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I thought UND was rotating more than they actually were before I took a deeper look. Turns out I was wrong on that and they are already a lot closer to doing then what you are yelling that they aren't. Its going to be a process when you lose your one or two best young players every year. I disagree that the transfer portal is the sole way to do that. Prefer not to go through the locker room issues that were here a few years ago. I think Sather has the ability to figure it out. And I think we can all agree that it hopefully comes sooner than later.

LOL. Wake me up when we're somewhere in the top 10% of college basketball and are constantly bringing in blue chips that makes it a little more clear on who should and shouldn't be on the court. UND played 8 guys double digit minutes against IWU. Two more played a handful of minutes, including one they see as a potential huge piece of the future who they are slowly immersing into the college game. 3 of those 10 are true freshman seeing their first college action. Last night, despite the game mostly being out of hand the 2nd half, it was pretty similar. 9 guys played double digit minutes. Sueker played a bit less than normal, trying to get him back into game shape with getting him reinjured so Mathews got a little more run. Gave a few other guys a handful of minutes. So UND is pretty much already doing what you're screaming about outside of a few token minutes here or there. On top of that, it is tough to get an accurate read on it when 3 of the 4 games they have played have ended with point differentials of 30 or more.

Maybe, but I don't think its going to be quite as easy for them without Luepke. They should have kept him bubble-wrapped until the playoffs. I do think that the cushion our defense gives the opposing WR's plays pretty well into Mattress Miller's strengths. Might have to get a little more aggressive and see if they can't force them to take some deep shots? Anyone want to predict the probability of the back-up QB for each team throwing a pass when they come in for their short yardage plays?

And I can assure you that almost every college basketball team in the nation is playing 10-12 guys right now, trying to dial in their rotation to get it down to 8-9 core guys.

How would you actually know what that rotation should be without running different combinations in OOC games? It isn't going to be in practice....

The handshake lasted longer than I anticipated. Apparently USD didn't even have an OC for most of the season. Nielson took over play calling duties after USD scored 7 points total against Kansas State and Montana. The coach who was the OC/QB coach stayed on staff for another month before leaving the team.

Sagarin and Massey exist for this reason. But it is a little tougher to connect with fewer games. And it is inconvenient for some of the east coast conferences to find out the numbers don't agree they are quite as good as they think.

He averages 2 catches and 30 yards per game. Using him as a deep threat isn't going to be what beats UND. It is keeping it at 3rd and manageable and let their game manager QB have short yardage for conversions to keep their offense on the field. He's no Tommy Gun, but he's pretty efficient and does what's needed. I called it 2 months ago, not surprised that Luepke is dinged up and will likely miss the game. Helpful for UND but Williams is a very good back. Really hoping Roehl spends all week in his own head trying to scheme up an unnecessary gameplan.

Great win against #4 projected on MWC. Was nice to see them value through foul trouble the whole game with the bigs. Impressive!

I think all of the names coming back are legitimate impact players.

If they have been here 4 years and are graduating, I could see it.

Actually it would be. UND needs to get to 7 wins and the week after won't be easy. Now, if their bus trip happens to take 8-9 hours instead stead of 6, that'd be just fine....

It'd be a crime not to.

I had not heard the hotel room issue before, but that would be a bit surprising as I would assume that would be part of the bid process that needs to be submitted and I know the athletic department pushed to put out the best bid they could. They even go as far as providing real locker rooms with running water for both teams (which somehow wasn't part of the criteria)!! I do know that UND one of the top bids that year (top 3 I believe) with UNI and Nicholls being ahead of them. It was an aggressive bid and just bad luck on the draw. The athletic department understands the importance of those playoff games being at home.

Summary of the two main computer rankings plus the 3 human polls somewhat averaged out and include the strength of schedule (as of today). Probably missing some teams, I only used the top 31 (through SIU) in the coaches poll. Guessing a few of those lower ones would be replaced by some others but goes to show how bad the coach's poll is.

Attempted 5. Completed 3. Actually 4, since WIU caught one as well.

But if you want a throwback jersey, they aren't exactly making any new ones of those these days. I've seen them, would call them good quality.

7-3 in the FCS against what is projected to be the #2 SOS? UND is in. Win this week and then house money the weekend after.

Could end up being a big win on the resume.

Beat Sagarin expected margin by 25 and Massey by 27. Glad the team didn't fold as quick as some fans did in the first quarter. Nice, convincing W today.

I've used clear without much issues. White probably works about better though. Some people prefer just using snow. Cheaper but it takes longer and won't last as long. Agree on the slope, always more than you think. Zam works well, also peaceful to do at night. Have extra pucks, they have a tendency to disappear until spring.

Not that it matters, I don't think that part is accurate based on what I can find in the state salary databases, though I can't confirm 100%. Also, guessing by February, he probably knew he wasn't going to be on the staff or wasn't interested in the position he was offered. He was a solid coach and a good recruiter, not surprised to see he's continued to do well.

Didn't he leave when Mussman was let go? He was WR/OC his last year here. A new coach likely wasn't going to keep the old OC at the same position and took a guaranteed job in Brookings. Doubt there was some sort of definitive pay increase to go to SDSU and be the TE coach. Can't find the info that far back but in 2017, he was only at ~$50,000.

Are you saying directly addressing the problem, aggressively some might say, (like Kennedy did) instead of kicking the can down road and hope things get magically better (like Bresciani did) was actually the prudent choice despite the pushback and fallout?? The funding model was adjusted in 2013 and all the institutions had input at the time and supported it. I'm sure it is somehow "unfair" again though.

UND has the head to head over UNI and Youngstown, so probably want them to keep winning (just have the same or worse record than UND). SIU winning likely helps UND as well. NDSU plays ISU-Red, SIU and UND to end the year (plus WIU). The last game of the year in Fargo could be an interesting one. USD folding their season in before they play UND would be just fine with me. They aren't going to end up as a quality opponent regardless given their current 2-5 record.