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  1. 2 minutes ago, AJS said:

    The more the Otis news sinks in, the more and more I'm ok with it. Dixon most likely being collateral damage from it. Otis had to have been a gigantic distraction this past year. That's not taking a giant leap assuming that, benched for two games. Nobody can knock his talent, but the coaching staff just lost a huge headache. Love the RB depth. 

    I'm guessing part of it is him being upset cuz he wasn't allowed to travel and play after being sick all week and not able to practice.  

  2. 15 minutes ago, Sioux94 said:

    Question, after the season do the coaches meet with each player and talk about where they are at, their role in the program going forward etc. etc.?  Or is it just a big team meeting type of thing.  Just wonder if some of these transfers could be mitigated with some discussion before they decide to transfer.  

    Also, if a players puts his name in the portal do the coaches reach out to them and say......hey if you don't find what you are looking for there is still room for you here.  Or once they put their name in the portal is it just kind of like.....we are done with you since you have the mindset to leave. 

    In the old days there were 1 on 1 meetings with every player and the head coach after the season.

     

  3. 10 hours ago, Nodak78 said:

    You must to Young.  I remember this coach.

    . In 1980, Pat Behrns took over as head coach. Although he amassed a record of 36–27 in six seasons leading the program, North Dakota never qualified for the playoffs nor did they win a conference title under Behrns' direction. Following a dreadful 3–8 season in 1985 that culminated in a 49–0 loss to arch rival NDSU Bison, Behrns resigned as head coach of North Dakota.  He burned a lot of red shirts his last year. 

    I played for Pat.  We had decent years for his first few years but then it fell apart.   We still had some of Murph's players for a time and Pat did get some good players too but he lost the team my last 2 years and they didn't respect him.  Football is really hard when your best players basically roll their eyes after the coach's speech that's meant to fire the team up.

    Pat was young and micromanaged the program and all of his assistants.  It was just too much and every assistant coach and athletic trainer spot turned over in the 4 years I was there.  Who they recruited had to be Pat's idea.  One former assistant told me this story - if they liked a player they'd show him the film but claim they were interested in a different player.  They'd say - we really like #10 but check out #33 also.  We think #10 can be a stud but #33 is kind of so-so.   Pat would say - what do you mean?   #33 is the guy we want and let's go after him.  If they started with - we think we should recruit #33, he wasn't interested. 

    That being said - making the playoffs was much harder then.   Only 8 teams made it nationally.  we were 7-3 and 8-3 two of those years and would have made the playoffs if the took the number of teams they take now.

  4. 3 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

    Ventrelli and Kilty are rock solid. I would guess Kilty slides to LT next season. We need to find 2 guards and a center. 

    Is Lotysz being counted on for one of those spots?  I believe he was the projected starter at center before getting hurt

  5. 43 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

    That was well done.
    On what should have been the winning drive the error was admitted and acknowledged. 

    I don't think it is automatic that we should have called timeout after the sack.  To me it's similar to when a team scores to take the lead late in a basketball game.  Some coaches want to take the ball and go and not let the defense strategize.   Other coaches want the timeout to get their offense set even though it lets the defense do the same.  Like someone else pointed out - the big pass rusher from SDSU was out taking a breather.  That is an advantage 

    In this case we didn't execute the play and turned the ball over.  If we make the thow and catch it's a great decision.  I agree with others that part of what Bubba was doing in his postgame interview was to protect the players from criticism.  And in hindsight, we threw an inteception on the play so any other option could have turned out better - or not.   Do people really think that not calling a timeout would have made the throw more accurate or the WR to run his route differently?  I find that hard to believe myself.

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  6. Unfortunately we aren't making the trek from TC today for the game so no Sack City sign.  I should have left it with our tailgating crew. Driving in the snow not very appealing.  Lucky can watch it on TV.

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  7. Was at the game.  One of very few in the stands.  I had chalked it up as a loss.  We weren’t very good to start on D and same on O for 3 quarters. 
    one thing Tommy is really good at is finding someone In end zone when play breaks down. Happened on one TD I think and 2 point conversion 

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