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LOL @ NDSU being #6 in Offensive Rating. I would guess their UCA game is still factored into that but still.

Just out of curiousity as someone who isn't in tune with this type of thing, what are the issues with it? The WCHA patch on the same jersey as the NCHC is a quite obvious large miscue but just curious what else I'm missing. I don't think they wore the blacks at the Frozen Four, is that part of it as well?

No change to the 2-deep this week.

Gee knows the playbook the best, has solid hands and is a good blocker while still being a running threat. That's why he's seeing the field. Its not like he's eating into carries that should be going somwhere else and the rotation is good for keeping everyone strong for the second half. Different skill sets are being used to keep the defense honest. Alot of the times Gee is in the backfield is when Skokna is running all kinds of motion around the formation. Carries through 2 games: Gee - 12 (8 and 4) plus 2 receptions Weah - 30 (13 and 17) plus 1 reception Skokna - 19 (9 and 10) plus 5 receptions

Thought the exact same thing when I saw the play. He let it go from the 45 and it went about 5 yards into the end zone, so roughly a 50 yard throw. Maybe he put a little extra loft in it, but it looked like a lot of effort for a throw that shouldn't have been that hard.

Wait, the same fans who said their back-ups would be a Top 10 FCS team are now saying they are struggling because they lost a few players early? Lack of depth is now the excuse at MooU? Ain't that some sh*t....

Looking at the participation report, here is the breakdown of the 57 players that are listed: Freshman/RFr - 17 Sophomore/RSo - 15 Junior/RJr - 11 Senior/RSr - 14 56% of contributors were underclassman including 1/3 of the total being freshman. That's definitely encouraging for the future.

Tough to argue that sentiment. The positive thing, is I don't think UND has played anywhere near a complete game. Still alot a of things to clean up, which is very encouraging looking long-term. The first 3 games in the comfortable confines of the Alerus Center sets up nice for the team. Now they have a tough game on a short week against a very solid opponent and then on the road for 3 in a row, including the defending champs who are going to be coming out swinging. Likely going to be a hiccup somewhere in there. There are going to be plenty of people ready to drop UND like a rock if/when they lose a game and say the first couple games were just luck.

Beat me to it. Hell of a win. Not a fan of these slow starts but the team keeps an even keel and battles back. Really hope the pollsters don't get the North Dakota teams confused this week....

It seems like more of a phrasing thing, as they consider all of the motion, jet sweep action, Vaughn QB packages, etc as "trick" plays. It is a pretty far cry from what I would call "gimmicky" but it does require the defense to be on the same page and communicate but the point of a lot of it is to create mismatches and cause the defense to show their hand. I agree that UND only ran one true "trick" play on the reverse flea flicker. I also think they missed the ball on the size of UND's defensive line. Trying to compare the positions in a 3-4 to a traditional 4-3 kind of misses the point of the scheme. Attendance at the UNI Dome was 2137 for their game last week. Looks like it should be pushing 4,000 for tomorrow's game. Hopefully the noise causes some additional issues for SDSU's true freshman QB.

Go easy on him, he's still trying to come up with justifications of where all the "fans that want to go to games and get full houses" were at since they barely filled 2/3's of their allowed 50% capacity. Or he doesn't have faith in the MooU defense to create turnovers like the UND defense. But who knows?

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. They invest a lot back into the community. Thought the turf looked great but agree thay the little yellow spots were confusing. I'm assume there is a reasonable explanation for them.

Also need to take into account that UND was missing its most explosive offensive weapon on Saturday. Belquist did a great job stepping in, and that is before taking into account he's a true freshman out there, but if Boltmann is out there, that's just adds next another level. BB2.0 is setting up to be the new BB I guess? Agreed that the defense put them in great spots where they really didn't need to take deep shots and when they did, I feel like Maag deserved to get a call on at least one if not two of the shots they took, but the refs were letting them play.

Having his dad put on Kelly Green and cheer for UND is just an added bonus.

Completely possible depending on game flow but if the run is working, expect a large dose of Weah. I think he's going to turn a lot of heads with how he runs. But the whole backfield is something to be excited about, each of them brings their own skillset.

Couldn't agree more. Anyone who thinks the people running the arenas that have been sitting empty (thus making zero money) are clamoring for less fans and making it as inconvenient for the ones they do get must be really listening to Fauci and have 4 masks on since it is clearly restricting airflow to their brain.

I heard the REA was asking for no fans just to really make people upset since that's obviously their goal.

I didn't know speeding had the ability to spread to the car next to you or exponentially other cars on the road. And what happens when you don't follow the rules of the road that you agreed to, even if it is for 1 mph over? There are consequences. We're not talking about all rules, we're talking about what venues agreed upon, during a pandemic, in order to have the maximum amount of fans. Why don't you send Jody Hodgson an email and suggest they just use "a little common sense" and see what his response is. I'm sure he'd be happy to share what they've had to do to get to this point and why things are they way they are. The details were released prior to tickets being sold, which you are completely aware of. But I guess you could get multiple tubs of Super Nachos and just eat constantly all game but try not to go all Karen on the usher when his definition of what is reasonable is different than yours. Because that's actually the real issue. I mean, kids figure it out all day in school, shouldn't be too hard for grown adults who can afford tickets that are $80+ a pop to comprehend how to get a handle on it even if they don't agree in principal.

They already paid for the ticket, which means they agreed to comply with the rules that came with it which have been absolutely clear from the beginning. I'm not sure what line of thinking you have where you assume the venues can just change the plans that were OK'd and agreed upon after the fact just because. That's not how it works at all.

You don't think things like that were discussed and proposed while they were literally putting together dozens of plans based on unknown factors? The current rules are what was agreed to get the most number of people into the events as they could and now they have to follow through on their end. The mental gymnastics required to think the people in charge of the facilities (who by the way have giant holes in their budget) are trying to make things as difficult for fans as possible is truly amazing.

Curious what the ticket price has to do with anything? Are you immune from possibly spreading Covid if you paid a certain amount for tickets? Or you should just get special privileges because you have a 1099 that look like gfhockey's? If you don't want to wear a mask, don't go. It is literally as simple as that and it has nothing to do with whether you agree with it in principal or not. Is it incovenient? Absolutely, but nowhere near as inconvenient as the amount of work that UND and the REA (plus the Betty and Alerus) put into being able to have the amount of fans that they currently can, which was a mind-numbingly ridiculous amount just so they put something towards the giant holes in their budgets. A huge part of the deal was people had to agree to wear masks. Somehow people blowing a gasket because the workers (who are literally just doing what they are required to in order to keep their part-time jobs) are actually enforcing it, because again, they have to. That's up there with yelling at the grocery store worker who asks you to put a mask on. Somehow kids can sit in school all day, 5 days a week wearing a mask but a couple hours to enjoy a sporting event is just too much for some people.

I already explained why the UND related facilities have the capacity they do. But I noticed you didn't address why NDSU wasn't even close to selling out their fall "showcase" game at a significantly reduced capacity.

That's pretty interesting theory considering the amount of tickets that were still available for the NDSU/UCA game this fall before they pulled the plug with saving face as part of the reasoning. I don't really disagree with either of these, I just don't quite understand the constant ability to ignore guidelines with minimal blowblack.

The plans that UND put together with the Betty, REA and the Alerus Center all take into account making sure that "groups" are at least 6 feet apart in all directions. There is not a way to accomplish what the CDC recommends as appropriate social distancing and also be at 50% capacity. The logistics don't work. This isn't commentary on any of the political portions of why/what they are doing, that is just the reasoning behind how the determinations were made. I remain confused how NDSU seems to be making up their own rules for capacity as the ND Smart Restart plans allows for up to 75% Max Occupancy or 7,500 attendees, whichever is fewer for a Tier 1 Events (which football games at the Fargodome are specifically mentioned) under the Green/Low Risk Level.