guys are not the '21 NDSU team, which put every OL in the NFL, but they are still NDSU

2nd Half playcalling: I understood the desire to not expose Tommy to hits like he took in the 1st half, but it was still a bit too vanilla for me. If we had driven down the field and scored on one of our conservative drives in the 3rd quarter, we might have put the game out of reach. Especially at a time when we were not dominating in the trenches, it seemed like more of the 1st half's creative playcalling would have come in handy.

THE UGLY

Airline Ticket Prices to Frisco. Pretty brutal out there. And let's not even get into game tickets.


Overall it was a great win and it's been an incredible season. Hats off to the team for playing up to sky-high expectations all year.

No matter what happens in Frisco, it's been a great season, but they are one win away from being MSU legends.

Very nice write up and thanks.
These two teams that meet in two weeks are so similar in style of play on both sides of the ball it is scary. I guess we can see why with who Vigan was molded by, played for, and coach for. It will be a great game, and I can tell you both will be ready. I'm so happy that either SD teams got to advance.

Only one correction Bobcats gave up 31 points to NM. Bison scored 28 on jacks and jacks only allowed 24 points on any single game this year.

Against UNM 14 of those points their defense scored.

[BobcatBuiltTexan]

I disagree with the LOS assessment. On D, we consistently strung edge plays out, and forced the RBs back to the inside. When they ran up the middle, Theis was met close to the LOS most of the time. If he got 4-5 yards, it was because he earned them. The USD O line wasn't pushing our DL back very often, or creating huge holes.

Our O line generated good push for about half the game, and made some great adjustments in the 2nd quarter. USD tackled very well when the RBs got to the second level, limiting big plays.

Keen eye my friend, I agreed totally. We didn't take a penatrating approach this week due to the style of rbs. We need to team tackle so they gap controlled speed the free hitter to get there then got off blocks to gang tackle. Problem was if our free hitter misread or got blocked out was curtains. Only happened twice so I'll take that as great execution of the game plan.

Offensively we've charged our philosophy in our run game. We used to be an outside zone team that would cut back to the middle and find creases. We are now starting inside to try to go outside and it doesn't work as well, then we just go straight down hill big in big. We used to create angles with power blocking or pull some linemen, were aren't doing that now. Conversely or passing game has gotten more complex and creates conflict everywhere for the defense. I suspect all dawgs will be released and so see a little of everything a done we haven't seen.

Tackling was a concern to a point. Theis was as I expected hard tough and unrelenting. He's balance and ability to stay on track after the first hit can't be measured by watching film, it's a must see. Our backers got exposed, in that we aren't fast. They made lbs cover and play in space and we have to plays because of it. We will have to find a way to make adjustments for that. Finally play calling... we got very conservative in 3rd qtr. I believe it was by design to get it off the game healthy and with a win. I don't expect to see us pull off the gas in Frisco. I see us forcing every bit of muscle we have to ensure we win.

[Vamos Gatos Vamos]

Good write up, thanks. And how ‘bout those BOBCATS!!! The year’s broken their way weekly including getting NDSU in the natty. Can’t wait. USD was big, fast, strong & disciplined. Easily the best team we’ve played. Great scheme by our coordinators on both sides, but the D yesterday surprised me. I thought they’d kill us throwing the short passes & they did early. MSU shut off the offense after the td in the third quarter & while it makes for an anxious 2nd half, what a luxury for the health of the team. We’re going into the natty healthy & confident, and why not? We handily beat the team that was as good or better than the Dakota States. NDSU has to be worried. Anyone know the North Dakota state song? N is for the N in North Da-Koooo-Da! O is for the O….in…, uh, North Da-Kooo-Da!

[SparkCat]

I always seem to go ham on a player, so here’s my ham. I think Henley, will be an absolute menace in years to come. As a true freshman, he has movements you don’t see at this level. If he had an entire year of receiving kick returns he would have taken a few back, he’s been close. If he puts on weight, and maintains his agility, he’s going to be an exciting one to watch.

[rivercat]

I understand the lack of enthusiasm for the "prevent offense". It doesn't have the excitement we're used to seeing. But the goal is to win and stay healthy for ultimate goal of winning a championship. That's great coaching albeit uncomfortable to watch.

[wbtfg]

Good: Vigen has preached complimentary football all year long. I thought the offense did a great job of picking up the defense and visa versa later in the game.

Bad: one thing that has remained the same from the 0-11 season is that we still can’t seem to figure out the referee mic system.

Ugly: Gris fans.

[Bobcat Sig]

Ugly: Gris fans.

Eff those whiny losers. To be expected from those classless simps.

[VimSince03]

The Good:

[ClowderUp]

Ugly: Gris fans.

Eff those whiny losers. To be expected from those classless simps.

There's some major butthurt on Twitter from gris fans. It's not anonymous, and some of these idiots are otherwise respectable and professional people. Hard to believe really.

[tetoncat]

Good all of above
Bad Mellott missed Dowler high early could have been TD. Dowler had one off finger tips could of been TD ended with FG. Mellott had another where missed a guy to extend drive. Too many 3 and outs.
Ugly not much.

[lutecat]

I disagree with the LOS assessment. On D, we consistently strung edge plays out, and forced the RBs back to the inside. When they ran up the middle, Theis was met close to the LOS most of the time. If he got 4-5 yards, it was because he earned them. The USD O line wasn't pushing our DL back very often, or creating huge holes.

Our O line generated good push for about half the game, and made some great adjustments in the 2nd quarter. USD tackled very well when the RBs got to the second level, limiting big plays.

They didn't have the running success we're used to because they're safeties are legit. Coming up and filling gaps along with their lb's. That Shorter dude is going to be a stud in the NFL, I predict.

[SparkCat]

The Good:

That’s a powerful image

[D-Wreck]

Ugly: Gris fans.

Eff those whiny losers. To be expected from those classless simps.

There's some major butthurt on Twitter from gris fans. It's not anonymous, and some of these idiots are otherwise respectable and professional people. Hard to believe really.

Who cares? We're playing, they're not.

[nanacat]

The Good:

That’s a powerful image

That's great!!