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Right, just checking. This would have been a much bigger loss a few years back. Nice to see the depth we have built here.

You referring to Odom, Robertson or both?

Can you just negotiate full membership while you are at it? Then we can beat the gopher, pound the badgers, take their money, and laugh at the Bison playing football at their little FCS level

Odom transferring doesn't bother me, as he never quite found a spot. I would have expected Robertson to get more opportunities than Odom; Maybe he just didn't care for the school or Grand Forks. Corner is deep so maybe that was a factor?

Ignore the haters. Can't really argue with the resume. It is what it is.

money and maybe some Thursday 4 pm games, and we would get to play Ohio St instead of Denver. Intriguing ..... Unless you got a full invite, which would never happen, I'm not interested.

Just like the whiny NDSU fans that want to pretend we don't have a rivalry anymore.

Even bringing back the old WCHA wouldn't fix the issues they have at the U, and it isn't lack of talent. I still don't get how they recruit high end kids to play in front of empty seats like that. There are too many other events in town, and the ticket prices are way overpriced. If they lowered the prices they might actually sell more. Though people definitely don't care as much about Big Ten matchups as they did about the old WCHA rivalries. Growing up as a huge huge gopher fan when I was a kid, and going to the games when it was just packed and rowdy (all the way back to Williams Arena), its pretty sad to see how bad it has gotten.

Just wanted to share some pre-covid Thankgiving weekend memories. Anything less than a sweep is unacceptable! This could be be a big pairwise helper for us by the end of the season.

The hard part for me is if you move on from bubba, how many players do you lose and how long does it take for that new coach to get their system going? Could be another 3-4 years, who knows?

I don’t understand the draw for kids to go play there anymore. Nothing like playing in an empty barn.

I’m still high on this team going into next year. So close if they fix a few things; players and coaches. would really love to see the Dennis kid be an immediate contributor next year. One of the biggest things offensive is we must throw the ball more than 2-3 yards down the field, it shouldn’t be that hard to add a few more yard to our passing game. Even if we aren’t throwing 20-30 yarders (which we should also be able to do) 7-8 yard passes should be a more frequent thing. still a lot to like here. Worst part about today is having to wait so long before UND football starts again.

Hope they bounce back last night but I won’t be able to see. Men’s league game right at 6, hopefully a more inspired performance than the game we saw tonight.

This game, yuck! That is all.

A Brian Jones squad would have never won a game with this many free throws at the end. Nice win! Keep it rolling!

I get it! This season had all the makings of what should have been a deep playoff run. the reasons that we lost those games were unacceptable, but they were good games. As someone else said on here, it seems like every time we are poised for that big time step and the fanbase is really starting to get into it, there is a major letdown. This season is just another one.

I didn't say anything about a moral victory, did I? I said they haven't played poor; or do you feel they were pummeled in all of those 1 score games. There is some grey area between being a crap team and a perennial powerhouse. I'm not claiming a moral victory at all, but if you break down the games beyond just the final score, it actually adds some context to the game as a whole. NDSU, SIU, MO St. ..... UND ended up on the wrong end of all of these, but they were good competitive games. Entertaining, yes! Frustrating, yes! Poorly played as a whole, only to you bud. Did they need to play better to win some of those games? Yes, but much better? Not really, more about eliminate a few stupid mistakes. You can really simplify all of our losses into a few key points; coaching decisions and ball security (especially situational ball security, as in the red zone or the end of the game). That is the entire difference between where we are and being a top 10 or even top 5 team right now. Again, I'm not one for moral victories or quality losses, and I'm certainly not ok with mediocrity, but it is ok to be frustrated with the outcomes and still acknowledge the talent and compete level that is out there. We are a far cry from when we were absolutely getting absolutely pummeled by Montana or Eastern Washington. This team still has a few steps to take, but they can certainly hang with anyone in the FCS, they have done nothing but prove that.

Completely agree here, UND has not won, but they have not played poor. We've competed in every game we've played and in some of those losses, we have dominated all of the stat lines except for score. Bottom line, we have had some awful and horribly timed turnovers. But a few plays does not reflect the overall play. There have been some very solid games where coaching and turnovers push us the wrong way. I expect another competitive game this weekend. Hopefully it finally goes our way.

Awesome!!!

Here it is! Likely the last game of the season. Playoffs are a distant possibility, but seems there is a sliver of hope. I don't expect UNI to lose to Western, but crazier things have happened. Lets do our part! If we can't win our way into the playoffs, lets beat the bunnies out of them. Playoffs or not, I still want to see this team win, especially against a Dakota team. LFG!

Could someone please keep an eye on Mr. Pionk this weekend? He could try to sneak on the ice, or go Tanya Harding on players as they enter the building. Be on the lookout and be careful boys!

Quality Loss!

He might not be slower than Schuster, but I haven't exactly seen him turn on the wheels yet. Maybe he looks slower because he is bigger, I don't know. He never seems to be used like the MO St. QB who could pick up 4th and 9 on a QB keeper; that guy had speed. The coaches seem to use him as more of a power runner because of his size, which is often strange to me anyway given that we have Otis. I just haven't seen the guy flash on the run. Now, if he can get through the line and get some steam, he seems to be able to get additional yardage, but that doesn't seem to happen all that often.

Vaughn always looks slow to me. Even on short yardage runs, it seems like it takes him forever to get going, and the hole usually closes by the time he gets to the line. Tommy appears fast to me, though when he runs he seem to have already left the pocket and found space (obviously he has had more opportunities as well. To me, Tommy's running ability is not the problem, it is his decision making on when to do it. If Feeney can run as well as Schuster, but make the decision to do it a little more often/time it right, I think he will be just fine. I'm more concerned about our QB's ability to throw beyond the line of scrimmage.

Exactly what I was thinking!