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Spread - Jackrabbits by 17.5
Sagarin - Jackrabbits by 18
Massey - Jackrabbits by 19

What I want:

8 Holy Cross d. 1 SD State 31-17

What will actually happen:

1 SD State d. 8 Holy Cross 56-31

SDSU in a rout.

This is NOT turning out to be the advertised blowout so far, though the HC QB has had some early game jitters. Some aggressive play-calling, including putting a surprise onside kick out of bounds after the first TD. SD State has been corralled in the red zone, hitting two out of three FGs. Incredible play call for HC on fourth and inches, an old-school jump pass-pop pass when the entire SD State defense was expecting sneak (what I would have called.

8 Holy Cross leads 1 SD State 14-6.

SD State TD with early 2pt ties it up.

First Quarter

HC: Sluka 56 run (Ng kick) 7:15 HC leads SD State 7-0
SD State: Dustman 29 FG 3:07 HC leads SD State 7-3
SD State: Dustman 23 FG 0:00 HC leads SD State 7-6

Second Quarter

HC: Morris 27 pass from Purdy (Ng kick) 9:10 HC leads SD State 14-6
SD State: Davis 3 run (Davis run) 5:19 HC tied with SD State 14-14
SD State: Freeman 37 interception return (Dustman kick) 1:08 SD State leads HC 21-14

Third Quarter

HC: Oliver 1 run (Ng kick) 8:59 HC tied with SD State 21-21

Fourth Quarter

SD State: Jaxon Janke 18 pass from Gronowski (Dustman kick) 10:08 SD State leads HC 28-21
SD State: Gronowski 18 run (Dustman kick) 2:39 SD State leads HC 35-21
SD State: Jadon Janke 21 pass from Gronowski (Dustman kick) 0:39 SD State leads HC 42-21

Jason Freeman with the pick six for the Jackrabbits.

Abridged First Half Stats

Holy Cross

Rushing

Sluka 11-97-1 TD
Oliver 4-13

Passing

Sluka 7-16-84-1 INT
Purdy 1-1-27-1 TD

Receiving

Coker 5-63
Morris 1-27-1 TD

SD State

Rushing

Davis 12-77-1 TD
Gronowski 7-20

Passing

Gronowski 5-12-98

Receiving

Janke 3-64
Heins 1-29

Oliver caps off a drive led by a big Sluka run with a 1-yard plunge to tie it up.

Mini controversy as HC aligns to go for it on 4th and 4 as 3Q expires. Shifting to the other side of the field, where HC will have the wind. We'll see if they'll kick the FG instead.

Ng opens 4Q by missing wide left. Still tied at 21s....

Janke TD pass gives SD State 4Q lead.

Gronowski may have just set the dagger with a TD run.

SD State just completely lost my respect. They knew the game was over when HC blew fourth down, then SD State bled HC's timeouts with plays that were seemingly running out the clock, THEN they chose to run up the score with a post pattern to the end zone. That's a cheap way to play football....

Pretty good showing by HC. Tied at 21 in 4th, despite giving up the pick 6. Then gave up 3 TDs last 10 min. The last one with about 30 seconds left by SDSU was kind of garbage.

SuperHornet wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 1:00 pm SD State just completely lost my respect. They knew the game was over when HC blew fourth down, then SD State bled HC's timeouts with plays that were seemingly running out the clock, THEN they chose to run up the score with a post pattern to the end zone. That's a cheap way to play football....

Yeah, with about 30-40 seconds left that was kind of garbage.

BDKJMU wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:07 pm

SuperHornet wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 1:00 pm SD State just completely lost my respect. They knew the game was over when HC blew fourth down, then SD State bled HC's timeouts with plays that were seemingly running out the clock, THEN they chose to run up the score with a post pattern to the end zone. That's a cheap way to play football....

Yeah, with about 30-40 seconds left that was kind of garbage.

The HC coach called 2 timeouts in a row when he could've just let the clock run out. That's fair game, to me.

My initial impulse is to say that I think that was not a real good performance by South Dakota State. If they had that much of a problem with a Holy Cross's dual threat quarterback you have to ask if they can handle Montana State's dual threat quarterback and, if Incarnate Word gets by North Dakota State and South Dakota State gets by Montana State, Incarnate Word's dual threat quarterback.

But I might not be giving enough credit to Holy Cross. The final score was deceptive. Holy Cross definitely had a chance to win that game.