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Lucky break on that drop, had the defense beat.

I think at this point it's just he moves wrong on it and the pain spikes, don't think there's any additional damage he can do to it.

I find myself wondering if any official in the Big Sky knows how to call holding.

Doesn't help we've whiffed on two should-be sacks.

Looks like the defense hasn't figured out the speed of the QB.

Honestly though, Kett hasn't shown much with his arm other than those first two completions. From those two, PSU has doubled Wanzek and the passing game has gone nowhere.

Yes, almost jumped a route earlier.

Kett is not really looking too good passing today. Thankfully he's been able to run. We need to find a passing game one of these years right?

It's apparently going to be penalty day for UND. *sigh*

How stupid are you on special teams? Really? 4th and 16 and you run into the punter. Why? Just stay the hell away if you can't get the ball.

I could have seen them waiving PI on that one too as it looked more like they collided with each other and got tangled. Could go either way.

And Kett forces another off his back foot which is an easy interception.

Really, really weak offensive PI call.

UND is carrying the play. Need another goal to take the wind out of Miami's sails.

Boys looking real good tonight, could have easily been 3-0 there.

The powerplay is just not good.

Sound just kicked in, but it's still off. I'm wearing headphones and hearing it through only one ear.

For UND to have any chance of making the playoffs, the remaining games on the schedule cannot be just wins but have to be utter dominations. The only way they get in at-large as 7-4 as an independent is by blowing out the remaining competition. I just don't see this coming.

There was a nice wrinkle put in with the jet sweep this last week at Idaho. Ran the sweep, came back with a reverse, Stanley then had the passing option which had Maag wide open downfield for what should have been an easy touchdown but which was underthrown by at least 5 yards.

What bothers me the most about the whole Rudy debacle (among such things as philosophy, in-game adjustments, and a general failure to adapt to personnel) is that the passing game is simply not there outside of a few outlier games. Using a run-heavy offense, particularly when you have stud running backs like UND has, should open up all sorts of opportunities for the passing game. 1 on 1 receiver match-ups, play-action to the TE or in general, bootleg action, etc. There is so much that can be done with a passing game with a run-first philosophy. The problem is that we don't use speed down the field except maybe once or twice a game, we don't look for the tight ends (and we've had some athletes there), we don't really do any swing passes. On top of all that, we never seem to develop a quarterback. Studsrud was a game manager who could run but we didn't run him because we had no backups for awhile. Ketteringham has the better arm but locks on to one receiver at a time, makes it easy for the defense. That is on the QB coach, who also happens to be Rudy. He is not good as a QB coach and if Bubba for whatever gods awful reason decides to stick with him, he should at least be removed as a QB coach. His evaluation, his development with young QB's is non-existent (Brad Heidlebaugh as #2 QB everyone).

The effort is there I'm sure. Bubba bleeds green. However, the skill is not present and there has been major mismanagement. No way, no how should Rudy have ever been the OC to begin with. Him calling plays most games feels like tying one hand behind the back for this offense.

Hence the wasting.

We're wasting the talent we have at rb. Imagine what our running game could be if we had a competent passing game to keep teams honest. The hope going on this year was that Kett would be better than Studsrud. Arm strength wise, yes, definite upgrade. But they share much the same problems, such as locking on to receivers and going through almost no progression. Teams therefore can load the box. We've had success on the ground because of the phenomenal running back talent.

Then with 4 minutes left if you have no wideouts, just run the ball. Don't try tossing it out to your h-back that really hasn't caught anything all year. That's not a high percentage play.

Doesn't matter what NDSU is doing at this point. At this point we can't even reach the playoffs so why are we bringing up national titles? This staff isn't getting it done, you don't sit there and keep hammering your head into the same wall, you move on.