Jackrabbit Illustrated

Well... that is certainly not what any of us expected.  Rants & Raves will be a bit different this week as we sift through the wreckage.  Hopefully I can offer some hope.  Rants & Raves Rants: Offensive line (both run and pass blocking), special teams fumbles, missed FG and XP, the rain that ruined a beautiful day, lack of a consistent pass rush, inability to stop the run, poor throws and poor effort to haul in passes, and poor adjustments to what UNI showed us in their opening possessions; both offense and defense.  Whew... that is out of the way.  I could write a paragraph on each one of those, but it wouldn't do much good.  I'm sure we have all been sitting around today super frustrated with what transpired on Saturday in the Dana.  This loss stings because the Jacks lost to a team they should have beaten soundly.  However, it is time to move forward. Game Balls: Offense: Dallas Goedert Dallas has been banged up this season....

Here we go!  As the week has gone along I have become more and more excited for this match-up.  When I was a student at SDSU, UNI had our number every season.  UNI quarterback, Pat Grace, seemed to have the Jackrabbit's number every game.  However, the tables have turned with SDSU winning 3 of the last 4, with many Jackrabbit fans feeling that this should be 4 for 4.   This season UNI is again coming to Brookings after a tough non-conference schedule and a difficult loss last week against Western Illinois.  This is realistically a "must win" for UNI if they hope to make the playoffs this season.   If the weather isn't terrible, this should be a great day! Here are the 3 matchups I'm watching this week: 1. Jordan Brown vs. UNI wide receiver #10 Daurice Fountain  Jordan is coming off maybe his best game as a Jackrabbit.  He had an interception and was a force throughout the game making tackles in the run game and making sure that every p...