Midwestern Hawk

All of the COVID protocols, contact tracing etc are roughly the same as they were a year ago when the MSM was telling us bodies of all ages were going to be piled up in the streets across America. Have we lost all ability for critical thinking and rational cost benefit analysis?

If we couldn’t travel today, is there any chance we play next week?

Would love to read about who the folks under 50 who were died in MN. Likely would have died anyways. https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/situation.html#ageg1 Under 50 in MN the death rate is .04 %. 151 people under 50 died WITH covid in MN 234 people under 50 died FROM car accidents in MN in 2020.

COVID is such a bunch of baloney. I understand the threat to really old or really sick, but 20 year olds?

Hopefully the staff and team have done a better job getting over last Saturday than we have. Huge game this week in Youngstown. New staff coming off their first win. We HAVE to be able to control the ball and get first downs. https://undfootball360.com/news/undfb360-pregame-show-spring-week-6-vs-youngstown-state/

You must have quite the life..,.

We need to win out and we will likely have higher seed than NDSU or SDSU which would mean home playoff games. Second shot in Grand Forks at Bison would be just fine with me.

Totally disagree. 10 years from now it will be a championship like any other.

How about Connor Kruse?

I was at the this game, the game in 2019 and 2015. Seats close enough to see players. I didn't sense the fear in the players, the coaches might have been a different story.

UND had poor game plan and didn’t adjust. IMO UND blew a great opportunity and NDSU made the plays. Hopefully get a 2nd Chance this spring.

I wonder if ISU gets off to a 1-3 start next fall, will they shut it down then too?

I have watched every spring bison snap. I’ll have to go back and watch NDSU offensive snaps vs SIU...that won’t take long.

Ok. Hadn’t noticed it before.

Not sure I had seen stretch play with faux pulling OL.

I agree. I think we were NOT ready for the physicality of Leupke and am surprised we didn't seem to adjust to offset that. I would have made ZEB beat us.

First TD run by Leupke at least on OL pulled opposite the play. Great call. Set the tone.

Leupke vs Weah rushing stats from game Leupke: 28 rushes for 190 yards = 6.8 ypc W/O long run 27 rushes for 135 yards = 5.0 ypc Weah 13 rushes for 129 yards = 9.92 ypc W/O long run 12 rushes for 55 yards = 4.6 ypc

The big difference in the run game was getting the mojo early on a fantastic call and Leupke was the hammer as the game wore on. UND never really adjusted.

I got some insider info shortly before game. It was huge game for them so don't buy all the BS about lack of rivalry. Coaches told players needed to stop Otis and block our blitzers. If we get lead in 2nd qtr, we win going away. Obviously we struck out on the if. It was there for the taking.

Luepke is exactly what I was hoping for with Johannesson. No idea why UND didn't sell out to stop him. Should have made Zeb win the game. UND OL was very good, 1 TFL and no sacks. No idea why we didn't use Otis much in 2nd qtr.

Otis is a playmaker and our only threat to score on any play. We NEED him in on 1st down and 2nd and short and take some PA shots. A few plays he was lined up in the slot, no idea why. I'm sure NDSU was ecstatic he got 13 carries. Otis was in the game the for both of our TD drives.

No. This team is different than past teams. So is the NDSU team. Should have won on Saturday.

We need him to get 20-25 carries and run PA with him in the game. TD throw and the throw before the TD were affected by his presence on the field.

Completely agree with your evaluation of Tommy. NDSU showed how to stop our passing game cold. For whatever reason we don't want Otis in the backfield 75% of the time. I can't imagine YSU isn't copying the NDSU defensive game plan. Having a QB who won't win games for you puts our win ceiling at 6-7 games per year.