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Agree 100%.. the coaches see what we see.. if they had some much better option he would be out there. I am totally baffled why they don’t give Jerry time when we have a big lead though.. seems like you should want to develop the backups.

As a general note.. it is possible to both be excited about UND football and our current over performance of expectations and also be very concerned about Romfos throwing ability. The way the bengals were focusing on the rushing game an above average passer would have had 400+ yds. defense played good enough in the first half that it didn’t matter. Would have like to have seen our backup QB.. if you aren’t putting him in in the last quarter at least in this game you aren’t ever putting him in. I’m guessing that contributed to feeneey leaving also.. for some reason the backup qb doesn’t get any time even with a bit lead.

We won…. my guess is .. if the second half looked like the first half Jerry would have seen time in the game… but it didn’t

Maybe a little optimistic but certainly not joking.. If you remember the 2018 (6-5, missed the playoffs) and 2019 (7-5, lost to NS in the playoffs) teams. Kett won some games and also clearly lost some very winnable games while also flipping off the home crowd. Im optimistic that we have seen the floor with Romfo (could be wrong.. Im just a guy on the internet). I think his floor is higher than Kett's but Ketts ceiling was probably higher. This years team, and likely the 2018 and 2019 teams would have been better off with a higher floor guy and not the wide swings. I also hope we get to see some Jerry time.. just like I wish we had gotten to see more of Feeney last year. Hopefully due to us having a big lead and not injury related.

Pretty cool recap video that UND football posted. “If you see me in the forest fighting a grizzly help the grizzly” Pedigo. also a little clip of the strength and conditioning guy.. looks really high energy. Seems to be having a very positive impact.

I’ll take Romfo over Kett 10 out of 10 times.. Kett could throw a heck of a ball.. but man was he a head case. He single-handedly lost multiple games and I’ll never forget the game that he was screaming at the home crowd after a few of the faithful were booing him from the end zone.. 2019 would have been a much better year if they never gave him the starting spot back after Tommy won the Sam Houston game. anyhow.. Romfo obviously needs to improve in the throwing category. Put me in the category of those who think we have seen the floor. If he was this bad in the spring and fall camp I can’t imagine he would be starting. If he was this bad and still is starting we might want to be careful about hoping for the backup.

Quite a conspiracy theory there.. somebody else mentioned that one to me the other day as well. My bet is the OC picks the QB.. I would guess if it was up to the HC only or was some political thing he would have picked Feeney or Jerry to better maintain the Moorhead or Wisconsin connection versus the Calvin ND connection. all that being said.. hopefully Romfo continues to improve his throwing. It will be hard to win running only and if he can only run we will need the backup qb before the end of the year.

As I recall.. last year you were calling Tommy Noodle arm and advocating for Jerry and Feeney. Somehow this kid with no throwing ability (according to you) beat out both of those guys in an open competition. Danny could have picked either one of those guys.. Fruechte also could have picked either of those guys and yet they both picked somebody else. Lets give Romfo a chance here. Whens the last time we beat the #4 team in the country.. Last year I think NDSU was #6 or #7 but I cant remember and the running game was the star of that show as well. The impact of a great running game on our defensive performance cant be emphasized enough. Agree with you on the interceptions.. they were basically the same play two different games.. I think he got hit on both throws..

Millers article this morning had a great comment from Hauck.. ""We didn't have the ball. We had one first down in the second half, and it was on the last drive. We failed in every aspect in the second half, and they did a good job making second-and-long (into) third-and-short. Gave them the ability to run it. I don't know if they can throw it. We didn't make them." Im guessing the upcoming teams will start making us throw it. Maybe our O-line, RB's and QB can be dominant enough that it wont matter.

Last couple years we were all complaining about Tommy’s unwillingness to take easy yards on the ground.. this year seems like the theme will be Romfos struggles with the pass.. let’s see how it plays out.

Biggest difference so far this year is willingness of the offensive coordinator to commit to the run.. if Tommy had turned around and handed off the ball we would have won more games last year. at some point our lack of passing competency will catch up with us this year. But we would have been a better team last year with more commitment to the run

Got to give the Administration some credit on this last win. They did a great job with the tailgating atmosphere/live music as well as the fireworks after the game. Over all very well done. I hope that the football team can maintain the momentum through the season as this was a great crowd and great game. I was really surprised that more people didnt bail at halftime.. The Alerus was rocking. Similar to others comments Defense first quarter/first half was hard to watch.. for a while I was thinking we would get run out of the alerus. I thought Montana was going to hang a 50+ on us maybe by halftime. The turn-around in the 2nd half was unbelievable.. complementary football but also very strong performance on both sides of the ball. Felt like we had more sacks in the 2nd half than all of last year. Watching our D-line.. pretty significant improvement.. although im not sure how our 98 hangs in there.. he looks really small.. program lists him at 6' 270lbs.. looks generous to me. Our run game is fun to watch.. add in Romfo and all three of our RB's look like they can take it to the house on every play. Very few negative plays. Commitment to the run is such an obvious improvement over last year.. Fruechte seems to know its our strength this year and leans into it. This was my biggest complaint of Danny last year.. love seeing Q in short yardage.. crowd goes nuts.. pretty unstoppable. If you need a yard he will get you 2.. if you need 5 yds he will get you 2. Two games into the year and no trick plays.. its a nice change-up. A few trick plays a year are fun.. when its a mainstay in your offensive gameplan each week it gets old. To this point of the season our new o-line/OC are minimum of a push and maybe better than the guys we lost. At some point we are going to have to throw.. Hopefully Romfo will improve in this area. Kickoffs have to improve.. its embarrassing.. Was nice to be 2/2 on FG's.. should be a confidence builder.. Im waiting for the fake on this one with Romfo as the holder.

Seems like the fbs to fcs gap is bigger than ever. We might all need to step away from the ledge a bit

I have no doubts why feeney left.. he spent the last three years watching and saw his whole college career going by without any meaningful playing time. How much of the lack of putting in subs is bubba and not the OC? agree 100% about last year.. feeney should have played more particularly in the blowouts. This game though.. seems like if u think romfo is the guy you have to get him game experience.. it wasn’t a blowout and was meaningful snaps.

You can’t watch the game today and believe romfo is a good fcs level QB. I hope he had a bad game and will be much better the rest of the year… maybe he won’t lose games.. but didn’t seem like he would be winning them either. His mobility and scrambling abilities were good but at some point you have to make some throws. Watching miller on Thursday and comparing him to our guy they are different levels right now.. hopefully it was a bad game.

Crap call for sure.. could call that every play

Omg.. 3rd and long stop.. already better than last year! I half expected the ghost of kk to come running across the field.

Difference to me so far is willingness to run.. and continue running. Will be interesting if we attempt any longer passes… eventually need to stretch the defense.

Looks like we have a little specialist work to do.. crappy punt.. crappy kickoff

Hopefully the new strength and conditioning is a difference maker for us

18 yd punt.. cmon

My guess is that this year won’t count against his eligibility since he left before the first game or something. Only thing that actually makes sense. Otherwise it would be obvious to stay to the end of the season.

I have to admit I was really hoping for the UND/NDSU game winning, Feeney to Belquist connection, in the fargodome this year. Would have been an altimer. I dont blame Feeney at all for leaving.. Although the most recent "day by day" was clearly cut before this happened. He spent last year as the 2nd stringer and got in so rarely even when the games were out of hand.. Im sure he saw that flashing before his eyes again. Im not a QB talent evaluator, and barely only a commentator on the internet, but have to assume he saw the rest of his career going by without ever getting to play meaningful minutes. My assumption is Danny saw him every day and picked Tommy over and over regardless of struggles.. Fruechte has likely seen more QB talent and knows what he wants way more than I will ever even think about and somehow picked Romfo over him (also a junior). I was kind of guessing that Romfo was picked as QB1 for the Iowa St football game and that 2-3 QB's would get meaningful time but they seem to be really pushing the Romfo thing. If back in January you would have told me that we would have ended up with a shorter QB than we had last year I would have laughed. Im excited with what I have seen out of Fruechte so far so am really hoping he made the right decision.. Im really excited for Romfo to see what he can bring to the table and hope he continues his winning ways, but was also really hoping that Feeney would get his shot this year. As long as Feeney doesnt end up in the MVFC Ill wish him all the success.

One of my biggest disappointments this year is not getting to find out if the offensive issues the last couple years was more of a Tommy thing or an OC thing. i bet we will see a little of Tommy in the big10 this year as it sure seems like he is 2nd string and we will sure get to see plenty of Danny this year. I’m also gaining excitement in this years team.. some great recent articles by Tom miller.. football 360 podcast etc. many things to be excited about while also concerned about the general youth of the team.

Pretty sure Joel has been the DC for only one year which I think makes it all line up a bit better. I remember holinka having a good year followed by a terrible year.. 22 and 23 were equally bad and poor from a defensive point of view. I feel we will be better on the defensive side this year although I would have said we were way worse than 26th last year.. felt more like 96th most games. Strength or schedule must be a big impact or something.