So I stayed up and watched most of the NIU Wyoming game and here's what I saw.
Their defense is slow and Wyoming was getting good yards on the edge all night. Their QB was burning them all night on designed runs and scrambles too. They also had issues in the secondary and committed a bunch of PI and holding penalties. I think the offense will move the ball well because their biggest weaknesses are things we do well.
Offensively their QB is smart with the football and can sling it. He's also decently athletic. He will find the open guy if we give him time. We have to gameplan for #19 he's their biggest playmaker. He's 6'3 and has really good speed. They love to get him the ball on jet sweeps. He had almost 150yds receiving and 82 more yards on the ground. He will be a problem. Other than those two I didn't see any other real playmakers last night for them. That's really surprising because their RB is supposed to be all-MAC but he didn't do anything last night. Their offensive line has good size but really struggled with the speed of a VERY undersized Wyoming defense.
All in all this looks like a good match up for us as long as we can contain #19 and get after their QB. The biggest weaknesses I saw were things we do really well on both sides of the ball. Make no mistake though this is a program that's used to winning and I expect them to bounce back this week and get some of their issues cleaned up. If we come out ready to play and play clean football we win this by 3 scores. If we let them make plays and hang around they could beat us....
Their defense is slow and Wyoming was getting good yards on the edge all night. Their QB was burning them all night on designed runs and scrambles too. They also had issues in the secondary and committed a bunch of PI and holding penalties. I think the offense will move the ball well because their biggest weaknesses are things we do well.
Offensively their QB is smart with the football and can sling it. He's also decently athletic. He will find the open guy if we give him time. We have to gameplan for #19 he's their biggest playmaker. He's 6'3 and has really good speed. They love to get him the ball on jet sweeps. He had almost 150yds receiving and 82 more yards on the ground. He will be a problem. Other than those two I didn't see any other real playmakers last night for them. That's really surprising because their RB is supposed to be all-MAC but he didn't do anything last night. Their offensive line has good size but really struggled with the speed of a VERY undersized Wyoming defense.
All in all this looks like a good match up for us as long as we can contain #19 and get after their QB. The biggest weaknesses I saw were things we do really well on both sides of the ball. Make no mistake though this is a program that's used to winning and I expect them to bounce back this week and get some of their issues cleaned up. If we come out ready to play and play clean football we win this by 3 scores. If we let them make plays and hang around they could beat us....
