UND Football Fan

He is a sophomore and apparently that fits the bill too. We got good athletic big linemen finally, how many years will it take to get 3-4 300lbers and consistent twitchy edge rushers.

I am sort of feeling negative, I know we may make adjustments like we have done in the past. However, until we get some quicker stronger/bigger dudes on defense we will be stuck as a 2nd tier team in the Valley.

WTF are we that slow on defense or are they that quick

Holding is not being called, 78 had the rape of Nanking going on

Nice pick move by Q

Lost in the lights like Bump Bailey of the New York Knights.

Too much grabbing, and poor angles. Not sure if we have a scheme for a running qb. Maybe we do but our fundamentals on defense sucks right now.

Bad angle on outside rush

Maybe all the red makes him subliminally thinks he has a stadium of Langdon fans.

What brand Charmin?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/31/business/nil-money-ncaa.html If I would guess bigger conferences give more money. I know an athlete going to a Power 5 school getting offered 6 figures.

Having a strong D helps a lot to win road games. Our Big Sky champion team had a fairly solid D and finished 9-2, unfortunately we crapped the bed in the 2nd half in the playoffs. Since then the defense started to get worse, coincidentally so has our road record.

This maybe a one score game, dependent on offensive efficiency and if we can get YSU off the field. Their style is similar to ours when relating to time of possession. I think they are one of the leaders in FCS. If we can get up early we should win, if down early not sure how many possessions we get if they control the ball. One good thing is this is their 3rd straight top 10 game and they may have some players not at a 100 percent.

What happens a lot I think is, a kid being offered more. Team A offers 80,000 NIL and kid verbally commits and then Team B offers 150,000. So kid decommits and commits to 2nd school.

USD is down early to YSU, YSU qb is a fast runner and throws well. We will not have a gimme game next week, due to our poor history against running QB’s.

What helps next week YSU is playing us after games against SDSU and USD. One would think they would be banged up coming in.

Our D (was pessimistic early) looked more solid, first half we did look average at times, which is an improvement. 2nd half we played more like we did 2nd half against Montana, especially late 3rd and 4th quarter. As I mentioned earlier UNI has a 3 guys making the game plan and their offense looked disjointed. They have no identity on offense. Offensively I think we can run a series or two with Jerry, similar to what we did with Brock in the past. He can sling it with a lot of zip and what I see he can run fast. Jerry is another weapon in our arsenal, use him and it will give opponent's DC more to prepare for.

D get another stop, and let’s get some backup skilled guys in get reps!

6-2 look, thought OC would change play to play action. Defense is playing ok in 2nd half but eventually they will start exploiting our blitzing

Bend and not break, nice stop. Offense lets take this drive and end their delusions of a comeback. TV says 3 guys are coming up with game plan for UNI. It shows for UNI’s offense. They have some weapons, but no identity.

As I said medium and shallow routes we are looking fairly solid we did throw deep for potential one hung up too long and Safety disrupted Bo’s 50/50, the other 50/50 deep was a wobbler and under thrown. TV said UNI were lean on D-line and it is showing. I do like how we are running some jet sweeps. Defense needs to show more in the 2nd half. Make them earn their yards.

Worst I have seen them since we joined the Valley. If I would guess the worst ever for their current coach.

Those deep balls are rough today, Romfo, except for the lead to kill a WR, has been better on medium and short routes.

Defense, Defense, Defense

I do remember a time when the D never gave up big plays, I think in the last 3 years it seems we give one or multiple nearly every game.