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Re: North Dakota State vs Towson - National Championship
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blueballs
Bad match up all the way around for Towson. I can't think of a clear cut advantage for them in any area.
NDSU is very physical, tough, and they make you pay for every mistake... very sound, well coached, experienced, confident, perhaps the best team in the history of the division.
I might set off a poop storm with this, but I think there is one advantage that Towson has here...
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Coaching.
Nothing against Bohl at all, but Ambrose has taken a team that moved into the CAA from the middle of the pack in the Patriot League and has made them the top CAA team for a few years running now. Towson has lost some unexpected games over the past few years, but he has them ready for the big games. I laughed last year at Ambrose's apparent confidence about having a decent chance against LSU, but they did very well and he arguably out-coached Les Miles.
When NDSU has come up against opponents that they can't overpower (see Georgia Southern last year) they win more by making fewer mistakes (of course the Noise-O-Dome was a big help) and executing.
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Re: North Dakota State vs Towson - National Championship
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344Johnson
What the hell does that mean?
Towson wants to be known as "Baltimore's" college, rather than just another school in the State of Maryland University system
Re: North Dakota State vs Towson - National Championship
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Professor Chaos
I'm not saying he was a wimp. It took a lot of guts for him to go back out there hurt last year knowing the game was out of reach. However, he didn't show the toughness that Jerick McKinnon showed in the 2012 semis. That guy took hit after hit from the Bison defense and kept running hard. He wasn't much bigger than Bell either.
Prof., I usually agree with you, but seriously? I marveled at how McKinnion is built like a linebacker, Bell not nearly close to that. I think the "tough as nails" award goes to Jaybo Shaw. Man, did he take a beating in the 2011 semi-final.
Just my opinion.
Re: North Dakota State vs Towson - National Championship
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UIWWildthing
Towson wants to be known as "Baltimore's" college, rather than just another school in the State of Maryland University system
What about UB, UMB, UMBC, Morgan, Coppin and Johns Hopkins?
Re: North Dakota State vs Towson - National Championship
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TigerFen
Wasn't mentioned by Ambrose on Athens Injury, but will double check the video when it gets posted on towson's Website tonight or in the morning.
I have a question for those who have seen NDSU that aren't fans of NDSU. How physical is NDSU? I think the most physical team Offensive line wise in FCS is Towson and we're pretty physical on Defense especially in the secondary. I have only seen bits and pieces of NDSU, so I want to see people's thoughts on this.
They are beasts. Dominant. Swagger. Fearless. Tough. Watch out though if one of your lineman hurts one of their lineman it will be a topic of cheap shots for the next few eons.
SDSU was able to match up for quite awhile on our home turf. Mostly because we play on grass, and nobody likes that, especially the Bison and UNI. We held them to 7 points until the 4th QTR, they of course held us to 0 and made Zenner a non-factor(as they have for 3 games). Of course I think we have two really nasty lines as well. It's a rivalry game so people get out there and get real physical. After watching your team yesterday, they are gritty and they don't know they are supposed to lose. Which is good! It's going to be a home game for NDSU don't let anybody tell you different. NDSU isn't going to F around in the championship. I say you have a 5-10% chance. If you stop NDSU you've earned your National Championship. If their is a loss the explosions you hear will be the simultaneous eruption of Bisonville and lakes' head! Good luck!
Re: North Dakota State vs Towson - National Championship
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed.
Towson is just another small school, Division I-AA team that no one in the midwest has ever heard of that NDSU is going to embarrass by 35+ points.
Playing Eastern Washington (and crushing them into red, goopy paste) would have been meaningful. It would have been significant for Brock Jensen. He deserved that. Instead, this magical, culminating season has resulting in one insignificant, punishing defeat after another of no-name teams (in the midwest). A little disappointing.
I remember thinking how great it would've been to play North Dakota, Montana State and Eastern Washington in the Fargodome before winning the national championship. Instead, this sad-sack division gave Fargo: Furman, Coastal Carolina and New Hampshire. Now Towson. The only questions I've fielded about Towson so far are "Where the heck is Towson??" Being a very knowledgeable person, I of course educate them that it is a public school (despite the name) located in Baltimore.
And before this stream of consciousness is up, I just want to take a second to rant about the Eastern Illinois and Eastern Washington playoff games. Both were embarrassments for the division on ESPN. Both featured high-school stadiums in abysmal weather. The type of conditions that aren't fair to these athletes, who worked so hard all year to get there - only to have the game ruined by snow and cold, which make high-level, high-performance football impossible.
Casual fans must have thought to themselves "oh those poor boys have to play their high-school playoff game in the snow...I wonder why this is on ESPN?? Oh well, time to change the channel." And for those tuning into the Eastern Washington game, there was of course the sharp gasp when they set eyes upon the red field.
Congrats to the Bison on their third national championship. Should have been four in a row. Refs stole the game away from Brock Jensen. I'll always say that, to the bitter end.
Congrats to these seniors. The best class that FCS/DI-AA has ever seen and probably ever will see.
Congrats to coach Bohl. You've literally taken NDSU's football team as far as it can go. You literally can't prove anything more in this sub-division. You will have success in Wyoming, I'm a Cowboy fan now. Maybe my dreams will come true and one day NDSU can join the Mountain West.
Over and out.
Re: North Dakota State vs Towson - National Championship
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Originally Posted by
MplsBison
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed.
Towson is just another small school, Division I-AA team that no one in the midwest has ever heard of that NDSU is going to embarrass by 35+ points.
Playing Eastern Washington (and crushing them into red, goopy paste) would have been meaningful. It would have been significant for Brock Jensen. He deserved that. Instead, this magical, culminating season has resulting in one insignificant, punishing defeat after another of no-name teams (in the midwest). A little disappointing.
I remember thinking how great it would've been to play North Dakota, Montana State and Eastern Washington in the Fargodome before winning the national championship. Instead, this sad-sack division gave Fargo: Furman, Coastal Carolina and New Hampshire. Now Towson. The only questions I've fielded about Towson so far are "Where the heck is Towson??" Being a very knowledgeable person, I of course educate them that it is a public school (despite the name) located in Baltimore.
And before this stream of consciousness is up, I just want to take a second to rant about the Eastern Illinois and Eastern Washington playoff games. Both were embarrassments for the division on ESPN. Both featured high-school stadiums in abysmal weather. The type of conditions that aren't fair to these athletes, who worked so hard all year to get there - only to have the game ruined by snow and cold, which make high-level, high-performance football impossible.
Casual fans must have thought to themselves "oh those poor boys have to play their high-school playoff game in the snow...I wonder why this is on ESPN?? Oh well, time to change the channel." And for those tuning into the Eastern Washington game, there was of course the sharp gasp when they set eyes upon the red field.
Congrats to the Bison on their third national championship. Should have been four in a row. Refs stole the game away from Brock Jensen. I'll always say that, to the bitter end.
Congrats to these seniors. The best class that FCS/DI-AA has ever seen and probably ever will see.
Congrats to coach Bohl. You've literally taken NDSU's football team as far as it can go. You literally can't prove anything more in this sub-division. You will have success in Wyoming, I'm a Cowboy fan now. Maybe my dreams will come true and one day NDSU can join the Mountain West.
Over and out.
Towson is larger than NDSU. You can find that out on the Google machine.
Re: North Dakota State vs Towson - National Championship
Bison Media Guide from the last time NDSU played Towson. It was a cold day and the crowd was sparse.
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1983 NCAA Quarterfinals
FARGO, N.D.
—For the second straight year, North Dakota State opened NCAA playoff action on the home turf of Dacotah Field and the Bison responded with a 24-17 victory over Towson State of Maryland.
The Bison led 14-0 in the opening quarter of play as Jeff Willis and Jeff Bentrim collected short scoring runs. Willis' TD was set up by Jeff Willer's recovery of a fumble
on the Towson 40- yard line. Bentrim's 13-yard run in the third quarter and Ken Kubisz' 24-yard field goal in the fourth quarter upped the Bison margin to 24-10 before TSU scored with 1:10 left to cut the gap.
Freshman running back Chad Stark did not score a touchdown, but his 164 yards rushing in 26 carries was nearly an NCAA single-game
playoff record. The win was the 22nd straight at home for NDSU and the victory was the 32nd in 35 games for NDSU.
Statistics TSU NDSU
First Downs 18 22
Yds. Rush 111 304
Yds. Pass 222 86
Passes 19-39-2 4-11-0
Punts 6-37.8 6-38.8
Penalties 3-30 8-50
Fumbles/Lost 2-2 3-3
Towson State 0 10 0 7 -- 17
NDSU 14 0 7 3 -- 24
NDSU--Willis 2 run (Kubisz kick)
NDSU--Bentrim 1 run (Kubisz kick)
TSU--FG Nolan 31
TSU--O'Neal 15 pass from Rogers (Nolan kick)
NDSU--Bentrim 13 run (Kubisz kick)
NDSU--FG Kubisz 24
TSU--Lewns 12 pass from Rogers (Nolan kick)
A--5,600
Top Individuals
Rushing--Stark (NDSU) 26-164; O'Neal (TSU) 22-89; Bentrim (NDSU) 26-69; Molstre (NDSU) 8-33
Passing--Rogers (TSU) 19-39-2, 222 yds.; Bentrim (NDSU) 4-11-0, 68 yds.
Receiving--Murphy (TSU) 5-59; O'Neal (TSU) 4-57; Baer (NDSU) 2-32; Mejia (TSU) 4-31
Re: North Dakota State vs Towson - National Championship
Bison fans are acting like you are playing a high school team on Jan 4th. You are the best team right now, but don't count your trophies til it's over. Are you favored? Sure. Give Towson a little respect though. LSU didnt even beat us by 35+
Re: North Dakota State vs Towson - National Championship
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MplsBison
I'm a Cowboy fan now.
Over and out.
See Ya, don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.