Midwestern Hawk
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If we don't turn the ball over, and keep penalties to a minimum, we will win at ISU. Just like vs ACU, we just need a win, can be by 40 or 1. Just win!
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17 hours ago, shep said:
Why hasn't he played much? Not sure he was even on the KO team yesterday?
Mcneal doesn't play because he is not as good as the guys who are playing.
As for UND recruiting in general, its about getting guys who will develop. There are exceptions, but rarely does UND or any other FCS school get guys who are ready-made for FCS football. If they are that good out of high school, they are usually found by FBS schools. I can only think of a handful of guys at any of the Dakota schools who were ready to play out of HS over the last 5-10 years.
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1 hour ago, Dustin said:
All right, 2 games into ‘second season’ and here are my thoughts:
Offense - carrying the load for the team. Averaging 30 points and it’s saving our bacon. I wish we had one more consistent dynamic playmaker. Seems like consistent production drops off after Belquist and Hoosman. The absence of Skokna is really noticeable. Would also like someone like Elijah Kline to become our Kraft or Luepke.
Defense - The offseason losses are absolutely killing our ability to put teams away. This year’s defense is a huge liability. I thought by now we’d be starting to figure things out, but a lot of work needs to be done here. IF we make the playoffs, we will be one and done if this defense doesn’t improve. Lots of glaring problems, but they’ve been identified elsewhere, so I won’t elaborate.
Special Teams - Kind of the Jekyll and Hyde of the team. One minute their blocking punts for touchdowns and downing punts at 1 yard line, the next their allowing 90 yard kickoff returns and missing 40 yard field goals. So far, their assets have been stronger than their liabilities, but at some point they will end up losing the game for us at an inopportune time.
Other thoughts - Impressed with the discipline of the team. It seems that most of the time there’s a flag thrown, it’s against the other team.
I thought defense would be better by now. It’s not good. Thought the losses from last season would have been overcome, at times it’s just ugly.
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It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t impressive, but a win is a win. We’ll take it!
5-3 and on to the next “play-in” game! Let’s go hawks!
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That’s it. Gotta be a win.
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Wtf was that?
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Huge play!
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Needed to use hoosman more that drive.
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O Needs to answer again.
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!@#$. How does this happen?
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O needs to answer now.
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Bad call there. Let’s go defense!
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Just now, nodakvindy said:
Gotta run the play there
Snap the frivkin ball
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Just now, AJS said:
How would you even explain this team? Their inability to truly capitalize on momentum is insane.
This team has no idea how to play with the lead. none.
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A turnover!
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Just now, Oxbow6 said:
Bo!
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Great drive.
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1 minute ago, gundy1124 said:
4 wides on 2nd and goal from the 3, really Danny?
Overthinking it again.
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Good return plus penalty. Now use it!
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2 minutes ago, UND Football Fan said:
We are playing like the atmosphere flat, players need to make their own energy.
100%. So far ugly game and ugly atmosphere.
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9 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:
Plenty of good seats available......yikes!
Not good.
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Get up early and then step on their throat! Let’s go hawks!
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Will crowd be better than 7,500?
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Let’s get this done today! Go Hawks!
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1 hour ago, iramurphy said:
Don’t think the folks trying to move things forward is “ all beer, skittles and sunshine”. Far from it. Some understand what it takes to turn programs around, resurrect businesses, and even how we can lose our edge.
Some, and I am one of them, see no purpose in calling for coaching change publicly until the change is going to be made. Public calls for coaching change usually has an adverse effect on recruiting and creates negative vibes on the team and staff. We all have the same goal and that is championship FB as well as tourney appearances and conference championships in all sports. Obviously there are those who feel otherwise. Bringing back other sports isn’t fiscally feasible without a designated sugar daddy right now, but it would be a mistake not to listen to all stakeholders to see what they bring to the table. I think we will see improvement in MBB, WBB this year. We have made big strides in VB. We seem to be making strides in FB but need to get better each week. We have hockey where it needs to be financially. Now we need to get our other sports there too. It isn’t easy.
Where is the quickest, easiest place to find UND athletic budget broken down by sport? There is a bit of a cart/horse aspect to this too. This weekend and the game vs USD, what will the potential lost revenue be with the stadium half full and half the concessions stands operating?
2022 Football Season
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Lost more than 1 DL and 1 OLB and corners, but I agree, I thought D would be better by this point in season.