UND Football Fan

My hope for this game is dominating the trenches both sides of the ball. But most importantly having defense stop them at least 2/3’s of the time on 3rd down. We are a ball control team and if we cannot get them off the field it will be closer than it should be. Being home again I’m expecting a 4 TD win.

I would respectfully disagree, as I said, I recall our d-line was a MASH unit. We got slaughtered by Eastern Washington and with the decimation in the trenches we rebounded and won some big games at home, but bubbles burst at Nichols in the playoffs. I am fairly certain we were putting red shirts in for 4 game shots so not to lose their illegibility. Maybe my memory is poor but, I don’t recall Schmidt leaving; people saying problem solved. I did recall people nervous about Holinka’s hire.

He was with the DeBoer at Southern Illinois and then went with home to Fresno. Eric I thought did a fine job especially the last year where injuries depleted the D-Line and yet the defense was respectable. If I recall they played redshirted freshman to fill in on the since it was a MASH unit of a defensive line.

I don’t know, if it’s Feeney or Jerry (toward end of year not to burn red shirt) I like an idea of a running athletic QB that can give defenses fits or at least off balanced with QB run and still have our regular offensive schemes. Hopefully Feeney has some shiftiness like his dad did at SU. I am not advocating a platoon system, just packages to utilize our talents (we do this with wr and rb’s, I was just thinking if our staff can do this at QB.

I am envisioning what we did with Brock a few years back.

I said earlier, let’s give Feeney a go for a series or so and have more design QB runs for him (or our most dynamic running/passing qb). From that teams will not be certain if it will be run or pass. Pretty safe to say when Q is in thought is inside run or over thrown pass. Danny uses the talents of our other skill guys, do it for QB. Some said Tommy plans on coming back. If so Feeney may go or more at that position. I am off the ledge from yesterday, the next few weeks will see (to me) how we can coach up and adjust what we do for the rest of the season. Need to beat NDSU or 7-4 may not be enough depending on how conference plays out.

I wouldn’t mind seeing us rotate Feeney in for a series or two or more. (During meaningful-times) We heavily rotate all other skilled positions except for Bo. I’d rather see Feeney doing QB runs then Q. We need our best talent on the field. I need to stop typing or I will be rambling incoherently. It is another frustrating Saturday.

I hope we can make better adjustments unlike last year. In games with elite teams. This Bum Phillips quote comes to me.

We look similar to last year against them. We look smaller on defensive front and their O-line is big and athletic. They go double tight or big we are way undersized. Watched a little of USD and NDSU and USD has the defensive bigs to cause trouble. Hopefully defensive leverage gets better or it can be the ugly to Medusa quick.

As some has said it it’s culture etc., Going into these games (and title contenders) fans and team do need to expect to win the games. I’m fairly old but I remember NDSU would have wider margins if victory than UND. But, UND played tough and won a fair amount. Is it a big game (every game played is a Big Game) yes, but if you play an opponent you think you’re out matched than players play like they need to do more than they can physically or skill wise do. We as fans wish we know a fix, just as I am certain the coaching staff does. Hopefully the week off gets the team in the right mindset and play a solid 4 quarters which it takes to win against a good/great team. Good teams and play like poorly for most of a game and turn it on to beat inferior teams. Great teams can play solidly for nearly all 4 quarters. That is probably why this loss stings for many of us, it’s not that we lost but how we lost.

Forgot that, hopefully experience will slow the game down for him. Overall I do like this o-line

As an O-line guy. Our snaps to the QB needs to get better. (No clue if nerves or what but way more inconsistent this game than other two) Don’t matter who our QB is (never played QB) it’s tough to make your progression or throw a timing route when snaps are low and then high. Even Feeney had a crappy snaps. We had this issue with this till Peyton stepped in. This is a must fix, don’t mater qb or scheme if it is In consistent. This loss sucks, because if we were tied at 14 (missed exp hurt) before half we would have momentum and with a lead can run the ball and utilize our misdirection and play action which appears to be our strength.

We have to score, if we are as good as I think this team can be. We can make a game of this. We have the offense to do it. Defense has shown to me we are better than last. The drop picks is frustrating but I don’t recall last year we had games where we had we had multiple chances for picks.

I doubt they want to need to get more depth. They barely beat Williston and Williston has not won against a current AAA team in several years (last time they beat a current AAA team, it was Legacy in 2015 when Legacy had no Seniors because 1st varsity season)

This will see where our defense really is at with the D-Line and linebackers when it comes to pass rush. It’s tough on the secondary when qb has time and easy pass windows to throw in. If our defense is similar to last year it probably will be a two score win or even a nail biter.

I like that even with backups we are attacking!

A lot better energy by offense, low snaps need to be corrected. Let’s keep momentum going and get more guys in.

And that fade!

Montana beating Butler 35-20 late 4th. We had chances for big plays, missed FG is concern.

I also agree, this season can be the start of us moving to the top tier of the league especially with the quality of recruits we have been getting the last couple of years.

His perseverance; his love for life. Greg will be missed. https://allmarineradio.com/2020/09/14/greg-loytsz-the-jets-former-offensive-lineman-father-husband-talks-life-his-groundbreaking-workers-comp-case-suicide/

UND was not ranked last year and it took us forever to get in. Doesn’t ranking help with playoff selection? However, we need to prove we can consistently be a playoff caliber team.

No love from the way too early football bracket. https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2023-08-02/way-too-early-2023-fcs-playoff-bracket-preseason-predictions?fbclid=IwAR1YkJUwIXEt1ydeOUQbFMeWwWWD27qPe8StDfvLJsrXQCqNrYc8zoeYdtE

Watching replay 78 Raider-Viking game. TE reverse pass with Casper….maybe we will see something similar with Quincy?

Mama, Mary was a putrid running double slot veer, Mary went to a passing attack. 1st two years were gross for him but he did not have the players for his system. His last two they were competitive went from a 70 something loss to Mankato to a last play defeat this year. He won in High School, College and did wonders at Bemidji prior to Mary. He had a lot less to work with then most D2 schools. I could be wrong but he turned down a Montana State O-Coordinator to be a head coach. (which surprised me) I am not saying he is the best coach of all time. I’m saying as an assistant he would a good/tolerable get. Some coaches are better assistants coaches then head coach.