A big reason they looked horrible is because of und defense.. give them some credit.
offense / OC and kicking game needs to step up… biggest issues of the game were
* not running the ball at the 2 yd line.. from my view that 3 down sequence was .. good defense.. uncalled PI.. bad throw.. should have been 3 runs.
* missed chipshot FG.. basically an xp
* lack of a consistent really short yardage play. I hate 4th and short from the pistol.
I want to make the playoffs if we are 7-5 or 8-4.. schmitfy is building something special. One of the reasons ndsu is better is they get 3+ more games a year and all of the incremental practices.. U.N.D. needs that.
After watching Quincy dominate every short yardage situation for the last 3 years.. I’m baffled by UND not implementing a similar set this year. If we have the QV short yardage plays.. we punch in a touchdown and easily make the 4th and 1.
Also.. FG unit.. woof.. not sure if it was the kicker or the holder but good lord..
should have been a win yesterday.. no question.. d is the real deal
way to use the all teams in D1 SOS..
Massey - UND 9th / NDSU 24th
see how fun this is? Are u really trying to argue that the citadel / Tennessee st/ SE Missouri / st Thomas are good teams or that any of those are better than K-state and Montana?
NDSU is a good team this year.. but they also started the season 4-0. Indiana state beating SDSU at SDSU takes a lot of shine off the NDSU victory at SDSU IMO.
Defense played well except for being a wet paper bag at the end of the 2nd quarter..
offense really struggled and Jerry took some big hits and missed a lot of open receivers. Seems like a tough kid.. not sure how sustainable it is to have him run the ball 10+ times a game.
Both teams with 10+ penalties.. USD clearly wanted to turn it into a rock fight and they were successful.
All of that being said.. still should have won that game.. played our worst game all year and still should have won.
Stay on task.. question was NDSU SOS.. comment was.. “4 cupcake non conference games” and a tough mvfc schedule like every one else.
UND would be 8-1 with NDSU schedule as apparently we still can’t beat USD on the road. NDSU might still be 9-0 with UND schedule but there is no question UNDs schedule is much tougher.
NDSU has an absolute cupcake non conference schedule.. I don’t think you can argue otherwise. Their MVFC schedule is as tough as anybody else’s.. they really caught a break with sdsu qb injured but still destroyed them.
Another big improvement this year has been the continued development of Isaac fruechte.. I’m hoping to see a lot of handing off and letting the North Dakota moving company control the game. Should look like the Saluki game.
one of my biggest complaints last year and during the Danny freund era was lack of willingness to do the easy thing. All the trick plays and forcing passes against teams that we would have crushed just by running the ball. I am still looking for the Q short yardage replacement play.
if we continue the trend of last week I expect 400 yds rushing and an easy win. If we forget that.. maybe we will have another OT shootout.
Correct.. for all the hate romfo gets from a few.. offense wasn’t even close to the biggest problem last year.. defense was a dumpster fire. While I still believe Jerry or feeney would have been better last year. The improvement in defense and Eric schmidt is what has made this team a top 10 team