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Offense needs to start opening things up, defense won't be able to hold this offense on too many drives I don't think.

How the hell did they miss that hold on the td pass? holy crap, tanks jersey was half off!

d-line needs to settle down

The line will have more experience, will be returning Cox from injury which should help, and have much more depth coming behind to push them and help to keep injuries from hurting us too badly. Everyone will have another year of strength training as well. We should, should, have a better line than last year even with losing Coe. If they can get back to the the 2015 level or above, this offense will be fun to watch. If they are like a repeat of last year than we'll be seeing a number of close games like last year.

Been watching some games from last year and two years ago and two things stuck out to me. First, man would it have been nice to have Clive Georges for all of last year. He was such a playmaker and deep ball threat that it could have certainly helped the offense. Second, the offensive line needs to look back two years ago and look at the kind of holes they were able to open and the result (all of those long runs by Santiago and Oliviera). The big play last year was sadly lacking and not due to anything changing with the running backs but the fact that the line failed to open the lanes to the second and third level.

Maybe he got free cream cheese for a bagel.

Seems awfully early for that

At this point I'd rather it be just one way or the other. Obviously would prefer him to be on campus and playing ball but if the waffling keeps going on I'd rather him stay at home. At some point it becomes a distraction and one person becomes bigger than the team with all the attention on is he/isn't he. Let me repeat, I'd love to see him continue playing football at UND. I could see him performing at a high level and getting a look at the NFL, he has that kind of talent. But he has to commit once and for all.

I'm hoping with a year under their belt, Grady back, and a bit more competition the o-line will be ready at the start of the season. That should help some of Studsrud's happy feet and hopefully he'll be more settled. Not only was he not getting time, but he was missing the very easy flat and hitch routes that were wide open and on quick drops. He was painful to watch early on. Then again, have the four headed monster at running back really should take some pressure off.

As for the times that UND was dominant and the reason for it all you have to do is look at play-calling an execution. Studsrud was something awful to start the season and honestly had you looked at them then, you wouldn't think a top 25 team at all. By the end of the season, Studsrud had found his game again and the passing attack was clicking (look at the emergence of Mercer). That started opening the running attack, particularly when Oliviera was in and able to punish the defense. The first half against Richmond was a clear textbook case of what the team looked like clicking. Studsrud was completing the passes he was supposed to (not only the quick/short passes, but vertical routes), the running game was punishing the defense and extending drives, and the defense was being aggressive and pressuring the opposing offense into mistakes and negative plays. You then flip to the second half. The playcalling got incredibly predictable. Run, run, pass (sometimes even extra run) as they went ultra-conservative trying to milk the lead. Then the roughing the punter, defense couldn't catch it's breath and just turned into a losing cycle. It all came down to execution and playcalling. The playcalling failed horribly (super conservative then double reverse), and the defense had little to no time to adjust or rest. Massive choke.

That's the kinda guy you'd just like to punch in the face.

Pretty sure he was nowhere close to 75% for a chunk of last season with injuries. He played through a lot but couldn't finish. Prior to that i thought he was solid (minus the occasional bonehead penalty).

Feel bad for whoever he goes up against. He's going to tear up that level of competition.

Definitely a concern but out of all areas on the team I have full confidence in the coaching it's with the linebackers. Some of these players are going from outside to inside, yes there are different coverages and reads but it's not like they are brand new to the system and calls. I think there'll be a drop from the previous two years, but some of that will be made up by the experience and skill on the defensive line. If the DL can keep the backers free, that will help the inexperience with easier reads and quicker flow.

You can watch a replay of the entire game on watchESPN.

Having finally watched the video of the goal, I can't believe they waived it off. Can't really say it's indisputable. To top it off, there needs to be some sort of common sense on these video replays. Maybe his skate was off by a centimeter or two, Boston had a chance to clear the puck, the defenseman gained control of the puck and had his pocket picked. They skated around for 30+ seconds after the entry. Disallowing that goal seemed ridiculous. Go to a regular game in which replay isn't necessary after every goal and I doubt they would have even looked at it twice.

Hurts even worse because we had already won this in the first OT until the refs had to insert themselves. Oh well. Got farther than I thought we would given how this year turned out.

Well crap. Just do it again, keep up the pressure

Being reviewed? what's the word?

UND needs to take a long hard look at some of the better power play teams (like SCSU) and figure out what they're doing that we aren't. How many times can we go scoreless on a powerplay before something gets changed.

Question for people in the know. What are the chances UMD gets punished in the next week for the dirty play by the NCAA or NCHC?

At this point, might as well earn the penalties. After all it has worked out for Duluth pretty well I'd say.

Just remember, if the other team is whooping you, just take a run at their goalie.

Were penalties called on the Poolman and Johnson hits?

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