I posted this as a response to another thread, but I think it deserves its own conversation.
Looking at the box score NDSU accumulated 157 yd on the ground, and 81 of those yards were or from the quarterback. Simple math says the rest of the team got 76 yards on the ground.
This is on top of 292 yd passing, with one TD.
Absent the quarterback's running they had 382 yards of total offense. If we can do that consistently game in and game out, that's top 50 in terms of total defense.
#1 That quarterback is damn good. He is their offense.
#2 I Don't understand why CU didn't put a spy on him in order to contain him from a running standpoint. But this also speaks to a lack of gap discipline on the part of the defensive line and LB's which is something that can be fixed and needs to be fixed.
#3 If you eliminate the explosion please these numbers look even better.
The bottom line for me is that these are all fixable issues.
Looking at the box score NDSU accumulated 157 yd on the ground, and 81 of those yards were or from the quarterback. Simple math says the rest of the team got 76 yards on the ground.
This is on top of 292 yd passing, with one TD.
Absent the quarterback's running they had 382 yards of total offense. If we can do that consistently game in and game out, that's top 50 in terms of total defense.
#1 That quarterback is damn good. He is their offense.
#2 I Don't understand why CU didn't put a spy on him in order to contain him from a running standpoint. But this also speaks to a lack of gap discipline on the part of the defensive line and LB's which is something that can be fixed and needs to be fixed.
#3 If you eliminate the explosion please these numbers look even better.
The bottom line for me is that these are all fixable issues.
