[October 1, 2011] #23 Indiana State (3-1) at South Dakota State (1-3)

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#23 Indiana State Sycamores (3-1) at South Dakota State Jackrabbits (1-3)
Coughlin-Alumni Stadium - Brookings, SD
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Kickoff: 7:00pm EST​
 

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South Dakota State comes into the game with a 1-3 record with their only win coming at home against Southern Utah, which just happened to boatrace UNLV this weekend. SDSU is still a bit of an unknown quantity as they've had a pretty tough schedule up to this point IMO. They lead the MVFC in passing offense (237.75 ypg) and net punting at 39.43 yards per punt.

Last Three Meetings:

ISU 41, SDSU 30: http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=303030282
SDSU: 41, ISU 0: http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=292622571
SDSU: 49, ISU 9: http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=282990282
 
It's a long trip to Brookings. The last trip there for the Sycamores did not go so well, so this is another "bucket list" game. SDSU has had some issues with their QB leaving, but as I've said many times and truly feel--unless we bring our "A" game, any team in the MVFC can beat us. Another fast start is key, and certainly better pass defense, particularly on the underneath routes. It was good to see Santino Davis get some time at LB--he seems to know his responsibilities on his drops into coverage.
 
since I live in the upper midwest I'll be at this game, one thing that will be different for ISU this weekend is that they'll be playing on grass, so that may slow them down?

this will be their new QB's 2nd start, if ISU can pressure them (and keep the pressure on for a longer stretch of time) like they did YSU then this could be a big win for ISU. Need to win on the road if they want to compete for an MVFC championship.

And I sure as heck hope they're not looking past this game to the big showdown with UNI on the 8th.
 

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that poll ONLY reflects records after this weekend, if you look at the poll closely you'll see that the points have not changed from last weeks' polls. Everyone has the same amount of points as last week. the new, updated, polls will be out tomorrow. Then ISU should be ahead of YSU., they'll all be out around noon tomorrow. So this poll has simply not been updated other than team records.

new sycamore fan said:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings/full/fcscoachespoll

Figure this poll out? How is Youngstown State still ranked ahead of us, and how, even with their national championship last year, is Eastern Washington still in the top 25 at 0-4??
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Ya this couldn't have been updated yet. There's no way North Dakota St slides 6 spots after beating Minnesota.
 

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Jackrabbits are getting votes; think they're in the 'top 50'...

Need to win this game; noIowa will be tougher
 
all games from here on out will be tough and close...but I don't think they have the players youngstown has....hopefully grass won't affect us and we can play solid and mistake free and see what happens...I feel better about this game then I did the youngstown game...but still will be tough...
 
they played ill st good...and ill st played youngtown good....so we are probably pretty even and they are at home...I say we still edge this one out by 3...no more than 10
 
BigBlue79 said:
they played ill st good...and ill st played youngtown good....so we are probably pretty even and they are at home...I say we still edge this one out by 3...no more than 10
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Styles make fights and that Illinois state team just isn't very good IMHO. Plus we beat Youngstown, If we don't win this by ten I will be very disappointed in out team: we can score they don't have a qb with much experience.
 

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We barely beat Youngstown and Youngstown barely beat I'll st. I think all teams n the valley are pretty even except niu and nsdu. But anyway I said we win by no more than ten and I wouldn't be disappointed. This will be no pushover and a win by ten could come down to a few plays.
 
BigBlue79 said:
We barely beat Youngstown and Youngstown barely beat I'll st. I think all teams n the valley are pretty even except niu and nsdu. But anyway I said we win by no more than ten and I wouldn't be disappointed. This will be no pushover and a win by ten could come down to a few plays.
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Alot of emotion in that first game with a new qb...I would bet our defense is better than evil isu and our offense may be the best in the league. I would take the over on the spread but this isn't a bad team in sdsu, just a bad matchup and as I said "styles make fights."
 
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