Hardcore Hawk

I'm excited to see him back, I'm just wondering when the Brockstar does come back, who does he step in for? Obviously not Maag. Richter? Belquist? Preston? Even Cochran played well today. It's a DEEP receiver corps, maybe the deepest ever, since the only senior is the grad transfer Richter

I'm not sure it can be overstated how good Freund is at play calling and play design. Still no sacks through three games, and it's all due to moving the line of scrimmage, getting guys open for Tommy early, and getting creative at the right times. We're finally have a modern offense with guys who can run it.

I get that they had seven turnovers, but the ISU qb had some absolute headscratchers. I think Tommy takes better care of the ball, and I think Holinka dials up some pressure to get after the qb. Too often, ISU only rushed 4 and gave their young kid all day to throw.

Going outside the box, but I'm going to predict a Hawks shutout. 24-0 for the Good Guys, defense forces 3+ turnovers and the Weah/Skokna combo rush for 200+ yards.

I believe in-person visits aren't allowed yet by the NCAA, but there are always those "unofficial" visits like the Moorhead boys.

I'd love to put a pedometer on Skokna. That man is all over the field - tons of pre-snap motion, running routes out of the backfield, out wide, taking reverses. He's pretty dynamic.

My fault, misread the turnover stat. 3 forced fumbles, 3 recovered, and 1 pick. The other turnovers must've been turnover on downs.

I took a look at their game on Sunday. Not great at rushing the football, their leading rusher had 35 yards on 16 carries. They have a very good pass block and try to move the ball down the field. Small receivers, but they are quick and find openings in zone coverage. Their QB is shifty and accurate, will scramble but is more than willing to hang in the pocket, so rush lanes have to be sound. There are big play opportunities against their defense, and their secondary bites a on a lot of runs and pump fakes, so play action and double moves are open. ISU gashed their defense on the ground too, 186 total rushing yards, but fumbled three times (yeesh). USD DL had five sacks. Interesting to note, Illinois State also blocked a USD field goal. edit: update on number of fumbles

Most are masked up in their seat as well, and I will say I'm pretty pleased with how socially distanced everything and everyone is. At the expense of attendance, yes, but if we're talking about just spectator safety and nothing else with else, they do set it up well.

Streveler > Lamar Jackson according to USD fans

Agreed, I never liked the screech either.

Sort of just thought of this, but did anybody hear the hawk screech after first downs and TDs? I can't remember hearing any.

23-17 UND wins it in OT

http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4324402-und-ramping-branding-alerus-center here's some more stuff we'll see at the Alerus on Saturday. Getting excited!

I think part of that is because the game wasn't all that close. Had it been more competitive, maybe we would have seen more enthusiasm from the crowd

I just voted and we took the lead

28-17

The Al is finally making UND football their priority and I couldn't be happier

I saw him back in there later in the fourth quarter

Need the o-line to step up. I understand the opponent, but they need to perform better if we're going to have a shot this year

I was pretty wrong

Offense will answer here

Most important second half adjustment to me is missed tackles. It was ridiculous how many extra yards they got after the first man got to the ball

If we can go into halftime in a one score game... watch out

I know it's the PAC 12 network, but a little impartiality would be nice from the announcers