siouxfan512

Nice run by Z!

pretty much. Just sucks that we can't take care of business against a team like this. If we were playing NAU this week, would we be playing better or just getting smoked? Tough to know. Just heard that Bubba said all things considered, he was pleased with this team's performance. I have to say is a VERY questionable comment after that half.

Yeah, not a fun game to watch

Guess I thought that was 3. Tough to read those jersey numbers.

How does our top corner get burned that bad here?

I miss having Heinert on PxP. That guys brought so much energy.

Nice move by Tommy there

Offense looked the part except for the one drop. Tommy won't miss those often. D looked meh on the first drive. Can we not find a better kicker than Brady? Not a far kick and not even close.

Don't they usually start the feed a little before the game, or will it be right at 3?

FWIW, I do think Kaminski will be a stud, or I definitely hope he will be, but it is pretty simple to make the statements you made in your own context. picked up schuster....no one else at the d1 level wanted him so pretty easy to pickup Could also be .... picked up schuster .... diamond in the rough, and owns the bulk of UND's D1 QB records.... Doesn't make what you said false, but you're also only giving a portion of the story. Quincy Vaughn - moved to TE .... can't throw or run Could also be ... not a great passer, but dominant, essential and reliable in short yardage situations. Could play a significant role this year. Jerry Kaminski-soon to be qb1 Could also be .... Unproven at the college level, but possesses everything UND would like to see out of their future QB. While inexperienced he shows the making of a starter and will only get better with a year of seasoning. (Even if he had to sit 2 years; 1 as a RS and 1 as a backup, he would step in at about the same time Carson Wentz did. I'm sure the kid wants to play but lets not pretend he turned down playing for Alabama to come to UND either). Point is .... anyone can tell a one sided story. Give full context to what you are trying to say and people might take your view a little more seriously.

He is really starting to sounds like a UND version of lakes (El Chapo) over on Bisonville. Not all takes are bad, but the repetitive bashing of the whole program gets really old.

Now if I could just remember the important things in life

Was it Mike Edwards?

I remember Big Snack, but I didn't think that was Tank. Wasn't that the kid that ended up going to like Memphis or something?

Can we steal Santiago, Cole Reyes and Deion Harris from this as well?

This made me laugh a little harder than it should have

Fun to have kids like that in the pipeline.

Really liked what I heard about him from camp. I'm sure its just youth vs. a deep receiver room. Would love to see him burst on the season and make a splash against Boise or one of the SUs. If he is going to be a game changer and truly help us win games, then burning the RS seems fine. If he isn't, then I just hope the coaches are strategic about utilizing his 4.

Agreed, but from a different perspective. I don't doubt we will have the game well under control and should be playing backups ... but there have definitely been times in the past where we should get our backups some game time and the coaches just keep running the starters out. I get it is early in the season and you want them game ready, but it also seems to make sense to get those backups game experience for when injuries start popping up.

Do you think undersized LBs and missed tackles are part of the reason we struggle at Safety? Are those guys worried too much about stepping up to stop the run and that is why we see them get burned? Or just too slow and not skilled enough at the safety position?

I don't think the truth burns anyone ... just hearing the same nagging and complaining over and over and over. I'll definitely question the safety position and why it has been so hard for us to recruit someone to fill in and be that guy. I love KK's intensity and energy on the field, but he has definitely been burned too many times over the years. I'm not a football guru, so I don't know if this is simply KK is too slow to play safety or if he was confused by the scheme or complexity of the D. Is it possible he was being asked to do too much because of our linebackers having issues? Really hoping we have someone who can step up and challenge him, mostly because if we don't have someone close to doing that, we will continue to have question marks at the position for the next few years. Also really hoping that simplifying the defense will help him, but I guess we will have to wait and find out. I think it would be great to see KK just step up and be a dude this year.

Who is lowering expectations. I don't care if we win by 1 or 50, I just want to see us win. Obviously I'd rather see us win by a bigger margin than one. I really would love to see a 9-2 team this year with more than 1 playoff win. That should be realistic and achievable. Even if it is 8-3, I'd still like to see us have more than 1 playoff win. (Obviously I want to see us win in Frisco, but I'd take any playoff improvement at this point) SDSU will be very tough on the road BUT we should 100% be going in there with the mentality that we are going to win. If the players don't believe that, they have already beat themselves. Hopefully we will have some success and confidence heading into that game. Same goes for Boise. Bigger and better on paper, but FBS teams get knocked off every year. We should have finished off Nebraska last year. I want a win. I acknowledge the odds point towards a loss (but make it competitive). I would be disappointed to see and absolute blow out. Those games aside, its the NDSU, UNI and even USD games that we need to step up and be tough. Those will be the real difference makers on our schedule. USD may not be a top team in the MVFC, but that game always gets tough, and I believe we are in Vermillion this year.

I don't even remember Grover. I do remember Ketteringham and Zimmerman, and when that season started there was talk about how that was the best our QB room had looked in the D1 era. How sad of a statement was that. There was hype around Kett when he came because he had been a pretty solid looking recruit before going to Sac St. And if I remember right Zimmerman had spent some time at EWU. Those were some rough times.

Drake game can't get here soon enough. Heck the 360 guys pregrame podcast can't get here soon enough. So ready for football!

Wait, you went from saying it was all Tommy to also blaming Bubba? Isn't that just reiterating my point that you can't blame losses 100% on a single person?