The Sicatoka

NDSU will give you 100 different looks ... to run A gap power out of.

FIN 4-1 SVK

Too many guys at WJC?

The ESPN semi-final guys called the NDSU offense "classic". I suspect it was the nice way of saying "old school". I like to say NDSU does nothing exceptional, but what they do they do exceptionally well. I swear NDSU has three blocking schemes for the OL and maybe 12 plays on offense (with play number one being A gap power). But they never miss assignments.

FIN 3-1 SVK mid second

Nah, they'll tease with one win ... then lose a second game in OT.

Do you know Dr. Glenn I. Lykken? That UND Physics prof loved that philosophy. I had a boss that used to say something like anyone can throw more parts and complexity at something to try to make it "better", but true design elegance is getting improved performance from less complexity.

Glad to hear it. And you give a great example.

If we have a TE like Cloyd that doesn't get used until a senior year, or a defensive scheme where a portal safety doesn't play until he understands it, are we making it too hard? I say that as I am tossing away a 20+ year old code base and starting from scratch. It was built on late 90's tech that's rapidly going obsolete. It's a patch on a patch glob, written in a dead language, where you've lost the original design and architecture of it. Is that what the UND playbook has become also? If incoming field-ready bodies (and talent) can't get onto the field because they can't comprehend the playbook, the problem isn't the player. Start fresh, start simple, with (PDF) pages 37-52 in here? Would we ever run offensive play "2-10"?

I think folks misinterpreted my first few words last time. This thread will be moving back to recruiting. I'm done reading noise (Stig, coaching complaints) in the recruiting thread. Take the "Monday morning QB" expertise to the 2022 season thread ... please (or else).

Not positive but pretty sure* I saw Noah on Christmas Eve visiting his grandmother (?) in a nursing facility. Noah, if you read this: It's hard, it's uncomfortable, but it's where you needed to be and she does appreciate you visiting. *height, hair, face shape, UND FB jacket, 'geography'

I'd really like this thread to trend back to "recruiting" and what UND is targeting for the February signing period.

NHL Network schedule for Tuesday, December 27 Slovakia vs. Finland 11 a.m. ET Sweden vs. Germany 1:30 p.m. ET Latvia vs. Switzerland 4 p.m. ET Czechia vs. Austria 6:30 p.m. ET

SF is lookin' real ... Purdy ... lately.

What that tells me is Ness on a fourth line is better than other teams' third or fourth line. Now if Ness was doing that against opponent first lines ...

The CAN pressure didn't rattle or phase the CZE in the least.

SUI: “Hey everybody, watch this!” SUI 3-2 FIN OT CZE: “Hold my beer.” CZE 5-2 CAN

CAN pulls with 4 to play still down 3.

CZE 5-2 CAN under 7 left CZE going on PP

CZE 5-2 CAN after 2

Major over CZE 5-2 CAN mid second

You’re further from Moncton than me. News takes longer to get to you.

Four words for those folks that they forget: Eye. Eye. Etch. Eff.

CZE cashes 2 on the major and still :34 left on it

CAN takes a 5 for contact to head. Nose and lip cut. Clear head contact in replay. CAN fans in disbelief.