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Which stats are off? Wednesday morning brain teaser!

Here we go, kids. The first down plays from the USD game, copy and pasted in all their glory. Breakdown: Run = 23 Pass = 6 So UND is trying to run on first down, right? The goal is to gain 4+ yards on first down to create an easy, two-way second down play that puts the defense in a tough spot. How many times did they get 4+ yards on first down RUNNING the ball? Answer = 12 for 23 How many times did they get 4+ yards on first down PASSING the ball? Answer = 3 for 6 Judging from those numbers, HALF the time UND got what they wanted on first down running the ball. HALF the time UND got what they wanted passing the ball. This tells me that they aren't operating at the level they want to no matter what they do. Efficiency on first down is LOW right now. 1-10 at Und27 Keaton Studsrud pass complete to Noah Wanzek for 37 yards to the USD36, 1ST DOWN UND (Warner,Jacob). 1-10 at Usd36 John Santiago rush for 3 yards to the USD33 (Mertlik,Colin;Coker,Alex). 1-15 at Und10 John Santiago rush for 10 yards to the UND20, fumble forced by Warner,Jacob, 1-10 at Und33 Brady Oliveira rush for 13 yards to the UND46, 1ST DOWN UND 1-10 at Und46 John Santiago rush for loss of 2 yards to the UND44 1-10 at Usd44 Brady Oliveira rush for 2 yards to the USD42 1-10 at Usd42 Brady Oliveira rush for 4 yards to the USD38 1-10 at Usd29 Keaton Studsrud pass incomplete to Travis Toivonen 1-10 at Und25 John Santiago rush for 1 yard to the UND26 1-10 at Usd38 John Santiago rush for 6 yards to the USD32 1-10 at Usd15 John Santiago rush for 2 yards to the USD13 1-10 at Und10 Keaton Studsrud rush for 4 yards to the UND14 1-10 at Und19 John Santiago rush for 1 yard to the UND20 1-10 at Und25 John Santiago rush for 12 yards to the UND37 1-10 at Und37 Keaton Studsrud pass complete to Luke Stanley for 7 yards to the UND44 Halftime 1-10 at Und17 John Santiago rush for 2 yards to the UND19 1-10 at Und26 John Santiago rush for no gain to the UND26 1-10 at Und38 Keaton Studsrud rush for 6 yards to the UND44 1-10 at Usd18 Brady Oliveira rush for 5 yards to the USD13 1-10 at Und38 John Santiago rush for 4 yards to the UND42 1-10 at Und48 Keaton Studsrud pass incomplete to John Santiago 1-10 at Usd39 Keaton Studsrud rush for loss of 2 yards to the USD41 1-10 at Usd13 Keaton Studsrud pass complete to Alex Cloyd for 6 yards to the USD7 1-10 at Und33 Keaton Studsrud rush for loss of 1 yard to the UND32 1-10 at Und47 Keaton Studsrud pass incomplete to John Santiago 1-10 at Usd16 John Santiago rush for 5 yards to the USD11 1-10 at Usd25 John Santiago rush for 25 yards to the USD0, 1ST DOWN UND, TOUCHDOWN Overtime 1-10 at Usd25 John Santiago rush for no gain to the USD25 1-G at Usd08 John Santiago rush for 7 yards to the USD1

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Arnell blew the OT touchdown, not sure what he was doing there. That fullback wheel up the seam was unique, not sure who should have had him. Could have been Cole. Those two were the only TD's that blew coverage. If the UND safeties get it together and just play the call that is made UND will be A-OK rest of the year. They are the one's that for some reason vacate their areas when there is no need to.

Like our safeties blowing the coverage multiple times per game? Yep, they saw it on tape and again on Saturday.

More frustrating than the first 4 games of the 2014 season when everyone wanted Rudolph gone for not being able to run the ball with inferior players and a brand new offense? Or last year vs. Drake when the offense mentally shut it down up 21-0 looking forward to NDSU the next week? I have read many comments like that above about how "frustrated" people are. Just trying to rank them.

I don't care about the students now, they can do whatever they want. I was simply addressing why fans didn't show up for those playoff opening games.

Yah I do. It was called "we are bored with opening round teams we already destroyed in prior years, plus now we have to pay for our tickets to watch it again". That and Roger under reported the attendance to make more money for UND. Not by a ton but he did.

He is one of your more losery fans posing as a UND fan, address him as such.

Honest criticism that I feel needs to be said to make Yote fans lives easier: Those "catastrophic mistakes" that you guys keep poo-pooing away like they didn't happen are going to continue to happen for the rest of the year. Steveler is not a good "QB". He is Tim Tebow. He is going to throw HORRIBLE balls about 5 times a game and they are going to kill you. Hell, Torrey Hunt should have picked off the OT pass and he would have been gone for a 95 yard TD to end it. Flat out dropped it. That being said, he is is an outstanding runner. Very good. Very tough to bring down. He is good at throwing up '500' balls and hoping his guys come down with them. Your fans completely dismissed the 21 points you "gave" to Weber State and acted like you won by 20. Your fans have already completely dismissed the 14 points you "gave" to UND. FYI, turnovers are part of the game, every week, every game in the country. Just because your's are completely disastrous doesn't mean they don't count. Sensing a theme.

I will admit that USD was much better than I gave them credit for. Did not expect their defense to be that tough up front. Not going to gloat one bit. They could have won just as easy as we did.

The 4th quarter and OT were extremely loud. Multiple false starts on USD.

Watch for the barb when pulling out the hook.

But then they made the mistake of hiring that coach's Dad.

There should be tickets to buy at the gate. Tipoff is at 4pm.

Good luck tomorrow.

Not at the FCS level. They plug the numbers in and spit out an answer. They know nothing about the teams. Usually pretty close to Sagarin's numbers.

Did you guys have that feeling at New Mexico? The same New Mexico that just lost to dogsh*t New Mexico State.

Calling it right now (because it's guaranteed): if UND wins tomorrow the entire USD fan base will be devastated and calling for heads because they cannot understand how in the hell UND beat them (again). Same reaction, every year.

Here's the problem Broski, you play like a Big Sky team. USD's defense has been terrible and their offense is fast paced. Your conference affiliation has done nothing for you, obviously. Most every time UND "tangles" with USD it has gone quite well.

What are you talking about? Stay focused.

This would be the week for it to finally happen. USD's secondary is pretty average, not a ton of speed back there. The Weber kid ran away from them last week and he is no Santiago.

Slow your roll. NDSU's time is coming due to cuts having to made public. They have been cooking their books since the Chapman days. Is the President still shifting money from the dining budget surplus to athletics to cover the deficit? Kind of annual event down there.

Settle down. You come on here with stupid comments, what do you expect?

Mods? Getting old....