UND Football Fan

The pass that was INT on the tunnel screen, wasn’t totally on him because of the quick timing of it, that pick the OC could also be blamed because earlier ISU blew that play up. I still feel Jerry will get his time either packaged in or if Simon gets dinged up, we are running more things through Simon and having him run more. Coaches would not do that if there is not a quality backup. SDSU has two JR QB’s on roster I believe and they did not leave last year. (SDSU’s success helps), if we make playoffs and make a deep run, Jerry and others will likely stay IMO especially if we have blowout games where he can get meaningful reps.

Tommy got in as Michigan State is up by 30.

I have cleaned public bathrooms…I have a strong stomach.

I have to rewatch the game, he threw several one hoppers but some was where there was tight coverage. As I said need to watch again to see how much was coverage and how much was unforced.

For Jerry fans, What I see is, Simon is running more on designed runs, maybe staff’s confidence is higher for Jerry, knowing Jerry can jump in and offense won’t skip a beat. I doubt we would have had Simon run if there is no confidence in our QB depth. Season is 3 games in, overall the game went better than expected exceptions being the disruption with inside run and their mobile QB made our D look like last years.

After inc 14-17 for that QB and 3 TD

Yes especially with running quarterback, on that screen our guy should have been disciplined and go after receiver instead of pick.

With as much passing we have done, makes me wonder if we have some WR or QB recruits here. I say this in jest but than again ….

Apparently we thought ISU coach said we can’t throw the ball, not Montana.

First time it looked ugly. 2nd time pick. Simon needs to learn to fight another play.

Lots of positives, once again many FBS transfers does not necessarily equate to instant success. Concerning of the inconsistent running game but ISU is hell bent to stop run especially between tackles. Need to go more outside zone or jet seeps, we had success with that. Passing game is looking more diverse which is good. Need to score first drive and then we can sub more on offense…defensively I would guess we will be more conservative with big lead and make them earn a long drive to shorten the game. We need to be that upper tier team and have another dominant half.

Team coming off a big win. If we start well we should win. Poor start not so much. Either start it will be a one score game. I am leaning on a win, though it may be a game where I need to walk away from at times out of frustration.

I thought the Nate has a couple of solid catches in the second half to keep drives alive. Montana did have some athletes in that secondary. I can’t imagine ISU secondary is the same in athleticism. Defensively if we can get pressure from a 4 man rush and crazy pressure with five we should be fine defensively. It was nice watching our defense not always relying on “0” blitz to get pressure against Montana.

I thought as the game got going especially the 2nd half we looked quicker on D (could be help from crowd noise). I would have to see the replay of the game but I thought there was not as much space with our secondary as we have seen before in coverage. Another is that we did not physically look smaller on the defensive front compared to them. If the defense can play like this game, and the offense can complete about 2/3 of their passes with counted success running the ball we have will be tough for anyone. Good thing about this win is we are at home the next week so a let down is less likely. However 2015 after a big road win at Portland State and we fell at home against Idaho State. We need to be effective with the pass next week or the Montana win will mean nothing.

I wasn’t too far off!

Wow, I can’t remember us getting 3 sacks in a game for a very, very long time.

Montana must have heard me! Or read my message.

Crowd energy and my belief in this game is starting to pick up, KO be in bounds and D let’s get a stop. Help me get off this bipolar ride.

If Jerry does not get reps this game or this season and he is as good as he is said to be, Freund could steal him to SDSU or he leaves all together.

Yeah our defense stunk it up the first quarter, however that first drive fiasco ruined any momentum we got after the poor KO, then when 14-7 we kick it out of bounds again. 2nd quarter D started to be able to show pressure and get some stops and then the offense stunk it up. I understand this is the 4th best team but if we want to be that top tear consistent program we need to be better than this.

If it was that close of a competition, should have played both, especially after seeing this the last few games.

I stand corrected this may be likes Mussman’s last year where we lost 55-17 at home.

This may have the same score as the 1986 game (if lucky) ….that year I think UND was 2-9.

Montana started the year off slow last season, hopefully history repeats! UND wins 25-24; crazy score for a crazy game. As most said this game will see where this team is truly is at and where they may go.

Big question for me how will UND’s D handle the athleticism of a mobile quarterback? We limit the big plays from that so the crowed can stay engaged, we have a shot.