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Who says good DII guys can't step up?

Have even more respect for Coe as a player and person after watching this episode. Wish we could have had him for longer.

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Those were my thoughts, too. Oh well. Keep 'em guessing!

Not a complaint, but it seems like they attributed a lot to Prothoe's absence as the reason for a Poly loss and justification for a higher ranking than UND. Did they realize that our featured All-America back was out for virtually the entire game, too? We just had better depth. Imagine that!

I've been singing Gordon's praises for a couple years now. Had two really good fall camps and a nice spring session too. Now getting to show his power in prime time!

Boy, when I was going to practices in early August, Seibel looked pretty damn good then. He's got to be getting really really close. Be nice to get him some game action ASAP so he can get up to speed.

Last time I saw, they had nearly 700 seats spoken for by UND parents who will be visiting Grand Forks this weekend for Family Weekend. The vast majority of those are folks who would not have been going to the game anyway because they are from out of the area. That coupled with it being Military Weekend will put a few more pro-UND butts in seats. There looking at about 900 parents at the hockey game, too, at last check, which was about a week ago.

Kennedy's not stooping to anyone. He's doing the right thing by getting to the bottom of what's going on. If you want to see a bigger !@#$ storm than what's already played out, just have Kennedy ignore these allegations. FAIR OR NOT, UND already has a national reputation for being tone deaf to racial issues. Ignoring this new episode of allegations would not help our situation.

Win one for Swyg. Rest in piece, my Friend.

Hmmmmm? Wonder where?

Agreed. That was a big turning point. That coupled with Torrey's taunting penalty and Tyus' "missed" INT. Interestingly, this was the same officiating crew that rung up Oliviera last year after he made the "spoon feed/eat some" gesture to the crowd after a long run. They got Torrey on Saturday. This crew does not like that kind of stuff!

I attended the game Saturday and have re-watched most of it on TV. Here are my thoughts: Wow! What a crowd to kick off the year at the Alerus Center. My voice still is not back. For the life of me, I couldn't imagine leaving early on this team, whether I am a student or nonstudent. It's extremely fickle. That said, we play a very boring style of ball, but so do others in the area. The difference: our track record for success is on the building end as opposed to the established side. Fans will stick around and watch a largely "boring" product, with sprinkles of sheer excitement, as long as their is a feeling that a positive outcome is likely. I mean, we do love hockey don't we? I just hope word spreads around campus and the community about what folks missed in the final quarter and a half last Saturday. Taubenheim's leg is a mystery to me. He's placing his kick offs farther than last year but still not consistently drawing touch backs. It seemed like USD was always starting from the 30s, while our KRs would only make it to the 20s because they would start out deep in the end zone, if they didn't take a knee. There is something about the the angle of the seats at the Alerus and the Field Goal posts.... I could have sworn that Taubs drilled the FG that he missed, and on the other side, I thought Bergner totally missed one, only to watch both official signal it was good. Drives me batty. Dussold is a saving grace at punter. He's no Meindel in the leg department, and hopefully not in the character department, but he is more than holding his own when it comes to pinning the opposition back. Alex Reed is finally showing his value. Dussold to Reed might be one of the most valuable to connections on this team this year, second to Studsrud to Toivonnen or Studsrud to Santiago. Absent Clive, would really love to see Mercer get more touches. If Studs can get it to him he's pretty much money for catching it, and his stride after the catch is so smooth. Wondering, too, if with the speed that Reed has displayed on punt coverage might be able to spread the field a bit. Finally, even though he tends to be another possession guy, I can't wait to get Seibel back out on the field, as I love his smarts and the way he competes. Toivonnen and Wanzek are gems. Wished we could have kept their RS intact, but, oh well. Studsrud's inconsistencies are troubling to say the least. An early successful start next Saturday will do wonders for him to shake the mental shakiness and just perform. Can't agree more with some posters on what we had with Adler.... we need the TEs to get more involved and fill that role. Let the existing FBs concentrate on blocking and power runs. Sucks for us and him to see Nevermann go down. We didn't get the OL situation figured out until after the Montana game last year. Because we are basically overhauling the line, AGAIN, looks like it is on that same trajectory. Hope things don't get out of hand in conference play before they gel. On the bright side, were are putting the ball on the carpet far less on center QB snaps than we did the last couple of years. Reality check: Santiago, at this time last year after 3 games games, had only 179 rushing yards for an average of 59.6 yards per contest. This year, against a better FBS defense than WYO and another defense that is arguably one of the best in FCS and a MVC defense that wasn't too shabby either, Santiago has 310 total rushing yards for an average of 100.3 yards per game. He is currently the second leading rusher in the conference, second to Prothoe of option-heavy Cal Poly. I've seen the replay on Santiago's initial plunge into the end zone in overtime and it looked to be a no-brainer that that TD was good, at game speed. I would assume that all OT TDs are reviewed (or am I wrong?). Only a frame by frame analysis of that play could reveal anything remotely close to no TD. My take is that even though a butt cheek may have landed on the turf short of the line to gain, the tip of the ball surely kissed the front edge of the plane of the white line before he was down. DEFENSE: The boys are getting tired and dinged up and I am getting worried. Depth at DL is taking a hit, but WOW, has Bennett been doing a good job in there. Looks very active and confident. We really need Cieslak back soon! LBs have been steady eddies and holding their own. Really like Rodgers, Bakker and O'Brien ... Disterhaupt has been a bit quiet for my tastes. I think our MLBs and Safeties have been exposed a bit on quick over the middle throws that have gone for big yardage. Our guys get sucked up to stop the run, leaving them susceptible to these easy dink and dunk passes over the middle. This will be something we will see more of in the pass-heavy (Cal Poly excluded) Big Sky. That said, Cal Poly might even go to this well on one of their few pass attempts when we play them in two weeks. Got to find a way to shore this up. Can't say enough about the play of our CBs, especially. Deion has always had the tools, now he has the experience. Don't mean to be too hard on him but Tyus needs to bat that ball down in those 50/50 situations. The USD receiver used up all his luck for the month on that play, though. Lastly, Reyes is the straw that stirs this team's defensive drink. He's tough but you can tell injuries are nagging him. Sure would love to have a bye week for guys like him. --END--

I was there. My voice, or lack there of, today, is evidence of that fact. I have some thoughts. I'm not as down on the team as some nor as high as others, at this point. Maybe tonight during MNF, I will throw my two cents out there. Here's where my attention will be. My fantasy team is down by 5 going into tonight, and I have 1 running back (Langford) going against the Philly D. My opponent is done for the week. Think I can get 6 Pts out of Langford tonight? I'll be 2-0, then!

Yeah, what's the difference between a quality loss and a bad win? Funny thing about that. If we win this game and BG goes on to suck it up the rest of the way, then the pundits debate whether it was a quality enough FBS win, aka what happen to us last year with the WYO win. We can't fixate on this stuff (but we will); we just have to set or sights on USD.

I love the call. hate the result.. On to the Potato Bowl.

We are better than our record. Our DBs look to be on the right track.

The grass is ALWAYS greener ..... for a lot of our Siouxsports friends. They mean well.

I'm wearing mine at work today and getting a lot of positive comments. I purchased two long sleeved shirts (black with with green and white logo, the other green with white and black lettering.) I also got two caps (a white one and a green one)... all at the UND bookstore.

Deion Harris. Yes, a pick 6 against a rattled QB.

It's game day!!!!!

Details, details.... No, really, thanks for the good info!

I think she has family connections to the local family that owns Whalen's Moving here in Grand Forks.

Tell him to tone it down a bit. We don't want to see the Badgers or any of the rest of the Big 10 come pay "a visit."

It was pretty packed! Lots of green and white!