Midwestern Hawk

You said to even talk about it is idiotic. I simply pointed out it has happened. If not for the injury the Jacks would have won a natty. We are just trying to beat a good FCS team once in awhile. Maybe Kaminski is not that good, I don’t know. If he is good and is not playing because he is a true Frosh, he will likely be somewhere else next season.

It’s impossible for a freshman to start at QB… How did it work out for the Jacks? https://gojacks.com/sports/football/roster/mark-gronowski/12203

Good analysis. Much needed blowout win vs a bad team.

Hawks 38-21

I'll be there to witness it! My hopes have been dashed so many times recently...

We will all feel much better about this team we love after we beat Western Illinois by 15-20 points. The real question for everyone on this forum is 5-7 wins a year good enough for UND football? Quite honestly, if Bubba's teams would win 8-9 games a season and we were a Top 10 FCS team year in and year out, I would be fine. I'm not ok with 5-7 wins each year at the University of North Dakota.

Even if they’re the best FCS team, we had zero answers for them on O or D. Many of you have played and/or coached. Was this game over before it began? (Art of War). I’ve had that feeling about this team the last season and a half. Actually since the Bison debacle at the Alerus.

Burning the tape is the way to never get better.

"Burn the tape" is BS. We had a bye week to get ready for SDSU and couldn't stop them and couldn't move the ball. That is just sh*t!y coaching...This team is not as good as as some of Bubba's past teams, especially on defense. So much of football still comes down to coaching...game planning, motivation, belief, energy, play calling, in game adjustments...its football.

After the Yotes beat the Bison, the game @USD moves to a "L" from a "toss up". Remainder of the schedule gives us 2 more wins(W Ill and Ind St), 3 losses( NDSU, @UNI, @USD) and 2 "toss-ups"(@Murray St and Ill St). We will finish with 4-6 wins and 5-7 losses. Vintage Bubba ball.

Based on the last 2 games, and more importantly, Bubba's body of work over the last 2+ seasons, winning 6 of the next 7 games is little more than a pipe dream. Anything is still possible but when a team can't throw the ball downfield, cant run the ball consistently and cant stop the run it does not usually end well. I'm afraid our big game coaching acumen was on display in the first quarter as we could not move the ball and could not stop our opponent after a bye week. UGh.

Let’s not forget we defeated SDSU in Spring of 2021 and we were driving for the go ahead score late in the 4th in the fall of 2021. IMO we have faltered since.

This is so depressing, yet so predictable.

Tommy is a smart QB with a weak arm, who doesn't like to run. It's too bad, because he has shown he can run, just does not like to run.

The pinnacle was halftime at home vs NDSU in fall of 2021.

After the result in Fargo, I move the @USD game to a L. We finish between 3-8 and 6-5.

Its been that way for 4 years...

Jack is trying really hard to sell us on our status as a football team. I guess we will find out in the second half.

We seem like we have regressed over the last couple of years.

Need a TD after that. Let’s go!

It’s so predictable. Exhausting.

Looks like we used our bye week to figure out the Jacks…

This is a must win. Any idea on crowd size for today?

Hawks with easy win. 38-7.

Hard to argue with your analysis. Just reinforces my points throughout this thread as to where UND is as a program. I do think the ALERUS is worth a TD minimum, so I would still pick us at this point. If for some reason we lose at home to NAU, then all bets are off, IMO, for the rest of the season. 2-5 going into Indiana State would be a disaster for all of us.