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Not to say some criticism isn't warranted, but in all fairness, Mussman played at Iowa State (back in the Big 8 days), so he does have a pretty good idea of what it's like to play against that level of competition.
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Although I believe UC-Davis would likely beat UND if the two teams played this year, that's really not the point I was trying to make. Rather, I believe the problems with the UND defense, particularly the run defense, are not simply a function of the increased difficulty of the schedule compared to the transition years.
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Not disagreeing, but it seems UND is having more difficulty with the increased difficulty of the schedule than the other ex-Great West teams. Look at UC-Davis, for example. UND beat them on the road last year, and Davis was not expected to be very good this year. But despite not having a good record so far, they have turned in very respectable performances against good teams, losing by 4 at South Dakota St., by 8 at Cal Poly and by 7 against Montana State.
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According to tweets from at least one person supposedly "in the know", Idaho is now leaning towards staying in the WAC rather than moving to the Big Sky, believe it or not: https://twitter.com/TheMattPetersen
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I wonder if the WAC will also add UT Pan American and Houston Baptist soon?
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I had forgotten this until today, but guess who was coaching against UND when Chappell had his 300-plus yard, school record rushing game back in 2007? Current EWU head coach Beau Baldwin, who coached Central Washington that year.
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From the Forum article: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/376144/
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I think power rushing and defense suit Lennon fine. The question I've always had is whether it may be problematic from a recruiting standpoint to take a bunch of coaches from the Dakota's, and have them recruiting well outside of their traditional areas. Some can adapt quickly to a new area, such as Luke Schleusner knocking it out of the park in Illinois last year, but maybe for others it's a bigger challenge? I just can't believe it's an X's and O's problem for Lennon, Bubba, DeBoer, etc.
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Personally, I think Kill may be a bit overrated. For one, he didn't do anything great as a dII coach. Secondly, I believe much of the talent at SIU when he was there had been recruited by his predecessor. Ditto at NIU. I don't pretend to know why things haven't gone well for Lennon the past few years, but he didn't all of a sudden forget how to coach. Maybe it just isn't the right fit. It happens to very good coaches at all levels of football.
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There were a number of de-commits that season, but they mostly didn't follow Lennon as far as I can recall. IMO, besides Lennon himself, the biggest loss was assistant coach Eric Schmidt.
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Kyle Cavil is the only one I can recall. He had committed to UND prior to Lennon's departure, then de-committed and signed with SIU.
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Against the four division I opponents played so far this year, UND is giving up 270 yards per game rushing.
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24 ISU 10 USD halftime USD has some glaring weaknesses this year.
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3 Illinois St. 7 USD 8 minutes left in 1st quarter On Midcontinent Sports Network.
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Here's the new coaches' poll: http://www.wlfi.com/...s-Poll_79274419 Seems pretty hard to justify Montana over Northern Arizona.
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Sagarin has UND at 18 among FCS teams (120 overall) this week: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt12.htm
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Hard to believe, but Kolpack actually did pick UND this week: http://bisonmedia.areavoices.com/2012/09/21/fcs-pick-em-week-4/
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54 posts in this thread, and not a single mention of a certain ex-UND a.d.? I figured somebody would have dubbed this game the "Wanless Bowl" by now.
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It's interesting how many are picking UND to win by two scores (or more). UND's last road win by two or more scores? At Duluth in 2007. It's been awhile. Oh, and this just in--Dom Izzo has picked Sac. St. What a shocker.
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All probably true. Of course, having little chance to play is better than having no chance to play at all. Quitting at UND probably effectively ended his football career. It's a good thing Goska and Hendrickson didn't quit at the first sign of adversity.
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Just saw on twitter that he has committed to Davidson.
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According to these Big Sky football notes: http://www.bigskycon...0917120919.aspx, UND's 41 points vs. SDSU were the most points scored by an FCS team against an FBS opponent so far this year.
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Post-game thoughts by SFI: http://siouxfb.areavoices.com/
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I didn't have a chance to listen to the game against SDSU, but the boxscore indicated Kennedy started. Is this accurate?
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Sagarin has UND at number 132 (23rd among FCS teams): http://www.usatoday....garin/fbt12.htm
