[Game Thread] South Dakota State @ Northwestern (8:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	South Dakota StateSouth Dakota State @ NorthwesternNorthwestern
Location	Northwestern Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium
Time	8:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: Big Ten Network
	Flair ¦ Discord

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[u/Latter_Narwhal3152]

lots of uncharacteristic dropped passes by the Jacks.. Mason a big miss on that pass play in the flat of the end zone early in the game! This was a 20-18 game mud way thru the 4th quarter and it seemed the defense ran out of gas. Overall, they played hard but didn't capitalize on missed opportunities.

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Solid performance

[u/hayrack605]

GG Northwestern

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Oh its still a two score game. Was wondering why they were trying so hard.

[u/HardlyHefty]

a woman shouting “HIMON” on tv was not on my bingo card this evening.

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

They're gonna end up kicking a field goal

[u/powerlifting_nerd56]

really rooting for a bad beat now

[u/majorgeneralporter]

Good teams win. Great teams cover

[u/Life_Background_5519]

I was actually at the game

[u/HistoryNerd101]

And that’s how you cover the spread 😂

[u/Fantasticriss]

Its crazy that our WRs are not getting those contested throws. That's usually where they shined last year.

GG Northwestern

[u/pinetreesrule → u/[deleted]]

Rent free huh? You moved up and still can't stop thinking about us?

[u/Particular_Prior5344]

Just handed the game to Northwestern at every turn. Terrible showing.

[u/Trojann2 → u/Particular_Prior5344]

It was your game. Honestly.

[u/Particular_Prior5344 → u/Trojann2]

That’s why it burns. Only saving grace is it doesn’t really matter. Won’t hurt us in rankings and the committee won’t hold it against us.

[u/Trojann2 → u/Particular_Prior5344]

You guys fucked up 4 key plays.

And you’re correct. This won’t affect your playoff seed at all.

[u/pinetreesrule]

Damn we choked that shit

[u/Austin208]

Frustrating score to let up. On the scoreboard this looks lopsided. It was a good showing but just like other big games and other years against FBS opponents we just couldn’t get it done.

[u/hayrack605]

Welp. That's what we get for not executing and being really conservative in those red zone trips

[u/1nf1niteCS]

LETS GOOO

[u/ZeiglerJaguar]

lol fuck yo spread

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt → u/ZeiglerJaguar]

Spread was -12

[u/ZeiglerJaguar → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

… so we just covered it with that TD, right?

[u/powerlifting_nerd56]

there's some salt.. oof

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

Chase Mason with under 50% completion % for the night is ugh...

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

I’m not watching but according to radio several should have been caught but were not brought tin

[u/Particular_Prior5344 → u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

Had a bad miss that would’ve been a walk in TD early, but yes lots of drops.

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter → u/Particular_Prior5344]

Hopefully when we get back into division play they tighten up.

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

Well. It fell apart.

[u/macsproul21]

Bummer, if you’re gonna choose to kick the FG there.. gotta make it

[u/majorgeneralporter]

Cats I would appreciate it is you could get this stop so I can go back to shitposting the game I am currently attending, just saying.

[u/Brokehomiejohn]

First time watching Fitzgerald tonight, really impressed, excited to see him against some better teams 

[u/hayrack605]

By the hair of a gnat's ass

[u/hayrack605]

Sorry New Haven, we will need to get our points per game average back up after this

[u/KushDingies]

Okay chip that was a slick playcall

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

Good fight Rabbits. But that's game

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

Ya. Unless some freak touchdown occurs that be game. Just have to stop the bleeding now

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

Wait Michigan won?

[u/GrandOcelot → u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

They did. 46-yard Hail Mary

[u/hayrack605 → u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

That wasn't just BTN scoreboard propaganda?

[u/ZeiglerJaguar → u/hayrack605]

My entire section of the stadium was more glued to their phones than to the actual game here lol

[u/pinetreesrule → u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

No shot

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

No fuckin way...

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Try again!

[u/Adamscottd]

Hate that play call man why are we trying to get fancy

[u/hayrack605 → u/Adamscottd]

Yeah. I know it was open but that's a lot of moving parts

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt → u/Adamscottd]

RUN THE BALL

[u/Ok_Purple_7354]

Thank you Michigan now nobody will notice this

[u/TopEmploy9624 → u/Ok_Purple_7354]

We're all arriving now

[u/pinetreesrule → u/Ok_Purple_7354]

Tbh I don't think a lot of people would notice something like this. I honestly forget sometimes northwestern is in the big ten

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt → u/pinetreesrule]

SDSU was only 12pt dogs

[u/pinetreesrule → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

Its also northwestern. It can be taken with a grain of salt.

[u/AtmosphereVarious440]

watching this game like a real sicko

[u/FullyHusked5]

The big ten is going to have a down year it seems

[u/ScottyMcScot]

A touchdown? In this economy?

[u/pinetreesrule → u/ScottyMcScot]

Impossible

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Funny seeing the "incomplete" signal on a pick

[u/HistoryNerd101]

Man this does not bode well for Big Ten play, just sayin’

[u/ZeiglerJaguar → u/HistoryNerd101]

I’m not too worried. Isn’t this, like, the best team in the FCS?

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

SDSU telling their fans to be quiet while on the road at a big 10 school. Lol

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

Finally!!!

Go crazy fans!!!

[u/Brokehomiejohn]

If they talk about fitz wearing 6 one more time i might shoot myself 

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

Why can’t we do that in the end zone…

[u/pinetreesrule → u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

The spirit of iowa football has taken over sdsu

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter → u/pinetreesrule]

Noo…

[u/jhp58]

Guys, turn over to the Michigan game lmao

[u/SonOfStoopSign → u/jhp58]

Kek

[u/ZeiglerJaguar → u/jhp58]

At least half a dozen people near me have it on our phones lol

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

SDSU just cannot get past the red zone D

[u/KushDingies]

Can our kicker punt too?

[u/ZeiglerJaguar]

One really goofy thing about this stadium is that the scoreboard display showing the current line of scrimmage, down in distance is ridiculously tiny and basically unreadable from the stands lol

[u/ZeiglerJaguar]

The wabbits fans near me seem unhappy with four field goals.

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter → u/ZeiglerJaguar]

On one hand, that has kept the game close.

On the other, we could either be tied or have the lead.

[u/CommunistTrafficCone → u/ZeiglerJaguar]

We are. We should be better than this. Defense has been good but red zone offense atrocious.

[u/Adamscottd → u/ZeiglerJaguar]

It’s pretty frustrating lol especially when the first drive we missed a wide open TD

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Intermediate passing is where we live and die

[u/ZeiglerJaguar → u/SonOfStoopSign]

Adrian has hit his last second running back outlet for big yardage a couple of times tonight.

[u/pinetreesrule]

SPECIAL TEAMS LETS GO

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

They brought him from Nebraska because he could just walk over the border too.

[u/Adamscottd]

This red zone offense is PAINFUL

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

Putting the game back on the defense.

[u/hayrack605]

Oh yes, let's keep chucking it when we wanted to run

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

SDSU +12.5 was a lock. The books never understand they win by 1 td and light up the scoreboard once a year.

[u/KushDingies]

Our offense has these flashes of brilliance and spends the rest of the game shitting down their legs

[u/majorgeneralporter → u/KushDingies]

The Chip Kelly Experience™ x Northwestern Offensive Tradition™

[u/BurntPaneer → u/KushDingies]

Chiles kinda feeling himself from under center, seems like he's more uncomfortable in shotgun and stepping up in the pocket

[u/Tinydesktopninja]

this game was going well, but an unfortunate injury and an unfortunate TD really spoils the fun

[u/hayrack605]

Now those crappy red zone trips really hurt

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

Dang it. I know it’s hard to play after and injury but that may be game

[u/1nf1niteCS]

Huge TD!

[u/HistoryNerd101]

Let’s go!

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Go for 2!!

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Beautiful tight end play!!

[u/Brokehomiejohn]

Finally connected with wagner

[u/TheFifthPhoenix]

Man always hate to see it, praying for the best

[u/Fantasticriss → u/TheFifthPhoenix]

I saw him go down on that play and you could see the lights were off for a bit

[u/Careless_is_Me]

He managed a thumb up on his way out, at least

[u/ztreHdrahciR → u/Careless_is_Me]

Did he? Couldn't see from opposite end zone.

[u/ZeiglerJaguar → u/ztreHdrahciR]

Caught it on YouTube TV replay. Being able to watch on my phone in the stadium on a 30 second delay is a new experience.

[u/BellacosePlayer]

Glad to see the thumbs up. hopefully its nothing too bad long term.

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

The radio said he gave thumbs up and the training staff hit him on the shoulder to congrats him?

[u/vikingrunner]

Think I saw a thumbs up so that's good. Still an extremely tough break after getting the extra year.

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

They don't have a cart?

[u/1nf1niteCS]

Ambulence is here

[u/myevilfriend]

He's giving a thumbs up as he's heading off the field for anyone not watching

[u/Cheap_Pitch_8931]

Looked like such a freak accident too, absolutely devastating.

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

I can’t watch but I’m listening to the sdsu game and they said he was down and then another player hit him with their knee/leg.

That doesn’t sound bad, so what happened for it to be this major.

Hopefully it’s precautionary

[u/vikingrunner]

I couldn't stomach watching the replay, was it a lower leg thing or head/neck?

[u/suomesa → u/vikingrunner]

head/neck region

[u/Careless_is_Me → u/vikingrunner]

they cut off his shoulder pads and he's in neck stabilization

He was able to give a thumbs up

[u/ZeiglerJaguar → u/vikingrunner]

Watched the replay multiple times and saw basically nothing. Consensus is leaning towards neck.

[u/KushDingies → u/ZeiglerJaguar]

On the replay it looked like one of our own dudes ran into his head. His neck twisted in a way it’s definitely not supposed to.

[u/pinetreesrule → u/vikingrunner]

According to the radio its a head/neck injury

[u/ZeiglerJaguar]

I didn’t see it, but someone said knee to the head? This seems really long for that though. Yeesh.

[u/majorgeneralporter]

Who's down? I'm at the UCLA Berkeley game and can't get reception to stream...

[u/pinetreesrule → u/majorgeneralporter]

Update he gave a thumbs up

[u/hayrack605 → u/majorgeneralporter]

Your center, Carsello (sp?). It doesn't look good but hopefully it isn't as bad as it looks

[u/ztreHdrahciR → u/majorgeneralporter]

Carsello 😔

WAY down

[u/majorgeneralporter → u/ztreHdrahciR]

Welp, RIP our line. Hope nothing permanent..

[u/pinetreesrule → u/majorgeneralporter]

Your 6th year center i believe, i didn't catch the name

[u/KushDingies → u/majorgeneralporter]

Jackson Carsello. Looks like a neck injury.

[u/Adamscottd]

Man hard to tell what’s going at the game but this looks bad. Hope he’s okay

[u/ztreHdrahciR → u/Adamscottd]

Like 20 people surrounding him. On the cart now

[u/Allcross9]

Man, this looks scary

[u/1nf1niteCS]

They just took off his pads, very concerning. Still on the grass

[u/SK4NKHVNT42]

Guy got a court injunction to be eligible just for that to happen in the first game. Oof

[u/1nf1niteCS]

Still down, this is a bad injury

[u/hayrack605]

Oh shit... Hope he ends up being ok

[u/KushDingies]

Oh fuck. That really doesn’t look good.

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

Oh man. I hate to hear about the injury. Get well wildcat bro.

[u/Evening_Ad4108]

This game, lsu clemson, wmu mich, then cycling through 4th games. So back

[u/SK4NKHVNT42]

Carsello hurt it's over

[u/zoom518]

Been informed this should be of interest right now

[u/ZeiglerJaguar]

10-9 … M00N vibes …

[u/pinetreesrule → u/ZeiglerJaguar]

Sdstate isn't a stranger to b1g football. We played iowa to like 3-7

[u/KushDingies → u/ZeiglerJaguar]

Our first drive was wildly misleading

[u/jhp58 → u/ZeiglerJaguar]

I was at M00N, this has been much more exciting

[u/Adamscottd]

So funny watching this punter play like this, especially after the last time we played a Big Ten team their punter was genuinely their MVP

[u/aaaaaaaawwwwwwww]

CONTINUE THE (APPEARENTLY😡) ONLY ACCEPTABLE MIGRATION ROUTE IN THE USA SDSU.

TO THE FBS.

[u/Fantasticriss]

This is the opposite of the Iowa SDSU game

[u/Adamscottd → u/Fantasticriss]

Still Big Ten football though lol

[u/1nf1niteCS]

If we can get to the 4th with the lead I will feel good. The wind is blowing hard towards the south endzone here at the stadium

[u/ZeiglerJaguar]

The consensus in the stands here is that we need to find someone from the soccer team stat

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

Come on jacks. Start to push it over the goal line

[u/Allcross9]

Jacks o line kind of imposing their will now. Just don’t shit your pants in the red zone again.

[u/jhp58]

This is why you shouldn't recruit anyone from New Trier football, even if they're ranked the top punter in the country

[u/majorgeneralporter → u/jhp58]

Throw back to the time new trier paid me $150 a day to be a judge for debate tournaments they hosted, they are unfathomably loaded for a public school.

[u/ZeiglerJaguar → u/jhp58]

We drove past New Trier on the way here and my buddy was just agog at the houses lol. I had to explain that it was the ritziest public school in Illinois.

[u/jhp58 → u/ZeiglerJaguar]

Yeah they're very proud of themselves. Great at country club sports but dogshit at football. I have a few cousins who went there over the years

[u/KushDingies]

Maybe we just shouldn’t ever punt again

[u/Adamscottd]

In what world is this guy a Big Ten punter lol

[u/jhp58 → u/Adamscottd]

He was somehow ranked the '#1 punter in his class

[u/flopnoodle]

What a shank!

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

Wow. He didn’t even make a first down punting…

[u/Evening_Ad4108]

Yo this punter is dogshit

[u/Brokehomiejohn]

Disaster

[u/ZeiglerJaguar]

Okaaaaay we have a punting problem. Who’s the backup? This is horrific.

[u/DoggedStooge]

Chiles and Wagner struggling to connect.

[u/ZeiglerJaguar]

My buddy spotted Caleb Wilson, new Bulls power forward, here at the game with a security cadre lol

[u/andyf127]

THATS MY BOY HELL YEA COACH JACKSON

[u/KushDingies]

Alright let’s please fucking do something on offense

(evergreen Northwestern football comment)

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

That was a monotonous instrumental.

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

I wonder if the fans from SDSU are confused by how they currently have the superior stadium.

[u/1nf1niteCS → u/SonOfStoopSign]

Lakefront stadium slander!

[u/SonOfStoopSign → u/1nf1niteCS]

There is that. Never been able to chain smoke and watch football anywhere else.

[u/BellacosePlayer → u/SonOfStoopSign]

Nah, we're used to it

[u/jhp58]

Friendly reminder that Chris Sailer punting rankings are pay to play jokes. This kid was ranked the number 1 punter in his class

[u/RTWRW]

Rabbits gotta come out running the second half, they seemed to be getting good push on the line

[u/Responsible_History5]

Jacks fans showed up for this game, honestly a home game for SDSU due to how loud they are 😭

[u/HistoryNerd101 → u/Responsible_History5]

NU won’t start classes for another few weeks so there is that…

[u/Responsible_History5 → u/HistoryNerd101]

I guess you guys also haven’t moved into your new stadium too, but as far as I know B10 fan bases go Northwestern isn’t huge.

[u/Adamscottd → u/Responsible_History5]

Haven’t had a chance to really explode yet, hoping we find a big play in the second half

[u/Ivy_Thornsplitter]

Someone needs to call Iowa for the punter

[u/DoggedStooge]

Why couldn't our punter shank a punt the one time it would've been good to? Good lord.

[u/flopnoodle]

I believe the answer is no, we don't have a good punter

[u/Adamscottd]

Could be playing a lot better but I’m really glad we’ve settled in. First couple drives had me really worried

[u/Particular_Prior5344 → u/Adamscottd]

Committing to the run would be nice. Passing on 1st down always bothers me.

[u/hayrack605 → u/Adamscottd]

Just need to put it together in the red zone

[u/majorgeneralporter]

Alright Chip Kelly make me eat my words about you from your last two years of your UCLA tenure.

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

FGs aren't going to win this

[u/ztreHdrahciR]

We are getting pushed around.

[u/KushDingies → u/ztreHdrahciR]

Our d line might be our worst unit

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt → u/ztreHdrahciR]

605 Hogs are no joke

[u/RTWRW]

Damn Big10 linemen really not living up to the hype

[u/flopnoodle]

Olè!!!

[u/hayrack605]

Oh yeah. That's the style Jacks

[u/flopnoodle]

Not having a reliable kicker makes the season so frustrating

[u/SkolUMah]

"Bouncing ball towards the end zone" is downed at midfield lol

[u/ScottyMcScot → u/SkolUMah]

That's the kind of insightful commentary I tune in for.

[u/ZeiglerJaguar]

Uhh does our punter suck?

[u/hayrack605]

I am glad this is the only game I will have to listen to Tanner Morgan

[u/SonOfStoopSign]

Illegal numbering is a new one on me