UND-FB-FAN

sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Harry-Momoh-143291 Looks like a good addition. Adding a variety of capable DI talents is a real good way to build a team; also helps they're local.

I expect playoffs next season, but I'm not gonna jump to any conclusions and skip out on the remainder of this season. UND has a solid chance of going 7-5; that wouldn't mean playoffs in 2014, but likely playoffs in 2015. Montana State at home and Portland State on the road are unbeatable? Did you watch this year's games vs the Montana schools? UND is not in a position anymore to just write-off a chance of winning against certain conference teams; Bubba essentially already has UND in a position to play with every BSC team.

Be a real good addition to the class. Bubba and company have this thing rolling both on and off the field (recruiting). Go UND!

Wrong. Recheck your research, troll.

UND has played well in every conference game so far, so yes, we are allowed to talk about hypothetically reaching the playoffs. And if you don't think beating the #2 team in the country would earn UND respect, then you're more bias than I thought. Didn't NDSU gain respect by UPSETTING Kansas State?? Upsets earn respect because good things usually follow. Try not be so one-sided; you're not fooling anybody.

Yet Weber State is a decent football team? You jokers just don't get it.

No sh*t UND does that and there on a road to possibly 8-4 and 6-2 in the conference

If that 7-5 team beat the #2 team in the country, then they would have a shot.

Still work to be done. Need to beat a 1-win SUU team first, and then play tough and try to take down the juggernaut that is Eastern Washington. If UND does those two things over the next 3 weeks, then there will be respect.

If UND goes 7-5 with a loss to Eastern Washington, it would be difficult for UND to get in but they would still have a chance. However, you're completely off on the situation if UND wins out. At 8-4 with a win over Eastern Washington, UND would DEFINITELY make the playoffs; they would be 6-2 in the conference meaning they would end up top 3 over either MSU, Montana, or EWU. Of course, so much of this is hypothetical. I'm just waiting to see how UND recovers from their injuries and plays in a couple weeks at Southern Utah. I certainly hope they grind out a win vs. the 1 win SUU team.

Obviously UND needs to score, but having a ball-control offense and defense that disrupts the rhythm of these spread, up-tempo offenses goes a long way. Also, causing turnovers can even up a game real quick by giving offenses (even struggling offenses like UND) a short field and many "easier" opportunities.

If UND is going to win football games this season, my gut feeling is that it will be despite of Joe Mollberg. Bubba doesn't want a controversy in the locker room and that is why he is sticking with the guy he and his staff originally named the starter. Simple as that. UND, like they have done already, will need to win games by playing very good defense and special teams, and running the ball/not turning the ball over on offense. I have my doubts with Mollberg, because he just makes too many mistakes. Obviously, he can improve and I surely hope he does. The beginning of the Portland State game did look promising. Nevertheless, I feel Bartels is the better QB right now, going off of last season and this season. Bartels avoids the big mistake better than Mollberg, which is a big thing to consider, and I think most coaches around the country would agree with that. Bottom line, UND has two weeks to heal up and prepare for an SUU team that has only one win on the season. I expect UND, regardless of who the QB is, to go down to Utah and get their 4th win of the season. Of course, it won't be easy as UND has yet to win on the road this season. Go UND!

16 points vs. Robert Morris Shut out vs Missouri State 6 offensive pts vs Stony Brook 11 offensive pts vs Montana State 8 offensive pts vs. Montana UND's offense has work to do. Scoring 24 against Portland State was nice to see, but even 7 of those came via special teams and the QB who orchestrated it all is now going back to the bench. Lots of work left for the UND offense to do.

It's time for people to put the Stony Brook "jokes" to bed because apparently those assertions made earlier when UND played SB weren't so off after all. Stony Brook is a lot like UND; really good defense with a really bad offense.

Per Tim and Swyg on 1440 AM, Bubba says Mollberg will remain starting quarterback. Bubba cited the good start for Mollberg before the injury. Also, Bubba believes Mollberg is recovering well and likely will be the starter in a couple weeks vs. SUU.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/content/tom-miller-und-football-bartels-back-picture

Agree Bartels should be the guy moving forward.

Often times quarterbacks have the tangible attributes (arm strength, height, weight, etc.) but they can't make the correct decisions (intangibles). I think we may have a case of this with Joe Mollberg; he has the potential, but he's not the type of decision-maker required of quarterbacks. Both last year and last game, Bartels was the better decision-maker. I think that is huge for the way Bubba wants to play football, especially this year with how the defense is playing. Bartels deserves a shot because there is evidence to suggest he is the better decision-maker.

True

http://www.grandforksherald.com/content/wayne-nelson-und-team-shows-some-resiliency Article by Wayne Nelson with him getting after the poor attendance a bit. If UND wins their next two games, especially vs. Eastern Washington, then there will be good attendance vs Weber State.

Bartels scored two offensive touchdowns in one half of football. Mollberg hasn't scored two offensive touchdowns in an entire game this season. Bartels played better last year and again he looked better yesterday. I say give Bartels a chance, especially now that there's a two week period to make the transition.

With that said, Bartels still picked up some positive yards rushing with both some designed runs and improvisation yesterday.

Very good point. Bartels epitomized yesterday why the QB position is as much mental as it is physical. In the first half, without the mindset he was going to play, Bartels wasn't very effective. In the second half, after collecting his thoughts at halftime, Bartels came out and played real good. I say let Bartels prepare as the starter for 2 weeks and give him the opportunity to get us to .500 with a win vs. SUU.

I think the coaching staff has devoted a lot to having Mollberg be the starter so it will be difficult for the staff to bench Mollberg if he is healthy. With that said, Bartels played better in that half of football than Mollberg has anytime this season. Coaches need to take a long, hard look at this one, because as Bubba always says, starting Bartels may be the best move for the TEAM.

You can only worry about what you can control. That's obvious.