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Demler kid sounds like a great signing. #2 QB in the state of Wisconsin? Someone on the staff did a great job landing this kid. Hopefully we can hang on to him until signing day. Sounds like he will have quite a few offers out there by the end, maybe even from some smaller FBS schools. Great news!

Never would have guessed that.

My thoughts in a nut shell: - DB's, O-line and QB hold the key to this season. - Secondary looked awful. - O-line needs to mature in a hurry. - Landry needs to be more assertive and take charge as a leader. I know it's only his 3rd start, but now is when we should see strides in that department. - We cannot afford any big injuries. - Our most talented kids are very young. - Defense overall needs to be better. - Offense overall needs to be more aggressive. Whew, that's quite a list. We'll be fine. I see 6-5 right now. If this were 2011, I'd be REALLY concerned. Can't wait to be at the Alerus on Saturday to watch us beat USD!

Please don't do that to us. That's not very nice.

This week's game against SFA will be even more tough than last week. Offense HAS to step up and be a little more aggressive this week. I understand easing the offense into things with Jake and the o-line being so young and new. This is week 3 now. Time to open the playbook and be a little more aggressive and diverse with play calling. No doubt, we can win this one, but we will have to play better all-around. Our defense will really be challenged this week with the passing game. The secondary will see plenty of passes. Looking forward to it again this weekend.

Great win for UND. I don't care how they got it. They won on the road against an established FCS team. Good job by the staff and players.

Ok.....ok.....I got one........but what if we played them at HOME?........huh?.......huh?.......

Yes darell, exactly. Once the name is removed, the quality of life on the North Dakota reservations will see a dramatic increase. Name calling, unemployment and alcoholism, which exist because of things such as our nickname and logo, will be amazingly just go away. Doesn't that sound nice?

Myles Brand has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 67.

I am still not able to view the Sioux Football highlight show on the WDAZ website. Anyone else able to? Are they going to have it on there this year? WDAZ......*sigh*

Wow, reading bisonville.com reaction is hilarious right now.....Mertens cost them the game, season is over, etc. Jeez, relax. ndsu played admirably last night in a tough environment. Everyone is talking about how the game would have been different had Mertens not fumbled on the goalline. They also seem to forget that it would have been a different score had the ISU WR caught the wide open flea-flicker TD pass that he dropped. I understand expectations are high and that they expect to win every game, but I think they are already going overboard over there. They have played one game so far and not one conference game. Lots of season left. Relax. You'll be fine.

No, that's my name. I'm going to stay positive on this one: TT - 54 UND - 17

The coverage and effort is appreciated, but.............

I'm not so sure I want a whole lot of home games on TV. It kind of kills the attendance. However I am all for the road games being on TV.

So this thread has come down to playing the gophers or keeping the name? Sad. Put a gun to my head and I'll take the name and logo.........EVERYDAY. Why do we continue to argue with him? Futile.

It appears as though God did indeed bless Texas.

Maybe to you, but not to me and others around here. Another hockey elitist attitude at UND, which unfortunately is too many. Football is my #1.....yes, even over hockey! I know, I'm crazy and ill. However, I also like to cheer on the rest of the athletic department (basketball, volleyball, baseball, etc) at UND as well. Why even make a comment like that in a football thread?

Here's my shot at it. That is a TOUGH list to compile. I left a lot of great players off the list. So many good players, and that's just from 1990-present! We have been very spoiled for the last 20 years. QB Kelby Klosterman Reed Manke (HM: Tony Stein) TB Phillip Moore Shannon Burnell Ryan Chappell FB David Wisthoff WR Weston Dressler Jeff McElroy Jesse Smith Mike Juhasz Tim Gelinske TE Jim Kleinsasser OL Bill Riviere Chris Kuper Jason Childs Greg Lotysz Tim Prinsen Marcus McKenzie Ben Olson Brian Troen DL Monte Shaide David Hillesheim Mark Callahan Scott Schultz Eric Halvorson Adam Wolff LB Mike Mooney ILB Digger Anderson ILB Travis O'Neel ILB Tim Tibesar ILB David Borowicz OLB Steve Brennan OLB Wes Atkinson OLB Ryan Goven OLB Eric Schmidt OLB S Kelly Howe Danny Gagner James Cheatham CB Craig Riendeau Blaine O'Gorman Brent Johnson K Jeff Glas Cameron Peterka P Brent Halfmann

I agree. I would take Manke over Bowenkamp any day.

Fair enough. I respect that. But why go get a JUCO running back AND pull the redshirt on Binns? Seems like a waste of talent if you ask me. You can't give all 6 RB's carries. If you are gonna go spend a scholarship on a JUCO RB in July, he better be playing for you right away. Otherwise it's kind of a waste of a scholarship for a year or two. I'd rather redshirt Binns now, even if he could contribute some right away. I guess I will be the optimist and say that Chappell and Murray will be the exceptions in terms of grades. We will be loving it down the road when Binns is a 5th year senior and we are playoff eligible. That's assuming, of course, he stays academically eligible. By the way, this isn't just a RB specific problem. We have been very unlucky as fans that the last two times it has been our star RB's. It could happen at QB, OL, or DB too. Under your assumption, we shouldn't redshirt anyone because all of them potentially could have academic problems.

I haven't heard anything good regarding Murray either. Sounds like we need to prepare for the worst with him this fall. I believe that pursuing the JUCO tailback was a reaction to the Murray situation. Why would we go get another JUCO RB if we had Murray ready to go for the fall? We would have had plenty of depth with Murray, Solum, Battle, Sutton and Magstadt. All signs point to Murray not playing this fall. EDIT: By the way, it makes absolutely ZERO sense now to pull the redshirt on Binns. Put him on the scout team, let him mature physically for a year with the strength program, and concentrate on academics for this first year.

I would like to amend my post by saying "great post. EXCEPT for the part about hockey not meaning anything". He made some good points about the other stuff though.

great post.