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Chicken or the egg Players or the coach Lets just settle on it takes both to be successful and both aren’t getting it done on offense today

Competent coaching on defense, not on offense Offense: NSIC to MVFC Defense: PAC-12/Mountain West to MVFC these things are no surprise

Correct

Yes. Please. So obvious. Not a top tier (or even mid tier) D1 coordinator. Who would’ve thought the jump from NSIC to MVFC would be too big? Anyone …

Over this offensive philosophy. Yes need better players and the players to play better, blah, blah, blah, but things have NOT been ran right these past 6 weeks… damn

Always a lot of woulda, coulda, shoulda around here … but I understand the sentiment.

Offensive ineptitude is a major trend at this point … Folks can argue about the root cause, BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE

You da man LFG Hawks fly high today - enjoy everyone

<watch out walls> LFG! JYDs

Agreed. This is a good take.

Bingo

Ag college bias F them a**holes

Your sources suck, thankfully. troll!

Signing Period 2025-2026 big day for UND football tomorrow … another big day on Saturday … Lots of big days upcoming for UND football, and oh man is it awesome…

Literally the least of anyone’s worries (other than you) considering it’s the second week of the playoffs … But we can and should make it prettier, I guess, next season … Dont get me wrong - I agree there is an effort issue with UND athletics and they don’t do a good job hiding the incompetent intentionality/agenda behind it all. anyways, carry on playoff game to win this weekend

Disagree as far as football is in fact used to prepare these young men for life so there is relatability between the two (football, life), at least there is intent to relate the two with the current staff at UND football. I can confirm that. With that said, I agree that you shouldn’t have blind loyalty; it goes both ways.

Hot take: whether field goals are made or missed, simply having to attempt field goals will lead to a loss. Need to score touchdowns to win this game, not field goals.

I mean, in most instances using that photo/reference, @SIOUXFAN97 is not wrong, but the obsession isn’t healthy …

Concussions are a serious injury and should be handled as such; however, there should be no preconceived notions here. Let the protocol play out and see what happens. I too would suspect it will be only Romfo and Sulik (and technically Etienne as playoff games don’t count towards redshirt status) on Saturday at quarterback for UND, but we shouldn’t rule out Kaminiski already. Concussions are a continuum (spectrum) injury, as most, and as such the protocol is important. Kaminski has an opportunity to still play next weekend, although low probability, but prematurely ruling him out at this juncture is unfair to the young man and his teammates, as well. Let time and the protocol play itself out. From purely a football perspective, I think Romfo deserves a chance to lead his brothers, and the 701 Moving Company and Ziebarth need to set the tone early, often, and especially late. Protect the ball offensively, average 4 ypc at the end of the game offensively, and defensively force turnovers and prevent big plays. Play good special teams, no blocks (turnovers), no big plays (no return TDs) and make PATs! Purposely didn’t say field goals as need to finish drives and score touchdowns, not field goals. All of UND’s losses this season can be tracked back to red zone inefficiency. UND wins as such and moves on to the quarterfinals if they accomplish most if not all of this …

also why the Dakota schools and Montana schools need to go G6 / FBS and not stay FCS … the FCS runs through the Dakotas/Montanas and everyone else is irrelevant… it’s easier (yet still challenging) to move up 4 to 6 schools rather than move everyone else in the FCS … also why UND should think big and be ready to pounce (opposite of early 2000s) … Needs to be “group of 6” in the FCS to “group of 6” jump, if you will, and NOT a group of 4….

… “better” offer … “better” school Games ain’t played on paper or spreadsheets … so this is a bad take but I get what you’re trying to say, as it’s the contemporary way of thinking, but I don’t think it’s that simple, and I don’t think it’s always the right way of thinking. it’s not wrong to want to compete with rather than concede to PJ “ used car-salesmen” Fleck and the regional underwhelming Big 10 school Numbers ain’t everything. Enrollment and dollars initially promised ain’t everything.

*Refreshing* Coaching matters LFG

How else would you interpret this quote? Schmidt said of Rucker: "If you're in Grand Forks and you want to keep Lance Rucker around, you should call the 701 Awards right now and start paying into that thing because we need to keep him in Grand Forks. You've got to love him, too. He's just about ball. He cares about ball. He cares about his teammates. The last five guys playing that position in this defense are now playing in the NFL, and Ruck has a chance to be able to be the next guy. He's twitched up. He's a handful out there."

Controversial but a sad reality that we now live in. I think there’s a solution to the offensive struggles - although it’s not necessarily these two things you mention - and I’m confident we see it happen down in Texas next weekend.

Awesome test. Iron sharpens iron. I know who I think will come out on top …