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I think we have to give a little credit to whomever is putting together all of the F'n hawks football content these days. All of the little clips they are piecing together are really nice Still love the day by day and look forward to it every week I like the Week x threads I like all the locker room clips for halftime adjustments I like the game wrapup video with Jack Michaels Really liked that Donnell Kirkwood 309 rushing yards clips How about that Hunter Pinke fire-up.. still have some goose bumps. IF you dont like that one you dont have a pulse. Im sure Im missing something.. but I love the effort on the content this year.

All of the data from the season would suggest that we should be able to run on these guys. If they stack the box, romfo will have to complete a couple passes against man coverage to a likely wide open belquist. Im hoping for complementary football with the offense helping to keep the defense off the field with pressure by the defense. Nothing is more defeating than a team running the ball down your throat with nothing you can do to stop it. I still have nightmares about Luepke running at will in the fargodome a few years back. This year it could be our year to do that.

its good bulletin board material.. very little respect.. prove them wrong.

Im amazed that romfo has attempted more passes then Cam.. sure hasn't felt that way.

Most unstoppable short yardage play.. Q has it perfected.

Is he in the top 90 yet :).. he is having a great game today

4 completion's.. 3TD.. not bad

Kostich crew is having a game today!

24 pts in the first quarter.. yowza..

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While you aren’t generally wrong.. I think most reasonable people are just wanting to see the backup qb get some minutes in a game. Particularly a game we have a reasonable lead in. Seems dumb and shortsighted to not want to get your backup (at any position much less an important position like qb) some game minutes outside of a kneel down. there is a different group that always wants to replace our current qb regardless of current record. I thought miller had some interesting perspective in the 360 podcast about romfos struggles passing this year versus fall camp. Related it to a short guy against fall camp pass rush versus an actual game pass rush. overall my comments in this specific thread were intended to be more complimentary of Tommy. Happy to see him at Michigan state and playing well in his opportunities.

Tommy's time starts at about 16 min mark... with 3 mins left in the 3rd quarter. Its almost like they are trying to make sure the backup QB gets some reps :).

Danny was a very good OC. He was such a big upgrade from the prior OC that its not even comparable. My only real complaint with him was that he tended to rely too much on trick plays for my liking and particularly in the last year could have been more successful by leaning into the running game. Fruechte has been very good so far, particularly with his focus on the teams offensive mindset and strength.. hopefully he continues to improve and can develop a more balanced attack. I know people dont like to give Bubba credit but the recruitment of Fruechte and Olson seem like very positive improvements to the team in a time that it could have been a disaster. Finally, if anyone really wanted Danny as a future HC candidate/Bubba replacement for UND.. a stint at a successful program like SDSU will make him more qualified rather than less qualified in my book.

General agreement with yah.. Im 100% sure that Danny didn't leave because Tommy left Im wondering though if Tommy didnt leave at least partially because Danny was suggesting there would be an open QB competition in spring ball. Backup QB for the spartans is a good gig.. backup qb for the hawks doesnt seem to be.

Biggest difference for me this year is play calling by Fruechte versus Danny and improved defense (they are related).. If we had committed to the run in the 3 games you listed above we would have won at least 2 of the 3. If I recall the timeline last year.. Tommy moved on.. then Danny moved on. I wonder if Tommy would have left if Danny had left first.. Just like I wonder who would have been the starting QB if Danny had stuck around.. Interesting to think of. Tommy running our current offensive mentality is a fun thought.

I agree with a fair amount of this comment. I have heard few people calling for Romfo to be out and out replaced.. I have heard many people questioning the lack of playing time for our backups and until we see them play we have no idea if they are any better than Romfo. I cant imagine them being worse at throwing but maybe Romfo is that much better at everything else. The fact that our backup qb has gotten one play (a kneel-down) in the first 4 games of the year is ridiculous. Personally Im super excited about UND being 3-1 at this point in the year.. this was the most optimistic record that anyone could have predicted based on all of the turnover we had.. many would have predicted 2-2 and a few negative nancys would have predicted 1-3. All of that being said.. you cant be excited about the play of the QB position. We beat Montana because they didnt load the box to stop the run (their coach admitted it) and our defense had a great 2nd half.. ISU and SD.. we should beat those teams and it shouldnt be a question.. Same with Murray State. SD had so many people in the box one pump fake and our WRs were running down the field uncovered. I would guess we will see the same defense from Murray state. I hope Romfo kills it the rest of the year.. I hope these first 4 games were a complete aberration of his actual passing ability. A decent passing game will take stress off our running game and allow it to be even more dominant. I also want to see Jerry get some playing time.

Agreed.. I think romfo completed as many throws to the other team as our team in the first half. 5/13 with 2 ints won’t get it done against a decent team. if we are sticking with romfo, I would like to see him more involved in the run game like the Montana game. Yesterday all he did was hand off the ball and make a bunch of questionable throws.. outside of two wide open completions to belquist. I would love to be a fly on the wall in the qb room when they are watching a replay of the game.

This year our “aged leader” is having a great year. Second half has been better than the first.. only real complaints I have are QB play and our willingness to kick the ball out of bounds. Neither of which are the aged leaders fault. I don’t believe that bubba selects the qb but that’s just me.

My guess is OL is a push at best.. gotta give a ton of credit to pawlak for building enough depth that we could lose 4 top notch OL and still be really good. A few years back that would have been recipe for disaster. Olson is doing awesome and let’s hope he can recruit as well as pawlak. OC is a really interesting comparison. Freuchte has been great at leaning into the strength of the team. Would be nice to see freuchte calling plays for last years offense.. and have this years defense.

I actually bet Bo is thrilled he came back for one more year. He has been a great teammate and captain

All of these other teams play multiple qbs the first few games of the year. For some reason we pick one and stick with that qb even when it was a close race in fall camp.. I’ll never understand our unwillingness to try out someone else. The current situation screams for getting the backup a little time just to see.

Defense will be fine this game.. offense is the much bigger concern. Complete lack of any respect by SD for our passing game. The box is loaded every down. If SD sees it so does every other team. if they are going to stick with romfo we should run the triple option or the veer. luckily our RBs are so good that they can still break it given a little daylight.

It was a bad throw.. should have been an easy td

Ended 8/10 for 97 yds and a rushing td.. pretty cool to see him do that

Also.. big win against a team everyone was sweating about. letdown - nope defense - awesome until we let off the gas Kickoffs - better certainly some head scratchers.. but 52-28.. I’ll take it.