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Those 4th down calls aren’t calls made by a special teams coach. The ST coach places players in a position to succeed, but can’t make a player block the opponent rather than a “look out block”.

Probably belongs on a different thread but when a donor has been as generous as the Engelstad family and their foundation has been it is baffling that you continue these type of posts. Their support focuses on their top priority, but the initial facility donations and subsequent support continue to benefit not just hockey, but MBB, WBB, VB and if not directly, at least indirectly our other sports. For those who have served on Foundation Boards or similar, I believe it’s clear the best response isn’t to criticize their generosity, but simply say thank you.

Eric has moved the team and program forward. We have had solid play from our “nickels” (Kostich responsibility). We have had very few punts returned against us this year ( net punting average is about 42yds). We had our FG kicker struggle early, replacement seems to have settled in. Kostich is recognized by players and coaches as a great recruiter and players like and respect him. What coaching changes should he have been making? He has put his players in a position to be successful. (That’s a different story with our offense).

Yup, perfect pass to Hoskins. As things played out, we could have been up 21-0 before they scored. 2 PI’s, Jerry’s 2 turnovers, 2 plays with missed secondary assignments, didn’t try to run outside but our oline that is supposed to be a strength didn’t dominate LOS, and defensively they pushed us around on Los. We continue to give up too many yards after contact to RB’s. I know Ziebarth is hurt but we have gone from rotating 3 RB’s to basically 1RB who we wore out trying to run inside yesterday. I’m not sure having our smallest RB as lead blocker for Jerry is best use of personnel. Essentially we abandoned our outside running game. For some reason after a pass to our TE early in the game, I don’t recall throwing to any of our TE’s the rest of the game. Our 2 games against the S.Dak schools we our worst of the year. Lots of room for improvement, but we are capable of a playoff run.

Hard to keep track of who is being sarcastic and who is serious. There are a number of folks who believe that is effective and exactly what our team needs. You posted it, did you think my response was serious? ( good call, it was )

That’s little league crap. Doesn’t work at this level unless the cumulative IQ of your team is below 80.

Sophomores at any position, starting all year, should have out grown most of their “pains” by now. I watched the Ill State-SDSU replay on MidCo. Their OLine is huge and capable of a dominating run game. Mason is a big mobile QB. Odds are they won’t start as poorly as last week. This is playoff FB for both teams. We can’t afford turnovers, missed tackles, errant passes, mental errors (players or coaches) and we can’t afford penalties. We are capable of beating these guys but we need to play our best game of the year. That’s how we close out close games and that’s how we will win.

If that happens, will you please let us know what your thoughts are regarding special teams? ( preferably multiple times over the next year or so).

I think his brother will have multiple FBS offers, including Big 10 schools. You are correct, I don’t believe he would be interested in UND.

I don’t think so. They haven’t even been selling “Touchdown Trey” clothing. He has had an impressive season so far and he isn’t even the best QB in the family.

Trey Feeney’s regular season completed: St.Johns was 9-1 He completed 77% of his passes for almost 2700yds, 32 tds and 3 ints. One of our former staff’s (and present OC’s) biggest mistakes was how our QBs were evaluated, developed and how we communicated with the QB group.

I believe you don’t realize how not only inappropriate that would be but how stupid. I hope you weren’t serious.

Too late for me. There is no “cotton” on top anymore.

We need to continue to build our fan base with whomever will support our programs. There is plenty of room for all ages. I wonder how many of you are prepared to match the contributions of the so called cotton tops. Showing courtesy and some respect for those who have come before us seems to be missing in too many people. A lot of those cotton tops are former UND professors, former athletes, veterans, former students who just want to relax and enjoy UND sports. Be patient, we are slowly passing on.

Because she and her family have been the biggest financial supporters UND has ever had. It’s a relationship that is extremely important for the university to nurture and maintain. Expanded interest in other sports, facility, faculty, student and scholarship needs are all philanthropic options for her family’s foundation and UND welcomes interest and financial support for any and all of those needs and many more.

We need to move the “cotton tops” out of the seats completely. Who needs them? Some of them even smell funny. I’m sure you and your pals will replace the financial support to UND athletics and to the university that comes with those people.

I also want our QBs to change plays at LOS or in the huddle (if we ever huddle). They if they get their ass chewed so be it, but we shouldn’t be trying to get a 4th and inches running our QB from 5-7 yds in the backfield. We have championed our OLine. Aren’t they supposed to be the “Moving Company” or something like that? 1st and goal at the 2 1/2 yd line is the time you as a staff send a clear message that they have full confidence in the oline to impose their will on the defense.

Parker displayed some power and quickness in the spring game but that’s all I’ve seen of him. He isn’t real big. Broderick was a power runner in HS. I have no idea if he is ready. If we can play well and get ahead, I would get all 4 of those guys playing time. I would also get Romfo and Sulik a quarter each in case something ever happens to Jerry.

Yes. I was told he probably won’t be back this year. Jerry needs to stay healthy and get back his mojo. Despite the bizarre and recurrent criticism of Romfo, I believe he is the backup. Before anyone pisses all over their bike horn, maybe take a look at our last two opponents and how a walk on QB (who one guy thinks can’t play at this level) did against USD and NDSU last year. His 2 game totals included 38 of 53 passes (71%) for 356yds 4 TDs and 0 interceptions. He averaged 3 yds per carry and had 1 TD. This year against the same 2 opponents our QB was 37 of 68 (54%) for 347yds 0 TDS and 5 interceptions. He averaged 3yds per carry and also had 1 TD That doesn’t mean we change QB’s, it means we have a capable, experienced QB as our backup. The unhealthy obsession one guy has with our QBs seems to have convinced some others that if something happens to Jerry all hope is lost. Sulik also can step in but needs more time to develop. I’m not worried about the backup QB even if JTJ isn’t available. That’s only my opinion and I don’t ride my bike past FB practices nor have I claimed to be watching UND FB for 20 yrs, so what do I know? Maybe I’m wrong.

Did Jerry get distracted by “Jerry FB” and Heisman talk or is Bike Guy stalking him, causing him to lose focus. Either way he needs to get back on track if we are going to win our last 2.

Laces didn’t look out but tough to see. They weren’t facing the kicker either. You may wish to look where the laces were on KO’s. (Our kicker placed the ball on the tee with laces facing him). The missed FG had nothing to do with the laces, he just jerked it left. Kicking laces may cost distance on longer kicks, but aren’t an issue from that close. Virtually every fan is frustrated with the bizarre play calling in key situations. Most fans are frustrated with our QB play the last 2 games. Most fans are frustrated with our FG/kicking struggles. Most fans with a FB IQ above that of a cabbage see those issues, (not the holder on FG’s) as the key areas we need to fix if we are going to win out. We can make a run this year but we need to win the last 2.

Sioux95 flushed out all 3 with his query.

I said staff close to the program said he wasn’t ready. I thought the starter would be Feeney and if not, Kaminski. We were wrong. Everyone agrees it was a mistake not to get Jerry playing time. Simon didn’t complete it. Jerry has also overthrown guys open for TD’s (it happens) but he more than likely would have completed it. I think Feeney more than likely would have completed it. Frankly, I think Simon would usually complete it. You are somehow wired wrong to even want to keep posting a players mistake against a good FBS team in his first game as a starter. It shows a lack of class and if you are proud of doing that one of our players it speaks negatively as to who you are. Simon continues to make positive contributions, from his position as a backup, to this team and specifically to Jerry and the other QB’s. That won’t be obvious from your bike.

Other than your dreams where did you think I said or even insinuated Saturdays loss was Jerry’s fault? He didn’t play well but neither did a lot of other players. I had stated it wasn’t Jerry’s fault. I don’t recall anyone stating Jerry has been a problem this season. Prior to Saturday he has done a very good job and I’m not aware of anyone who thinks otherwise. You can switch coaches but if players don’t execute it’s on the players. No coach game plans to allow a free, unblocked path to the punter. If the KO team who until Saturday (and with the same coach) had been playing well, fail to execute and miss tackles the coach didn’t suddenly forget to coach.

You haven’t been able to accept a couple of things. According to coaches, Jerry wasn’t ready last year. My opinion, I thought Feeney had earned the spot, you haven’t an unhealthy man crush on a young athlete and thought he earned the spot. Neither of our opinions mattered. Some of us have been part of football long enough to understand coaches make their decisions based on the personnel they feel give them the best chance to win. They are better positioned than fans who aren’t at every practice, film session, and team and position meetings to make those decisions. I guess it’s ok for you to derail a post on previous game, so I will participate. From what I heard from those close to the program, not the HC, what we saw against SDak last weekend was what they were seeing in Jerry last year. Although he should have had a lot more PT last year, he was allowed to improve and develop his talents including ability to read defenses and his leadership skills to the level that he has been able to not only unseat last year’s starting QB, he had bee playing at a high level until SDak. It does nothing for the program to continue to post the same derogatory remarks regarding one of our players. If you want to continue to compare their performances you may be surprised if you review all the game film from last year and this year and count up missed passes to open receivers or bounce passes to open receivers. Their completion rates aren’t much different. What is different is that Jerry is the starter has played well and should have our support. There is something wrong with a guy who obviously wasn’t good enough to play, criticizing a guy who was good enough to start at an FCS program and continues to contribute to the success of this team as a backup.