North Border vs Dakota Prairie

[WHITE]

who u got in this one fellas?..... should be alot of points put up in this one

[GRIDIRON GURU]

Turnovers, penalties, mistakes, that will be the difference in this game

whoever has the fewest of the above mentioned will win the game.

Dakota Prairie has choked in their biggest games over the years, I would like to see that change and see an outright region championship for them this year.

 

[grizzfan]

I will take dakota prairie by 2 scores

[ndfan]

I think North Border could give them a run for there money.

[EagleFan#5]

What is Dakota Prairie brining to the table? Rumor has it a decent running back and a fair sized line? I really believe the quickness of NB's line should help with the running back situation and TC in the QB position gives them an option to be a running team or to pass the ball... anytime you can do that it makes you a tough team to defend. I won't be one to put a prediction on the games outcome right now but North Border has played well in their first 2 games and I think they have very good odds against DP tonight....

[ndlionsfan]

DP brings all the same to the table Eagle Fan.  They have an excellent QB in Nichols that is one of the better passing QB's in the state and is also an excellent runner.  Their RB is very quick and shifty and is also a threat in the passing game.  Don't know about their line cause I'm not sure who they lost.  They run a spread offense that is very hard to defend.  Not sure about how they stack up on D compared to NB, tho.  I'm guessing this game will be a shootout with DP coming out on top by 1 TD.

[nordstde]

North Border should be able to give DP more than a "run for their money". They have plenty of talent to win this game. I'll take North Border, something like 32-26.

[ricky bobby]

its going to be a high scoring game but tight throughout

[Brett Favre]

NB won 34-32.  Outstanding football game to watch.  Dakota Prairie moved the ball up and down the field, but couldn't finish drives and turned the ball over in key situations.  NB was up 34-16 in the 4th Q., and had to hold on for their dear lives with Dakota Prairie recovering an onside kick and having the ball inside the 30 with less than a minute left.  DP Quarterback played great all game, as well as Carpenter for NB.

[nordstde]

Dang, I was close on the score. I figured it would be relatively high scoring like that. Nobody has been giving NB credit this year and I don't know why. Now some of you might have figured it out.

[north_border_eagles2106]

DP brings all the same to the table Eagle Fan.  They have an excellent QB in Nichols that is one of the better passing QB's in the state and is also an excellent runner.  Their RB is very quick and shifty and is also a threat in the passing game.  Don't know about their line cause I'm not sure who they lost.  They run a spread offense that is very hard to defend.  Not sure about how they stack up on D compared to NB, tho.  I'm guessing this game will be a shootout with DP coming out on top by 1 TD.

After watching Nichols over or underthrow his recievers basically all night on friday I think that view of him isn't right.  He's a great athlete and good to have at the QB position but what I saw of him passing on friday didn't impress me at all.  North border had 5 td's total, 3 rushing and two passing, I think.  DP had 4 rushing touchdowns.  Nichols was constantly throwing over his receivers head in the game and once or twice he threw it well short.

[pakkyzoo]

DP brings all the same to the table Eagle Fan.  They have an excellent QB in Nichols that is one of the better passing QB's in the state and is also an excellent runner.  Their RB is very quick and shifty and is also a threat in the passing game.  Don't know about their line cause I'm not sure who they lost.  They run a spread offense that is very hard to defend.  Not sure about how they stack up on D compared to NB, tho.  I'm guessing this game will be a shootout with DP coming out on top by 1 TD.

After watching Nichols over or underthrow his recievers basically all night on friday I think that view of him isn't right.  He's a great athlete and good to have at the QB position but what I saw of him passing on friday didn't impress me at all.  North border had 5 td's total, 3 rushing and two passing, I think.  DP had 4 rushing touchdowns.  Nichols was constantly throwing over his receivers head in the game and once or twice he threw it well short.

Come on now man, I bet Dakota Prairie had 250 yards more total offense then North Border did. Nichols came up with the big plays when he needed. I bet he had more passing yards then Carpenter and I know he had more rushing yards.  DP moved the ball up and down the field all night long.  The first half i think Coach Carpenter had a little bit to do with the game.  What I mean by that is penalties, DP would get to the 25 yard line and then the yellow flag would be tossed.  I think in the first half it wad 9 dp penalties to 1 north border penalty.  Lets be serious here.  DP lost this game with not even punting one time.  That tells you something. Im not saying the referees caused Dakota Prairie to loose, Im just saying it did affect the first half.  The second half was a great, some of the best football I've seen.  Im guessing if these two play against DP wins by atleast 14 points.

[pakkyzoo]

DP brings all the same to the table Eagle Fan.  They have an excellent QB in Nichols that is one of the better passing QB's in the state and is also an excellent runner.  Their RB is very quick and shifty and is also a threat in the passing game.  Don't know about their line cause I'm not sure who they lost.  They run a spread offense that is very hard to defend.  Not sure about how they stack up on D compared to NB, tho.  I'm guessing this game will be a shootout with DP coming out on top by 1 TD.

After watching Nichols over or underthrow his recievers basically all night on friday I think that view of him isn't right.  He's a great athlete and good to have at the QB position but what I saw of him passing on friday didn't impress me at all.  North border had 5 td's total, 3 rushing and two passing, I think.  DP had 4 rushing touchdowns.  Nichols was constantly throwing over his receivers head in the game and once or twice he threw it well short.

Come on now man, I bet Dakota Prairie had 250 yards more total offense then North Border did. Nichols came up with the big plays when he needed. I bet he had more passing yards then Carpenter and I know he had more rushing yards.  DP moved the ball up and down the field all night long.  The first half i think Coach Carpenter had a little bit to do with the game.  What I mean by that is penalties, DP would get to the 25 yard line and then the yellow flag would be tossed.  I think in the first half it wad 9 dp penalties to 1 north border penalty.  Lets be serious here.  DP lost this game with not even punting one time.  That tells you something. Im not saying the referees caused Dakota Prairie to loose, Im just saying it did affect the first half.  The second half was a great, some of the best football I've seen.  Im guessing if these two play against DP wins by atleast 14 points.

[The Schwab]

DP brings all the same to the table Eagle Fan.  They have an excellent QB in Nichols that is one of the better passing QB's in the state and is also an excellent runner.  Their RB is very quick and shifty and is also a threat in the passing game.  Don't know about their line cause I'm not sure who they lost.  They run a spread offense that is very hard to defend.  Not sure about how they stack up on D compared to NB, tho.  I'm guessing this game will be a shootout with DP coming out on top by 1 TD.

After watching Nichols over or underthrow his recievers basically all night on friday I think that view of him isn't right.  He's a great athlete and good to have at the QB position but what I saw of him passing on friday didn't impress me at all.  North border had 5 td's total, 3 rushing and two passing, I think.  DP had 4 rushing touchdowns.  Nichols was constantly throwing over his receivers head in the game and once or twice he threw it well short.

Come on now man, I bet Dakota Prairie had 250 yards more total offense then North Border did. Nichols came up with the big plays when he needed. I bet he had more passing yards then Carpenter and I know he had more rushing yards.  DP moved the ball up and down the field all night long.  The first half i think Coach Carpenter had a little bit to do with the game.  What I mean by that is penalties, DP would get to the 25 yard line and then the yellow flag would be tossed.  I think in the first half it wad 9 dp penalties to 1 north border penalty.  Lets be serious here.  DP lost this game with not even punting one time.  That tells you something. Im not saying the referees caused Dakota Prairie to loose, Im just saying it did affect the first half.  The second half was a great, some of the best football I've seen.  Im guessing if these two play against DP wins by atleast 14 points.

Your right he did...his team was obviously more disciplined than D.P if they only had 1 penalty to D.P's 9

[ndlionsfan]

DP brings all the same to the table Eagle Fan.  They have an excellent QB in Nichols that is one of the better passing QB's in the state and is also an excellent runner.  Their RB is very quick and shifty and is also a threat in the passing game.  Don't know about their line cause I'm not sure who they lost.  They run a spread offense that is very hard to defend.  Not sure about how they stack up on D compared to NB, tho.  I'm guessing this game will be a shootout with DP coming out on top by 1 TD.

After watching Nichols over or underthrow his recievers basically all night on friday I think that view of him isn't right.  He's a great athlete and good to have at the QB position but what I saw of him passing on friday didn't impress me at all.  North border had 5 td's total, 3 rushing and two passing, I think.  DP had 4 rushing touchdowns.  Nichols was constantly throwing over his receivers head in the game and once or twice he threw it well short.

 

I wasn't at the game or even have heard much about it, but Nichols could have had a bad game.  I saw him play twice last year and was extremely impressed with his abilities as a QB and I watch a lot of fball each year.  He was the best QB I saw all last year and I am not a DP fan either. 

[north_border_eagles2106]

DP brings all the same to the table Eagle Fan.  They have an excellent QB in Nichols that is one of the better passing QB's in the state and is also an excellent runner.  Their RB is very quick and shifty and is also a threat in the passing game.  Don't know about their line cause I'm not sure who they lost.  They run a spread offense that is very hard to defend.  Not sure about how they stack up on D compared to NB, tho.  I'm guessing this game will be a shootout with DP coming out on top by 1 TD.

After watching Nichols over or underthrow his recievers basically all night on friday I think that view of him isn't right.  He's a great athlete and good to have at the QB position but what I saw of him passing on friday didn't impress me at all.  North border had 5 td's total, 3 rushing and two passing, I think.  DP had 4 rushing touchdowns.  Nichols was constantly throwing over his receivers head in the game and once or twice he threw it well short.

Come on now man, I bet Dakota Prairie had 250 yards more total offense then North Border did. Nichols came up with the big plays when he needed. I bet he had more passing yards then Carpenter and I know he had more rushing yards.  DP moved the ball up and down the field all night long.  The first half i think Coach Carpenter had a little bit to do with the game.  What I mean by that is penalties, DP would get to the 25 yard line and then the yellow flag would be tossed.  I think in the first half it wad 9 dp penalties to 1 north border penalty.  Lets be serious here.  DP lost this game with not even punting one time.  That tells you something. Im not saying the referees caused Dakota Prairie to loose, Im just saying it did affect the first half.  The second half was a great, some of the best football I've seen.  Im guessing if these two play against DP wins by atleast 14 points.

As much as I hate to make someone who has a Miami Hurricane avatar (go canes!) I'm going to have to.  You obviously are one of the angry DP fans that think the reason Dakota Prairie was jumping offsides, false starting, doing illegal motion, or holding or anything else the refs call is Mr. Carpenter's fault.  It's not like basketball when you can dispute a foul or something.  If someone jumps offsides or holds or any of the other ones i named, you have to call it.  North Border had plenty of penalties themselves in the game they just were able to overcome it and not make mistakes in the red zone.  DP got slowed down after their first drive because north border played their best strength perfectly.  They stopped the option play after the first drive when it worked great and held it in check the whole game.  I don't think Nichols had more passing yards then Carpenter either.  They did have a load of yards but it doesn't really matter how many yards you have if you lose the game.  I'll agree 100% with Schwab on this one that if Mr. Carpenter had anything to do with that stat you put on there was that he did have a more disciplined team then DP's head coach.

[Brett Favre]

I was at the game.  I'm with the DP fan, in the fact that whoever dogged Nichols game that night is completely wrong.  DP had over 550 yards of total offense, and Nichols was the main reason for the majority of those.  But as far as the penalty's go, there is no way carpenter could have had anything to do with it.  Many of the penalty's were illegal motion, because DP would send 2 guys in motion out of their 4 wide reciever sets.  That was the difference in the game.  DP outplayed NB the entire first half and 2nd half of the 4th quarter, but when it came down to it they were completely outcoached by NB. 

[ricky bobby]

I was at the game.  I'm with the DP fan, in the fact that whoever dogged Nichols game that night is completely wrong.  DP had over 550 yards of total offense, and Nichols was the main reason for the majority of those.  But as far as the penalty's go, there is no way carpenter could have had anything to do with it.  Many of the penalty's were illegal motion, because DP would send 2 guys in motion out of their 4 wide reciever sets.  That was the difference in the game.  DP outplayed NB the entire first half and 2nd half of the 4th quarter, but when it came down to it they were completely outcoached by NB. 

That happened once there guy

[north_border_eagles2106]

I was at the game.  I'm with the DP fan, in the fact that whoever dogged Nichols game that night is completely wrong.  DP had over 550 yards of total offense, and Nichols was the main reason for the majority of those.  But as far as the penalty's go, there is no way carpenter could have had anything to do with it.  Many of the penalty's were illegal motion, because DP would send 2 guys in motion out of their 4 wide reciever sets.  That was the difference in the game.  DP outplayed NB the entire first half and 2nd half of the 4th quarter, but when it came down to it they were completely outcoached by NB. 

OK I wasn't dogging Nichols game.  I said before in that post that I didn't think he was that great of a passing quarterback.  I think Nichols is an amazing athlete and great football player.  I think he could easily play college football at somewhere in the NCC, I just didn't think that the ONE GAME I saw him play this year that he had as good of a night throwing the ball as he could.  He was overthrowing his receivers on a lot of balls that if they were caught it would've huge play for DP.  You guys need to go through a read posts before you jump all over someone like that.  Some of the people on here are like the reporters in the media that get half the story and base there opinion on that.

[north_border_eagles2106]

DP brings all the same to the table Eagle Fan.  They have an excellent QB in Nichols that is one of the better passing QB's in the state and is also an excellent runner.  Their RB is very quick and shifty and is also a threat in the passing game.  Don't know about their line cause I'm not sure who they lost.  They run a spread offense that is very hard to defend.  Not sure about how they stack up on D compared to NB, tho.  I'm guessing this game will be a shootout with DP coming out on top by 1 TD.

After watching Nichols over or underthrow his recievers basically all night on friday I think that view of him isn't right.  He's a great athlete and good to have at the QB position but what I saw of him passing on friday didn't impress me at all.  North border had 5 td's total, 3 rushing and two passing, I think.  DP had 4 rushing touchdowns.  Nichols was constantly throwing over his receivers head in the game and once or twice he threw it well short.

Come on now man, I bet Dakota Prairie had 250 yards more total offense then North Border did. Nichols came up with the big plays when he needed. I bet he had more passing yards then Carpenter and I know he had more rushing yards.  DP moved the ball up and down the field all night long.  The first half i think Coach Carpenter had a little bit to do with the game.  What I mean by that is penalties, DP would get to the 25 yard line and then the yellow flag would be tossed.  I think in the first half it wad 9 dp penalties to 1 north border penalty.  Lets be serious here.  DP lost this game with not even punting one time.  That tells you something. Im not saying the referees caused Dakota Prairie to loose, Im just saying it did affect the first half.  The second half was a great, some of the best football I've seen.  Im guessing if these two play against DP wins by atleast 14 points.

I actually saw the stat sheet for the game and the penalites in the first half were the same for both teams, so GOOD ONE.  North Border just capitalized on DP's penalties and DP didn't do anything when North Border got penalized.  This should be a great rematch if they do meet again in the playoffs.