Wilbur

I wonder what his contract situation would be had they not won a share of the great west last season. I can't believe he's extended through 2016....wow....

UND shouldn't punt on fourth downs. For the rest of the season. Giving the ball to the opposing offense is giving up points. Plus the offense would get the ball more with the defense only giving up three to four play scoring drives.

I like your combos, although the coaches have said that Gleason will be on the blue line for likely the year. Now that I look at it Saturday should be okay. I think Clark Saunders plays and plays well on Friday. Could be the guy in both games.

Did the ground shake? Love the Kaulker. I hope Gretzky is there too.

Is it the coaches not working on fundamentals like tackling during the week, or the players just not being capable of performing at this level?

Its now at the 20 missed tackles mark.

Punting....... Dangit, I hate getting all ticked off and beat a dead horse but this ticks me off. No emotion, missed tackles, blown coverages...... This is not UND football. I'm not on the fire Muss bandwagon, but may be soon if the same crap keeps happening over and over again.

14-0 NAU. Unacceptable.

At least 15 missed tackles so far.

Dropped pass....Int......14-0 pretty quick here.

I can't believe how terrible this team is at tackling. Stein had them for five missed tackles on that play....garbage.

And covering people.....

My gosh this team is awful at tackling.....

I'm hoping for a split of the weekend. Beat Anchorage, and try and hold your own against Fairbanks. If Rowney isn't able to go on Saturday....ohh boy. I'm guessing we'll see a lot of what occurred last year. Chip it out, lock up the neutral zone, and only forecheck if you've got numbers going into the zone. I expect a guy like Grimaldi to be the difference. He'll log a ton of minutes this weekend.

This USA team tied Notre Dame, and I think will knock off a few college teams they play this year. Had UND not sniped a few under the bar I think they could have easily won the game. I would like to see a more interested UND team play them.

Hak said it best after the game. Not a ton of emotion going into the game. You could tell which team was more excited to be playing that hockey game, and it wasn't the guys in white and green. Defensively they're still looking for the right pairings. Seemed like everyone was playing with everyone. The only guy that played remotely physical was MacWilliam, and I guess you could put Forbort on that list during certain moments. Of the four goals scored they'd probably want them all back. ~Goal #1.....misplay by Saunders and the defense. ~Goal #2.....they leave a guy open right in front of the net for a one timer you or I could connect on. ~Goal #3.....Gothberg kicks out a huge rebound to a guy nobody picked up. ~Goal #4.....Gothberg gets beat under the glove on a quick shot by Fasching that he'll tell you he should have stopped. Clark Saunders was fantastic in the net. Made a ton of good saves, and was in the right position to make the saves as well. I think he starts next week in Alaska.

After this one I think its safe to say that Clark Saunders may be the opening night starter in Alaska.

Hak just blew a gasket.

Thompson with an assist on that goal. Will be a great addition to the UND blue line.

Cagguila now with Knight and Kristo......Rocco still on bench. Maybe just doing some mixing and matching.

Would like to see UND keep a big lead this period so Tate can get some game action.

Zane Gothberg now in goal. Really impressed with Saunders. Doing a tremendous job so far.

And Kristo keeps me alive in Sioux survivor.....alright.

When I coached we ran overload 90 percent of the time. A good system with a lot of possibilities if run correctly. Also makes it easy to roll into another system like the umbrella if you get pressure boxed. We had about five or six set plays out of the overload. I bet college teams with the amount of practice time they have could run utmost of 15-20.

I agree with the whole "bring pressure" attitude. If you can't cover people, if you can't bring pressure with four guys, heck, why not? I'd rather see the NAU QB pick himself up off the ground after throwing a TD pass then running to the end zone with a smile on his face. Thats what I loved about Bubba. QB's remembered the weeks they played UND.