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Simmons officially listed as out (shoulder). Guessing Shaugs is going to get his chance to shine. Wouldn't be surprised to see a few carries by Sharp either.

Taking this with a grain of salt considering the game was at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center and there are multiple banners with variations of the Sioux logo that are up in the rafters.

I didn't think Mollberg was as big of the issue with the offense as some. He made a few bad throws, but the WR/TE's dropped more than a handful. He threw a nice out to a TE low and away, leading him and in a spot the defender had no chance at it and the TE just dropped it. The deep ball to Walker had some nice touch to drop it over the DB's head, though it could have led him a little more. The protection on the line also isn't helping matters. I'm more concerned about some of the play calling on 3rd down along with the offense as a whole. Whether it was a dropped pass or a bad throw, it wouldn't have mattered about 5 different times because the WR would have still been multiple yards short of getting a first down. Not sure why there aren't more RB's out in the flat or short TE routes. I guess they have needed the RB's to stay in and help with coverage. Would love to see a little FB leak play out to the flat, I know its in the playbook, I saw it at the scrimmage and it went for a TD. Not sure if Simmons is/was still nicked up, but it looks like he has an extra gear but just can't get to it. I think he needs to try to start running a few more people over instead of trying to juke them. Defense had its moments and is definitely much improved. Was not impressed with how UND was gashed up the middle so many times. Their RB was a beast but he still got more than he should have multiple times. Robert Morris was running some weird sets with a strange mix of tackle eligible and WR's ineligible and I thought the defense sorted it out very well. Tillman blowing up the WR as three Robert Morris guys watched was one of the plays of the game.

Guessing they are still working on the capabilities they have with the extra spots on the new video boards. Hoping that game stats, etc will be shown eventually.

31-13 UND Closer than it should be for the first half. Bubba makes some halftime adjustments and UND pulls away towards the end of the third.

Going to be a great day for tailgating and to see the change in personality on this team in person. I fully expect a great effort from the team and that they take over the game early.

UND has to keep the copyright in good standing (doing so with the Dacotah Legacy Collection) and the state would also have to approve the design.

It can be done at any time (see below). I think the point was at the time the other schools were doing it, it was pretty much foregone that the Sioux logo would be gone. Agree that they should do it with the interlocking ND though. Basically the Alumni Association would have to fill out the form, have a minimum of fifty people committed and be willing to pay the $1,500.

Pretty sure the discussion has been had before here a couple times. Guessing it mainly has to do with not having a logo but not sure why they don't just use the interlocking ND. Correct that it is on the alumni association would be the likely group to get it set up.

Cheatom is listed as the #2 RDE.

Booster luncheon at the Alerus at noon tomorrow: Link Bubba among others will be speaking.

From roster: 185 - Freshman 208 - Sophomore 208 - Junior 215 - Senior Pattyn wasn't flying around the ice at somewhere around 240lbs at any point.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe NDSU received any votes in the AP Top 25 until the last week of the season? There are writers who always give the FCS champion a vote in the final AP poll, its been done many times in the past.

2011 is the year you're thinking of for both the Alabama/GSU game and where NDSU shut down the triple option. 2012 is the year GSU outgained NDSU by quite a bit and NDSU needed a TD in the last few minutes to prevent getting knocked off.

Someone forgot to tell all of ESPN's Big 12 analysts that NDSU is supposed to be their media darling...they all picked ISU to win...

That USD game was one of the craziest ones I've ever been to. We just laughed the whole way home, couldn't believe that actually happened.

I see Jurich has only thrown 20 passes over the last 3 years but has a fair amount of rushing attempts (54), but most of those were from 2 years ago when he was a sophomore. Did he come in games in some sort of wildcat role when he was a sophomore? Looks like he played in 12 games in 2012 (11 passing attempts, 43 rushing attempts, but only 5 last year (6 PA, 8 RA).

Especially considering that Mussman was a pretty talented offensive lineman himself.

Wasn't aware of the hyperlink issue before, but turns out I'm running into that along with the Quote feature. Only run into it on IE11.

No clue what to expect but I'm excited for a new season. The attitude around the team seems to have changed, hoping it translates onto the field.

Considering Jorgenson has had input in the football scheduling for quite a while now, I wouldn't discount what he says. Yes, a new AD will be there but there is no guarantee that it will result in a better relationship between the schools. And he'll have plenty of people/donors in his ear about scheduling.

Interesting read, was not aware of it. But I think "rivalry" is the more accurate description in this. And while there are some similarities, there are some pretty significant differences: Marshall played at a lower level until 1997 Marshall has never actually beaten WVU The meeting in 2006 was only the 6th meeting between the teams and only the second game between the two in the last 83 years. The agreement also guarantees two home games for Marshall (basically two 2-1's) and gave them a chance to host 3 out of the 7. It also took outside intervention and pressure for the legislature to get the games scheduled. If the teams agree to a two for one, I don't think there's much hand wringing from UND fans. But the arrogance from GT telling alumni and Jorgenson at the press conference that a game at UND was not an option, especially after how the open records requests showed how GT "negotiated", rubs me the wrong way. In the end, I'm not real excited about Bubba getting Faison to accept it, but understand his reasoning behind it. I'll be at both games, hoping that UND can continue their outstanding record in the loaf.

Honestly curious, do you have any examples of FCS teams signing a 2 game contract with both played in the same place? Or even 2 FBS teams doing? For a price below what other teams have got? None of the ones you're citing are the same as what UND signed. It is what it is and Bubba is the one who decided it was worth it to sign the deal. Just saying, I don't know of any others that are similar off the top of my head.

That wasn't uploaded today, it has been on there for a while. Keep trying though.

GT made it very clear to a large group of FU alumni at an event in MSP that he personally would not sign a contract that required NDSU to play in Grand Forks. From what I was told, he didn't seem like he had any intention of signing any contract to play UND, regardless of location. The way he kept changing his offers made that pretty clear but had he not kept "negotiating", I wouldn't have been surprised to see the legislature step in at some point. Guessing he thought he was safe and that Faison would never agree to the deal he left on the table before he left. Would also explain the attitude displayed at the press conference held in Fargo where no one wanted anything to do with being part of the deal being signed. If NDSU would have again turned down another deal they offered, one that was quite one-sided in their favor, they would have raised a lot of eyebrows and brought a lot of unwanted scrutiny for the athletic department and the soon to be named AD that may have taken the negotiations out of their hands. Bubba was the driving force behind UND accepting this deal. He is taking a calculated risk and has a lot to gain next year in changing perceptions that he is running into on the recruiting trail. Still don't agree with the deal that was taken but I understand why it was done and am trusting the coaching staff on this one.