Feff

Total cheap shot by Ortega

Losing too many puck battles right now.

Gotta slow down the faster team somehow.

Sounds familiar.

At this point I'd settle for that and have him correct the issue of overthrowing wide open receivers on easy routes.

Talented players with no discipline can win against equal competition. They will not beat better teams or in adverse conditions. This can be seen by lack of any real "signature" win by Jones along with the horrible out of conference record and road record. He recruits talented players but then there is no development or discipline after they get here. His sample size has been allowed to grow for long enough. UND needs a change.

It's always nice to bring in OL talent. I'd prefer if that was the deepest position on the team (well that and linebackers).

Great getting all these players, but I'm really, really wanting to hear good news concering the OL.

Listening to the announcers earlier, he only averages about 9.5 pts/gm against NDSU. They just have his number defensively and you can see what that is. They roll a lot of double teams his way and collapse on him when he penetrates. Good defensive coaching by NDSU, have to give them credit. But Hooker also was just plain cold with some of his open looks both games.

Epitome of stupid. The game is lost, just walk away from all the junk at the end. Things didn't go your way, don't do something stupid to jeopardize time for the next game.

Some of the free throw woes are also coaching. Free throws are one of those fundamentals that can be taught and all players should spend time outside of practice. Those are easy points, gimme points, that simply need to be made. There's no reason why players should be shooting 60% or less from the line.

This game looks to be over. NDSU simply shot fantastic this game and played much better defensively.

Scoring is going to need to come from somewhere other than Avants. Hooker needs to become more aggressive. Getting to that point in the game where the issue might need to be forced.

Again, free throws are an issue. This team simply can't make free throws.

NDSU changed their offense and started finding more success. Smart call by the NDSU coach and Jones hasn't really adjusted defensively. Offensively, NDSU can't keep track of Avants.

UND won't win this game unless Hooker starts making some shots. NDSU's guys have heated up and Hooker is still completely cold.

Wow, Shanks is a foul machine.

NDSU can't seem to miss at the moment. UND needs to stop that momentum.

Stupid fouls by both guys. Need to just walk away from that situation.

Really don't like some of these calls in this game. They are calling some ticky tack things and then don't call others that look like obvious fouls. Strange officiating.

Torrey Hunt, 3rd and long towards the end of the game, bat the damn ball away on the deep throw, don't go for the toss-up int when you haven't shown the ability all season to win those battles. Had he just punched the ball away instead of going for that pick, UND likely gets the ball back on a punt.

Most of the time I agree with the "firing coaches isn't the answer" but Rudolph has been getting by for awhile and bailed out time and time again. Much of the defensive struggles are put on the offense unable to sustain drives. That was evident this game in the second half. After that first drive in the 3rd, the offense did nothing. The problem is, that wasn't just something from this game. That is a trend.

I really hope they reevaluate Rudolph as OC. Too many points this season where playcalling was terrible. Yes, we won a lot of games, but you don't give an OC a pass on 70% terrible playcalling and 30% brilliant. Those numbers don't mesh.

This game just frustrated the crap out of me. How do you go from looking lights out to pissing yourself the rest of the game? Had we stayed the course and not tried to get cute with the offense in the second half, we win. Santiago didn't have it. Oliviera did. To put Santiago out there the last offensive possession was incredibly stupid.

That was the worst half of football I've seen in awhile. Dumb penalties, blown assignments, terrible playcalling. I put this loss heavily on Rudolph. You have a 230 pound powerback getting you 4-5 yards a carry and you don't feed him the whole second half?