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Anthony Grant has star potential
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I think it is silly, they had good games, but my point was.. fans are extreme. We win against a crappy team and it is the next coming.... Fans need to take a chill pill. Let's play a P5 team and win this way first.. that hasn't happened in a while.
This was an FCS team, and not a very good one at that.
Again, he had a good game, against not so good comp. He needs to do this against good teams, not just FCS/weak teams.
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Now that you put it that way, I'm starting to realize he's not very good. In fact, some may ask if he's the worst running back in P5. Shall we start a thread?
Can’t help yourself can you.
NoDaks been in the championship/playoff games I believe 3 of the last 6 years.
Sort of like NWs won the west every other year for awhile.
And no, they werent in the playoffs last year
Except he had multiple runs of over 20 yards and over 10 yards. Besides, do you think that any of the great NU backs would have beaten Helu's record had they had as many carries. It is not moving the goal posts. It is football 101. Would you rather have a RB who ran the ball for five yards every play or one who had 19 yards on 19 carries and 1 run of 81 yards. Both yield the same average. One would be far more effective to an offensive coordinator. So, since the information is actually out there, lets examine his game against NW before we retire his number.
I will only list the exact runs by Grant since it would be a waste of time to list anything else. 1st Drive: First run, 2 yards, second run 4 yards. Average: 3 yards.
3rd Drive: 1 yard, 8 yards, 2 yards. 2 yards Four runs, 13 yards. Average almost 3, but three of the runs were below the average you need.
So first quarter 6 runs 19 yards. This is significantly less than you need to run an offense.
Second Quarter: 1 yard, 1yard. Two rushes for 2 yards. Significantly below what an offense needs.
Second Quarter 6:15 drive 1 yard 8 yards, 1 yard. Still below the 3.33 needed to get a first down on three rushes.
Total 2nd Quarter production 4 carries 11 yards. No where near what is needed to produce an effective offense.
His 3rd Quarter was then his best quarter. I will space the drama 8 carries for 68 yards. But it started out with runs of 2, 3, 6 and 3. So without the 48 yard run he is finally just barely meeting what an OC needs his starting RB to get.
4th quarter. 1 Rush 3 yards. So for 3 quarters of the game he averaged less than an OC needs on a rushing play to make play calling easier. And this is the starting RB.
So crown him if you want. His game against NW was not very good.
If we were to take his 3rd quarter out of the game he would have had 13 carries for 38 yards. That would fall under the category of really bad for a starting RB.
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lol, that is the extreme I was talking about ( I know you did that on purpose, that is why I lol'ed).
North Dakota was 5-6 last year, did not make the playoffs. 2020 was 5-2 won one and lost the second in the playoffs. 2019 7-5, lost the first game of the playoffs. 2018 was 6-5 no playoffs. 2017 they were 3-8.
You must be thinking of a different team.
I think he is thinking of NDSU who I believe beat Iowa about 8 or so years ago.
North Dakota State 23-21 Iowa (Sep 17, 2016) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the North Dakota State Bison vs. Iowa Hawkeyes NCAAF game, final score 23-21, from September 17, 2016 on ESPN.
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I am thinking of a quote I'd heard, so my guess is 2016 they were in the playoffs, 3 of the 6 last years
I think he is thinking of NDSU who I believe beat Iowa about 8 or so years ago.
North Dakota State 23-21 Iowa (Sep 17, 2016) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the North Dakota State Bison vs. Iowa Hawkeyes NCAAF game, final score 23-21, from September 17, 2016 on ESPN.www.espn.com
yes, that is probable the team.. That would have been a different situation for sure.. Just like South Dakota State.. tough damn teams, even coming from the FCS.
Teams Nodak played and made the playoffs against.
