Re: NDSU v Iowa State 2014 (after NDSU wins 3rd title & 43-2!)
This thread is getting aggressive
This thread is getting aggressive
please stop ignoring the posts about your ****** website.
#BisoNation is what trends on twitter when NDSU Plays or is on ESPN GAMEDAY....ever had that in Ames?
#BisoNation is what trends on twitter when NDSU Plays or is on ESPN GAMEDAY....ever had that in Ames?
7 returning starters on defense. 1000+ rusher at running back? Nebraska transfer at RB. 1000 yard WR. and 3 oline starters. NDSU will beat ISU. I guarantee it.
Kind of depends on what you define as a "starter". ISU will return i believe 13 or 14 different guys of whom all started at one point (and a majority) of the year on offense. I can name them if you would like.
Defense is a different story, but we return 3 linebackers who got significant time, 4 or 5 D-lineman who got significant playing time, and 3 corners who got some starts, and playing time. Safety is going to be where the playing time is thin. The coaches believe or two JUCO safeties are starter-quality, and there are some 2nd and 3rd year guys who were stuck behind Broomfield and Washington who i think can compete for a starting spot also.
ISU definitely has more experience than last year IMO. There are literally 6 or 7 different linebackers who might see time (one being our likely starter at MLB JUCO Jordan Harris).
So i don't know if you are saying that ISU will be inexperienced? The only group i would agree with you on would be a few secondary spots.
Why the JUCO players or possible transfers? Does the coaching staff have issues recruiting or with player development? Just curious, I believe the Neb. transfer for NDSU is the first in quite sometime.
Because why the hell would anyone leave a juco to transfer to ndsu? Ndsu is practically a juco itselfWhy the JUCO players or possible transfers? Does the coaching staff have issues recruiting or with player development? Just curious, I believe the Neb. transfer for NDSU is the first in quite sometime.
Because why the hell would anyone leave a juco to transfer to ndsu? Ndsu is practically a juco itself
I have to agree with you, a talent gap does seem to exist. In fact earlier in the thread I ran the Game Analyzer Mechanism based on last yrs statistics.
I took down NDSUs stats -14% and increased the ISU stats by +6%. This of course encompasses strength of schedule, as explained in the original post, but that is a derivative of talent viewed as performance over time, I guess?
The GAM is showing a close game, 25.9-22.4 in favor of The BISON.
From here we can adjust inputs, based on observations, to make a very good prediction on this years games.