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I realize the transition was tough on the program, but it really is nothing more than an excuse for inept coaching and mediocre talent. I mean, if the transition from DII to DI is so tough on teams, how was NDSU able to put together a 10-1 season during their transition?
If you can develop talent and demonstrate quality leadership, in terms of the entire coaching staff, you should still be able to compete at a high level. UND didn't do that during their transition and this year's team certainly didn't compete at a high level either.
You hit it on the head with leadership. Both at the player and coach level. FU had some internal issues at the player level during their 6-5 and 3-8 seasons. Senior leadership worked to correct those issues and you had yourself a playoff team with probably less talent than previous years. I really feel leadership is whats lacking on this team and I'm not talking from a coaching level. We need some players to take control of this, force each other to stick around for a summer and challenge each other to get better. Coaches can only do so much. Look at the Kill incident and the Gophers.
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1st 4 games next yr are at the Al w 3 of em vs. Jacks, Griz and Cats. Lose those 3 to start 1-3 and Al will be empty rest of season.
True, but a big win over Valpo, a win against the Jacks (who is a familiar oppenent and will draw a nice crowd), and a strong showing against the Griz (who will also bring a nice crowd) can set the tone for the rest of the year at home. The only game of those 4 which I'd put us as long shots against is the Cats.
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Scott was a great man who was great for the university. He did not leave due to the nickname. He left due to a great opportunity that came along.
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then we are really effed if he leaves
Just last year some were begging for a new offensive coordinator. It would hurt to lose him but I think we will be fine.
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That fact Muss had the entire time out to mull it over and still decided not to kick is even more disturbing.
I'm disappointed we would have had to rely on a 51 yard FG to win the game but with our kicking game it was makeable. I also don't completely have a problem going for it either ( I know I'm in the minority on that). However, with the way we have run the ball all season, I would have had more confidence, spreading the defense out and throwing for it on 4th and 1 which is bad.
Our offensive and defensive lines need to get much stronger this offseason. If all those guys don't stick around this summer something is wrong. I know certain programs who have pretty solid lines have their guys lift twice a day during the summer (cough both can be found along I94, cough). We need to be doing the same thing. Our struggles to run the ball this year concerned me about as much as our struggles to stop the run. Line play is the biggest key going into next year for me, not the schemes.
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I'm calling bull$%!#. I was there. I was looking at zeb to see what he was doing to prepare himself and he was just standing there ready to go. He never approached the coaches let alone started pleading with them. Basically everything you post should not be read by anyone because you're fabricating things to make the situation seem even more negative.
This. I don't mind reading someone who has an opinion different than mine but its been the same !@#$ from him all year. I just heard Muss on the radio and he said nothing of the defense going toe to toe with UNC like he claimed above. Also, UND decided not to kick the field goal during a time out so to claim they did not have a play ready is a dumb comment. They didn't just run everyone out there in panic mode to run a play.
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Barf! Muss just said on radio we were a few plays away from winnig and our d wqs playing toe to toe with unc offense
Where did he say that? What station was he on? I just heard an interview with him and he said nothing like that at all.
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So we would improve the opportunity by 5 yards, maybe 10 at best. If you're comfortable at 45 yards, you should be content at 51 yards given the situation, but I digress.
Are you serious? While I would have had no problem trying to kick a 51 yarder, there is a huge difference between a 45 yard kick and a 51 yard kick. With 50 seconds left and the clock stopping on 1st downs it would not have been hard to get to a 30 yard attempt for the win. Looking back on it now I think we would have had a better chance throwing for the 1st down against 12 guys than trying to run against 12. How does no body notice that? Not an official or a coach or a player? Somebody has to see that.
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At this level there is no reason we shouldn't have 90%+ of our players up here during the summer. I know that wasn't the case this last year. Our o-line and probably d-line need to do a lift in the morning and evening this offseason. What we have been doing isn't cutting it. They both need to get stronger. Our offensive and defensive skill guys need to spend time doing 7 on 7 passing drills this offseason. This will benefit Molberg and Bartels by getting some reps and our WR's are as talanted as they will see in the conference, that should only help our dbacks. A commitment to getting better in the offseason will go a long way. No excuses for anyone leaving Grand Forks.
Coaching needs to improve. Plain and simple.
We saw the best the conference has to offer. Now we need to recruit the kids that will help us be successful. There are a number of talented local kids in the area this year who will be contributors down the road. Lets start with them.
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No road win is easy. Especially on the road. Boys will have to play tough today. Get some pressure and the offense can't turn it over. UNC will have revenge on their minds from last year. Will be a tough win, but I think we get it done today.
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I think the team spent the offseason listening to everyone talk about how good they were going to be.
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You guys always try to compare yourselves to us and fail miserably every time. Did you see the 20 or 25 thousand Bison fans at the Dome for the MN game? Twice! We had 15,800 at the SUU game - so you're using that to explain your poor attendance this year? We're sold out for every game this year and we have more people tailgating than you average per fb game. I've talked to lots of hockey fans and they all say there are lots of open seats when playing bottom teams.
And there are open seats in the dome but those tickets are still payed for correct? Its my hope that as conferencemate recognition improves and the team improves, attendance will as well. I guess we'll see. UNI wasn't seen as a heated game by FU fans until after the sideline incident. As a FU fan pointed out above, things like that take time.
Back to your post though, unless a lot of people were dressed as blue seatbacks against SIU this year, there were plenty of open seats in the Fargodome.
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K-State was on ESPN2 last night vs. Alabama Huntsville. Huntsville was brutal. KState won 87-26. Foul trouble on our bigs killed us vs. KState but last night their guards were scoring at will. They will be an interesting team to follow as the year moves along.
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Thanks spelling police.
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I'm hoping this late buy week has a positive impact on this game. I think we needed it. However, I don't know if we will get any of our injured starters back even with the buy week. Hoping the guys finish th season on a high note.
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This is why FCS football is great, no need to wonder once the playoffs come.
+++++ The playoffs are going to have some real good games this year and everything will be settled on the field.
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Jealousy is a hard thing to get over......
Yes, clearly that is what it is.
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the fu bu stuff was tired and old when it first started. get over it.
I think I'll keep doing. Just want to stay consistent with the branding of the Summit league. Thanks for the opinion though.
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Has to go somewhere to see some defense...and a full venue.
Jokes aside, UND was off this week. Nothing wrong with catching a big game.
Nice try, not even close. Vince gets it, you have no idea. Thats why I laugh at your comments 99% of the time.
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I have an idea - STOP attending FU games.
Free tickets, two good teams. Thought it would be nice to get a look at BU, haven't seen them play in a couple years. I've now seen 3 of the best in the MVFC and there could be some interesting playoff matchups.
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You guys are too funny! A defense that is at best terrible and an O that when they play against cb's and safety's that are good can't score. I can hardly wait until SDSU comes in the Alerus next year.......
Me niether, they squeeked one out vs. UC-Davis at the beginning of this year. They lose a couple DT's and have a QB that is average at best. Our challenge is to improve our run defense.
Regarding our offense, struggled two out of 10 games this year and when we were completely healthy put up some nice numbers. It will be nice having a majority of that offense back next season.
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Brekke being in fould trouble all night last night didn't help either.
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Second FU game I have been to this season. Both of those defenses are very good. Both qb's are average and really limit the offenses. I could see both of those teams making some noise in the playoffs. Talked to a few BU fans at the game and the one thing I didn't realize is how poor their defense was last year. It gave me hope for next season. They have had some guys step up this year and their defense as been much improved.
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As more than a few mentioned above shooting was not good last night. Even the open looks we got, and there were more than enough, did not go down. It was obvious that K State was returning 8 or 9 guys from last years team, the rolled in a couple very good point guards and big man after big man.
I agree with Dustin above and hopefully the poor shooting of good looks was an anomoly but when we got behind we absolutely buried ourselves with poor shot selection. When your not making the open ones, you can't expect the poor looks to go down. KState really blew it open at that point. I do think Taylor is going to be a good player for us.
Final Thoughts on 2012 Season
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As a counterpoint at that point in the season every team only has one or two game tapes on their opponent.