UND Football Fan

I agree, Bubba team would lose like this to an inferior unranked team on the road.

Had a chance to take the refs out of the game during 2nd quarter. I still thought too many fades when we started to establish a drive after getting a 1st down. Get a 2 yard run and than a fade call put us in 3 and 8 with them playing pass. That extra point miss plain old sucked, we did not chase the point (I think we or 0 for forever when trying to catch extra points). I cannot overly blame the D, when the offense had one sustained drive the 2nd half. A good team will find weaknesses and start finding things that work with more opportunities.

We’ve had special teams or offense putting games away. Let’s have the D do it today!

Let’s force a turnover!

Slow down on fades, crossing patterns were working earlier. I do love TE’s being used!

Jimmy’s Washington Stare losing to North Texas 45-3 in 3rd.

Yes, can’t let Montana do what we did to them last year in wearing out the defense. Good drive and break their spirit!

Decent speed keep in mind Weston Dressler ran a 10.44 at state meet senior year and that speed/quickness was special.

This will be a physical game, if we can scrap together drives like K State we can win this one. However, if we don’t move the ball, our defense, though improved some, may get worn down and we could falter down the stretch due to our depth issues on defense. I believe Montana will be better prepared for our run game, but our passing game will be the X factor for us to win this year.

I agree

Offense: Jerry is the real deal! JTJ though athletic as hell, game has yet to slow down for him (did not look too comfortable) Both QB’a can throw with velocity! Have not seen that in a long long time. RB area we are deep and wideouts and TE’s looked good (Portland State not too good to measure) o-line was solid. Defense communication mistakes must be fixed! It was a long long time seeing us stuff a 4th and less than 1. Once again Portland State is bad, however I felt we looked quick, and our tackling has improved. Special teams solid…..kicker figure it out we need to be solid on FG, especially in a dome. Depth is a lot thinner on defense than offense, with the solid recruiting class we are getting (on paper) that should improve next year. However, I hope we can get it done this year! On to next week!

I was pondering that since there was going to be a tougher look from the front 4 from KSU, the holes would smaller or disappear quicker, a smaller quicker back was be a better option. That is my theory for what it is worth. We will see what happens today.

Defensively I want no fluke big TD plays given up. No backup QB carving our defense. I want a dominant 4 quarter win!

Don’t be our Steve Bartman!

So far it’s refreshing seeing us respond after their 2nd TD and getting a first down after back to back penalties. This team is playing to win!

Yotes down 55-7……I am anticipating us putting up a better fight than that against K State!

If we can run the ball and be effective throwing we can make it interesting. Green kool aid me 27-24 W Middle of the road me we make it interesting and waver 17-34 L negative me 10-41 L

Me Mongo, me pawn in game of life. Me thinks the talk of 3 QB’s is to recognize the efforts they put in. Reality is Simon is a senior. The other two are under classmen. If Simon was head and shoulders superior he would start. If Simon is similar or less to the younger QB’s, you go with youth so they can improve under fire. I think it will be Jerry and Javance in just as the SU’s have used their back up QB’s. Unless blowout wins or losses I can’t imagine 3 QB’s playing. Coming in Schmidt would have to focus on defense because the last few years that has been more of a liability than the offense. Hypothetically Schmidt kept the OC to retain the offensive pieces and get his OC guy for year two….and for me Mongo that’s too much thought. So me thinks to watch Saturday, along with rest of season and see if Schmidty Ball is an improvement from Bubba Ball. Mongo out.

Ahhh …… is this a reference to the 1971 Cowboys with the rotation of Roger and Morton rotating playes in for the first half of the season?

To be the best, need to beat the best.

Especially if Simon was playing hurt. Maybe I missed it, when did he get hurt last Fall or was it after season?

If there is not a standout by end of the week, my guess Javance or Jerry starter and Simon backup. My logic is if they are all about the same, go with the one that will be back next year.

That was my take because for the past few years of defensive and road troubles, it was my option which does not mean much. Another way to look at it, it’s another way of saying, we need to get stops on 3rd and 4th down or not let a mobile QB kill us on defense or be sharp on blocking, pass run reads or solid special teams or put teams away when we get up early. Basically the perfection on the details lead to better things. That is was great teams do.

He never said last regime directly, he said players need to know how to “work hard” by pushing themselves through it. As a fan the past several years when things don’t go right, like what you said through last year the team did not handle adversity especially on the road. The one exception was our road win against a decent Youngstown State team in 2022. The year Schmidt left we were ravaged by injuries on the D-Line amd we maxed our 4 games on several Red shirt D-Line and got massacred up front against Eastern Washington. Also massacred at Idaho State. That being said, Schmidt worked under Kalen and Schmidt brought his guys in for his staff, it needed new people and ideas. I am hoping he utilized what he learned under Kalen and it translates well at UND. He has utilized the portal better than we have in the past and the incoming class appear best in D1 era on paper. 1st season I expect better overall play and playoff spot, year two compete as equals to the Dakota schools. (This year could happen, it will be up to the defense which is Schmidt’s)

He said it was a closed scrimmage today. So my guess is no.