MinnDak

There is a few streams of $ for athletes just like at UND. The big programs are really good at using all. I think it’s been mentioned but “non scholarship” programs can pay for everything and then some. Academics alone pays a lot.

I was going to be done with this for the year but Hentges was said to throw the best ball until he got put down the depth chart because a winning QB was selected. One of the biggest problems is none of the players or coaches are pushed or challenged for their spots. Snap the ball 19 bad times in a game, give up 2 sacks in a row, skip the ball to the receiver 3 times in a row, have every pass batted down, get burned on defense 6 times right up the middle. It doesn’t matter what position on this team…crickets. NDSU, SDSU, heck Bemidji all used second quarter backs as a weapon. Cam Miller stepped up his game dramatically being pushed by Cole Peyton and Peyton was a huge contributor the past two years. Did you see one time this year that anyone cared to adjust anything? Simon and Trey actually did good last year when they played. This year was an experiment on how far UND can sink doing nothing. A fabulous 2-6 and 5-6 record.

Pick your game but the end of NDSU and Illinois State stand out. Imagine losing 6 of 7 games and putting your hands on your hips and saying “yep, that’s the best we could do. No other options.”

Many, many, many times this season the team could have used fresh legs, fresh arms, and fresh height.

If anyone thinks it was all fun and well didn’t watch a game let alone every play of the season. These coaches do not go against each other and they were clearly riding the burning ship down together.

They obviously don’t take any advice though. It’s mostly crazy talk on here like rush hard to put pressure on the ball and throw the the ball accurately over the defensive players and bury the 3-4 like the Titanic.

Yes they do.

I would care about the coaches on your staff and players…

MN player of the year, Wisconsin player of the year, Michigan player of the year, state champions, all state players, state champion wrestlers, best receiver in MV, FBS players on and on and this is the product. Somebody please call Trey Feeney because he looks like a genius right now.

Any coach on staff that watched this meltdown the past 7 games and didn’t call anyone out including each other, smash a few clip boards and make some changes doesn’t deserve anything.

This is a pretty decent first game of the high school football season.

Almost everyone who left last year went FBS. McNaboe on a roll tonight for Ohio. Ventrelli in CFL. A couple quit football at the top of their game. Talent is not the problem. Is the talent all on the field and playing and being put in the best position? Is rushing 1 or 2 guys on defense a good strategy? Is being able to throw a football important at certain positions? McNaboe just had another tackle.

If only he could see how well we are all putting our grammar to such great use typing with our thumbs.

I googled it. English teacher in GF it appears. I’ll do my best to correct everyone’s grammar the next 7 days in his honor. After that, it’s on to cheering for any other team still playing as the Hawks season is done.

Yes, thank you for catching my joke. I remember when we used to be able to talk game X’s and O’s. About 5-7 games ago.

A 6’4” QB with a cannon arm and two Ben McNaboes were the real off season need. Maybe one other guy too but he’s under contract.

Other than Montana, the wins this year made the Hawks look way better than they are. I cannot say I saw one change or adjustment that made any coaches look good. A few passes to Bo and some of the big runs were the highlights of the year. The defense should have been shelved a long time ago. This 4 game skid is going to be hard to overcome the next year or two without big changes.

Watching ND and MN State playoffs. Beautifully executed offensive plays with precise blocking crosses, powers and traps. QBs look like QBs and have great arms and throw beautiful passes and receiver make great catches in stride. Slants, posts, flare patterns. Aggressive defenses going after the ball every play. Players on both sides saying how hard they have worked and how they competed on the team and gave it their all. Win or lose they talk and show they left in all on the field. —Good luck to the Hawks today—

Fortunately we stuck with the game plan right to the end.

Exactly. Watching yesterday after 2 awful losses thinking the same thing. Second half first play don’t you start plugging in some players that can at least try to maybe a difference. Line is getting rolled on both sides of the ball again. O-line couldn’t stop a 3-4 man rush. We have one good run Smith breaks 1-2 tackles and beats everyone to the end zone again to make O line look good for the week. Do we not have any D line man on the team? QB is swamped every play and can’t throw. Deng Deng on the team? Tai? Bo has 2.5 games left so let’s save him for playoffs. SDSU obviously scouted and exploited every weakness. SDSU corner end zone passes were a work of art. I wonder if we have a QB that could do that? No sense trying that play. How do all the coaches go along with it 3 weeks in a row and just say “yep, this is the best anyone can do.”

Yes and yes.

Yes O line is getting bigger. I meant more D side. Also the old O line coach was obsessed with being under sized/weight. A little more historical I should say. And the roster isn’t always accurate.

And if you start the game off with a pick 6 at this point in the season you head to the bench and out comes #11 for the rest of the year and get some competition back on this team.

Agree. It’s obvious the D is too small. We refuse to play any 300 lb D or O lineman. If you tall and are skinny and look like an outside linebacker you play interior D line here. Orlando and Beach should never come off the field except to rest. Gotta rush the ball with at least 4 or the result is we make every quick QB look like Lamar Jackson. Our 280 to 320 lb recruits never see the field. Back to offense Bo Belquist isn’t too bad either and we have 4 backs that could run for any team including FBS.

That’s not taking anything away from Bison so not sure what you are implying?