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I believe UND blitzed on the play Idaho St. had a screen called, which resulted in a touchdown. It was just one of those days. The bottom line to me is that with Reyes out, UND's offense needed to win the game yesterday. And despite committing too many turnovers, it was well on its way to doing so...until Studsrud got hurt.

Also, what if Cam Kuksa hadn't suffered a career-ending injury his true freshman year? He and Reyes would have been quite a tandem at safety.

It might be the kiss of death, I don't know, but Izzo has UND making the playoffs: http://bisonmedia.areavoices.com/2015-bracketology-version-1-0/

I agree, but this is more or less the same formula used under Lennon, and games with under 100 yards passing were very few and far between. I guess my point is that while I'm certainly not displeased with the overall record with Studsrud under center, throwing for so few yards is not really something that can continue if we expect to win more than another game or two this season IMO.

Somehow UND is 3-2 in games in which Studsrud throws for less than 100 yards going back to last year. That's got to be one of the stranger statistics you're going to find for a team not running some form of option offense.

Schnepf using UND's game against Weber State--last year--without mentioning the circumstances (UND qb injuries), as some sort of basis of comparison with NDSU's game last week. Really? Maybe one of the dumber uses of comparative scores I've seen in awhile.

It certainly cured Darnell Jefferson of his fumbling problem.

I believe there were actually seven fumbles. I haven't looked at the box score, but I recall at least six, and the just-posted SFI blog entry said there were seven.

Although I like Seibel as a player, I'm just not sure he's the answer as a punt returner. Through two games, he's got 10 yards on five returns, and about a dozen fair catches, some of which were seemingly unnecessary.

UND is up 40-25 at the half in the final game of the Euro trip.

I certainly wasn't expecting that kind of production from McDermott this early on.

Tom Miller just confirmed that Hinojosa is transferring closer to home for personal reasons.

I also think Cieslak could be an option at NG. He's apparently up to 280.

I assume Woodsmall and Harris will compete for the starting job. I don't know Woodsmall's health status, though.

I think Mortel actually projects as an OL. He'll obviously have to put on a lot of weight, but he has a nice frame.

UNI playing at UND on November 28.

One of my favorite of the many misadventures of Gerry Groenewold over the years: http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/ag-asked-to-investigate-eerc-director/article_0192b760-fab6-5513-a112-188f6c3d94a3.html

Shanks, Crandall and Seales.

RT had his shortcomings as an AD, but I do have to give him credit for having the guts to actually conduct a search for his successor rather than simply promoting from the within, and thereby avoiding the necessity of the infamous "process" we've come to know and hate. Opening up the job to outside applicants when the program is already successful is becoming increasingly rare, thanks in large part to the aforementioned "process". Had it not been for that decision, who knows if UND would have won it all in 2001, and had all the other success it did from 1999 to 2007?

Didn't UND contribute towards the costs of replacing the turf in the Alerus? I don't recall for certain, but if so I imagine it could similarly contribute towards the costs of improvements to the Betty.

A few results today from the state track meet--Grady and Heidlebaugh go 1-2 in the B discus, and Blackwell had the best time, A or B, in the 300m hurdles prelims.

1963. Of course, that was the season before Huff, et al. arrived. UND finished 8-23 that season, and was 1-10 at the time that game was played. A loss to Mayville St. a few weeks earlier didn't exactly help attendance, either.

As to the second example, that should probably be prefaced with a "usually" or "generally", thanks to the "release" requirement. Prior to a few months ago, I suspect most probably assumed that was just a formality.

Just curious--who on the 2014-15 roster do you think opposing teams actually feared as 3-point shooters? I would say maybe Lauck, and that's probably it. Yes, Dyer and Szabla can knock down 3's, but I believe opposing defenses will give them those shots because they are better penetrators than shooters. I think we need to get a few more shooters like Youngblut or Bagaason were.

I'm going to disagree with you a little bit on that one. The past two years with Evers and Wall (2013-14 only), UND had a total of just three players with 30 or more 3's. The highest total was Buck with 43 in 2013-14. In 2006-07 and 2007-08 when UND had Langan and Kimbrough, there were a total of nine players with 30 or more, with a high of 51. Was UND making MORE of an effort to get the ball inside the past two years than in the Langen-Kimbrough era? I would say probably not. It will be interesting to see whether next year's team might have to be more like 2009-10, when there was no big scoring threat in the post. That year, the top three shooters combined for 214 made 3's.