UND Football Fan

If we don’t get our crap together we will be like the 2017 N Arizona team that lost to San Diego 41-10 in the first round of the playoffs!

I was trying to be more optimistic then last week….know I think

From watching on TV, the energy remind me of the ISU Blue game last year. Offense needs do do something, so defense can get their crap together!

My guess is we may end the first quarter up 14-7 because the clock will move fast with us establishing the running game. We then break some big plays and win 51-17.

I know Simon had some (some will say several) one hopped throws, maybe the coaches will try what Cleveland did for Rube Baker to get him to throw back to the pitcher. I thought to add some humor on a Monday.

I believe so

I also am perplexed on this not putting back up QB in, I remember Roger Thomas keeping the starting O-Line with the back up QB and go a least a series before subbing more O-Line. Great opportunity for live reps with starting o-line.

SDSU had 3 TO and scored 11 points more than UMary did against Augustana today. Our win is over all way better SDSU’s IMO.

Since 2006 (UND site has no data of older that I saw) Bubba 11 - 3 and 26-7 in other home games Muss 5-2 and 18-10 in other games (note early days we had several poor teams for home games D1 Eea 16-5 and 44-17 D2 games since 2006 5-1 in 10,000 plus games so since 2006 UND is 21-6 in games of 10,000 plus crowd.

Other teams make their luck, confidence and effort is good recipe with a sprinkle of the opposition playing not to lose.

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!