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I'm not certain how the S & C guy can prevent Ott's or Palmborg's injuries for example. Each stepped wrong in the heat of battle. Strength can be improved, but in a football game with collisions on EVERY play, I'm not sure injury prevention in many cases is achievable.

Thanks. I saw Chandon Pierre listed as all Conf and stupidly thought he had a brother. SMH

Offered Yo Pierre big LB who has offers from EWU and MSU. Watch his Hudl. He's a horse.

Sometimes, in any organization, a person in a lesser position could do the boss's job, but plays the role of good soldier even as he sees the errors the boss is making. I see NO reason to lay any offensive issues on Freund. Of all the positions, WR's have developed nicely over the past few years. Wanzek is the best O player coming back and Maag will be a stud. They need to use the little guys more, but maybe he will if hired.

And after I wrote that, I realized I should have said I wasn't implying you were suggesting that, but I do believe and have seen others who have. My bad.

Because, you know, he doesn't always want to win games. This is the part that bugs me most. The notion a coach, ANY coach wants anything but to get the W. You can condemn how he does it, but NEVER doubt that he wants to get that W more than any of us on this sometimes completely silly board.

Looks like the O has all linemen back except Aplin. If they hit the weights this could be a plus group. WR's include Wanzek and Maag. These two should be two of the top WR's in the conference IF the QB gets the ball to them. Wanzek really impressed me this year. I'd say he was the O player of the year. Still have hopes for Cloyd. Looks the part of a TE! Will Boltman move past the upper classmen? Does Case have a chance to come in and play as a Frosh? Johannesson should be a monster. Gordon move back to RB? Otis gonna be player? Which RSFrosh will make an impact?

But this is what ticked me off most of the season. NO spy or containment on running QB's. Just no imagination here at all by the D. This is a quote from the same 360 article. The overall play of the defense was ‘good’ but not consistent. Against NAU they only gave up 270 yards of offense with 80 of it coming on that last drive. The long TD pass was a result of a blown coverage on the wheel route where it looked like the slot receiver, Emmanuel Butler, got a late start off the line and confused the secondary. Containment of the QB on the edge in scramble situations became a serious and repetitive problem when it mattered most on 3rd down.

30... But the last game showed that they just couldn't come up with the big stop when needed. All the losses held that pattern.

I'm in the minority here, but as long as Rudy is being dumped, Schmidt should be too. I'd love to see 2 young upcoming coordinators take over with Bubba as the main face of the team, the PR guy and the one whose love for UND is obvious to every recruit but who turns the game days over to the coordinators. Dabo Swinney has effectively done that at Clemson. He's not the guy calling O or D in any significant way. UND Defense stats: 3rd down conversion rate 37% for 59th in the FCS. 4th down conversion rate 53% for 79th in the FCS. It constantly bugged me the D could not get off the field in the most critical times. Total Defense: Yards per game 52nd in the FCS. Changes need to be made on both sides of the ball.

It seems to me that the OC must have the type of QB he wants. Does UND have QBs in the system that a more dynamic OC want? Of all the play calls to criticize, for me it's been the QB draw with a relatively slow, not very elusive or quick QB. Just HATED that play call. Would love to see a no huddle O from time to time too. BUT...that's NOT BUBBA ball. I agree with the critique of Kett, but what in the world happened to the OL this season. Major decline from the first half of the season.

EWU is a seed, right? Doesn't matter who wins or do you think a PSU W makes the UND W look better?

When did this change?

I do NOT believe it's waived and it would be a HUGE reason why a coach from that school may be reluctant to apply.

I'm done reading this thread, as I am highly doubtful about a UND W this weekend.

360 guys suggested Toivonen could be back.

This is a prediction not my hope, but … Win or lose next week, Rudy is gone and Kostich is moved to some other part of the program. I believe he's a good recruiter and has value there. Lose next week, and it's all over for this group of coaches.

Very nice work. Thank you for putting things into a proper perspective.

They spent 33 minutes on the field because they gave up gashing runs by a QB that the coordinator didn't understand was killing us until the 4th Q and the times players had a shot at him, they couldn't make a freaking tackle.

The lack of a spy on the QB is beyond belief. They had a 50% 3rd down success with ONE GUY SCRAMBLING THROUGH OUR D. Where's the spy?

I didn't see the game last week, but was the OLine this bad last week? This is a huge regression from early in the year. Kett looked out of sorts all day. Bad decisions with some bad passes. Yes he was rushed and a couple times didn't even get to look at a receiver as the D was on him so fast. Still needs to do better, though.

Wondering if he's dinged up.

Been watching the Bowl games in ND. Who are the top recruits? Feeney kid looks really good. Thorsness is committed here. Looks tentative.

Hawks 31 Them 15

I think it's noon, but in light of the lousy service at the Tavern, why wouldn't they open at 11:00?