**North Dakota State** Game Thread

[06panther10]

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Check out bisonville right now. A whole lot of sore loser cry baby bashing of UNI going on right now. Hilarious.

Fact is, we played like dog crap from start to finish and still beat them convincingly.

[PurpleClaw11]

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Did NDSU's secondary make a single solo tackle the whole game? That was some of the worst tackling I have ever seen. Also I was getting sick and tired of the announcers saying how poorly UNI played because of the 500+ yards given up and coming into the game the average was 65.......did they bother to check who UNI played the last 4 games?? At one point one of the announcers said UNI "overlooked" NDSU and would be in for a long day playing the same way next week!?!?!? I know it wasn't the best football played by UNI, but it was on the road in a hostile environment and they won by two touchdowns and put up 42 points. I will take that.

Also I thought it was funny how after Fort's INT the whole NDSU sideline started whining about the hit on their precious QB. If they called an illegal block I wouldn't have minded as much but unsportmanlike conduct just because it was the QB was ridiculous. Someone I was watching the game with said it best that once the pick was thrown he was not a QB anymore but a defender.

[Trapped in California]

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Was there something that happened off camera with Kninney & Mertens? It looked like he was just laying on top of Mertens.

[Roy Fleming]

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...Someone I was watching the game with said it best that once the pick was thrown he was not a QB anymore but a defender.

I'm not sure that is the case, actually.

[PurpleClaw11]

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so you can't throw a block on a QB? I just meant it seemed like that is what they called it for and if the same block would have happened to a RB for example a flag wouldn't have been thrown. However if it was an illegal block or if something happened that wasn't shown the flag should have absolutely been thrown.

[CanuckPanther]

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Does it seem strange that a school which brags about its huge following, with 5,000 to UNI last year, and umteen thousand to Minnesota last year, and they could not even fill the Fargodome?????????
To those who listened or watched this game on TV, was there a decent number of UNI fans who could be seen/heard?
Did the team go sing the fight song to the UNI fans after the game?

[Newsbreaker]

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Screw them. There is nothing about NDSU that I can stomach for a single second. I hate SIU - but I respect them. NDSU I don't respect - not their players, not their coaches, not their fans.

UNI played its worst game of the year by a mile and still kicked the crap out of you (after your best effort of the year). Get in the back of the MVFC bus where you belong you loudmouthed punks.

[Pantherwoman]

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Yes, our team sang the fight song proudly. We travel very well. Lots of parents and fans there. Several came from the Twin Cities area. The Fargo Dome is much different
than the UNI Dome. In my opinion similar to Vets arena in DSM.

[06panther10]

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I thought the UNI fans sounded great on TV. Many loud UNI chants. Honestly, the UNI chants were about as loud as any noise from the entire crowd, from what I could tell on TV.

[Newsbreaker]

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I thought the UNI fans sounded great on TV. Many loud UNI chants. Honestly, the UNI chants were about as loud as any noise from the entire crowd, from what I could tell on TV.

To be fair, a lot of NDSU fans came dressed as empty chairs today. Hard to make much noise in a costume.

[paMANther]

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I hope NSDU gets beat by Indiana State

[06panther10]

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Screw them. There is nothing about NDSU that I can stomach for a single second. I hate SIU - but I respect them. NDSU I don't respect - not their players, not their coaches, not their fans.

I agree with this. I truly respect SIU for what they have done against us and in this conference. But I am just sick of this Bison crap. Nobody cares about your freaking DII titles, or your stupid machine shed stadium.

Hey NDSU, YOU ARE 1-5.

[Big_Al]

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Here are my observations:

1. Way, way too many unsportsmanlike calls. Farley better have the team doing steps in the dome all week.
2. Paschall is the real deal. Too bad he's the only deal for the Bison.
3. Mertens can't pass.
4. The Fargoshed looked like ass on the TV. Of course, that could be because
5. That TV production was half-assed, sloppy and all over unprofessional. 2 blocked punts for TDs and each time, the camera is aimed at the other end of the field. Oh, and the slo-mo replay of a random Bison helmet really added a helpful perspective on that pass play.
6. UNI fans sounded loud and PROUD!

5-1 baby -- almost exactly how we like it. I will say NDSU didn't look 1-5 bad, but I'll be shocked if they finish the year 6-5. Welcome to the MVFC, fellas.

[Roy Fleming]

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so you can't throw a block on a QB? I just meant it seemed like that is what they called it for and if the same block would have happened to a RB for example a flag wouldn't have been thrown. However if it was an illegal block or if something happened that wasn't shown the flag should have absolutely been thrown.

Be reasonable. Of course you can block the QB. But if he is not involved in the play, you risk a penalty.

[Big_Al]

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Yeah, that was a terrible call. Refs were a joke this game. While there was plenty of unsportsmanlike conduct and holding, those guys missed a lot of legit calls, imho.

so you can't throw a block on a QB? I just meant it seemed like that is what they called it for and if the same block would have happened to a RB for example a flag wouldn't have been thrown. However if it was an illegal block or if something happened that wasn't shown the flag should have absolutely been thrown.