Wright4UND

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Thank you! We will always be UND Fans. Everyone treated Jack very well during his time as a Fighting Hawk! We will have great memories from our time in North Dakota. I have enjoyed participating in the Fan Forum. G

He is coming off of the IR this week and will be available to play. Yes, he needs to stay healthy! Availability is the best ability. G

I disagree. The players liked it!

Do we need to do another Help Bubba 4.0 project for a new helmet to run through?

We'll see this weekend vs Eastern Washington. Sam Herder predicts a 45-35 victory for NDSU. If they give up 35 points to a 3-8 team from last year then their defense could be vulnerable. Teams have to prove that they can beat them on the field though. This includes UND. Go hawks! G

KK is actually one of the fastest guys on the team. Up close he is a physical specimen. I know that he has made some serious mistakes during his career. However, I am hopeful that simplifying the defense is the key to his success. I think he questioned what he was supposed to do and that split second delay cost him and the team! The talk with new DC JS is to simplify the defense. If this is true I think KK and Fort (plus Ball filling in as needed) will have a solid season and the safeties will make significant improvement from last year. With this improvement from the safeties plus really good corners our defense should be much improved. We will see! G

Thanks, are they doing it in person or zoom again?

Do we know when the MVFC Media Day is? i have been trying to find a date and haven't been able to as of yet.

My disappointment from being a recent fan is that the students don't come to the football games. It looks like maybe 1,000 students come to a big game. In the last 4 years the home record for the football team 18-2 (only losses to NDSU and SDSU) so the record is outstanding. The games have been exciting as well! If they could coax 2,000 students to a game then the atmosphere would be electric! I think the Athletic Dept., coaching staff and players should do more to get the students out to the games. Go to the frat and sorority meetings to let them know they are wanted and needed. Go to freshman orientations to get them hooked early. Need more buy in! I think the program is set up for a really good season! I'm looking forward to it!

UND #16 in Hero Sports Preseason Top 25! That is the highest preseason ranking that I have seen in several years (except after Spring 2021 season). A little respect for the Hawks! https://herosports.com/herder-2023-fcs-preseason-top-25-bzbz/

The QB from last year, RJ Martinez, which was really good transferred to Baylor. So they will have to find a new gunslinger to throw it all over the yard! Additionally, the altitude was a factor for our players. I was at the game and was surprised at how hard it was to catch breath at times. With that said, the speed of NAU was an issue for our Defense. Hopefully, Fort, Ball, Siegel, Buckner, Ocansey and Kaden are all ready to roll!

I disagree. We have a favorable schedule next year. We play 5 teams that were the bottom of the mvfc last year. Western Illinois, Indiana St., Murray St., South Dakota and Illinois St. We obviously have to win the games we are supposed to win. We made some improvements on road games last year so I think we can be in the 8-3 and 7-4 range if we stay healthy (if not better). Our offensive line was really gelling last year before the injury to Lotysz and illness to Kilty. I see the OL being a real strength this year. We need to tackle better on defense as well which hopefully they are addressing in practice. I think our back end will be better with fort returning and more experience from new corners/safeties ocansey, hembry and buckner. I am going to watch practice on Friday and Saturday so I will be able to get a better feel for how everyone is looking then.

They added Griffin Jr from Northern Illinois. He is listed as the 2nd NT. He is listed at 305! Hope he can help the team on the interior D Line. Also, safeties not listed due to injuries that will be available for Fall are Sammy Fort and Ethan Ball. Both played last season with Sammy being hurt fairly early last year. Both of these players will add depth and experience to the Safety position. My assumption is that Sammy Fort will be one of the starters. Last comment is that i think the 3-4 does work against most teams in the MVFC but not NDSU. I would love for them to throw in some 4-3 wrinkles vs them. Try something different and make them beat you with the pass.

Spring practices have been moved back 2 weeks from what I have been told.