AJS
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With the way the Big Sky performed last weekend, it magnified the importance of this game for UND. I'm nervous as I think this is one of the true "pick-em" weekends of the year, with both teams being legitimate ranked / potential playoff teams. I do truly believe that UND has a better team than USD, but playing on the road turns the game into a coin flip.
Last weekend was brutal on the injury front, but I feel better about when they took place during the game. Both happened early enough, where UND played basically the entire game without either of them.
We'll find out a lot about both teams this weekend, can't wait.
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Huge early season game for both teams, a win would go a long ways for whoever comes out on top. The keys to last weekends games remain for this weeks.
- Red zone offense / defense: Need TDs & not FGs on offense and the opposite on defense. Missouri State was 5 for 5, USD 4 for 5 in scoring TDs when in the red zone. Need to hold them to FGs. UND picked it up, but you can't have two trips and only 3 points like UND started the game yesterday.
- No big plays
This will be a close one, but I got UND 24-20.
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In recent memory, this is the fewest tickets I can remember being available a day before the game. Should be a great crowd tomorrow!
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20 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:
Guessing some high school/youth teams got some group package deals.
I'm hoping this is the case and it's not some glitch, because that was a healthy amount that has recently disappeared. If legit, it'll be very close to a sell out this Saturday.
Edit: I didn't see the post above about a section more going to students that wasn't already. I think the package deals was probably the case.
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1 minute ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:
who plays in this game that didn't in week one either from injury/suspension/or not ready?
I'd say the safe bets are Rastas / Canady & Izzy.
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5 minutes ago, Midwestern Hawk said:
Do we know which frosh have had their shirts pulled for sure at this point? I have heard Shannon, Bluebaugh and Adeotti. Is that it? Any other possibilities?
Currently, yes, I think if Larson is good to go by USD then it's almost a certainty he will too. The question is if he's not, how long until it's not worth burning a year?
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As impressive as MO State's 43 points were, they also lost by a 29 point differential. Mo State might have a slight edge in offense, but I don't think by much. UND will have a better defense, as I stated in the prediction thread, think Vegas is close w/ UND as 11.5 point favorites. I see between a 10 / 14 point win.
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1 hour ago, ericpnelson said:
no crap? we're getting 11.5?
-11.5 then, UND is 11.5 point favorites, sorry for the confusion.
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1 minute ago, OgieOgilthorpe said:
Vegas odds are showing UND with the win?
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UND 38
Mo ST 27
Trust Vegas on this one.
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21 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:
As far as the "Misery State is the worst team ever" rhetoric that most Missouri Fluff fans like to use, last year they were all saying they couldn't imagine them winning more than one game because of how bad they were in their new coaches first season. They improved to 4 wins last year. They will probably improve again this year. Just keep in mind how Bubba turned things around here when people try and tell you how bad da Bears will be this year.
I think scoring 43 points on Missouri kind of put that to rest. I'm much more nervous about this game, then I would have been a week ago.
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Not really sure what @Bison06 said that fired everyone up, this board can be weird sometimes.
Looks like outside of Frazier (backup TE), MSU will have everyone available this Saturday. I read earlier Larson could be available for USD, any chance it's this weekend? Is he back practicing. Also, outside of Norberg, any other injuries to note?
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A couple things that will be very important on Saturday.
- No big plays -- Missouri State scored on on a 75 yard run and 89 yard pass (that was 3rd down and long)
- FG's not TD's in the red zone, MSU was 3-3 in the red zone scoring touch downs every time
43 points against a P5 team is impressive, but knowing those two things above, make me feel better heading into this game.
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Like you said, must win. Putting up 43 points against a P5 team is really impressive and should definitely grab everyone's attention. They didn't seem to do anything flashy, but really moved the ball well. All eyes on UND's defense, I think the offense will be able to put up some points, going to need the D to slow down MSU.
Like ND1 mentioned, they seemed to be a bit beat up after the Mizzou. Malik Earl (WR) and Jordan Frazier (TE) didn't play in the 4th quarter. Looks like Frazier is out 6 weeks, no further information on Earl.
For those who want to see Missouri State / Missouri:
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Kind of reiterating things I already touched on, but what was really exciting is the things UND did well last night (Secondary, Special Teams), were question marks some had going into the year. Where UND struggled (Line play), were areas I really have no concerns when playing FCS level competition. UND will be able to run against anyone remaining on their schedule, will also be able to stop the run against anyone on their schedule.
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I was thinking about this payday game against Utah and next year against Washington, both solid P5 schools. If you did the scheduling, would you go after these type of games to open up the year, or try to find MAC / Mountain West teams and end up collecting 100 / 150K less? Is UND better off from strictly a learning experience (playing in a tough atmosphere, elite talent), that it's worth it? Personally, I'd rather have them schedule BGSU, where there's a real chance of an upset and still collect a check, then playing at Utah. I'm probably in the minority though.
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Another positive is I thought the secondary played pretty well, no big plays, kept the receivers in front of them.
Did anyone notice if Stewart came back after the big hit?
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14 minutes ago, Blackheart said:
Never said I should take priority over anyone....just stating that most people either can't or aren't willing to spend $500 for a night of hockey. That's all.
I wouldn't say a family of 5 is unique, but you seem to be fixated on the fact that you have to buy 5 tickets. $500 is out of most peoples range, but I would say $250 before concessions, ect, would also be a pretty expensive night. Would you have a different outlook if you only had to buy 2 tickets?
My point will always be they sold out, so you're right, many people were probably priced out, but luckily the arena only holds 11,600 people who made it work.
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29 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:Does anyone else feel that UND has a 3 year starter at QB and have no idea if he could/can win a game with his arm if needed?
Watch last years Northern Arizona game to answer your question.
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9 minutes ago, Blackheart said:
Going from $50 to $99 doesn't price out a lot of individual fans for the two game series, but it does shut out most of us who want to bring a family of five to the game. Thanks for the advice of telling me to stay home and watch the game though....
So, you should take priority over the other 11,600 fans who spent $99 for the series? So they charge $50 for the game and you still can't get tickets, what is your next complaint? I get it, you want to go to the game for cheap, who doesn't, it's not reality and based on it being a sell out, would be pretty foolish for the University to not charge a fair market value. I
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They lost by 21 points on the road to a legitimate P5 team and I see nothing but positives. Of course, improvements have to be made, but UND looked like the belonged for large portions of the game. If you look at this team and compare it to last year, I don't think it's even close. They couldn't run the ball tonight, but that was basically a given against this front 7. Even with that, the offense was at a completely different level than it was at Stony Brook. This team lines up against Stony Brook and they win easily. They would have won against BGSU too. They faced the best they'll face all year and stayed relatively healthy. I was really impressed with Studsrud, think he played fantastic. We know what this D-line can do and I liked the play of the linebackers, as well as the secondary, no big plays. Excited for the rest of the year. Also, #4 was great, nailed all his field goals, having him confident will go along ways.
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Just now, nodak651 said:
It might be on the sports package add on. If you do all of them it will still be a free trial if you plan on cancelling. It's just after the one week that they will charge you for everything if you don't cancel.
Correct, I clicked on the sports package add on(shows Pac 12 as one of the channels), when signing up for the free trial. That's the way to go.
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We all know the reasons (New O-Line, WR's), when UND played USD & Montana State (along with SBU & BGSU), they were terrible offensively. I can't blame peoples opinions on what they see, but it definitely gets frustrating when we know they improved immensely throughout the year (wasn't hard, since they were that bad the first 4 weeks).
I think this years offense is much better then where they were last year, at the end, which would put them not even in the same category to where they were the first 4 weeks.
The big question we'll need to find out over the next couple of days is how are Larson / Hunt. They need one of the two this weekend.