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Wow a 1-0 barn burner for the top 2 in the west. But it also seems like legacy’s worth is rising so maybe it’ll be a 3 way race in the west. We shall see

Davies up 3-2 on WF so far DL and WFS tied 3-3 after 2 RR up 5-0 on GPR so far. legacy and century tied 2-2 so far minot and Mandan tied 0-0 so far

Meh, GFC lost to EGF early last year and then buried them in late January (same margin of victory as moorhead did just 3 days later). Plus out of the past 10 years I think EGF has only won the Gambucci cup 2 times or possibly 1 (last year) if I remember correctly. In ND, this might finally be the year we see a non-GF champion as both seem to be down a little. My way too early prediction right now would be WFS. It’s clear there isn’t a true contender out west this season, unfortunately, so after WFS there might be an outside chance for WF or Davies too? With that said, none of us would be shocked if GFC or even RR finds their stride as the year progresses and rallies late to add yet another title to their collection. But for now I have high hopes someone else could get it done for once.

Central over Davies by 3 goals RR over WFS by 1 goal GPR over WF by 1 goal BH over HB by 5 goals Minot over Jamestown by 1 goal

But I’ll throw my hat in the ring 1. Central 2. RR 3. Davies 4. WFS 5. FN 6. DL 7. GPR 8. Shanley 9. WF 10. Mayport 1. Mandan 2. Minot 3. Legacy 4. Jamestown 5. Bott 6. High 7. Dickinson 8. Century 9. Williston 10. HB

I’m no where near familiar enough to guess on much yet. But my gut told me WF was going to be bad this year without Mattern but you seem to know otherwise. I was going to guess GPR beats WF tomorrow since their win over FN doesn’t appear like it was a fluke (even shots).

I saw he had an assist in the game against DL last night so he must be back already? 5-3 GFC over DL last night.

It has been a weird year already. Other than WF, it appears any of the F+WF teams could beat one another? Mandan might run the table in the west?! DL and Grafton appear to be pretty solid and might have a decent shot to be in the mix for the #4 spot in the east? I'll admit, I thought even with losing a few guys early that Century would be a top dog in the west this year, but by the looks of it they might have their lowest finish in the west in many many years. Hopefully the Thursday, Friday and Saturday games clear things up a bit, because right now I can't gauge crap lol. Davies vs Central and WFS vs RR might give us a better pulse on the EDC.

To be Frank, Jerry has been playing like dog sheet for like 5 weeks straight now. He went from 22TDs and 2INTs in his first 8, to 4TDs and 8INTs in the past 5. That is a brutal swing for the worse, and I didn't foresee it magically swinging back again anytime soon anyways, so this change is actually welcomed IMO. I see the silver lining --- having a fresh guy, motivated by a 2nd chance in his final season, who has tons of experience running the offense as a decent upgrade right at this moment despite clearly being a downgrade in general as an overall QB. Maybe Jerry has already been playing hurt? Hurt something in the USD game? Seems like the only reasonable explanation, but unfortunately we have often seen studs at UND regress as the season goes on and as their careers go on...both miserable trends to notice. But maybe it was an injury he's been playing through in this case. More importantly about this QB change, during the 360 interview, the OC did mention both QBs have their own mix of favorite plays, which is going to push the OC to mix things up a bit now with Romfo at the helm. And we all know a play calling shake up is long overdue so I think that is the biggest plus here if Romfo plays. Additionally, it seemed very clear that other teams have figured out UND's offense, and it was finally showing up on the scoreboard. New QB (even as a downgrade), new plays, hopefully new life and new burst of offense when it matters most. Additionally it appears Tar State's D kind of sucks, so I have hope the O can punch several through, and the D can do their thing.

GFK closed or why promoting Fargo?

UND has every reason to win this game. But until both the coaches and players start showing some killer instincts I’m worried they’ll allow it to be a close game…and we all know how UND handles close games…

I like the color on color. Assuming FN has whites not blues?

DL 2 bott 0 after 1. Shots 14-2 DL Weston Stromme is going to put up 50+ points this season in the EDC. Nelson 45+

Nor the repetitive full back blast with the 110-pound speedster.

Holy crap did Tech ever have a patty cake schedule outside of worse than normal Kentucky team who steam rolled them. Long road trip for UND, and despite the easy schedule Tech still won all the FCS games so they're no sluff team but UND will win this one.

I hate to be that guy complaining about play calling on O, but man alive, these past 4-5 games, especially this latest one were all absolutely atrocious...like parody laughable. I legitimately dont think I could have done a better job at being bad if I was trying at least in the SDSU game. 1st and goal calls 4th down calls Predictable patterns of the same play calls especially when UND loses momentum. Avoiding the calls that are working, and overloading on calls that are clearly not working. Has this been strange and frustrating to anyone else? It's one thing when things just arent going well and it is easy just to blame the play calling but this isnt what I'm talking about. Out of touch timing, out of place shots, poor clock management, and low energy low confidence calls that were there the entire first half of the year. Never trying similar plays to what clearly was working...Did the OC have a stroke last saturday or what is going on?

New coach same culture. It’s inevitable, UND will always suck at football and even when they don’t they’ll choke no matter what

I said it to myself that if they didn’t get that fumble call overturned that SDSU was going to come back and win. It’s over

I swear this team is parody lololol holy crap

Who will be the top forwards in the state this year? Does Minot return any of their top line? Delziel at GFC, Marto GFC. Stromme from DL went neck and neck with Marto on team ND all spring so I’m guessing he’ll have 50+ points. Quite a few WF kids with potential for 40+ seasons too. Bismarck lost all of their top dawgs I believe but they’ll probably reload with a few studs.

Happens alllll the time though .

Say UND loses this game in a last second barn burner thanks to Mason playing, which turns them into a different team....would UND actually get shafted from a playoff spot?! Seeing their ranking, and their losses, I just totally assumed they were in no matter what at this point. But then again the committee tends to torch UND any chance they get.

Did I expect Schmidt to turn things around with only a spring camp and fall camp? No Did I expect we’d at least get the most out of the roster that he inherited and finally get rid of the numerous pee wee football level coaching mistakes? Yes Unfortunately it’s pretty clear the same loser culture is still lingering if not fully alive within the UND football program. I’ll continue to watch and follow as this season goes on but man did I lose confidence in this turnaround seeing the same old short falls we’re all too familiar with. And scary enough, I think what we saw yesterday was just as bad if not worse than the entire bubba era, with Rudy OC in a close 2nd. Bone head player mistakes are one thing but not recognizing the kicker issue last spring, not having even an ounce of 2 min drill abilities in 2/3 games already and the offense play calling is absurdly poor and embarrassing. That’s on the coaches. They’re showing so far they’re just trying not to lose still, and it’s backfiring as usual.

UND’s legacy: doing whatever it takes not to win, even when the odds are stacked against it.

The problem is he clearly had thr better players and every reason to win that game but play calling and coaching was the difference when it mattered even despite the bad calls they got.