UND Football Fan

I always felt we should of had Spirit Lake input only. We are North Dakota not North Lakota, so Dakota Sioux nation vote should have mattered in my opinion.

What is refreshing about this recruiting season is the agressiveness in going after the talent (new facilities is huge) but going after talent not only in region but outside of Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. (Schmidt’s staff with diverse connections is paving the way) Our past staff seemed to settle on the Old DII model and creating diamonds in the rough which is fine taking a chance or two in a recruiting class, but it’s difficult to build and sustain depth by recruiting multiple kids like that. (College football it seems players need to be ready no later than 2nd year to help keep depth) Offense seemed to do that (survived the exodus of O-Line and still competed however I know a certain position could of played more in our one sided wins/loses), defensively we were exposed especially second half of season because of lack of skill/talent/fundamentals like tackling. Besides coaching that is the difference (depth) between a consistent 5-7 win season depending on schedule to a consistent team that gets 9-11 wins a year. Schmidts staff is a breath of fresh air North Dakota needed, looking forward for a competitive and exciting season this Fall! Sorry for the wordiness, I have not posted about football in a while.

Great Finish for Ethan Thomas!

And ranked 5 going into disc tomorrow.

This is awesome!

Shelby Frank went Texas Tech from Minnesota. If he is passionate on throwing Nebraska with St. Clair. Talking to him at state track last year he is passionate about the sport. Howard is great especially on the track but in the field events it can get rough, last years high school boys disc was poorly ran, hopefully they fix that for next year. Track is my favorite individual sport to watch.

Not sure if he would want to, after this season it will be hard to turn down the money from other schools. Hopefully he stays at least one more year.

What I could find is if a team is not too good defensively or gives up too much in transition, it is a way for them ton get back and be in better position.

That was my thinking, former NFL player helping coach is a good thing

https://wisportsheroics.com/green-bay-packers-brandon-bostick-north-dakota/ Looks like another coach on staff.

Irish cannot get the pass game is nonexistent (offense wasn’t overly powerful the week before). Irish need to disguise what they are doing on defense. Man coverage their overall speed lacking and if covered no one on QB for scrambling. Hopefully we will have an exciting finish.

360 days St. Johns

2 plays that were huge first half was parting of the Red Sea on the long run by Miller. I may be like Mongo but not having a man on Miller was either a poor call or poor communication on defense. The failed 4th down at midfield gave NDSU a short field with several timeouts to score. Playmakers make plays in big games, MSU had their one especially 2nd half, SU had Miller and Lance make big plays. Hopefully we can find that heading to next Fall.

I did like 360 comment on Schmidt looking at current roster saying this is not good enough. We need to get better. Way better than hearing the lack of execution after games. (Maybe that was Bubba’s way of saying we don’t have the athletes to make those plays) Excited to see how Spring goes and additions we make (as 360 said kids may hit portal on defensive side especially our plethora linebackers)

I would agree, though getting beat on 4th and long in 1st OT, deflated ASU’s momentum. My Raiders in their last playoff game gave up a TD when officials had an inadvertent whistle right before half. Despite that they still had a chance to beat Cincy……I will not bring up the Tuck game.

If I would guess about targeting no call, is that his face was up and not leading with crown. That could be reason not wanting to have that play affect outcome of game.

Texas offense did not do too much for the game, both soft play from Texas O-line and the aggressiveness of ASU. Texas D made several huge stops. ASU was close to breaking when Texas had a 16 point lead. The HB pass changed that momentum Big Time.

It is also a good example of a better team, not putting a team away, can put themselves in a dog fight when the other team starts to believe they can win in the second half.

We had 4 on roster last fall, I do not think we lost any, we signed one on signing day, and picked up another in the portal. I do believe we have six, that could change this Spring.

Jacks had six to start the year. 1 SR, 2 JR, the other three were freshmen or redshirt freshmen. Granted they were the defending champs. USD 2 juniors and 2 frosh. NDSU 4. If I would guess, need better competition, fit what is to be run and anticipating possible transfers.

Found them on athletic.net, Red ran a 10.84 in April while out for track.

10.83 PR in in 100 meter, 22.19 PR in 200 in track In High School

https://goaztecs.com/sports/football/roster/player/javance-tupouata-johnson

I think Schmidt sees what we all see, we need better athletes, build more team depth and get rid of complacency. I also think he feels the same with staff, where coaches need not only passion but the want to get better at their profession. I like so far what he is trying to do.

Hopefully someone who can lead, make game changing plays, and make those around him play better!