1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

[YanktonJack7]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

Keys to a Jackrabbit win are simple:

Stop Zach Bauman. He seems to be their entire offense. He has 1355 rushing yards with 8 TD as well as 41 receptions. He is their leading receiver in receptions. They use two QB's, who have a combined 14 TD's and 9 INT's.
Not saying it will be easy to stop him, but Bauman is their entire offense.

Their defense is described as "opportunistic," so we can't afford to botch a punt return, fumble or throw a INT (DUH).

NAU has played against 4 teams who finished with winning records this year. They went 2-2 in those games. They beat Montana and Southern Utah and lost to Arizona and Montana St. So I'm not sure how good they really are. They beat up on some cupcakes in the Big Sky. Beat 5-7 Sac State by 1 point, beat 3-9 Idaho State by 9 points, beat 4-8 USD by 6 points.

They average 8k a game and I would expect that the crowd this weekend to be less than or equal to that. Noise shouldn't be an issue for the Jacks.

Jacks need to show who the physical team is and represent the MVC well. They should play well and I expect them too. Is it Saturday yet? Go Jacks!

[Prairiehaas]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

Easy drives. I17 from Phoenix to Flagstaff. US93 & I40 from Las Vegas. Flagstaff is a nice town with good amenities. College town & ski town.

[csgame]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

Vegas isn't terrible far either (250 miles). Flagstaff is only about 120 miles from where I live. I'd go but I don't fly into 2pm (in Albuquerque), I'm in SD right now for the week. Flagstaff is a decent city. About 60K its at elevation (highest D-I team I believe). Its a pretty easy campus to get to. A bunch of new fast food restaurants are right by campus.

I'm going to guess that tickets will be pretty easy to get as its Thanksgiving weekend and they don't draw terribly well anyways.

Econolodge is right by campus and has rooms for $36 a night at hotels.com, its a cheap hotel but they do allow pets and your right there.

For those going I hope you have fun.

Are the roads solid from Phoenix and Las Vegas into Flagstaff?

[hareball]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

Take it from someone who lives at 9000 feet. There are only two ways to truly adjust to elevation. Spend a month or so at that elevation or get there the day of (or night before) and play before your body notices. We will be fine, these are 20 year olds who are in the shape of their lives. Elevation should not be, and won't be an excuse.

Joe Glenn said the same on the Coyote coaches show prior to the Yotes game against NAU that the best way to handle the higher elevation as a visiting team was to spend as little time as possible at the higher elevation.

[JackFan96]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

Gah! Stupid contract between ESPN and the NCAA. That means, even if you go to a sports bar, all they can do is put the Internet feed up on the big screen. I'll grant the feed of Youngstown was quite good, though I only watched on my laptop. But I couldn't even select full-screen mode. Hope Cubby's shows it somehow. Or BWW, I suppose.

[TailGatr]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

It's on ESPN3

[Theee Catrabbit]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

Haven't seen, but what are the viewing options for this game?
Elevation will be a factor if the players do not hydrate. That is the key. I think we all can agree in the Game That Shall Not Be Named elevation played a part in the end. Let's GO RABBITS!

[GopherHole]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

Take it from someone who lives at 9000 feet. There are only two ways to truly adjust to elevation. Spend a month or so at that elevation or get there the day of (or night before) and play before your body notices. We will be fine, these are 20 year olds who are in the shape of their lives. Elevation should not be, and won't be an excuse.

Don't forget hydration! Start drinking water now and don't stop until you're done with the victory celebration.

[Bozemaniac]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

Moral of the story...DON'T TURN THE BALL OVER!

I believe that's the moral of every football story.

[sfjacksfan99]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

Two of those eight defensive TDs were fumble returns during the Montana game, one that went for 98 yards.

You would make me go look at their box scores! So if the Fuzzies would have scored a TD it would have been 14-10 going into the half, instead it was 21-3 and then right out of the gate in the 2nd half they got the second fumble return to put the game away at 28-3. Moral of the story...DON'T TURN THE BALL OVER!

I see one of the pick-6s was against USeD's now WR/RB/TE. Who knows what happens if Earl starts that day?

NAU is undefeated at home. Though I would argue the Fuzzies were the only formidable foe...a continuation of my shots at the Big Sky today.

Once again, hashtag for the week: #JustWin

[jacksfan29]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

I never thought about the elevation until someone mentioned it. It might be tough to get ZZ 30 carries in the light air. I don't know what happened to the RB depth chart yesterday, but Gandy made it a little more foggy now. But ZZ might have to get a few more plays off whether we like it or not. As long as Gandy and/or Rodriguez are effective.

In the offensively happy Big Sky NAU is giving up 140 on the ground and 200 passing. The Jacks (not Lumberjacks) should be able to move the ball. They have a back with over 1300 yards, so hopefully this newly rejuvinated run defense continues. I also noticed they have 8 defensive TDs. That's a little scary. Turnovers kill, but pick-6s are devastating.

Take it from someone who lives at 9000 feet. There are only two ways to truly adjust to elevation. Spend a month or so at that elevation or get there the day of (or night before) and play before your body notices. We will be fine, these are 20 year olds who are in the shape of their lives. Elevation should not be, and won't be an excuse.

[Bozemaniac]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

I never thought about the elevation until someone mentioned it. It might be tough to get ZZ 30 carries in the light air. I don't know what happened to the RB depth chart yesterday, but Gandy made it a little more foggy now. But ZZ might have to get a few more plays off whether we like it or not. As long as Gandy and/or Rodriguez are effective.

In the offensively happy Big Sky NAU is giving up 140 on the ground and 200 passing. The Jacks (not Lumberjacks) should be able to move the ball. They have a back with over 1300 yards, so hopefully this newly rejuvinated run defense continues. I also noticed they have 8 defensive TDs. That's a little scary. Turnovers kill, but pick-6s are devastating.

Two of those eight defensive TDs were fumble returns during the Montana game, one that went for 98 yards.

[Nidaros]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

I never thought about the elevation until someone mentioned it. It might be tough to get ZZ 30 carries in the light air. I don't know what happened to the RB depth chart yesterday, but Gandy made it a little more foggy now. But ZZ might have to get a few more plays off whether we like it or not. As long as Gandy and/or Rodriguez are effective.

In the offensively happy Big Sky NAU is giving up 140 on the ground and 200 passing. The Jacks (not Lumberjacks) should be able to move the ball. They have a back with over 1300 yards, so hopefully this newly rejuvinated run defense continues. I also noticed they have 8 defensive TDs. That's a little scary. Turnovers kill, but pick-6s are devastating.

Maybe Turkey day will be in Flagstaff in order to adjust. The times I been out there have not noticed anything different due to altitude, but have not had as much as a touch game of football to base that on so it could be a problem. Lets hope not.

[bigticket1]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

I never thought about the elevation until someone mentioned it. It might be tough to get ZZ 30 carries in the light air. I don't know what happened to the RB depth chart yesterday, but Gandy made it a little more foggy now. But ZZ might have to get a few more plays off whether we like it or not. As long as Gandy and/or Rodriguez are effective.

In the offensively happy Big Sky NAU is giving up 140 on the ground and 200 passing. The Jacks (not Lumberjacks) should be able to move the ball. They have a back with over 1300 yards, so hopefully this newly rejuvinated run defense continues. I also noticed they have 8 defensive TDs. That's a little scary. Turnovers kill, but pick-6s are devastating.

Rodriguez was injured late in the game. Stig said on the post-game radio interview that it could be serious - didn't get anymore specific. If Gandy plays like he did yesterday , he is more than capable as the backup.

[sfjacksfan99]

Re: 1st Round at Northern Arizona 7 pm Nov 30th

I never thought about the elevation until someone mentioned it. It might be tough to get ZZ 30 carries in the light air. I don't know what happened to the RB depth chart yesterday, but Gandy made it a little more foggy now. But ZZ might have to get a few more plays off whether we like it or not. As long as Gandy and/or Rodriguez are effective.

In the offensively happy Big Sky NAU is giving up 140 on the ground and 200 passing. The Jacks (not Lumberjacks) should be able to move the ball. They have a back with over 1300 yards, so hopefully this newly rejuvinated run defense continues. I also noticed they have 8 defensive TDs. That's a little scary. Turnovers kill, but pick-6s are devastating.