JDoub
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2011BisonAlumni said:Your comment is exactly why NDSU is different than any other teams. It has never been about one guy. They play as a team. There are very few DB's who could cover Moss.
I never saw a FCS team bring pressure like the 2013 team did from the front 4. You bring pressure from the front 4 and don't allow Moss time to get down field. That entire defense was ridiculously good. Offense would have chewed clock and kept Marshall off the field.
Never said it was about one guy. Marshall was in the NC in 95 without Moss and lost to Montana 22-20. The were a damn good team, and so was Montana.
Add 420@FSU and Moss joins the Thundering Herd
Went to the chipper again in 96 and beat Montana 49-29 and it wasn't even that close. One guy on an already great team makes that much of a difference.
They beat pressure, even the kind of pressure NDSU could bring. Moss didn't need to get downfield. NDSU can bring 8 guys and Kresser/Pennington still get it off to Moss and he burns everybody. They did it all day long, and kept doing it when they moved up and won the MAC the next year.
All I'm saying is the 1996 Thundering Herd would not get beat by all 5 Bison NC teams. Not a knock on the Bison, but the 96 Herd was a special team and there are reasons why they were 15-0, dominated 8 ranked teams in the process, and were ranked #1 each week of the entire season.