2017 Spring Football

[BTownJack]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

If you are making the trip to Brookings note the construction on 6th street and I-29 132 off ramps. It is a mess on that side from Swiftel to Perkins on 22nd avenue. Best to take exit 133 or 127 and avoid it all together. Also note there is a fair amount of road construction between Brookings and Sioux Falls. Should be a great morning for football.

I would concur on this being a resident of Brookings. Avoid 6th street at all costs this summer. In 2 weeks after SDSU is done with the spring semester then the intersection of 22nd Ave. and 6th St. (by Perkins) is getting shut down and tore up. The contractor has 75 days to get that part of the project done so it is complete before the SDSU kids come back in late August. Using the bypass is recommended unless you need to get to a business near the main interstate exit (132).

This project will be a mess for quite a while. Both bridges crossing the interstate are coming out to be replaced by 1 large bridge with 5 lanes. The west bound bridge is already gone. Some of the project will spill into next spring/summer (2018).

[Gojacks2487]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

If you are making the trip to Brookings note the construction on 6th street and I-29 132 off ramps. It is a mess on that side from Swiftel to Perkins on 22nd avenue. Best to take exit 133 or 127 and avoid it all together. Also note there is a fair amount of road construction between Brookings and Sioux Falls. Should be a great morning for football.

Thanks for the heads up Jackedforlife, should be a nice day to watch some football.

[Jackedforlife]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

If you are making the trip to Brookings note the construction on 6th street and I-29 132 off ramps. It is a mess on that side from Swiftel to Perkins on 22nd avenue. Best to take exit 133 or 127 and avoid it all together. Also note there is a fair amount of road construction between Brookings and Sioux Falls. Should be a great morning for football.

[UWMandSDSU]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

Zim's article says that the game is at the Dana. Hasn't it been in the SJAC in years past?

Yes.Past 2 years in SJAC due to construction of the Dana. I would assume they will try to hold it at the Dana from here on out and if the weather is bad they can move it indoors.

[propar80]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

Zim's article says that the game is at the Dana. Hasn't it been in the SJAC in years past?

[UWMandSDSU]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

It's free admission.

Zim article today.
https://t.co/qs0j1CnBWC

Jake Harms, LB, has had to call it quits. Injuries have done him in.

[RabbitObsessed]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

Two days until the spring game.

We will be in Brookings for the 10am kickoff.

Excited to see what the boys have accomplished since last fall (technically, early winter).

Really interested in seeing what the D can do against our juggernaut O and who steps up in the run game.

Obviously, would like to see everyone come out of the spring healthy going into summer workouts.

Does anyone know if there is an admission fee to the game? Is this one of the deals where we bring a canned good for the food pantry or something?

If it's anything like the past games, you should be able to just show up and walk in.

[BitsTD]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

Two days until the spring game.

We will be in Brookings for the 10am kickoff.

Excited to see what the boys have accomplished since last fall (technically, early winter).

Really interested in seeing what the D can do against our juggernaut O and who steps up in the run game.

Obviously, would like to see everyone come out of the spring healthy going into summer workouts.

Does anyone know if there is an admission fee to the game? Is this one of the deals where we bring a canned good for the food pantry or something?

[Hareofthedog]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

This could be an exciting offensive year. I really like the WR group as well along with the RBs. It's too bad the clip didn't given any "love" to the big guys up front where games are won or lost.

[Jackedforlife]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

Here's a link to the offensive spring report, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLAgVYM-7Qc. I like what I see out of so many here but Ogunrinde in particular stood out. He looked extremely quick and shifty, especially at his size. Looking forward to the game Saturday morning.

[CappinHard]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

The tweet showing the "Iron Jacks" for this year football team surprises me. Only six players made it? Guess the strength and conditioning program is to tough. It looks similar the last couple years as well. Strength and conditioning relates to the field IMO.

[goon]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

Yes. Blitz, please... I'm so sick of watching us sit back in our base defense and get picked apart.

Always seems like the D sits in the zone on 3rd and allows teams to attack the gaps. If a team needed 10. They got 11.

[CappinHard]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

I think with team speed and inexperience we're going to need to gamble more with blitz packages. I'm all for it...I'd rather take that chance and get burned on occasion but also on occasion blow something up, maybe even turn them over. instead of having them on the field for 8+ minute, 17 play drives...

Yes. Blitz, please... I'm so sick of watching us sit back in our base defense and get picked apart.

[Jackedforlife]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

I think with team speed and inexperience we're going to need to gamble more with blitz packages. I'm all for it...I'd rather take that chance and get burned on occasion but also on occasion blow something up, maybe even turn them over. instead of having them on the field for 8+ minute, 17 play drives...

[thumper_76]

Re: 2017 Spring Football

Stats are deceiving sometime. Maybe teams got first downs before the third down stat or scored. The Jacks must be better on defense. Those stats on your resume would get you no work. I thought this was a defensive minded head coach and staff? Oh well. Play well this year offense, it's up to you.

I agree to an extent. Without looking at the stats however, I feel generally we were pretty good on getting to 3rd down. The problem with being as poor against the run as we were last year you usually end up in 3rd and short. I remember many 3rd and longs where we just couldn't get off the field at crucial times. I never felt confident that we would get off the field even if they opponent was in 3rd and 10+. That shouldn't be the case. Hopefully the inexperienced corners were part of the problem last year and they perform better with more experience.

The other comment you made about the staff being defensively minded, there are some things that didn't help our defense last year, mostly our switch to utilize our talent passing the ball from a run 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. With a high flying offense like ours is, you generally have worse defensive stats due to strong passing attacks scoring quicker and having less TOP. Your defense just tends to be on the field more. When we had real good defenses we had a very run first offense. Also, if your defense practices against a passing offense in practice it's more difficult to be prepared for a tough ground and pound team.

Long story short I don't think we'll have a complete shut down defense but it certainly can be better than it was. If the D can step up we will be serious title contenders. Thankfully we have essentially 3 warm up games to get the new guys on D some experience at game speed.


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