[Game Thread] Northern Arizona @ Arizona (9:30 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	Northern ArizonaNorthern Arizona @ ArizonaArizona
Location	Arizona Casino Del Sol Stadium
Time	9:30 PM ET
Watch	TV: ESPN+
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/sweetnwild]

BTFD

[u/zonacorgi]

& thats a DUB!!! 1-0

[u/GracefulFaller]

Who else just got jump scared by the fucker saying "Hi Mom" in the microphone???

[u/sweetnwild → u/GracefulFaller]

I laughed my ass off 😂

[u/zonacorgi]

checking other scores to see what to tune into after this... holy shit lsu putting belt to ass on clemson. wow

[u/GracefulFaller]

Now that anderson is a bit more comfortable hes not too bad. The offense with the backups seems to be working smoothly as well. You can see the inexperience in the skill players at least in the offensive scheme.

[u/zonacorgi]

i hate to say it but it feels like byu is a hallmark for the season. if we win - we have a chance to do something really special. if we lose, well we'll still be good, 8 or 9 wins, but playoff and heisman seem really far out of reach. just my opinion idk

[u/GracefulFaller → u/zonacorgi]

Agreed. I still think the heisman is out of reach no matter what

[u/zonacorgi → u/GracefulFaller]

i think its possible but there has to be a lot of things that go our way. 1 loss max, maybe 2 if byu/ttu and win in the b12 champ....
still, feels very far but i am hoping we can pull it off bc we have the forces of Good on our side

[u/ExcaliburX13 → u/zonacorgi]

We may have the forces of good on our side, but last year's football game, plus the basketball games the last 2 years have made it clear that BYU has the forces of bad officiating on their side.

[u/sweetnwild]

So standing in the receivers face before he's caught the ball is okay?

[u/GracefulFaller]

Weve gotta clean it up for BYU next week.

Need to tackle better and secure the ball better. I know two of the turnovers came with our backups in but still, the standard should be no turnovers

[u/Semi-Pro_Hater]

Defense is doing a great job at being in the right place at the right time. Tackling is just too sloppy, high, and weak. If they can hone in tackling fundamentals, we’ll be competitive for the conference title. Also, that fumble was forward progress.

[u/moilepo808]

Back ups are better off kneeling it from here on out

[u/ExcaliburX13]

How did they not call forward progress there? Can't just let them hold the dude up and rip at the ball forever.

[u/inevitablescape]

Knee looked down

[u/Semi-Pro_Hater → u/inevitablescape]

Was forward process, regardless

[u/GracefulFaller → u/inevitablescape]

Too close to call from the replay. No good clear angle

[u/GracefulFaller]

uhhhh...

[u/zonacorgi]

alright call it im tired

[u/Federico190]

Put the starters back in. My god the backups are ass

[u/GracefulFaller]

Aw fuck anderson is walking out again

[u/feralihatr]

Is there any point to media timeouts when it’s on ESPN+ and has just emptiness? Or is it on some other networks somewhere? Or just how all games must proceed these days by officials

[u/dabears-dabears]

Noble Young-Blackgoat might be the greatest name of all time

[u/Federico190]

I’ve seen enough I want Rios to be the backup

[u/GracefulFaller]

Lets put in third string QB instead, cant be any worse

[u/TheNewGuy13]

Damn really wanted the shut out.

At least defense still has it lol

So I guess Rios is third/fourth string QB? Would’ve been nice to see him get some action. Maybe last few minutes?

[u/zonacorgi]

doesnt mess up noahs stats i guess. yawn

[u/Realhuman221]

Just run the ball the rest of the game

[u/ExcaliburX13]

Bruh, that was a HORRIBLE decision. I don't care if it's a backup, what was he doing?

[u/sweetnwild]

Boooooooo

[u/GracefulFaller]

Lmao, ruining the shutout because our second string QB sucks donkey balls

[u/inevitablescape]

.....

[u/ichawks1 → u/inevitablescape]

whelp there goes out shutout

[u/ilovecatss1010]

My ASU friend is watching our game to talk shit about us. I hate watch ASU, a lot. But if our games are on at the same time I watch our game. wtf is wrong with people

[u/zonacorgi → u/ilovecatss1010]

youre so brave for having a friend who likes asu

[u/ilovecatss1010 → u/zonacorgi]

Not by choice

[u/ExcaliburX13 → u/ilovecatss1010]

They're ASU fans. They've always been more obsessed with us losing than with their own team winning.

[u/inevitablescape]

They gave it to us! Woo!

[u/GracefulFaller]

Interesting. I don't know how i feel about that ruling but i can see why it is implimented.

[u/bhorvic]

Oh god, I just got a jumpscare thinking that was Kristi Noem

[u/azwildcat11]

I just barely noticed the home side isn't in front of the zoo anymore. Is that new for this year or has it been awhile and I just didn't notice?

[u/GracefulFaller → u/azwildcat11]

New this year. Get the Zoo in front of the away bench to be extra loud and also get our sideline out of the sun

[u/azwildcat11 → u/GracefulFaller]

Love it.

[u/Rempelz → u/azwildcat11]

it’s new

[u/GracefulFaller]

No Injuries pls.....

[u/zonacorgi]

just knocked the wind out of him i hope

[u/feralihatr]

Man come on fans be better, have some pride, and fill up that stadium

-me from a couch

[u/theSeanO → u/feralihatr]

I was at the game and the lower bowl was actually pretty full until maybe the third quarter

[u/GracefulFaller → u/feralihatr]

Yeah! What this guy said!

-Me From Another State

[u/sweetnwild]

LET'S GOOO 🌵🌵🌵

[u/zonacorgi]

I guess im behind cus idk why yall celebrating.... we will see

[u/zonacorgi → u/zonacorgi]

well i missed it but #ourball

[u/inevitablescape]

We got karma back

[u/ExcaliburX13]

Fuck yeah! Stab that football!

[u/GracefulFaller]

THAT WAS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL LETS GO WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[u/jsph4x]

Well that works! Bear down!

[u/zonacorgi]

??? his elbow was down before the ball even came out. are these officials on crack?

[u/jsph4x]

-_-

[u/sweetnwild]

His elbow was down!

[u/GracefulFaller]

He was down for a million years before the ball came out you blind fucks

[u/justaverage]

Second worst call in the history of college football

[u/inevitablescape]

Drops the wide open catch 💔

[u/ichawks1]

that WMU and Michigan gamer was like some FIFA level corruption

[u/ichawks1]

god dammit i wish i could be out on 4th avenue after the game wraps up those were the days!

[u/feralihatr]

NAU is truly a good litmus team for us. 2024 losing at halftime = bad year. 2021 L = worst team in the country. 2023 handled them well.

[u/sweetnwild]

Ugh the scum are gonna drop a 50 burger

[u/zonacorgi → u/sweetnwild]

theyre playing a bad fcs team i believe. at least we have a GOOD fcs team.... lol

[u/bhorvic]

I switched over here to get some advanced intel on NAU, have I missed anything interesting?

[u/Waffle_Muffins → u/bhorvic]

Massive comeback against EWU last week.

Not happening this time. 

[u/inevitablescape]

The d line is cooking

[u/sweetnwild]

How many times has he said "Danny Gonzalez" lol

[u/ExcaliburX13]

C'mon guys! I wanna see a football get stabbed by a cactus!

[u/ichawks1]

What is everyone's prediction for the NFL season? I think it's a Seahawks vs Texans super bowl and the Hawks go back to back I'm super biased tho lol

[u/zonacorgi → u/ichawks1]

cardinals bad. the rest... who knows

[u/Waffle_Muffins → u/zonacorgi]

Who are the Cards tanking for? And are they really worse than the Browns?

[u/Alcarinque88 → u/Waffle_Muffins]

lol, doesn't even matter, and probably not. They're still gonna try to tank and getting 2nd or 3rd worst will just be our lot in AZ Sports Hell.

[u/Waffle_Muffins → u/ichawks1]

I hope my Vikings can finally get their shit together and make a run.

But they won't.

[u/inevitablescape → u/ichawks1]

Idk if the Texans O line is good enough to win in the playoffs

[u/sweetnwild]

Bummer

[u/zonacorgi]

these announcers are awful

[u/ilovecatss1010]

Whoa hey what is that on the student section? Are those seats or something?

[u/jsph4x → u/ilovecatss1010]

Cat’s Corner, its a premium seating area

[u/zonacorgi]

they put mike norvell in this cfb ad but no arizona.... I have to laugh.

I cant laugh anymore they had purdue and minnesota in this mf ad. fuck espn

[u/inevitablescape]

Seems like we have a bunch of new u of a commercials

[u/Alcarinque88 → u/inevitablescape]

Oh, are you getting commercials? I get the ESPN+ "We're in a commercial break" page. I kinda love it. The sound is a thunderstorm. It's why I came to the game day thread in the first place.

[u/zonacorgi]

ok luv this ua ad but its making me miss being a student. Not ok!

[u/ichawks1 → u/zonacorgi]

they need to have a shot of the buff from the inside and then I will start to shed a tear

[u/ichawks1]

guys i fumbled a latina baddy during halloweekend last year in tucson and i don't think i've ever been the same since

[u/zonacorgi]

alright well #nukeannarbor but anyway, impressed with the offense. defense has been good minus a few tackles. lots to build on here for the real test next week.

[u/ichawks1 → u/zonacorgi]

absolutely bullshit dude god i hate that program cannot wait to watch OU hang 70 on them next week

[u/burgahflippah]

For anyone now trying to explode Michigan with their minds, we have an actual hate watch on the menu tomorrow

[u/ilovecatss1010 → u/burgahflippah]

We have an actual hate watch on the menu rn too.

[u/burgahflippah → u/ilovecatss1010]

Leavitt? ASU?

[u/ilovecatss1010 → u/burgahflippah]

Both!

[u/burgahflippah → u/ilovecatss1010]

Haha hell yeah

[u/ilovecatss1010]

Anyone else just watch that Michigan bullshit? Have never seen a worse call in my life.

[u/TerriblePair5239 → u/ilovecatss1010]

Flair updated. Fuck UM

[u/GracefulFaller → u/ilovecatss1010]

Yeah what the fuck was that?

[u/Federico190 → u/GracefulFaller]

The refs got a direct deposit from an a certain Michigan source to give them another play.

[u/zonacorgi]

I need a refund from my etsy witches god i hate michigan

[u/ichawks1]

well fuck Michigan won god dammit they put 1 second on the clock OF COURSE

[u/zonacorgi]

wait. michigan didnt lose??? i have 12-7 triple zeros whats going on

[u/Crimzon17 → u/zonacorgi]

Refresh the page

[u/zonacorgi → u/Crimzon17]

i wish i was dead

[u/ichawks1 → u/zonacorgi]

zona corgi joker moment

[u/zonacorgi → u/ichawks1]

real

[u/sweetnwild → u/zonacorgi]

Replay review showed 1 second left and they got an impossible successful hail mary

[u/sweetnwild]

Of course Michigan pulled that out 🙄

[u/GracefulFaller]

Bro Western Michigan just got fucking robbed

[u/Waffle_Muffins → u/GracefulFaller]

Replay review was 100% bullshit

[u/zonacorgi → u/GracefulFaller]

? they won

[u/burgahflippah → u/zonacorgi]

Bro you just missed an insane finish

[u/zonacorgi → u/burgahflippah]

🫩

[u/zonacorgi → u/zonacorgi]

I am mistaken

[u/jsph4x → u/GracefulFaller]

Ya there was no time left

[u/SenorPuff]

lmao michigan

[u/zonacorgi]

lol michigan lost. thats for my basketball team you cheating pieces of shit

[u/Waffle_Muffins → u/zonacorgi]

Broncos got hosed on the BS replay

[u/sweetnwild → u/zonacorgi]

No... They did not

[u/burgahflippah → u/zonacorgi]

Dog?!

[u/zonacorgi]

NO GOOD!!

[u/AWSTLX → u/[deleted]]

Remember when they lost to Appalachian State in the biggest upset of all time? Good times when they get upset.

[u/ichawks1 → u/AWSTLX]

this might be bigger than that. oh my lord.

[u/sweetnwild]

STOP SHOWING HIM BARFING

[u/Shamoofles]

Tackling drills all next week please

[u/AWSTLX → u/Shamoofles]

We are rallying well but still missing quite a bit. A quantity vs quality situation

[u/AWSTLX]

I hate that it was used against us, but that was a slick hook&ladder

[u/sweetnwild]

OK fuck you that was impressive

[u/zonacorgi]

ok that was a sick ass play. Like fuck you but that was cool

[u/hypercube42342]

That was a nice play call, unfortunately

[u/GracefulFaller]

lmao hook and lateral

[u/burgahflippah]

Michigan is in trouble and I am too (I must now spend the evening proving my sobriety on account of the play selection during my opening drive)

[u/ichawks1]

WMU WINNING 12-7 AGINST MICHIGAN WITH 1 MINUTE TO GO EVERYONE THIS IS NOT A DRILL THE HATEWATCH IS ON

[u/PM_ME_BORG_NAMES]

We got Noah Fifitas younger brother too?? Lmao that’s sick

[u/ichawks1 → u/PM_ME_BORG_NAMES]

dash is great he's small but super fast and nimble - had a good spring ball!

[u/zonacorgi → u/ichawks1]

honestly even if dash sucked idgaf if noah wants him there he can be there. noah has earned that right LOL

[u/enters_and_leaves]

It’s double fajitas night!

[u/sweetnwild]

GOTEEMMMMN

[u/zonacorgi]

LETS GO DASHHHHH!!!!

[u/GracefulFaller]

DASH MY MAN LETS GO

[u/ichawks1]

Any other european club soccer fans here? I'm an Atletico Madrid fan and I am still pissed af at how we lost to Athletic today

[u/ExcaliburX13 → u/ichawks1]

Also an Atletico fan. Also pissed.

[u/ichawks1 → u/ExcaliburX13]

dude we gotta talk some shop this season in the threads. do you think cholo needs to go!?!?! I don't think so but this loss is inexcusable

[u/ExcaliburX13 → u/ichawks1]

Nah. That game sucked, but I trust that he'll get them right.

[u/ichawks1 → u/ExcaliburX13]

i agree. bro is a legendary coach. how you think we do at anfield?

[u/ExcaliburX13 → u/ichawks1]

Liverpool hasn't exactly been impressive to start the season, but it's one of those matches that I could see going either way. Honestly I just hope it's not a recap of last year's trip to Anfield where we clawed back from a 2-0 deficit to tie it up only to give up a winner in stoppage time.

[u/ichawks1 → u/ExcaliburX13]

yeah I'm thinking that if we can get out of that match with a draw that'll be dope. do you think we have a shot at winning la liga? I feel like we can totally win the champions league especially with the final at our house!

[u/ExcaliburX13 → u/ichawks1]

Gonna be tough. Barcelona looks great again. Would love to see us win the UCL and get rid of the ghost from those 2014 and 2016 Final losses to you know who.

[u/ichawks1 → u/ExcaliburX13]

i know man... we need a UCL. we have so much potential. So pumped I got another atletico fan who will be in the game threads with me haha

[u/ichawks1]

HOLY SHIT GUYS MICHIGAN IS DOWN BY 2 WITH 2 MINUTES TO GO AND WMU HAS THE BALL WTF!?!?!?

[u/zonacorgi → u/ichawks1]

:)

[u/ichawks1 → u/zonacorgi]

corgi gonna be eating GOOD tonight

[u/sweetnwild]

Man I wanted fajitas to have that td

[u/ichawks1 → u/sweetnwild]

gotta stat pad him for the heisman

[u/sweetnwild → u/ichawks1]

Exactly!

[u/GracefulFaller]

Well got to practice the goal line package i guess :T

[u/ExcaliburX13]

Boo! Fuck this ref!

[u/zonacorgi]

one half yard line can we be for real. come on man

[u/sweetnwild]

Noah's using his wheeeeels

[u/LopsidedStruggle]

Fajitas is gonna mess around and win a heisman isnt he

[u/GracefulFaller]

Is this announcer calling him Seth "Dodge" ?????

[u/Federico190]

May I talk to you about the Arizona lord and savior Noah Fifita

[u/zonacorgi]

TOUCHDOWN FOR THE GOAT #JUSTGIVEHIMTHEHEISMAN

[u/ichawks1 → u/zonacorgi]

JUST GIVE US THE NATTY THERE'S NO POINT IN LETTING UNKNOWN SCHOOLS LIKE ALABAMA COMPETE

[u/zonacorgi]

noah is dealing and our wrs have mostly feasted but if lane kiffin wins i say we poach tmac back. just for fun

[u/jsph4x]

Fifita is dealing tonight

[u/LopsidedStruggle]

im sorry to say it again but those fucking big 12 patches are so ridiculous, i cant get over this

[u/burgahflippah → u/LopsidedStruggle]

I’m hoping they reverse course on allowing team colors. If the patch background color can be the jersey primary color, and the Monster and Big 12 logos the secondary…it wouldn’t bother me at all

[u/justaverage → u/LopsidedStruggle]

Excuse me, but do you mean the MONSTER ENERGY BXII patches?

[u/sweetnwild]

3rd down and phoenix ☠️

[u/justaverage → u/sweetnwild]

Haha! I wasn’t sure I heard that right

[u/inevitablescape]

2nd and 30 ☠️

[u/ichawks1]

uhhhh is michigan ACTUALLY going to lose guys!?!?!

[u/justaverage → u/ichawks1]

Feels like any discussion of super leagues should include the MAC

[u/ichawks1 → u/justaverage]

the MAC IS the super league

[u/SenorPuff → u/ichawks1]

https://cdn2.sbnation.com/assets/3567387/magicdog.gif

[u/zonacorgi → u/ichawks1]

if all of my praying, hexes, and etsy witches come to fruition, we will witness the downfall of that institution this year

[u/ichawks1 → u/zonacorgi]

my brother is a u of u fan so he is rooting for their downfall too lol

[u/zonacorgi → u/ichawks1]

tell him he has an ally. we will manage to defeat the great evil that is UM

[u/LopsidedStruggle]

D-line looking BEEFY

[u/Rafa343x → u/LopsidedStruggle]

Chase Kennedy is a beast

[u/jsph4x]

Huge sack let’s go!

[u/ichawks1]

it pisses me off how this great team both last year and this year can't fill up the stadium fifita deserves a sold out crowd this season

[u/Rafa343x → u/ichawks1]

I feel like a lot of people are underestimating. How little extra money people have.

Not just tucson I mean this is everywhere. I feel like ten years ago. This game would be packed because you knew we were gonna win.

[u/ichawks1 → u/Rafa343x]

Dude dw I totally understand the state of the economy right now :( like people just don't have the $$$ for:

gas to stadium for the drive (or uber)

food and drinks before, during, and after the game

jerseys and merch to wear to the game

tickets to the game

etc.

it just sucks that's the state of our economy... but that's how it is

[u/zonacorgi → u/ichawks1]

ikr i would go to every damn game if i could im hoping i can get down to tucson for at least one or two

[u/ichawks1 → u/zonacorgi]

dude i know I'm sad that I won't be able to go to any games at all these next few years but I'm excited to be back again!

[u/sweetnwild → u/ichawks1]

I didn't go because it's too hot, I'm hoping it'll fill out later

[u/sweetnwild]

I am gonna miss fajitas next year 💙❤️

[u/SenorPuff → u/sweetnwild]

so say we all

[u/LopsidedStruggle → u/sweetnwild]

Luckily we got him all year and its just the start

[u/Federico190]

I’m gonna spread the gospel of fifita

[u/AWSTLX]

A lil flick a da wrist! TD