Gophers just jumped out to a 14-3 lead over Illinois in Champagne early in the 3rd quarter. Some trickery in this one as P Justin Kucek completed a 12 yard 1st down pass to Duane Bennett deep in the Gophers own territory, they did not score on the continuation of that ensuing drive however. Defenses for both teams are playing well in this one.
Go Brewster and Co.!
#17 Western Illinois Leathernecks vs. #11 NDSU Bison
Tough matchup for the Bison today in the Fargodome as the Leathernecks sport the FCS' #6 ranked offense, though the Bison also send out the #14 ranked FCS defense that holds up very well against the run, the primary strength of WI. Also a matchup of Walter Payton Award candidates at RB for both teams, in Herb Donaldson(830 yards, 12 TDs) for WI and Tyler Roehl(407 yards, 4 TDs) for NDSU. Roehl has been banged up but you could say he won this matchup last year in Macomb, Ill with 136 yards to Donaldsons 97 in a 41-28 Bison victory(they both scored 3 TDs).
Homefield advantage has been huge for the Bison in Head Coach Craig Bohl's tenure, and I see this continuing today in a tough physical matchup that remains a close shootout throughout.
NDSU 34 - WI 27
-SCORE RECAPS, 10/12/08-
Gophers pulled out another great victory winning on the road 27-20. Starting to get mad at the Big Ten Network as I currently can't watch any of their games on TV and become more interested week after week... starting to appreciate Coach Tim Brewster (didn't think I'd ever say that...)
As for my Bison, I got the Western Illinois score right, but the Bison fall 27-22 at home in the Fargodome. This was a big hit to any playoff aspirations for the Bison as they fall to 3-3 and will have to go undefeated the rest of the way to even have a shot at the National Championship bracket in their first year of FCS eligibility. The Bison have been hurt this year by a banged up All-America RB in Tyler Roehl, and QB Nick Mertens at this point just isn't as great as Superman Steve Walker was over his career. If you ask me, I'd say turn this team into a spread offense and let Nick mature with his great stable of receivers because the running game has not been doing much this season (compared to others...) with Roehl playing hurt. Utilize that Big Arm and let Kole Heckendorf and company set all the NDSU passing records (which aren't even close to as great as you'd expect of ANY college FB team...), I think that would be fun to watch. The Bison are still a very good team however and the FCS powerhouses (Appalachian State, Northern Iowa, etc...) are all having down years, so who knows what could happen if the Bison put together a good run, lets hope for it... Go Herd!
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