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You’re defending a guy who stated the hockey team “ran a train on my girlfriend back in the day” and that makes me bipolar? There certainly is a few errors in your logic, I’m afraid.

Oh calm down. Bunch of drama queens on here always being so damn dramatic. Enjoy the wins and the season.

UND ice hockey is disgusting, as are you. Notice the similarities?

What the ... ? There are therapy programs specifically designed for individuals like you. I recommend you enroll in one immediately.

Amen

I was very discouraged by Blublaugh’s play last season. Anyone who watched the games should’ve been concerned also. He definitely has improved tons since then and is now playing great ball. His confidence is in a good place too. He isn’t a starter yet as Harris and Holm have those spots, so will still have to wait for his junior season to be really convinced, but he’s definitely on the right track.

Good player, great student-athlete. Former walk-on. Best wishes to this young man. Always hurts to lose a senior.

I liked the 4th down and short call in the red zone. Showed aggression in the second half while still up 34-0. Went with full house backfield with all three backs (Santiago, Oliveira, and Johannesson) and went with play action pass; good call just needed to be executed better.

Offense is still designed basic, but you’re absolutely right; Kettingham’s ability to throw and hit the deep ball will absolutely revolutionize the UND offense. Rudolph just needs to keep calling those plays. #1 offensive play call improvement I saw: deep pass plays called right after turnovers. Hit ‘em when it hurts! Love that aggressiveness ... as a result, UND football finially delivers a big time blow out win!! Key is still forcing turnovers though. Don’t overlook that. Forcing turnovers wins games.

“hockey school” ?? What a joke of a term. How many DI flagship universities can honestly call themselves that? It’s a model that does not work; thus NDSU’s sudden rise over the past decade. Hockey is niche sport that can only supplement a DI athletic department, not carry it. The current model that UND employs is self-limiting. UND needs to expand football and basketball immediately. DI “hockey schools” are either private or underachieving. UND obviously falls under the latter category. As for the DI sports of football and basketball being medicore at UND, it’s hard for anyone with objective lenses to be critical when they are funded at a near DII level.

Nice job UND hockey, solid tie at home versus the big DI flagship university of Bemidji State ... Go Fighting Hawks Athletics!

Early turnovers were absolutely huge. Hats off to the defense and special teams. Great job of the offense capitalizing on turnovers too. Ketteringham looked great minus 1 interception in redzone. 3rd quarter remains horrible weakness for UND - no scoring again for the UND offense. I loved the aggressive deep passes in the first half, though. Keep that up along with the physical running of Brady Oliveira and James Johannesson. Awesome to have a blow out win against a big name program like Montana. Also nice to do it in front of home crowd.

Real DI is a made-up term by UND hockey fans to make them feel special. No such thing as “real DI”, but whatever makes you think NCAA hockey is worth a damn.

Bemidji, MN .... *Huge* Big 10 School! Thousands watching!

You’re just an outstanding poet, huh? The mighty crown jewel of UND DI athletics, the men’s ice hockey team, just opened up their season with a loss to Bemidji. Let me say it again ... a loss to BEMIDJI!!! Wow, and people around UND think NCAA ice hockey is such a big deal ... Wow. Nothing wrong with NCAA hockey, but don’t bash FCS DI football or NCAA basketball over the medicore at best sport of NCAA ice hockey. UND needs to expand funding to other sports not played on ice immediately.

No. I expect a competent offense that correctly utilizes it’s personnel and actually scores points. Nice stretch by you, though. How is Uncle Paul doing these days?

What the? Don't use drugs, kids.

His poor players don't know either because they apparently ran it incorrectly. A lot of complex terminology for an offense that doesn't produce much ... (i.e., that's bad).

Most offensive coordinators continue with what is working, even if it is after halftime; they make the defense show they can stop it. Now, with that said, the good offensive coordinators also never let a defense get comfortable and are always changing it up to keep defense off balance. Definitely a fine balance between doing what is working and also trying to keep defense on their toes.

This is also why Montana is favored in this game, despite UND having a similar record and playing at home in the Alerus Center.

Many of these predictions are indicative of Bubba deserving the axe. Let’s see how the real thing on Saturday goes ...

Been true under Bubba. Damn disappointing I know that much.

I’m afraid this is how Rudolph thinks, but it completely misses the point. When Santiago plays solely in the backfield, it takes the other top players off the field (Oliviera, Johannesson). UND’s offense would be harder to defend and, quite frankly, better if the offense regularly had #22 along with either #5 or #33 on the field at the same time. The depth chart situation at running back that UND has now doesn’t come around often. I sure hate to see UND and Rudolph waste this opportunity.

I’m confident in the opportunity, not so much in the actual preparation and execution of the team. I worry the UND offense and special teams will find a way to screw the opportunity up.

Crowd needs to be into it (which I admit doesn’t often happen in the Alerus Center unless prompted on 3rd down), but most importantly, UND defense needs to be ready to play! Get ‘em going, Bubba and Schmidt! Sack City grows by several