Originally posted by SFJACK
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Rant: Anyone on this board, save the Bison and UNI interlopers, isn't satisfied with yesterday, but can we at least acknowledge that this season allowed us to discover some possible diamonds in the rough, or hasten future players' development at a minimum? Assuming, the Jacks can prevent the QB who doesn't win Stig's open competition next year from ever transferring, we now know that we just might have the best QB tandem since Christion & Lujan. Plus, we saw flashes from Blakley, Levi Brown and Norblade (not to mention the pack of Jacks I noted in prior post)
Rave: I'm a fan of the "air raid siren" when home team's on defense. I know the Jacks aren't the ones who initiated that, but I hope it sticks around next season.
Rant: It'd be awesome if the stadium sound person could find a happy medium when it comes to volume. Perhaps it's the stadium acoustics, but there have been multiple instances where it will go from reasonable to blaring both pre-game and during the game (and our tickets are near midfield, so it's not an issue of being close to the scoreboard speakers).
Rant: I'm not going to mention the multi-hyphenate UNI player by name, but one of their OL exhibited incredibly poor sportsmanship in both games this season. In regular season contest, he was yelling "SDSU sucks" at fans during game and trying to mix it up with Jacks players during postgame handshake, and he continued his descent this game with profanity-laced shouts to fans and chippy play. Hopefully he reins that in during his show choir performances and any use of his elementary ed. degree. Relatedly, UNI had multiple players waving goodbye to Norblade on their sideline following his "targeting" call.
Rave: The UNI players' poor sportsmanship made me appreciate the Jacks' behavior throughout the season, and I think that's due to the staff and types of players they recruit.
Rave: The Jacks have had some great LBs during the past decade, and while it is bittersweet that Rozeboom has played his last game for the Jacks, it's comforting that Backhaus, Wilson, Brown, Tetzlaff, and the rest remain.
Wishes:
Wish #1: I'm assuming Eck will remain as OC (and I think he should); however, I hope the Jacks either hire or designate a separate OL coach. None of the remaining teams have dual OC/OL coaches (staff listing links below), and while this could be an indication that the teams advancing have more funding to devote to coaching staff/hiring additional personnel, it seems highly likely that attempting to perform both roles hampers the ability to make adjustments. Yes, I realize these staffs commonly have OCs focusing on position groups (like QBs), but OL is more complex
- Austin Peay (side note: for those of you hating the "SDSU" chant we have at games, how about the website "Let's Go Peay"?)
- Illinois State
- JMU
- Montana
- Montana State
- NDSU
- UNI
- Weber State
Wish #2: I realize one goal is the grow the fanbase, but rewarding loyal Jackrabbit Club members who have backed the Jacks' playoff appearances is one way to reduce attrition. A low to no-cost way of doing that would be to add "playoff premium" points to the folks who have purchased tickets to every playoff game at DJD.
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