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To this point the defense is playing their best game or the year.

If the fumble stands, you dial it up for the safety.

Jaxson Turner Overdrive- Takin care of business!!!

So Struck is starting for the bears, but will he finish for them?

Sounds like potential to have him for two years too.

Looks like he also had offers from Youngstown State, Western Illinois, UW-Milwaukee and Chicago State. Sounds like he is about 6'9 and 230lbs

Most definitely in that game.

haha, if Hergel ends up at LSU or comparable it will be to carry the water buckets ... though he could carry a lot of them.

The Jabril thing wouldn't bother me so much. Hard to blame a kid for truly leaving for an opportunity like that, but as a fan it sure sucks.

Its not all that different than the delusion of "some" of the Bison fan base. NDSU could absolutely go FBS, but would it really put them in a better position? They sell out, they typically dominate, they win titles and they produce NFL players. Move into a low grad FBS conference, and you could potentially lose all of that. Now if you were to get a shot at a power 5, then yeah, how do you not take that. But I wouldn't necessarily jump the FCS ship to be a mid to low level MAC team either. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

So Canadian players, and bad team mates aside .... What is the plan for Saturday? Will we see more of a TE coming into help the line block, or are we confident with the protection we have? Will we see a much heavier dose of Otis than we did in Fargo? We better! Does Maag finally get going more? How many catches does belquist get? He seems to catch everything at the sideline, would be nice to see him get something in space to see what he can do. Does Brock see the field, and if he does, how impactful can he be having not played a snap all season? How involved do they get Quincy? I feel like this has been an opportunity that they have not taken enough advantage of this year.

So no Hergel. That really hurts, and not just for this season. I wonder what the deal is there.

Definitely a little nervous about this team being a little rusty after so much time off, though it isn't like they haven't been working and preparing week in and week out. Score early and get that run game going. It would be great to see a game like the last time Missouri State came to town, purely to be able to get more guys out there and knock more rust off.

So in the perfect scenario, we would have to outbid NDSU to host a semifinal matchup?

Obviously the focus is to get a win this week. But I am just curious, what determines where the next round is played? I assume if JMU wins, we would play there, but if VMI were to pull the upset, would we host again?

Agreed, but I would just love to play them with a better game plan.

This all makes way more sense than when I read your initial comment. I didn't realize how many cancellations there had been outside of The Valley. For conversational purposes, lets say JMU and SHSU both lose. Weber does not play this weekend. Either NDSU or SDSU will drop to 2 losses. Could UND be bumped as high as 2?

You clearly have watched more closely than I have. I didn't realize they played ISU twice, but I did read Herder's comments that their wins hadn't been overly impressive. Sunday should be interesting.

Not sure how you are so confident UND would be a 4 seed; I would be surprised. Maybe that comes from years of UND not being ranked up near the top, maybe its because this Spring season is so strange. UND (not by their own choice) has done nothing in the last month. We had a nice start to the season, got beat by NDSU and have been practicing ever since. -NDSU or SDSU get a spot -Weber will likely get one, though from what I have read they have been less than impressive as a 5-0 team and could easily get bounced in the playoffs. -Sam Houston will get one. -JMU and Delaware are both undefeated, but have a combined 1 win against a ranked opponent. This is the only spot you could make the argument for UND, is we have beat multiple ranked opponents, and our only loss is to the Bison. As I am typing this, I also see that both of those team currently only have 4 wins as well, but Delaware still plays Villanova this weekend and James Madison plays Richmond. I would think UND would need both JMU and Delaware to lose, but maybe that doesn't matter based on strength of schedule. Would it help us if the Bison won this weekend? Maybe, in the eyes of the committee. Could it not make a difference in getting a seed; again, maybe, in the eyes of the committee. Tough to know what they will do or think given how strange this year is. I would be ecstatic if we were a seed, purely to solidify home field advantage, but I won't count on it either. Maybe a little of that MVFC love could finally play in our favor. Regardless of what happens, we are in! Time to put in a strong showing and get some playoff wins. I don't want to add any more memories to the Richmond/Nicholls St category.

So, I doubt we get a seed here, but I'll be interested to see if we are able to get a home game. We have seen just how important this is for UND. I'm definitely pulling for the Jacks this weekend, but not sure how that will impact home field advantage through the playoffs. In other words, if we had to play the Bison again, it would be nice to see them have to go to GF. What would need to happen for this? Are bids only for the first round? Is that being done differently this year because of Covid? I assume the top 4 seeds automatically get home field advantage throughout.

Very bizarre. Hoping the benefit of rest and recovery outweighs being rusty.

Based on who they have beat I believe they would still be in.

Purely from a fan standpoint I would be ok with swapping Mankato for Miami. As stated this doesn't necessarily benefit the conference as a whole in terms of size of schools/programs/budgets. But they have done a tremendous job building that program and are fun to watch. I like watching Western play. They are always physical and tough to play against.

Why not us? Why not now? Go UND!

Great write up. I had forgotten that the fall games played into this as well. Just glad to be talking football again after a long month!