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In true UND football fashion.. we will actually lose to ISUb this weekend.. then beat both SDSU and USD at home and then piss it all away against ISUr.

If that somehow turned into a completed pass I assume our OL would have been flagged for being ineligible downfield anyway. Still not sure what that guy was doing

I dont have a problem with him being considered although not sure he would be a first pick. A year+ at SDSU makes him more qualified.. offense wasn't the problem when he was here either although I have preferred Fruechte's play calling. Somehow they need to bring in somebody that can actually fix the defense while keeping it up on the offensive side.

Remember if one of the coordinators leaves they will have to give bubba another extension or they can’t recruit another assistant coach or any players without bubba having at least two more years on his contract. there are so many reasons given to keep extending bubba.. I have no hope he will ever be gone outside of direct retirement.. I’m sure there is a top 10 list of excuses to keep extending bubba somewhere. I would think a defensive specialist like bubba would fire himself after having a terrible defense year after year. also to be clear I’m not advocating for bubbas replacement in the middle of the season and I still hope we somehow catch lightning in the bottle and make a playoff run.

If this was the actual plan.. then there is even more reason to have romfo in the game. Q is a great short yardage back.. he is not shifty or fast.. he is a power guy.

what is probably the most annoying to me is that we are here nitpicking a couple questionable calls on the offensive side.. where the defense laid another monster egg on the road. If the defense was even mediocre yesterday we win that game by 2+ TD's

You guys are correct.. I was watching low res on my phone.

He was lined up as the TE.. not left tackle. And he clearly went out for a pass. whether he reported or not I have no idea.. he is either the most lost OL player in history or an actual eligible receiver.

watch it again.. he was basically the TE.. he blocked down and then went out as a receiver.. Im not a great football mind so its possible Im wrong, but I think he was eligible.

crazy as a fox...

if you can stand the pain.. watch it again.. I think the guy was an eligible receiver.. announcers say he was a lineman.. but he was lined up basically as a TE and then blocked and went out for a pass. Probably was the 2nd option on that play.

was 67 eligible on that play? I think he might have been. still a dumb play.

The life of a UND football fan in a nutshell The defense plays so badly against a terrible team that the terrible team puts up totally crazy offensive yardage and scores 41 pts The offense plays quite well and yet manages to screw up the last drive in regulation and somehow calls the one of the most ridiculous 2pt conversion plays I have ever seen to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. Again.. 95% of the loss was on the defense.. really inexcusable.. you had one person to stop.. ONE PERSON!! everyone knew it.. they talked about it on every single podcast / talkshow etc.. This was the most predictable thing in the world.. stop the QB from running for 150 yds and you prob win.. make him throw.. make him hand off.. just dont let him run for 176 fn yards.. I can hardly put into words how much I hate the 2pt conversion play call.. I would have preferred to kick the xtra pt and keep playing,, once everyone that was watching realized we were going for 2 (including calling a timeout to prepare).. it was time to put in the regular offense and run our best 3 yrd play.. Quincy can get 2 yds all day long.. 2.5 yds is not his wheelhouse.. really dumb play.. really dumb play. if you need 1 yd or 1.5yds.. I love seeing quincy run out.. using him for this play was about as dumb as it gets. Again.. defense was the problem.. and yet because we cant do the easy stuff we are talking about one of the dumbest two pt attempts that you have ever seen. crazy... By the way.. Simon had a great game.. some great throws and that last scramble was awesome.. keep doing more of that! Defense still sucks.. man it sucks.. wet paper bag.. hot knife.. butter.. all the stuff..

The problem is the defense.. 98%.. defense is so terrible.. it’s embarrassing. still the offense had a couple opportunities.. im still amazed we couldn’t run the clock out at the end.. im also super depressed by that 2pt play call. It should have been an extra pt.. and then after the fake didn’t work.. it should have been our regular offense.. so depressing..

Wasn’t excited about not kicking.. but that 2 pt call is an all time worst call.. if you are going for two .. particularly after the timeout.. u put in your best offensive play. Terrible.. terrible call. reminds me of Quincy going for it in the ndsu game 3 years ago when we didn’t need to .. terrible terrible play call

When is the last year that we had a solid defense.. our offense is doing well and the defense is a liability again.

Biggest so far has to be 2 FG in 4th quarter in the griz game.. certainly a positive trend

Would have been good from a very long ways…..

UNI is not good and yet I was totally expecting them to put in a backup tight end or something who would then rush for about 200 yds on us. The quick strike to tie the game up did nothing to convince me that it might not still happen. But the defense actually played pretty darn good with their most complete game of the year. 36 yds rushing and some actual pressure on the QB. Gives me a little hope for continued improvement through the end of the year. My only complaints are pretty minor would have been nice to have a shutout.. blitz didnt get home.. middle was open.. CB was a little behind. would have liked to see Kaminsky in one series sooner. seem to have perfected the 2 yd crossing pattern Lots of positives Elrichs is looking good we have some dudes at RB.. 4 deep.. all good would like to see romfo run more.. he is a shifty dude. Loved him blocking for Gavin. If he is the starter gotta play to his strengths. I want to see more Deng Deng.. I dont really care about the redshirt.. who knows how long he will stick around anyway Love seeing Q trot out in short yardage.. he is awesome.. just move those chains already. Alerus was a fun environment. Would be great to get two wins on the road and have a packed Alerus for the SD teams.

Q is an absolute dude.. quite an effort TD for him at the end of the 1st half. Still needs to keep working on his hands. love seeing him involved in the offense.

Two different offensive coordinators agree with your take so I would guess it’s a reasonable perspective, Which is even more reason for the portal.. let a kid go to a team where they will get to play.

This is such a bad take.. why should we hold kids to a higher standard than the coaches who can leave whenever they want. they clearly need to fix some things around the edges.. but kids should be able to get paid a reasonable amount, and they should be able to transfer at least once without any punitive issues. feeney gave 3 yrs to UND.. Barely saw the field.. I have no issues with him leaving and trying to get playing time before his clock runs out.

So if the topic is “what coach in ND has managed to do less with an embarrassment of funding/support” I’ll take berry. UND should be able to expect regular frozen four appearances at the minimum. Comparing program funding levels.. bubba has been better than berry.. neither of which should be ok. Also .. advocating firing the coach in the middle of the season is always dumb.

Gotta be a top 5 funded program .. same amount of playoff wins as bubba in forever

What is your point? One game doesn’t make a trend. NDSU has 3 QBs in the NFL today.. Cole has played a ton this year and last 2 also.. they pulled QBs (Quincy and Zeb).. when they were doing just fine in comparison to our guys.. we seem to stick with mediocre at best QBs and leave the backups to die on the bench. I personally have no idea if our backup is better than our current guy.. I’m just a guy on the internet not a football coach. I would just like to see the backup every so often particularly when the starter is struggling and the game is in hand or over.