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With as much as ISU returns, let's say they improve to a 5 / 6-win Big Sky team this year. Average. This is a game that a Top 25 FCS team wins at home. Where I'm nervous, is although I don't doubt Romfo will improve clearly as the year goes on, will it be this game? If he throws like he did against Iowa State, they'll be fine. If he plays like he did in the 1st half again against Montana, they could lose.

Thinking we see a similar type of game we saw when they played NAU last year.

It's a pattern that needs to break for good. I hope the Coaches / players are sick of hearing about UND not capitalizing on a big win come Saturday. Potato Bowl, after last Saturday's game, should be another great crowd. Said it after week 1, but this team has a different feel. Passing game needs to improve, and I have no doubt it will. Otherwise, way more complete than it has been in the past. Could this defense be legitimately good? Mistakes they are making are teachable. Talent is there.

He clearly won't be an elite down-field passer, but you have to think we're seeing Romfo's floor right now. No way he wins the starting job if this is what he was showing in Fall camp. Need it to be sooner than later, but I have faith we'll see steady improvement passing starting this week.

Disclaimer: We all agree with everyone's assessments on Bubba. Can we talk about the game on Saturday? It's crazy to see that Bubba has completely broken a large part of the posters on here. Given the uncertainty of the off-season, I cannot emphasis enough how big of an opportunity this team has on Saturday.

Just checked again, not sure if when I checked yesterday that was just a glitch, but those "released" tickets are now not available. Just listened to the 360 podcast. Very complementary towards Montana, who no doubt is a great team, but after listening to that, it sounds like we're about to play a team in the running for the FBS college football playoffs.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/injury-to-unds-braden-mohr-receives-long-term-status-wide-receiver-elijah-klein-retires-from-injuries Is long term status another way of saying out for the year?

Tickets have been released. A lot of work to do before game time.

Rucker is going to be unbelievable this year. Navratil was back to his old form as well. The LB's looked really good. I'm equally excited to watch that young Safety core grow. IMO, Sutton / Erkman tandem could be really solid. There are 5 starters that are underclassman on this defense (was 6 last weekend with Mohr).

Two weeks ago, I would have told you I would rather have this game not scheduled. Fast forward to the week of the game, I couldn't be more excited. This program really did have a difficult off-season. Coaches leaving, portal hit harder than it ever had. No respect from the FCS pundits going into the year. A lot of question marks. After how they looked in Week 1, they can completely erase all the doubt this Saturday. Montana (-4.5) is a great team. UND absolutely has a shot in this one. The opportunity they have completely outweighs the risk. GET OUT TO THE ALERUS!

Mohr no longer listed. Anytime an injury causes someone to be removed, must be significant.

I trust others much more with more in-depth break downs, but I liked what I saw overall on Saturday. The two biggest concerns were QB play (down-field passing) and kicking. The defense in all phases looked competent. After the past 3 years, that's a huge complement. There's some young talent for sure. The O-line was awesome in run blocking. This seems like more of a solid team. Not dependent so much on one of the facets of the game. Areas to clean up, but I came away really impressed. Everyone get to the Alerus on Saturday, so much on the line this early.

Not sure I'm following. I understand that we don't know if a season ticket holder will actually show up or not, but those tickets are sold. Taking out the student section, what I'm most interested in is how many seats are being held that will eventually be released (opponent tickets for example). Sell a few hundred this week and a few hundred walk-ups and it should be pretty full.