Grizzlies1982 said:
I agree "The King is not dead". Though at the moment his condition isn't exactly clear.
No Dakota St & Montana both made their own mistakes and each has some obvious issues to clean up. That said, overall each team played a great game. Kudos for displaying FCS so well to the entire nation!
NDSU's offensive line is a beast and their running game (sans Crockett) is still a force of nature. Wentz getting hobbled late in the game was a huge advantage for the Griz to take that element out of it. The dude is a very smooth runner and made me nervous every time he rolled out. Although the Bison gained about 10,000 yards I felt the Montana defensive line put in an impressive effort considering the huge size difference. Our inexperience secondary also pleasantly surprised me (except for a couple of blown coverages) playing as well as they did.
I'd also like to commend those of you at the game. You were loud and proud and that came through the TV speakers. To any NDSU fans reading this, hope we can schedule another series again, and best of luck to you in the coming season! :ugeek:
Hope to schedule this game again as well. Fun series for sure. I thought Gus for Montana was pretty salty. Should be a good one all year for the Griz. Couple of thoughts I have to close this game.
1. Your two wide receivers are tremendous football players. Those who bashed NDSU's secondary didn't watch the same game I did. Nearly every pass play was defended well. The Griz receivers were frankly just more athletic and came down with the ball.
2. With point 1 being said, not having CJ Smith healthy for this game completely changed the outcome. The Griz targeted one DB, Jordan Champion, the entire game. Smith is an extremely talented