Midwestern Hawk

Far too many folks on here constantly compare the UND program to the program 90 miles to the south. NOBODY in any division of college football compares to their performance in FCS at the moment, not even Alabama and Clemson in FBS. Not healthy. They will falter at some moment and that will be out moment to pounce, until then we have to be the best football program we can be at the FCS level.

Been thinking about the whole situation with Kett. Seems at this point he does well when he is a game manager and knows where he is going with the ball and the play is very well setup. He gets into trouble when he has to throw the ball downfield(missed Maag badly late in the game) or when he is under pressure or needs to “make a play”. Maybe by half-time Danny was through the Cal Davis play book. Sounds a little crazy, but watch the game again and keep what I said in mind. Confidence had to be shaken after the performance in Cheney and remember Kett missed several weeks of practice.

The reality is if we can go 4-2 down the stretch we are in playoffs. 5-1 we could even host an opening round game, depending on what else happens. I’ll take it.

Were some of you really expecting to be 5-0 at this moment playing 4 incredibly tough opponents in a row?

Was it tougher than it could have been? Yes. Do remember we just defeated what was voted as the 12th best team in FCS. Lots to work on and I am not by any means sold on Kett. Could the conservatism in the 2nd half mean the staff is not sold on Kett either?

We are 3-2 after an incredibly tough 4 game stretch. It was not necessarily easy but we are where most of us would have hoped for before the season started.

This is all on the staff

Unbelievable

Maybe next time the defense can just score. My God. Could just as well taken a knee on 4 straight plays and gave them the ball back.

Defensive stop with pick and score was huge. Need another now!

I don’t understand why Schmidt could not get the ILB adjusted ‘til half.

If Shuster relieves in the 2nd quarter in Cheney, we likely win the game. Not sure how Bubba and co stuck with Kett after it was getting painful to watch last Saturday.

We will find out this weekend, but my hunch is there is NDSU talent, JMU talent and then about 20-40 teams at the next level including UND. If UND keeps the TO to 3 and Kett does not play like he is a guy from San Diego playing in the snow UND wins. I think out strength and development stinks and personnel decisions at QB especially have been bad to pitiful over the last few years. We need to coach and develop our way to the top of that group of 20-40 teams and then we can set our sights on the Bison(unless they falter).

It’s not talent. It’s development, personnel evaluation and in some cases coaching. Last Saturday we had a qb who was at least partially responsible for 6 turnovers. We lost by 2 tds. If your personnel evaluation was correct EWU would have beat us by 50 with 6 TOS. Kett should have been pulled in the 2nd qtr.

Scary

You play the best player for the team always. So many variables 4 yers from now. School, injuries, etc. Play Shuster now. With average QB play we win today by a couple of scores....that’s with average QB play.

It is bad. He just falls to the ground.

Again, not sure how they stuck with Kett in this game. He is a turnover machine that is scared to death with someone in his face.

I can’t imagine Kett has not lost the team. C’mon Danny and/or Bubba, gonwith shuster.

Defense was not good in first half. Offense was pathetic the whole game.. Turnover machine.

Eligibility? Who cares.

Kett was awful today. No idea why he was not pulled much earlier.

Why is Kett still the QB?

Kett looks like a deer in the headlights.

How a team from North Dakota that looks like it can’t play in weather?