There was a time last spring when linebacker Brandon Jemison’s playing status was to hopefully get him back by the time the Missouri Valley Football Conference season starts. NDSU’s league opener is Oct. 1 at home against Illinois State. Jemison, who went through some rather major hip surgery has blown that theory of the water this fall camp. “He’s stronger and more physical and playing with much more confidence,” said head coach Craig Bohl. “I’d be shocked if he’s not ready to start against Lafayette.”
Jemison was making plays all over the place in practice today. Also:
- Freshman receiver Trevor Gehbart was back on the field after a hamstring injury. The hamstring bug hit cornerback Marcus Williams on Thursday.
- Bohl said he’s going to wait until after the scrimmage to determine if any true freshmen will play right away. My take: if this team stays rather healthy, the entire class will be redshirted for probably the first time in Bohl’s NDSU tenure.
- There doesn’t appear to be a clear-cut winner in the No. 1 defense vs. the No. 1 offense, although if given the choice, I would take the defense.
- Have a story going tomorrow in The Forum on NDSU football reaction to the Miami fiasco. Some interesting comments from administrators, players and coaches. The players, for instance, have to register their cars with the football staff and if one of them all of a sudden gets a new Jaguar, he most likely would have to explain how he did it.
Jemison is gonna have an amazing her, his dad, Chad D was a HS legend on the field in breckenridge and played a lil at ndsu.
UNI is playing at Wisconsin and at IOWA and rumors about appy state.
WHY CANT NDSU PLAY THOSE 2 or nebraska…Scared of our FBS record?? Wisky is still mad at our bball team beating them.
Bohl has admitted in the past that, if they’re going to play FBS teams, it’s against teams they can compete against. Clearly he knows what guys like you and a few delusional dingbats dont get: NDSU CANNOT compete with top tier football programs.
and I have a feeling UNI will end up regretting that decision for 2012. great payday from those two games, but they will get beat up something fierce against those two schools. NDSU may benefit in that the Panthers could be seriously wounded before they start MVC play.
Just stop it. Please
UNI isn’t afraid of NDSU’s FBS record. The Bison are 0-3 versus the Panthers since joining the league.
The Bison schedule makers only schedule FBS teams they have a realistic chance of beating, and rightfully so. The Bison could not survive a healthy dose of Big 10 or Big 12 heavyweights.
Keep some perspective.
NDSU should only be sceduling FBS teams from BCS conferences in those states they heavily recruit.
That’s Minnesota and Wisconsin for sure. If we got more kids from Illinois I would say go for the Illini too. Same goes for Iowa and Iowa State, but again not many kids coming from Iowa. We get more kids from Nebraska – who should definitely be scheduled.
If Kansas starts being a regular recruiting area, keep the games with KU and KSU. Same goes for Arizona and U of AZ and ASU.
Northern Iowa actually just added Wisconsin as their opener for the 2012 season. Two weeks after that they play at Iowa.
Now, to be fair, a lot of that is to get a paycheck (I think it will be a million combined), and they could get beat to hell out of that stretch.
But again, I’d like to see NDSU take a shot at a big boy some day instead of playing the last place dregs (ISU, Wyoming, Minnesota, Kansas) of BCS and non-BCS leagues.
You forget one very important fact. NDSU doesnt dictate to the FBS who they will schedule. Its the other way around.
Jeff, RE: no. 1 offense and no. 1 defense. Is it that close? If it is, does that mean our defense has regressed that much from last year or has our offense really picked it up from last season?
Nice updates, Jeff. Amazing how these topics get hijacked to someone elses agenda. Please, stay on topic.
In fairness to the Bison they scheduled Kansas after Kansas was in the Orange Bowl. They did not go looking for a dog team to play. The year we lost to Iowa State they beat Nebraska. Do I think the Bison could win consistently against the big Dogs in the BCS conferences? Of course not, but they do deserve respect for the FBS teams they have played and beaten. I believe Brandon Jemison will be an NFL player when all is said and done. There are more than a few guys on this team with that potential. Go Bison!
FBS needs to happen soon after ndsu makes another run in playoffs this year, MAC or WAC has to still be on the table
in KFAN voice: “Ohhhhh boyyyyy!!!!” can’t wait to see big time schools like Idaho, San Jose State, Texas State (WAC soon), Utah State, and Western Michigan visit the fabulous Fargodome. Maybe one of the games will get on ESPN the Ocho! That’ll really raise NDSU’s profile!!!
food for thought little Nevin Shapiro Jr., but lets win something at the 1AA level (conference title, national title) before talking about moving to some low rent 1A conference that will probably end up getting demoted to 1AA when 1A becomes just the 16 team superconference leagues.
Big 12 is gonna need teams soon when okla,texas , texas a&m leaves. Thats a good fit.
good luck getting a BCS conference to sell it’s members on playing a bunch of John Deere lookalikes in the frozen north. dude the BCS conferences couldn’t find NDSU if you gave them a map.
Where are Oklahoma, Texas and A&M going?
Do you even read what you write before you post?