Midwestern Hawk

Yep. He got beat to hell and just kept comin', impressive toughness for sure.

Schmid: 20-27 for 209 yards and 3 tds, 13 carries for 54 yards Heide: 11-22 for 107 yards and a pick, 2 carries for 1 yard. SDSU was better at the other 21 positions.

SDSU went from a QB who could run and throw to a QB who could do neither. Schmid was a warrior.

SDSU struggling after delay.

SDSU up 7-0 in a pouring rain. Gronowski out hurt.

The national championships, P5 victories and high draft choices have given NDSU a national name brand. Obviously it’s not in same level as P5 heavyweights, but it’s impressive nonetheless.; As for UND football and the university, the window is open now. Bubba ad the boys need to step through it, and the success this spring season will be foundational.

I understand and somewhat agree. To me the biggest two stats from the last 3 games were we were 1-2 and had the ball for 23:23 vs NDSU, 30:55 vs MSU, and 21:38 vs JMU. Some of that TOP problem is on the D vs NDSU and JMU, but even in a game in which the defense dominated, the offense struggled sustaining drives the last 3 qtrs vs MSU.

Tommy/Danny would never throw the first SDSU pass vs us with a safety helping over the top. It's a decision likely made by Danny. The pass I amde the comments on was Maag double move vs MSU, that was also only a 35 yard pass in the air, not 50 yards. Neither team is in the finals without their QB, just ask NDSU about QB play. Take out Tommy first qtr vs MSU(6-6 for 144 yards, 2 TDS) and the last 3 games he is 36-64 for 435 yards with 1 td and 3 picks plus 4 carries for 18 yards. IMO opposing defenses have figured out how to stop our O, especially when Otis has only 13 carries a game. Tommy is a good QB who functions really well as a game manager. I think a national championship is the goal, IMO a game manager won't cut it. You think SDSU is in championship with Cam Miller, Zeb Noland or Tommy? To me that a very real question.

Completely agree. A running QB is so tough to defend. Game changer for SDSU vs SIU. Gronowski make the only guy left miss and its a TD.

Both those passes were designed to take the top off the defense. You are correct, on that day we were better.

If we get the lead vs JMU I think we likely win.

Nope. Tommy didn’t even attempt the first throw all season. Safety over top, 50 yard throw. Nope.

QB is an absolute stud. IMO he is the difference. Schmid running was difference for SHSU yesterday too.

No. Here are 2 big pass plays vs us. Our present QB can't make those throws. The first one is a bit under thrown.

No.

As UND football fans, going into the fall, expectations and excitement should be at an all time high. It has been a “different” season, but IMO, Bubba and everyone associated with the football program have brought us to the level we have been working towards since taking the plunge to FCS. A share of MVFC championship, a very high national ranking, and a win against a national finalist(likely to be a win vs national champion). We are easily among the top 10 teams this spring and likely top 5. We still need to beat our nemesis to the south but I am confident it will happen very soon.

Looking that way.

JMU roars back. Good game.

Epic collapse in third qtr for JMU. Unreal start to 4 th qtr.

SDSU beating up Delaware. We are close gentlemen.

It sucks. Would love to be watching UND take on SHSU today.

That's fantastic. You guys are misinterpreting my posts, but thats ok.

Ketteringham was simply awful in the pocket. Did not have a good feel for pressure and when to move around and when throw it away. Way too many sacks. I think it will be interesting to see how the QB position evolves this summer and fall. Freund has worked overtime figuring out way to move the pocket and come up with "gadget" plays to cover for some shortcomings. I am not sure how Quincy is throwing the ball, but it is obvious that he is much more of a running threat than Tommy has been. Whether its Freund or Tommy or some of both, for UND to take the next steps, we HAVE to get over whatever the fear is and take some shots downfield when that is what the defense is giving us. This is 2nd and 9 throw to Richter, the play right before the INT in 2nd qtr. This should have been picked too. I don't understand the thinking here. Why are we not taking a shot downfield? It's 1 on 1, safety following Skokna in motion. This is one hell off a lot of trouble to attempt to throw the ball to Richter at the LOS. This again is a single read pass play. Richter does a hell of a job shielding the CB from the ball or this is an easy PICK 6.

It's hard to tell for sure from camera angles where safety is when ball is thrown, but safety is not in frame when ball is thrown to Cochrane. The safety is following the motion towards the boundary at the snap. My bigger point on that play is Tommy goes to the receiver the play is designed for or he throws it away. I'm not saying this is bad or necessarily wrong, I'm just saying when you look at the film critically that is what happens on every play. IMO its also why our offense struggled down the stretch(last 3 games) other then 1st qtr vs MSU.

When teams win the QB generally gets too much of the credit and when they lose they are supposed to get too much of the blame. Like I have said before, we are close, so very close. AT JMU we score a td after the muffed punt or score a TD on our first drive of second half we are likely on our way to Huntsville for the semis. I see the game differently than some of you. In today's football, all other things being relatively equal, teams go as far as their QB's will take them. Do we have deficiencies on D? Of course we do. Special teams, yes. But so does every other team.