(01-31-2021 01:29 AM)Lopes87 Wrote:  NMSU struggled vs Arizona Christian to start the year and had hiccups vs BenU. Then they fell to CSUN who isn't good after and gave up almost 40 points to them in the 2nd half. The same issues they have had vs ACU BENU and CSUN came to life again vs GCU.

"NMSU struggled vs Arizona Christian to start the year" - NMSU was unable to practice 5-on-5 prior to arriving at Arizona Grand Resort. And, they took the ACU game only days before the official start of the D1 season. NMSU was shorthanded with injuries and ACU had been playing for over a month.

"...and had hiccups vs BenU" - NMSU played better but Jabari Rice broke his foot during this game. NMSU was still playing shorthanded with its roster.

"Then they fell to CSUN who isn't good after and gave up almost 40 points to them in the 2nd half." - Keep in mind, NMSU entered that games without the services of starters Jabari Rice and Clayton Henry; who were both sidelined with extended injuries. The CSUN game was played 28 days after the BenU game; taken at a moments notice. And leading up to the game, NMSU was unable to practice; being sidelined for weeks by two positive COVID tests. NMSU simply ran out of steam at the end of that game; being only their 3rd game.

You should be happy GCU won handedly. But don't put too much stock in the wins as you do realize if NMSU has no more stoppages, they will be much improved by the time March rolls around. What NMSU needs now is a month of uninterrupted play to iron out the kinks. Jans has a lot tools in the Aggie toolbox... Jans just needs to get this group to play together and on the same page in his playbook. GCU has been very fortunate to have very few disruptions. This has not been the case for NMSU thus far.

At this point in the season, the only GCU player NMSU doesn't have an answer for is Midtgaard. The rest of GCU roster doesn't concern me given what NMSU's has in its roster.