Midwestern Hawk

Huge penalty.7 point call.

So far so good. First qtr. three and out and sustained driver

Not sure on dranka, but greelu way too slow imo.

The silver lining in all of this could be that the USD game serves as a wake up call to this team and coaching staff. A bad loss at the beginning of the season and the team have a great rest of the season is not unprecedented. in 2014 Ohio State experienced a BAD loss to a very average Virginia Tech team. The Ohio State team went on to win the national championship. I am not saying UND is that Ohio State team, just saying sometimes really good teams lay an egg. If we can get W's the next 2-3 weeks with a somewhat makeshift lineup in areas and guys can get healthy and back to full strength, IMO this team could make another run. Tomorrow will tell us alot.

Always seems like more of a delay to me than a true draw play.

I think with a win the fan base will be happy. Does not matter if it is 3-0 or 53-50, it will be a nice recovery from last Saturday's nightmare.

Right on, but you forgot draw.

Man that is ugly.

Part of the decision for me would be if Schmidt feels like it is a big enough upgrade from Rastas/Neverman/Richman and/or gives him more flexibility to move Disterhaupt around a little bit. If Schmidt feels like that, then there is a lot of season left and then there is also still a redshirt left in case there would be an injury in the future.

Good question. I don't recall him ever being listed on depth chart either. Just reported a couple times he was practicing with first team in fall camp before he got hurt. Anyone have any info on Larson?

INJURY REPORT VS. MONTANA STATE OUT FOR SEASON DB 19 Deion Harris (out for the season) DB 29 Andre Randolph (out for the season) OUT WR 20 Easton Erbes (out) WR 23 Josh Seibel (out) FB 42 Kyle Norberg (out) LB 44 Donnell Rodgers (out) LB 45 Cam Hunt (out) OL 65 Demon Taylor (out) QUESTIONABLE DB 6 Evan Holm (questionable) OL 72 Mat Cox (questionable) OL 78 A.J. Stockwell (questionable) WR 81 Luke Stanley (questionable)

Before last weeks debacle at USD, I would have thought UND would be favored for a solid win vs MSU. Now I am not so sure. Was the USD game an aberration caused by overconfidence on the part of the team and the staff? Did it expose some flaws in the team, maybe or maybe not caused by injuries? Was the staff a little lax in the preparation of the team? At this point I vote that last Saturday was the 'perfect storm' caused by overconfidence, injuries, and running into a really 'hot' opponent with a chip on its shoulder that played a great game. I think Schmidt will have a better plan to deal with a depleted defense and MSU will score less than 24. I am sure Rudy(encouraged by Bubba) will be putting together a game plan to control the clock and make it easier for the defense. Taubenheim needs to be better with his kicks and Santiago needs to have more good returns. I say Olivera has another big game vs MSU and we run for 250 plus as a team. Studsrud and the receivers have a better game and he passes for 200 plus. Defense has a td and finds a way to stop Murray. No more than 5 penalties and we convert 70% on third down. UND 27-21.

Do we know if any of the injured will play this week? I know some guys are listed as out, but how about the guys listed as questionable?

Anyone know if any of the questionable guys practiced today?

A 4-3 would not be easy at all to install, a wrinkle or two that incorporate 4 DL would be doable. An entire 4-3 defense not so much.

That is not a penalty in that situation. No referee would ever call that on a running qb that is obviously trying to get the first down. Great no call. Big difference if it is in the middle of the field and he is not still in the process of eluding a would-be tackler.

Injuries to O'Brien, Rodgers, Hunt and Larson, arrest of Poole, and the non-development of Neverman and Murray at ILB have put Schmidt in a box. Pretty crazy if you think about it.

I don't think Larson was listed at all last week. I think Hunt was listed as out last week.

Saturday was as bad a game as UND could play even with depleted roster and I think we will find that USD, with very good team, played almost a perfect game. It happens like this once in awhile. A good team plays lights out and another good team forgets to show up. IMO It happened yesterday with Dallas and Denver and last seasons CFP with Clemson and Ohio State. One team gets the early mo and the other team never really recovers. i hope we get a second game this year in Vermillion and Schmidt has the horses to stop up the middle and get pressure home on Streveler. Would be a different game.

Really? It was one game. I don't think many will make a decision on season tickets based on one game.

Pretty amazing to me. If UND wins out we are easily back in the top 10, especially if USD does well.

At USD we came out really flat for some reason, offense was horrible, the defense was horrible, and every time something good happened we would shot ourselves in the foot with a penalty. Those are all things that can and I am confident will be rectified come Saturday. I am worried about the injuries at OL and ILB. USD was able to gash us up the middle seemingly at will on Saturday. The reality is that Saturday we had a converted 205lb OLB, a 195 lb RFR walk-on, an FBS drop-down running back, and a true walk-on soph in playing ILB. I think that is a tall order even for Schmidt to work with in a weeks time. I have no idea if and when Rodgers or Hunt or Larson will be back. When they are back, neither Hunt nor Larson have ever played a down of college football and a year ago Larson was playing high school football. We need to patch together the best run blocking line on Saturday, get an early lead and then control the clock for 35-40 minutes. If we do that we will win. If the defense is out on the field more than 30 minutes it will be really tough to win.

Yep. Not a chance a coaching staff would ever choose the last week of the season for a bye week. Strange the Big Sky even has a bye the last week. Should not have bye weeks after October is over IMO.

What happened to Jake Geier at ILB? He began the year in the 2-deep behind Donnell Rodgers and I have not heard anything about him this fall so far. Is he injured or just not a strong option yet? Also when will we have any idea if Hunt or Larson are going to be back this week?

Double whammy, defense outnon field too much and don't have the horses to apply pressure and stay fresh.