Longtime fan

Forgot Cam McKinney. Was to be unds top level guy.

Can you fill us in as to what the deeper concerns outside of injuries are? Of the injuries that I mentioned .. two already garnered All American status while one (Donnell) will garner all American before he graduates. All eight would of been in the two deep. You say the best linebackers don't have a shot when the front gets pushed? Remember ratelle and taj?? They had the exact front, minus Noah, that this year has, but when the front was basically freshman. So yes, the best backers do make a difference...a massive difference. Connor was a capt as a jun for a reason....he was highly intelligent and the qb of the D. He made the reads and called the plays. With Connor and Donnell you have experienced 230lb backers instead of inexperienced 200 lbs. Losing Cole and Deion speaks for itself. Evan being the fastest player on the team was just turning the corner on the coverage skills he lacked as a true fresh. Defensively up front , Tank does his job by typically occupying two OL. That allows one LB to watch the gaps inside. Having Connor and Donnell would have made a big difference with the wear and tear inside. Having the offense go three and out puts a ton of pressure on the light backers UND has now. The TOP is being dominated by the opposing teams this year, that wears on the lightweight inexperienced backers and D in general Is the D perfect ...no! But the injuries are the reason why they are failing.

Big game aka Rudolph

Backups should be Rastas and cam. When/if Rastas adds 20-25 lbs he will an animal. He has the perfect mentality to play LB and plays very agressive....just way to small currently to play all the mins he has been asked to do. Will be a great backup to Noah and Donnell. Cam is such an unknown as he has been injured the entire time he's been here. But definitely looks the part physically and by his hudl tape. My guess is that they will bring in maybe a couple transfers/juco players?

New additions: S- Cole- sen- good lord the football gods hate UND this year fiedler- TE- starting TE

He is not ready. He plays "lost", not focused from what Ive seen at practices. He's seems bouncy but never around the play.

Defensively speaking...injuries are the only problem. If UND had Connor and Donnell and Cam and Noah at ILB and Deion and Evan at cb and Andre an Cole at safety they would be one of the top Ds on the fcs. As it is...nope!

Rudolph at his best JJ had a great game as well.

Hard to swallow ...but true

Correct. This year is not looking good.

I would say no on Noah....no need to burn his shirt. Not looking good this year

Defensively. UND will not be able to stop anyone up the middle all year. No clue what UC Davis has or is all about but they will get plenty chance a to put up big numbers. UNDs offense actually has to be the one to bail out the team....won't happen. UC 38 -28

The initial post was not directed to you .....it was directed to someone that clearly stated they were selling their tickets for homecoming.

You brought up injuries ....what lines from what schools that have sustained 5 injuries from a particular position that are moving opposing lines???

Agreed

Everyone has their top 5 guys removed from one one position(ILB) ????? Give me some details on that. F&$% the bison!!! The o line isn't always the issue. Does mont st or USD have a top o line....no!!!! OC should adjust to what he has and play accordingly.

Would have been a tough D with Connor and Donnell in the middle. Next

Cole has been injured every year dating back to his high school years. Usually 2 -3 games. Hope he can make it back.

Wrong! It's should be pretty apparent that the D has always been there to bail out Rudy when he was busy on eBay or whatever else he is doing during the game. The D can't bail out the offense this year do to injuries. I guess all I'm saying is that it seems that Rudy is better on the World Wide Web then he is at that football thingy. Proof is very much alve

I can blame him for that...he said it, you didn't. I mentioned it earlier .....I've missed maybe 5 games in 25 years ..have been a fan ....always will be a fan. I will be at the next home game just like the last 25 years. Loud and proud.

Good....don't need you. Finding out who the real fans are. You are not one of them.

The D is way to small....how many times did mont st just fall forward for 3-4 or 5 yards. Way way to small. Frustrating to watch....I could only imagine how frustrating it is for Schmitty and bubba

Bubba and Schmitty are the answers for the program. Rudolph is very comparable to what comes out my dogs ass. The defense is absolutely decimated with injuries. UND relies on the ILB and NT to make the plays in a 3-4 base. UND has a 195lb walk on and a 200 converted OLB playing inside. Their hands are tied. It will be like this all year. Opposing teams will carve UND up the middle. Deion and Cole are out....both all Americans plus Evan. Just an unbelievable amount of injuries. Could UND run the style of offense that both USD and mont st run??? They use the time clock while actually gaining yards and scoring. Bubba failed big time at the end of the first half. Not sure UND sees .500 this year disappointing

Go smoke a cock.....you add nothing to the football forum.

Fans have every right to be angry at what happened to UND against USD and I would question those that are ok with it. That was a flat out embarrassment!! To say anything about being a bandwagoneer because a person is upset with what they witnessed ....complete bull#%^% !! As much of a fan as I am, I'm also their biggest critic. I've missed maybe 5 home games in the last 25 years....I have a right, on a UND forum site, to speak my displeasure when things were as bad as they were on Saturday. They have 8 games left......let's see who the real fans are.