The Game, Frisco, TX, May 16, 1 pm CDT

[jakejc795]

Well it they open the hold stadium each school would get equal number of tickets. I know when we played the team north of y'all they sold out their tickets then bought tickets on our side.

Main difference would be the timing though. Opening it now makes the logistics for those outside Texas a "heavy lift" (almost as 'heavy' as the "quad Jack rushing attack")

[goon]

Well it they open the hold stadium each school would get equal number of tickets. I know when we played the team north of y'all they sold out their tickets then bought tickets on our side.

Yeah those guys up north can be A**holes like that.

They try to buy as many tickets to our home games too. sadly we have let to many of he humped cows fans graze through our stadium. Hopefully a national championship will help SDSU get more Jacks fans in the stadium so we can dismantle the furry cows at home next year.

[Bearkats94]

Main difference would be the timing though. Opening it now makes the logistics for those outside Texas a "heavy lift" (almost as 'heavy' as the "quad Jack rushing attack")

Yes it would be tougher for jackrabbits fans now. But it the screw ball NCAA would have open it up from the get go like our two states are a lot more could have gone.

[Bearkats94]

Yeah those guys up north can be A**holes like that.

They try to buy as many tickets to our home games too. sadly we have let to many of he humped cows fans graze through our stadium. Hopefully a national championship will help SDSU get more Jacks fans in the stadium so we can dismantle the furry cows at home next year.

Now that's funny I don't care who you are.

[Bearkats94]

I have a little connection to SD. I have a honey bee guy that bring his bees down every winter to winter on our cattle ranch. His honey butter is so good stuff.

[OldHare]

I have a little connection to SD. I have a honey bee guy that bring his bees down every winter to winter on our cattle ranch. His honey butter is so good stuff.

There is a strong chance that would be Adee Honey which is one of the larger honey producers found. If that is so, that company is located in the same county as the SDSU Jackrabbits

[goon]

Now that's funny I don't care who you are.

They say everything is bigger in Texas...except football fans...those are in North Dakota. They have seriously large and wide body people up there. I know this is smack in a non smack thread, but its true. Maybe our hatred of NDSU can begin the good rivalry with you guys. Maybe we can get your team to come up for one of those late November football games.......when its 20 degrees or less its the most fun.

[filbert]

Latest NWS forecast for Frisco, Sunday:

Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 76. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

It's gonna be wet. 0.18 inch between 1 pm and 7 pm. Precip potential is 64% each hour from 1 to 4 pm. NWS forecast discussion basically says that if a big enough storm blows through early Sunday morning, "may result in an inactive remainder of the day if sufficient convective overturning occurs". So I guess, (selfishly) hope DFW gets blasted with big storms overnight Sat-Sun! Or if you think rain helps the Rabbits, don't!

[Jackwagon]

Have 1 extra ticket. Face value sec102 row

[LetsGoRabbits]

quite a few theories have been postulated here, regarding the keys to victory

OF COURSE winning the line of scrimmage is huge. i mean duh? if you can consistently win the LOS on both sides of the ball for 4 quarters, your chances of winning the game are MUCH better. but the thing is, what exactly is winning the LOS, generally somebody wins it on each play, but sometimes you can lose part of the LOS as long as you win the battle in one spot to either make a play succeed or to screw it up.

i will quit trying to cover all the possibilities. hard to make a good comparison between the O Line for JMU and the jacks, but i think we will have the best O Line they have played against, with JMU being the closest

they will likely have the best D Line we have played against, but we might find out that their D Line would not look as good playing in the MVFC??

i think our D Line and their O Line are maybe a little underrated on a national scale

what i think all of this means is that- i think there is a decent chance that neither team can win a big enough majority of the LOS battle for this to be the difference in the game. if i say that a different way, i mean the battle at the LOS will be nearly a draw and it will NOT be a major deciding factor in the game

if somebody said they would kill my dog unless i bet that one or the other wins this battle i think the jacks have the better chance of having a decisive advantage in this area, but i would not want to bet on it.

winning turnovers often proves to be a decisive factor in games. if there are many turnovers in this game, i definitely believe that could decide the game. obviously shsu has not lost a game because of turnovers so far, but they do have a MUCH higher number of interceptions given up than the jacks

the jacks have been really good at taking care of the ball this year and have done it better as the season went on.

i do not think that the jacks MUST have get turnovers to win, but if they win the TO battle by 2 or more i think it is game over

based on the information i have seen, which is not enough to make BIG proclamations, in my opinion the biggest key to this game will be can the kats get enough BIG plays. obviously TOs are big plays or can be depending on field position, etc...

i think the jacks win a grind it out 3 yards at a time, NO big plays, game. i think that is MUCH harder for the kats

i think the kats need at least 3 BIG plays to win this game, meaning TOs- maybe for scores, big special team plays or TOs or returns, and offensive plays at least 30-40 yards long

i believe the jacks are confident they can win as long as they do not give up big plays and fast scores. so rabbit fans i know sometimes we hate the bend but dont break philosophy, but i basically guarantee that will be the plan and i believe it is a good one!!!

i have doubts the kats can sustain several LONG drives and finish them with TDs. if we let them score quick over the top, or we give up a bunch of short fields, it could be a tough day for the jacks.

Big plays would obviously be good for the jacks too!! if we get TOs or big plays in return game like bison did that will be great. i think we will definitely try to find opportunities to hit over the top with our passing game and i think that their DB have shown a weakness for getting beat deep. they also use their hands a FREAKING LOT!!!! if they have been handsy all year like they were in last two games and JMU especially, and they were officiated like the jacks have been, their defense would have a much lesser reputation. they absolutely lose the JMU game if they are reffed like jacks have been multiple times this year- UND, NDSU, SIU2, probably more

anyway i think we will look for the big play in pass game and i think they are there to be had. but i do NOT think we need the big plays to win, if we have to grind it out we can win that way also


so, that said, there could be many things that can make a difference in the game but if i was coaching the jacks my biggest priority would be to stop or severely limit the big plays for shsu, defensively that means guarding against the big play and force them to beat you by making at least 3 drives of over 10 plays and putting ball in the endzone. and making them go 12 or 15 or 18 plays is even better, especially if they end up with 3 or zero. AND it means NOT giving up short fields or scores with TOs or big returns.

if the jacks get big plays in any of those ways it will DEFINITELY help and could make the difference between coming down to the wire or winning comfortably like 2 of 3 playoff games. big plays on O will also loosen up the LOS and give the jacks more opportunity to pummel them with the run game

btw another thing i think is not a key is time of possesion. both teams have proven they can win a game without having the ball a lot. jacks just totally dominated a game that they lost time of possession about 38 minutes to 22. and SIU game was not much different. Same for shsu. they just beat JMU in a game where they did almost all their scoring in about 5 minutes

btw AGAIN if i am correct about this, that means rain would be in jacks favor i think. at least makes big play pass game more difficult, maybe it causes more TOs???? if either team wins that battle (turnovers) significantly it is probably the game but like many things that have already been brought up, that is pretty obvious

[Katatonic]

This might be the game where we see a little more TE and RB screen game if their d is as fast as we’ve heard. Have really only used the tunnel screen to the WR group this year, so it could be a good wrinkle.

This is probably a good plan. Our defense is very aggressive and we have been susceptible to screens and quick crossing routes. If your o-line gives Gronowski time, it may be along day for us. In order for our defense to work, we have to get pressure on the QB.

[filbert]

The governors of SD and TX have placed the traditional wager on the game...cowboy hat to the winner.

[GoJacks2011]

Weather tomorrow looking less ideal by the day. Heavy rain, increasing chance of thunderstorms. Here’s to the forecast being wrong!

[Hareofthedog]

This should be a good football game between two very good teams. Hopefully the weather doesn’t influence the results of the game.

My big big concerns for the game. Big road game, Stig, weather and freshman qb.

[Milbank]

The moneyline is overwhelming the odds makers

Odds

Spread: South Dakota State (-5)

Over/Under: 47.5 total points

Moneyline: South Dakota State -205 (bet $205 to win $100); Sam Houston State +155 (bet $100 to win $155)

Via DraftKings Sportsbook.

Overwhelmingly People think SDSU is going to win. The group is larger than SDSU fans willing to give the points.

our gaming book has

FCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
MAY 16, 2021
FRISCO TEXAS

SDSU vs SHSU

Mythical Score: SHSU 27 SDSU 23
Spread: SHSU -4 SDSU 4
O/U: 50

We recommend taking SHSU on the moneyline and take SHSU with points. Take over for the trifecta

Both teams are very, very good.


Looking to the common opponent NDSU. The focus is offense.

• SHSU out scored The Jacks
• SHSU had fewer yards - a more efficient offense
• SHSU offense played on a mythical 91 yd field. SDSU 158

Looking at the season the same holds true

• SHSU out scored the Jacks by 83 points
• SHSU only had 507 yds more
• SHSU offense played on a mythical 83 yd field, the Jacks 92

The differences on the defensive side of the ball favor the Jacks but by the numbers its not enough. Both defenses are talented, physical and play the entire 60 minutes

Why we might be wrong. The wildcards

• coaching
• QB play
• SDSU defense

If both teams come out on their game look out. This contest is basically a football powder keg of top talent.