Midwestern Hawk

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.

I understand not giving Quincy a series or two each half while Tommy is on a roll. The roll was stopped on Saturday. He was very average at best. Quincy adds 2 dimensions to the offense that Tommy does not. It's time to give Quincy a real shot.

We have now found out that Tommy is not superman and can lose. Isn't it time to start giving Quincy a few series per game to see what he can do?

I’m not shocked at all . I was honestly impressed with that first run play call. At least one OL pulled to the left, leupke went right. NDSU knew what the UND LBers/safeties were reading. If that’s traditional zone stretch it goes for 1-5 yards. Set the tone for the game. I was just giving Bison coaches props for that. Not the only time in game where they used false OL movement. Leupke is a fantastic back when a team is playing with the lead . You used your horse and we didn’t. The UND OL was just as dominant as NDSU. We were consumed with throwing 5 yard passes and back shoulder fades. No idea why Shuster didn’t pull it down and run a few times.

You will struggle with that. Noland is not good and Not sure if Miller can throw or not based on Saturday. The TD was underthrown and should have been picked off. Watson got away with a push but made a great play.

The safety was coming downhill at the snap to load the box when Weah was running(not when Skokna or Gee we’re running) . Watch the game again . They were manned up in our receivers so tight they lined up offsides on one play. It’s the reason we had to try backshoulder fades which were not in sync. im pretty sure their MLB went down around halftime. No idea why we didn’t run Weah 20-30 times and take some deep play action off it . A decent throw on a post where the safety vacated and it’s 6. The a bison were daring us to do it. We took one half-assed deep shot, Maag on a short out and up and Tommy made a poor throw.

Short answer is no. Bison sold out to stop Weah and still had lots of trouble with him.