Gored birds game week

[Trapped in California]

MVFC play is finally here.

It should be a great matchup on paper. Many of the offensive & defensive stats between the two team are similar, though it appears that UNI has a significantly stronger rushing offense that ISU.

UNI has paid a significantly tougher FCS schedule, per Massey.

All DI (FBS & FCS combined rank)

UNI - 88
- Iowa State - 67
- Eastern Washington - 98
- Cal Poly - 150

ISU - 84
- Iowa - 30
- Eastern Illinois - 169
- Morgan State - 269

It also appears that ISU has significant injuries to three starters

WR Christian Gibbs week to week (cracked clavicle against EIU last week)
WR Jon-Marc Anderson probable for UNI game (bone bruise against EIU last week)
DE Teddy Corwin (broken foot? on 09/14/15 out 4-6 weeks, though listed week to week).

[panther-state]

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UNI might have the better rushing stats but ISUr still has Marshaun Coprich and Tre Roberson, two very dangerous and proven MVFC athletes. Selling drugs doesn't slow you down on the football field, at least not when your crooked athletics program bails you out immediately.

[TravelingPanther]

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Make sure you guys don't say anything negative about Illinois State.

[Trapped in California]

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They have a fantastic prisoner re-entry program

[Trapped in California]

Lots of stuff going on for the Redbirds, not much of it positive for them (at least on the surface)

http://m.pantagraph.com/sports/college/football/coprich-closing-in-on-isu-rushing-history/article_6b344b76-be85-5fce-bf70-1a9dcd393037.html?mobile_touch=true

From my NSA monitored nexus 5

[vbfan19]

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hopefully Coprich won't be setting that record for another week and a half.

[pantherclaw]

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Is this one on CSN/Comecast Chicago like it always is?

[UNI92]

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I've got a good vibe going into this game (and NDSU) for some reason.
Seems like every time we lay an egg at ISU to start the season, we do well in MVC play. We've rebounded nicely and Bailey has shown that he can throw the ball and our defense is stout. Revenge for the playoff loss is another factor. ISU's offensive line is suspect and our special teams have improved quite a bit since the opener.

[Trapped in California]

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Redbirds seem to have been hit hard by injury bug already. Maybe UNI has same issues, but simply has not let the information become public.

ISU has injury issues at WR, DE and apparently safety & CB, per the linked article above & this one.

Tre Robinson passing efficiency rating has gone up slightly from last year to about 160. (His overall rank has fallen from 5th in 2014 to 15th so far this year. EWU's Jordan Webb is #1 efficiency of 202) For comparison, Aaron Bailey is surprisingly at #38 out of 115 FCS QBs ranked, with efficiency of 141.

Tre's passing rating was really goosed by the Morgan State game. His passer rating against Iowa & EIU was about 101.4. Passer rating against Morgan State was over 338.

Does Farley attempt to take away the run or the pass?

[Panther'73]

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Is this one on CSN/Comecast Chicago like it always is?

ESPN3 is carrying the game

[panther1]

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Redbirds seem to have been hit hard by injury bug already. Maybe UNI has same issues, but simply has not let the information become public.

ISU has injury issues at WR, DE and apparently safety & CB, per the linked article above & this one.

Tre Robinson passing efficiency rating has gone up slightly from last year to about 160. (His overall rank has fallen from 5th in 2014 to 15th so far this year. EWU's Jordan Webb is #1 efficiency of 202) For comparison, Aaron Bailey is surprisingly at #38 out of 115 FCS QBs ranked, with efficiency of 141.

Tre's passing rating was really goosed by the Morgan State game. His passer rating against Iowa & EIU was about 101.4. Passer rating against Morgan State was over 338.

Does Farley attempt to take away the run or the pass?

Farley always attempts to take away the run.

[panther-state]

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Their passing game has been weakened by injury so far. The receiving corps is hurting and the article you posted mentioned that they are pulling some redshirts to replace the losses. I also saw that they are playing one of their TE's both ways in order to improve their pass rush. The loss of Corwin has been big

[Trapped in California]

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Even if Corwin is somehow healed up earlier than expected, can't imagine that he would be in great physical shape after three weeks in a cast/boot. It's not like he would be able to take reps. Maybe he found a way to get some cardio in in the pool or on a bike, but that's not the same as wrestling a 300 lb guy daily.

[panther-state]

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I haven't heard much but the outlook would seem that he isn't playing this week. In fact I thought they were still evaluating to what extent he is injured. For his sake and ISU's I hope he heals up quickly. The MVFC needs ISU to remain a strong force in the FCS. The polls are much more likely to be kind to ISU and keeping them in the Top 10-15 than they would be for bringing teams like Western, SIU, etc...into that fold

[Gocats15]

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Here's the depth chart for this week, a few interesting things. Not sure how closely Farley will follow it based on his past though.



1. Didn't Twait start at LT and Hanson at RG last week? Our OL seemed much better with that group, why would we go back to the unit that struggled in weeks 1 and 2?

2. No Savon Huggins on the depth chart is odd, considering he's been our main KR so far. I thought he'd at least get listed at RB too, since he seen some PT.

3. Peiffer is listed ahead of McNeil again, although I still expect McNeil to play more.

4. Ray Buchanan seems to be off the depth chart as well. Not sure what the deal is there. Our CB depth chart at the beginning of the year had Buchanan as Dorleant's backup and Whiting as Hall's backup. Now Whiting is behind Dorleant and Young is behind Hall.

5. Demos has probably seen the 4th most time at WR, but isn't listed. Instead, Weymiller, Rod Hall, and Holley are listed as the backups, even though I don't think Holley has played at all.