UND-FB-FAN

Santiago TD! Getting a nice early lead is key considering how Poly plays on offense! Go UND!

Certainly helps that Portland State won. Helps UND by eliminating Eastern Washington from the playoffs and strengthens UND's resume since they beat a 9-2 Portland State team. All of that means nothing, though, if UND doesn't take care of Cal Poly tonight. GO UND!

All Big Sky Conference games are streamed. http://www.eversport.tv/big-sky/football Also, in case you are unaware, kickoff for tonight's UND-Cal Poly game is at 8 PM CT

Just when Portland State can put it away... they fumble it away for a TD...

27-17 Portland State UND needs Portland State to pull out this game.

NAU just scored on last play of the half with a hail mary type play.... 24-14 NAU at half

Good win for the Fighting Hawks!

If both Portland State and UND wins, then UND would be the 4th or 5th team in out of the Big Sky Conference. Those kind of odds are not good.

That's always a possibility, but not how I see it.

Damn 7-6 EWU Meanwhile, Montana State has pulled within 9 pts of Montana..... Getting very interesting in Bozeman

PSU 6 EWU 0

I can understand; Hoopster is one of those irrational Jones supporters.

Well, some good news: Eastern Washington fumbles opening kickoff and Portland State recovers. Two plays later, Portland State takes a early 6-0 lead over Eastern Washington (missed XP). A Portland State win would certainly help UND.

Seeding for the national tournament, yes. RPI

Maybe that close Wisconsin game wasn't a fluke. UND looking quite impressive early. Now up 21 - 9 with 11:19 remaining in the 1st half

Fighting Hawks up 16-9 over the Falcons 12:30 1st

Get the sweep Fighting Hawks! GO UND!

The Villanova loss is big. Too bad it looks like New Hampshire and Montana are going to win. Montana game still has some time left, though. Last of the "big four others" for UND would be the Portland State-EWU game; Portland State must win that game! And, of course, UND must take care of business tonight in California. Go UND! Let's go Fighting Hawks!

UND might lose, but by 20? Ouch!

University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks win! Go UND!

UND still needs to earn some respect because the Big Sky Conference is not going to give any away, apparently. The Big Sky Conference (namely Montana and Montana State) thinks they invented football and they give absolutely no value to UND's proud football tradition and capability. We are THE University of North Dakota; losing to the bottom-feeders Idaho State and Weber - along with getting blown out versus Montana - was a huge disappointment in terms of solidifying UND's status in the Big Sky Conference. However, UND has a tremendous opportunity to earn some respect this weekend. Go out there and put the results out there on the field. Beat Poly! GO UND!

People will get over it. For some it will take a year, for others 5 years. For those who "never" will accept the nickname change, time heals all wounds. Yes, it's difficult to move away from a name and logo that's been around for so long and stood for so much history and tradition; however, with continual exposure to "Fighting Hawks" and the associated logos, uniforms, merchandise, etc., people will transition. Everyone will adjust at their own pace. Bottomline, this is just a nickname. If you honestly support the Univeristy of North Dakota, you will come around sooner or later. Go Fighting Hawks!

I'm moving on. My prediction: most will move on too, when they get sick of complaining. Now, the next step is the formation of an identifiable logo that everyone most will be proud of! Let's Go Hawks!

As much as UND relies on its defense, there still are some shortcomings on that side of the ball. Now, against Idaho State and Weber State, missing Cole Reyes was a huge miss for the UND secondary. Furthermore, UND needs more depth and playmakers in the backend; fortunately, the 2016 recruiting class already has some nice safety commits. As for the offense, the QB and WR position is a work in progress. I was very happy to see Keaton bring some consistency to the passing game the last two outings, with plays being made to Seibel, Georges, and Stanely. Studsrud is sharper with the intermediate to short passing game, and that's huge for the type of pro-style running offense that UND wants to employ. Studsrud going 13-16 (81%) was impressive. Now UND has to prove their offense can travel. If Studsrud puts up another efficient game (over 60% completion percentage and no interceptions) at Cal Poly, then I think UND will win. In all honesty, that kind of efficiency from the QB position will make UND hard to beat by anyone in the FCS.

This is what is so discouraging. Jones' teams don't have fundamentals. If the Huff, Anderson, Webb, etc. group would have had fundamentals to go along with their talent, they would have won the Big Sky Conference their senior season. Same goes for this current young group; I'm sure they'll improve, but they'll never learn enough from Jones to where they can be the best in the petty Big Sky Conference. Real disappointing.