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A pasty dude from Ellendale, N.D. LOL! The best player on the floor last night played for PC and was barely 6-0 wearing shoes. Reminded me of Aaron Anderson. They played engaged and tenacious on both ends of the court. Again, they played us like we play big P5 programs that swap 7-3 centers for 7-1 centers when they go to the bench. You know those away games where you hear the obligatory gracious sound byte from the color guy that goes something like this "This Fighting Hawks squad...they've got no quit. They didn't just come here to stand around and watch.... they're a good well-coached program." All the while, we're at home rolling our eyes upon hearing that. PC played us that way, with more grit and more pride. The phrase: "it was their Superbowl" comes to mind. UND has made plenty of P5 fan bases frustrated with their teams over the years, only to later watch their team go far in the Tourney... while we settle for .500 or slightly better and an away trip in the CIT. PC played the role of us last night. These are not excuses. I just don't know how much can be read into these games overall.

There is certainly D 1 talent out there on the floor... they just were not on the same page last night, exhibited lots of selfish play (balling) and bad decision making ( i.e. opting for a contested three over passing inside to Avants for a higher percentage look.) That and the free throws still aren't dropping, though, PC was equally as brutal from the line. The score was not indicative of the disparity in the talent level on floor last night. UND looked disinterested for long stretches, while PC steadily kept pushing... similar to how UND plays against bigger programs. Jones also played a lot of newer faces a lot last night, so there wasn't a whole lot of continuity on the floor. Geno rested for long stretches and Tez sat the whole way after the 10 min. mark of the first half. The officials were brutal toward UND in the last 10 minutes and T'd up Coach Jones, which helped PC close the gap that much more. Jones was justified in his criticism of the official who seemed to take things way too personal, IMHO. UND was up by as many as 22 at one point and for the most part held a lead between 15-20 until the last 6 minutes. I wouldn't read too much into this game, but I am concerned, as always, with our continued struggles from the line.

Pryor seems to be bringing an "act like you've been there before" mentality to this year's squad.. but that said, I agree with your overall point. Community engagement and letting the fans embrace the moment is important too.

Excellent point.

Well put. And furthermore, regardless of what apparel anyone chooses, as long as it represents UND in some way shape or form — I say it’s all good. I, like many others I know, own and wear all forms, FS, interlocking, Hawks, etc. For most of us, it’s about our favorite school at the end of the day— that and not being seen in anything p!$$ yellow or maroon and urine. LOL! Go UND!

I thought McCauley played in the Hawaii tourney?

You are correct, sir.

Wondering about Amelia Johnson? Always love keeping track of the former ND H.S./ Miin. section 8 players. But I did not see her in Sacramento. Miss something??

Here’s to SAC and PSU going 5 sets.

But that name. Would love to get him in green and white for that alone. LOL!

Have you seen this Killington dude’s Hudl? Plays strong safety now ... think they’ve got him pegged for Mike LB. Has competing offers from most of the service academies and a couple of non schollies.

F’n A, Cotton!

Buzz kill. Folks are more civil in here. LOL!

Exactly. He and Schmidt get the pass because of their deep ties to the program and past D2 successes. Whereas Rudy is the interloper here and is easier to dismiss as an outsider and square peg in a round hole. I say everything needs to be reviewed but in the context that, excuses or not, injuries were ravenous toward this team this year .... and next year could see a marked improvement if even it’s just the injury situation that improves. Can’t throw the baby out with the bath water but definitely need to find a way to drain all the damn dirty water.

I think you and some others may be failing to grasp what “they” are saying. Rudy = scapegoat. The problems of this team right now are mammoth and bigger than one guy. Rudy is part of a larger problem. You get rid of him and leave the other issues unmitigated, you’re going to get very little, if any, improvement. “They” are saying it’s more than one person, and fixating on only one part of the problem is no more helpful than whistling past the graveyard. How’s that for tough love? Sorry to highjack this thread. I know there’s a better place for this.

I see what you did there.

Haven't you heard, Homer?? It's cool to be a tough-love hard a$$ for your team instead of just a mere devoted fan -- even though both want the same thing for our team in the end. Just differ on how to express our frustrations publicly or even pseudo publicly.

I think they look awesome because they are my favorite team!

I have and do, save for Coach Agnew. Have not met him yet. All very good people who understand the rabid and mercurial nature of sports fandom. One day you're king of the court; the next you're the jester being carted off to the Pit of Despair.... Dilly, Dilly!

As I recall, those three losses were more attributable to our depleted and non-sound tackling defense, which got shredded by fast read-option QBs, for the most part. There’s blame to go all around here on both sides of the ball, plus special teams. If Bubba is going to consider changes: then Schmitty and Kostich should be under review just as much as Rudy. Personally, I think this year was an anomaly year with injuries and a few bad apples not buying in to the program culture. Reset. Hit it hard next year and see if we don’t rebound. If after that we are still languishing, make the proper adjustments at the top.

True. There is a middle ground — but what fun is that, amirite? Off with their heads!

Both in the coaches’ dog house ALOT for lack of effort and general don’t-give-a-rip attitude on the practice field. Big misses, especially the former, IMHO.

Agreed. Thought SU might get stomped last night against #10 USC, then they go and have it tied up at half and end up losing by only 10.

Yeah, noticed that too. That was coming from the color guy (you know usually some retired former coach or player whose pre-game research usually comprises reading the last box score in the paper). He kept calling us "North Carolina" too. I think he was conflating us at times with Arkansas PB, which has Golden Lions as a nickname. Oh welp. On to the Nebraska Jay Huskers,,,,.... or is it Wild Hawks or maybe its Corn Clones... whatever!

Had heard Brown is fighting an illness.