The national championship - harding vs ferris.

[OldBison]

34-28 Bisons

[KleShreen]

Is that either way Kle or Ferris I assume?

Either way. I don't know who will win. I'm just confident it will be high-scoring.

[KleShreen]

If any Bison fans are looking for a good place to eat while in BR, I would check out Schubergs or the Gypsy Nickel. There's probably other good places since I graduated and played there, but those ones come to mind.

I'm a frequent visitor to Big Rapids, but still, every time I go, I end up getting a grinder from Mancinos. I try and stop at Mancinos whenever I'm in a Michigan college town, since that's where most of them seem to be lol.

[Bisons10]

Only team to beat Harding in 2 seasons kept them under 20.. obviously no Harding or Ferris keyboard king has predicted that on here despite the big talk of Ferris defense. So even though everyone in the country knows that Harding is going to run the ball, and run it again, and when they are done with that they will run again (say all the frustrated fans who have faced Harding)

I take the Bisons 27-17.

[OldBison]

I'm a frequent visitor to Big Rapids, but still, every time I go, I end up getting a grinder from Mancinos. I try and stop at Mancinos whenever I'm in a Michigan college town, since that's where most of them seem to be lol.

Okay Kle, for those of us who have spent our entire lives living in the South, what’s a grinder?

[Searcy]

Okay Kle, for those of us who have spent our entire lives living in the South, what’s a grinder?

Grinder = Hoagie/Hero/Sub/Blimpie/Poorboy

(I grew up outside the south before going to Harding)

[bigmrg74]

Haha agreed…but for who??

Both!

[bigmrg74]

Grinder = Hoagie/Hero/Sub/Blimpie/Poorboy

(I grew up outside the south before going to Harding)

Mancino's grinders are usually baked in their pizza oven. They're a solid option for something to fill you up with. They do pizza, calzones, and wings there as well. Most of them are mostly take out places, but there's some that have seating to eat there as well.

[KleShreen]

Okay Kle, for those of us who have spent our entire lives living in the South, what’s a grinder?

Just yet another regional food chain reference for a sub sandwich. They all gotta make their own to divide us, obviously!

[Tony Nicolette]

I don't think that's a regional thing. Whenever I have had a grinder at a place that touts/sells them, there is something very different/unique about the bread that they use. When that correct bread is used it is NOT just another sub sandwich. It makes things VERY different, and I would say far superior. Seems like the old Mancino's had that different bread style. Haven't had one in probably 20 years so can't say whether that difference is still present/noticeable.

[BisonOL]

Alright all the niceties are over game day tomorrow. Ferris group seems like a good crowd. I will almost be sad for you tomorrow around 3:30 pm. Nothing to hang your heads about tomorrow afternoon, uv had a fine season you should be proud of. We will be sure to represent SR3 well next weekend and beyond! 😊

[FSUBulldogs]

Alright all the niceties are over game day tomorrow. Ferris group seems like a good crowd. I will almost be sad for you tomorrow around 3:30 pm. Nothing to hang your heads about tomorrow afternoon, uv had a fine season you should be proud of. We will be sure to represent SR3 well next weekend and beyond! 😊

If you would prefer I can recommend a grocery store where you can pick up some Kleenex for your ride back to Arkansas instead of a place to eat. I would check out Walmart. You will fit right in with the Big Rapids Townies. 😊

[FSUBulldogs]

One interesting thing I was looking at this morning as I was listening to the show that Wit, Tony, and BD did last night. One person said that Harding's defense was down compared to last year. It doesn't look like that's the case. In all, Harding's team is better than last year besides the categories where you look at the sum of the data collected. So if Ferris wins on Saturday they will request the 2023 trophy from Harding too haha

TEAM STATISTICS (2023)
	Harding	OPP
SCORING	703	163
Points Per Game	46.9	10.9
Rushing Average Per Game	410.7	68.8
TDs Rushing	79	8
Pssing Average Per Game	48.1	178.1
TDs Passing	9	13
Average Per Game	458.7	246.9
TEAM STATISTICS (2024)
	Harding	OPP	Difference Between Years
SCORING	667	124	-36	-39
Points Per Game	51.31	9.54	4.41	-1.36
Rushing Average Per Game	435.8	70.3	25.1	1.5
TDs Rushing	71	7	-8	-1
Passing Average Per Game	70.31	110.9	22.21	-67.18
TDs Passing	13	7	4	-6
Average Per Game	506.1	181.2	47.4	-65.7

[Divisiontwo]

I don’t really see what they’re referencing when they say the defense is down. They lost one real contributor off the defense from last year. He won a bunch of awards but didn’t have his best season last year. The guy who he split time with did. And he’s back.

it’s all still a game of matchups at this point. We’ll see how they match up with Ferris. But HU’s defense hasn’t taken a step back overall.

Side Bar: last year’s numbers there do include a somewhat historic offense that was UCM. Take that for what it’s worth.

[BisonOL]

One interesting thing I was looking at this morning as I was listening to the show that Wit, Tony, and BD did last night. One person said that Harding's defense was down compared to last year. It doesn't look like that's the case. In all, Harding's team is better than last year besides the categories where you look at the sum of the data collected. So if Ferris wins on Saturday they will request the 2023 trophy from Harding too haha

TEAM STATISTICS (2023)
	Harding	OPP
SCORING	703	163
Points Per Game	46.9	10.9
Average Per Game	410.7	68.8
TDs Rushing	79	8
Average Per Game	48.1	178.1
TDs Passing	9	13
Average Per Game	458.7	246.9
TEAM STATISTICS (2024)
	Harding	OPP	Difference Between Years
SCORING	667	124	-36	-39
Points Per Game	51.31	9.54	4.41	-1.36
Rushing Average Per Game	435.8	70.3	25.1	1.5
TDs Rushing	71	7	-8	-1
Passing Average Per Game	70.31	110.9	22.21	-67.18
TDs Passing	13	7	4	-6
Average Per Game	506.1	181.2	47.4	-65.7

Being that our off and def stats the past 2 yrs were for the most part better than Ferris in ‘21 and ‘22, if we win then we will be requesting both of those and call this year a 4 peat.