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I'm pretty sure any coach could work with "better players" ... The whole point of coaching is putting the players in the best position to win, irregardless of their talent. UND could, theoretically, be better at every position, but they are what they are and the coaches need to make that work. Rudolph is not making it work for his offense right now. If his ability to coach really does require better personnel, well that's too bad for the 2016 UND football team because talent upgrades won't be happening until the 2017 season at the earliest.

Bubba had never worked with Rudolph before he hired him, so it's safe to say perhaps he made the wrong hire. Nevertheless, I'll wait and let Bubba dictate that final decision. From my opinion standpoint, though, the offensive staff does need to pick it up; hard to argue that considering what they have and what they've done.

Well, the coaches recruit the players -- including the offensive linemen -- and the numbers for this offense speak for them self. The defensive staff obviously has it figured out, whereas the offense is quite a ways behind. It's not all on the offensive line, though. I will say, *if* the line starts playing better, the offense will start to play better, too, but that is just a given.

Penalties really hurt today but there are other areas where the offense can improve. Offensive line is the obvious area, but allowing Studsrud to throw the ball more and get in a rhythm early would possibly help too. Bottomline, UND's offense just needs to execute better and be more clutch.

Yes, the Fighting Hawks won today.

Yes, lots of work to do on offense. Bubba needs to light a fire under his entire offense, including Rudolph as far as I'm concerned.

Big Sky refs have one hell of a reputation, don't they?

Yeah, that would be best case scenario.

Ugly ugly ugly offense This team has a ways to go, but I'll take the win. Ranked Cal Poly team at the Alerus Center next Saturday. Come to the Alerus, pack the place, and get loud and proud. As for Bubba, shape up the offense and return units.

Defense needs to win it now ... Which has been the situation the entire game

Thank God.

Bad bad bad bad choke job call Ralston?

Spoke too soon. Damn

Awesome! Glad they finally broke one. Still not going to lay off this offense - it's bad and needs major adjustments. Defense *IS* this team right now.

MSU with the ball. 3:28 left in game. 1st and 10. UND defense has been great, but offense may have left them out to hang just too much ...

This team is so hard to watch. Just so bad on offense. So so bad.

Yeah, sure seems like it. These penalties are killing UND

Yup, should've been PI on MSU. This offense isn't too shabby when they open it up, but the penalties are killing UND. C'mon Bubba, this offense needs to be fixed.

Add a hold to that. Damn this team is ugly on offense

Great boot play call, protection, pass and catch. Next play is great run by Brady but penalty called (chopped block). These penalties are just absolute killers.

I'm sorry Bubba, but these close games are not healthy all the time. It's okay to win by more than single digits sometimes.

Penalties!!! Damnit

Agree. Run Santiago and Oliveira both. UND ran one bootleg pass in the 1st half, so I know it's in the playbook -- I'm just asking that they work that into the 1st down call list.

Hopefully that score settles the offense in for the 2nd half.

Yup these guys just don't care about the 1st half of football