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Game Day! Excited to see UND football compete and continue to get better under Bubba! Oh, and of course hear more expert opinions on how this team is no good following the game.

Both Higgins and Kelly-Martin appear to be real good defensive prospects. Hope we have success this weekend and impress them.

Please feel free to enlighten me with examples. I'm a Univeristy of North Dakota alumnus and fan; I'm not on this board because I get paid to post my honest-to-God objective opinion, but rather because I like discussing how UND athletics can succeed. If you would rather use this board to spread your pessimism, then so be it; that's your prerogative. Nevertheless, many of your claims are outright incorrect and possess no merit. As for your post regarding UCONN football, I stand by what I said in that it is pointless. UCONN is an FBS program that has had moderate success; if UND and/or any other FCS team plays them tough or defeats them, it's worth noting. Dismissing that entire notion on your part is, well, foolish.

Stony Brook narrowly lost to UCONN. UND defeated Stony Brook. UCONN is certainly better than UND? Matt, I'm afraid your assertions are foolish, and well, irrelevant.

Although I'm hoping for a UND victory that would add huge momentum to Bubba's young regime, I understand it will be difficult. If Montana does win, I would like to expect UND's defense will keep it close though.

Not so fast there ndsu23; South Dakota has done nothing in this young season to show they're better than UND. Montana is a tough team but they've also only defeated low-end FCS teams so it's hard to know exactly how good they are. UND played a good Montana State team tough on the road, which makes me think South Dakota wouldn't be any better than UND.

Add me to that group too

My prediction from the blackout thread: Given UND is 2-0 in home games thus far, I'm going to continue to believe UND will win at home until I see otherwise. Crowd needs to help out the defense and help surprise the Griz in this game. UND 19 Montana 17 Is this farfetched? Perhaps, but I'll proudly be wearing by Kelly green glasses at this game.

That's what I'm going with. Then, suddenly, comments about inappropriate photos started surfacing after I predicted that score.....

Given UND is 2-0 in home games thus far, I'm going to continue to believe UND will win at home until I see otherwise. Crowd needs to help out the defense and help surprise the Griz in this game. UND 19 Montana 17 Is this farfetched? Perhaps, but I'll proudly be wearing by Kelly green glasses at this game.

I bet you would bet that.

Possibly RB Simmons and maybe even OL AJ Stockwell. I'm not sure.

Realistically, very high.

UND has a legitimate opportunity to finish in the top half of the Big Sky this season. That would exceed expectations and really mean well for UND under Bubba moving forward. Have to see how the team does moving forward, but if they build off their play vs. Montana State, UND will definitely win a few more games this season.

That pick six he threw in the second quarter was a killer. Have to protect the football and not give away easy scores, especially with how the offense has been playing. The offense did okay in the second half when Norberg was having success running the ball though. Very imperative the offensive line plays well for the offense to be successful.

Montana State didn't have the ball much in the 2nd half relative to UND; that is, they didn't have the opportunity to play conservative. UND outplayed Montana State in second half, simple as that. However, as we all know, football is a four quarter game and UND did not win the first half. One thing to be optimistic about is mistakes. Mistakes can be corrected, and if the offense plays with less mistakes (no turnovers, botched handoffs and center-QB exchanges, etc.), UND will be even better. How good? This team is a 0.500 team if the defense keeps playing the way it is and the offense improves its timing and discipline.

Montana next week is more than winnable. Again comes down to turnovers. If crowd noise is a factor and Montana turns the ball over some, UND will have a solid chance.

I'd say you were right; playbook was opened up a bit more. More pistol was used today.

Eastern Washington's defense is bad but let's not carried away here...

I agree. That 6-6 mark is very obtainable. I think winning seasons are right around the corner, folks!

According to the predictions thread, UND exceeded expectations today. That's always a good thing towards decreasing the rebuild time.

The offense has been anemic, but ultimately the TEAM has been playing much better than they did last year. Bubba has the TEAM improving, especially the defense. If this young team can play like they did today, just imagine after a year or two and UND has additional talent.

Defense plays well enough at home that UND will have a chance in all home games, including next weekend's tilt versus Montana. As for the road, the only very tough game is versus Eastern Washington. UND is 2-3 after 5 games, so I'm certainly not going to complain. I honestly see this team getting way better. I just don't get how you can see a team that has been blown out in Big Sky road games the past couple seasons now play tough against a top 25 FCS team on the road and yet complain. This team is honestly improving game by game. Just imagine next season with all of the returners.

The fact UND's defense scored off a top 10 FCS offense should be something to get happy about. Oh, and UND has shown to be able to win with 11 or so offensive points at home in the Alerus this year.

Absolutely! Given how Montana State ran away with the last two games vs. UND, everyone should be very pleased. Bubba has already turned around the defense and the rest of the team is not far behind. Good things lie ahead.