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North
Dakota State Wanted It More (09/23/2006)
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| Football |
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Final |
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North Dakota
State |
| Bison |
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0 |
13 |
3 |
13 |
29 |
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Ball State |
| Cardinals |
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7 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
24 |
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It was a night of
surprises. Some nice. Some not so nice. |
| First, the weather. The
forecast was ominous. Many inches or rain were supposed to ruin
tailgate party time, and the weather was supposed to turn
dangerously severe around game time. The chance of precipitation
was 100%. The weather forecast undoubtedly kept tailgating to a
fraction of what it normally is. Turns out it was sunny through
most of tailgating time and the rain held off until the forth
quarter of the game. That rain was nothing more than a heavy mist
even then. |
| During the surprisingly
sunny tailgate party time, speculation based on history was that
the alumni and locals would not show up for the game due to the
threat of rain, but the student crowd would show up. Not
in the numbers they came out for against Indiana or even Eastern
Michigan, but the consensus was that the student crowd would be
decent. Surprise! The alumni and locals came out and the students
didn't. There very well might have been more North Dakota State
fans in Sheumann Stadium than Ball State students. Possibly the
student crowd was another victim of the weather forecast. It was
Family Weekend which in the past has impacted football attendance
in a positive way. With a horrible weather forecast, students and
their families possibly made drier plans. |
| Finally, the game. The
Ball State team knew NDSU was a good football team. The team vowed
not to be the seventh Division 1-A team to lose to a Division 1-AA
team this year. The Ball State football team knows what the
mindset is of football team put in the situation NDSU was put in
as they themselves have been in a similar situation all too often.
No way the Cardinals would over look the Bison, right? Well, maybe
they did or maybe they didn't. Regardless, the Cardinals came out
flat, void of emotion, and didn't give their best effort. The end
result is that NDSU flat out kicked their tails. They wanted it
more. |
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Rushing: |
B.J.
Hill - 6 rushes for
21 yards and a touchdown. |
| Passing: |
Joey
Lynch - 13 of 21 with no INT. |
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262
yards 1 touchdown. |
| Receiving: |
Dante
Love - 5 rec, 116 yds and
1 TD |
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Darius
Hill - 4 rec, 108 yards. |
| Tackles: |
Bryant
Haines - 7 tackles |
| Attendance: |
10,285 |
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Next
Opponent:
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Northern
Illinois |
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| Huskies |
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| Saturday
- September 30th - 6:30PM |
| Scheumann
Stadium |
| Muncie,
Indiana |
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MAC
Standings |
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WEST
DIVISION |
MAC |
TOTAL |
| W |
L |
W |
L |
| Central
Michigan |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Western
Michigan |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
| Ball
State |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| Northern
Illinois |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Toledo |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Eastern
Michigan |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
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EAST
DIVISION |
MAC |
TOTAL |
| W |
L |
W |
L |
| Kent
State |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Ohio |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Bowling
Green |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Akron |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Miami |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
| Buffalo |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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| MAC
Games September 23rd |
| Kent
State 38 at Bowling Green 3 |
| Ohio
6 at Missouri 31 |
| Indiana
State 14 at Northern Illinois 48 |
| Buffalo
7 at Auburn 38 |
| Central
Michigan 24 at Eastern Michigan 17 -OT |
| North
Texas 13 at Akron 33 |
| Temple
7 at Western Michigan 41 |
| McNeese
State 7 at Toledo 41 |
| Miami
14 at Syracuse 34 |
| BSU
Opponents Games September 23rd |
| Minnesota
21 at Purdue 27 |
| Wisconsin
13 at Michigan 27 |
| Connecticut
14 at Indiana 7 |
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| MAC
Games September 30th |
| Toledo
at Pittsburgh - 12:00PM |
| Bowling
Green at Ohio - 2:00PM |
| Miami
at Cincinnati - 3:30PM |
| Eastern
Michigan at Louisiana-Lafayette - 4:00PM |
| Central
Michigan at Kentucky - 6:00PM |
| Akron
at Kent State - 7:30PM |
| BSU
Opponents Games September 30th |
| Wisconsin
at Indiana - 12:00PM |
| Purdue
at Notre Dame - 2:30PM |
| North
Dakota State at Stephen F. Austin - 7:00PM |
| Michigan
at Minnesota - 8:00PM |
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