Midwestern Hawk

Get them? Get who? Don’t they develop them. Who are all the giant NFL bound DL playing at the SU’s?

Its always great to be reviewing, evaluating and adapting with everything in life, especially football, but watch the NDSU game again, then watch 2021. Body type, and base alignment has very little to do with why we are not prevailing against NDSU and SDSU. In fact I think the same case can be made for the spring 2021 game too. In the last 6 games against the two best teams in FCS during that time period, we are 1-5 and very easily could be 3-3. IMO it has far more to do with preparation, game planning and in-game coaching and adjustments. It's the same reason we escape with a close win against an inferior opponent or last years melt-down at Missouri State. Before you get all bent out of shape think about what I am saying and watch the film again. Film doesn't lie.

You are correct. That season ended with a giant fart at home in the playoffs.

Yes, I have been thinking that Noah Larson and Jordan Canady made a ton of tackles over the last several years and we have not been nearly as good stopping the run.

When has this not been the case away from the Alerus in a big game?

At least.

What time do the playoff brackets get announced?

Bubba is a great man, but I think this season represents his ceiling as a head coach. The bigger the game, the worse we play. So many big games and opportunities squandered during his era. The game yesterday was painful to watch and reminded me of so many other big games during this era. If the team responds like they did yesterday during the entire year, we likely have 1-2 wins. There was nothing special about that NDSU team, nor the plays which put the game out of reach, we just weren't ready to play. The Special teams were bad, can we just kick the ball out of bounds? The offense was anemic, back to the 4 yard pass on 3rd and 9 and Tommy seemed to be rattled the entire game. Without the short throw Belquist turned into 63 yards, we averaged about 5 yards per pass attempt and that doesn't include the sacks and scrambles. The defense was as bad as it has been all year. Couldn't stop the run at all and made Miller look like he is Lamar Jackson.

Only 363 yard rushing for NDSU.

I will take a ton of flak for this, but the last 2 games vs NDSU were not lost due to personnel issues overall. It’s about preparation, confidence, game planning and execution.

Total horse sh@t

I thought D would have recovered from personnel losses by now. It’s ugly.

F ugly.

This defense is so painful to watch.

C’mon D. Need a stop now

That was huge!

Not outcoached? Is this a serious comment?

By a substantial margin

We will need to score 50 to win.

Gonna knock us out of this the playoffs if we don’t get it going..

Not 3, and not to their rival.

Yeah. That is what I am saying. We need to win first, but everything changes with a UND win.

End of the NDSU championship era in FCS.

This is the opportunity we have all been waiting for. A chance to change the narrative in FCS football. Get it done Bubba! Let’s go Hawks!

Wow! Big plays!