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I can't figure out how the officials missed the hold on the TD pass to Carrington. Full on pull of the jersey from behind.

Strong effort so far!

No, but they did lose to USF

So taking a quick look at the Utah fan forum it appears Utah fans aren't concerned about North Dakota even a little.

I think this type of perception can happen at any school. If you aren't one of the top recruits for them by position sometimes the attention you get isn't what you think it should be. Especially if you have been around another recruit and see them being treated differently. From experience both UND and NDSU have been guilty of this in the past. It is probably more about the athletes perception than reality in many cases though. I recall attending camp at Nebraska as a kid and watching the staff drool over Ahman Green the entire camp and they should have been considering the type of athlete he was. I also recall them spending a lot of time with an OL kid from Oklahoma who was really big and really soft and I thought that he was a terrible football player.

Is it likely that one of these CB's moves to the FS spot? We do have some young talent at CB but I am concerned about the safety spot opposite Reyes next year.

My point is that if you don't threaten and hopefully have some level of success doing a few different things eventually the opposing team will stop it the one thing you do or are doing well.

The point of those types of plays a lot of the time is to make the defense defend the entire field. We don't have a deep threat to stretch the field and it is next to impossible to run against a defense that is stacked up to stop it. I don't like the call personally but I get it, and you don't get it if you think UND is good enough up front to just line it up and run it on a good defense that is selling out to stop the run. The swing passes that Studs kept making bad throws on yesterday sort of do the same thing.

It's always popular on this message board to go after Rudolph. I certainly think things could have been done differently but it isn't The OC's fault when the team can't complete a simple swing pass. Studs wasn't very accurate for a good part of the game and they should have kept feeding Brady. Most games this year the offense has made good halftime adjustments and been much better in the second half. The special teams running into the kicker changed the entire dynamic of the game. I still don't really understand how Josh Seibel is the punt return guy, every punt made me nervous with him back fielding the punt. The defense couldn't stop the run in the second half and that is what the team is structured to do. The defense and defensive staff need to take a fair share of the responsibility in the collapse and I am sure they feel the same way. My biggest issue yesterday was on several occasions we brought 7 pass rushers and left our CB on an island and he was clearly overmatched. That was how the long TD was scored and they dropped another one. Overall I think UND got out coached in all three phases in the second half and that can't happen. That being said great year for this team and they are very young overall and should only improve next year.

The defense failed in the second half!!!

Blane Markham Andy Gibb

Colby Ritten Jared Allen

Gershom Ejoni Rick James

Marius Young Eddie Murphy (Bowfinger)

Duncan Rogers Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle)

Jake Clise Rod Farva

He is a big kid, and I see some good watching his hudl video but I see a lot of issues as well and some not likely very correctable. I don't know anything but he is likely a walk on offer at best.

This bracket will not likely happen, either Sam Houston State or Central Arkansas gets seeded but I do not think both. The team that wins this upcoming weekend will get it.

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I think SDSU loses at least one more game. They have some great playmakers on offense but defensively they are very questionable. If UND beats NAU this weekend I would hope we get into the top 8.

Eric Rodriguez

Thomas Turley Jack McBrayer

Steven Bailey gets to be Chaz Bono this week

Andy Rodriguez Michael Strahan's tooth gap