Battle tested? They beat Thomas More, not too much of a test. They got doubled up by Purdue, not exactly a powerhouse there. They won over UTM 37-10 who everyone is beatin' up. The QB seems pretty decent, but I don't see the battle test they've had. It doesn't appear that SEMO is much of a challenge this year either.
I'll wager they finish in the top 3 of the valley. DM me what you want to bet.
i think their qb needs to improve his accuracy for them to reach their potential, and really be a top ten team. against the griz, even when pressure from the rush was limited, he threw some balls that were way off target. not sure of his season stats, though, maybe the griz game was an anomaly for him?
He was 37/59 (63%) in the other two games, including 23/38 (60.5%) against FBS Kansas State.
And UND isn’t? They should have beat what many thought would be a Big12 contender with one of the better conference QBs. And then they damn near came into the toughest environment in FCS and got a win.
You and @Griz in Texas are selling the Salukis short. They move up the poles when they LOSE! And we all know polesters know their shit.
No one is selling them short. What have they done sine 1983?
You aren’t picking up on the CDA sarcasm in all of this
They beat Thomas More (NAIA transitional) and climbed 5 spots, lost to Purdue scoring 3 points total in the final 45 minutes and climbed a spot, and then they beat winless UTM and climbed 3 or 4 spots (depending on pole). SIU is unstoppable.
So I'm already one up.
Shoulda coulda woulda...almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
This is why I was cheering so hard for them to win that K-State game (which they honestly should have). It would've helped us immensely in our SoS. Almost winning got people talking about them, but that's about it, and now they're 1-2 and probably looking at 8-4 best case.
Spot on!
My response was in regard to if ND was “battle tested” or not. They’ve played two tough games on the road. Both of which many are saying they should have won.
Battle tested is not that you beat Portland State 50-20. It is that you held off K-State 35-31 or Montana 23-17 when the chips were down. We have all, most likely, almost done something along the way in our lives, particularly those of us that are a bit older. The Grizzlies almost beat Villanova, Georgia Southern and James Madison for national championships, for example. They won against Marshall and Furman with teams that were BATTLE TESTED. The others just came up short.
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