geaux_sioux

Better OL coach than Knauf as well.

Not sure about the underlined part... Of all the players listed that played the previous season the only player that made a marked improvement was Palmborg. He got bigger and kept his speed. He was really aggressive all season and made some really nice plays. I love his energy. His closing speed was impressive this year. If he continues to progress I think he could be a first team all-conference type of player. Pretty impressive for a walk-on safety. Jade didn't seem to make the same number of big plays as last season. He put on a some needed weight last winter which was nice to see but he's still smallish at OLB. I thought he would have a really nice year and was actually pretty disappointed with his production and play this year. I figured his production would make a huge leap this year but it didn't. Tough to know if the cause was the injury situation or if he is just better as a second string guy where he can come in with fresh legs and make splash plays. He needs to get bigger and stronger to be able to hold up next year and also maintain his speed or preferably get faster. Cieslak is the prototype for what our DE should be. He's huge. He's also very nimble and at times destroys plays. His conditioning appeared to be an issue this year. He was carrying some bad weight. That's on him. He needs to rededicate himself this winter and drop around 10 lbs. Probably lose 10-20 lbs of fat and gain 5-10 lbs of muscle. His potential is enormous when he's healthy. Shannon looked pretty decent at times. I know a poster had commented on his lack of emotion but I wouldn't get too wrapped up in that. Look at Weinike from SDSU, he doesn't react to anything and usually has pretty mopy body language. That's just how he operates. If it is paired with great production then it's fine. Tough to judge him when he should have been lifting weights with the fr all season instead of playing. He wasn't physically ready. I'll reserve further judgment on him until after he's been here for a year. He should put on 20 lbs this offseason. Tough to judge Pinke off of 3 catches and some blocking duty. He's a big boy. I would like to see all of the TEs work on their running this offseason and come in as fast as possible for next year so that when they get the ball they can make some things happen. Perhaps that will entice Rudy to give them the rock some more. He did a nice job on his TD against Davis. Again, really tough to judge him as a player with such a limited sample size. Not sure what happened to Carter. He looked really good at the beginning of last year with the exception of that play against USD where I'm pretty sure he got that season-ending shoulder injury while giving up that TD. I don't know if it's a lack of confidence or what but he doesn't have the same fire he had as a true fr or as a soph. He was pretty brutal for much of this year. Literally registered not a single pass deflection. Not sure what the deal is with him. I hope he can turn it around and have a productive senior season. Rooney seems to be a liability. Can't snap well. Doesn't block well. Doesn't move all that well. I'm not an OL expert at all but he seemed to stand out often this year for the wrong reasons. Maybe he just needs to get stronger? Maybe he just isn't good enough? We'll find out because there are plenty of promising young OL that will take his place.

For America or Germany and Finland?

Completely agree about needing qbs to come in as upperclassmen instead of fr.

Upset about the rings no. The program? Absolutely. But I’m coming from the football program which actually has a history of success and fans that actually attend games. Little different than the sports that got cut.

No, it would be terrible. However, I’m not the type of person who would complain about another team being rewarded for their success even if my sport got cut that same year.

Again, I think those athletes would have alot better perspective on the situation, given how they handled their programs getting dropped.

The hockey ladies didn't give a !@#$ about anyone but themselves. They were so far out of touch with reality during that whole situation that it was embarrassing.

Jones has 10 rebounds in the first half?

Northland pretty tough this year or what?

Here are you rings guys. They were paid for with the tears of 22 foreign women.

We had the option to buy team winter coats. I bought one. It was warm. Still is to this day.

NDSU got rings for their first Great West title. Not sure about The Valley. Pretty sure every year but last year when they won The Valley they won the whole thing so a conference ring wouldn’t be needed.

I strongly disagree. It’s not so much the ring itself but what it means. Not providing those for such a huge accomplishment made a bad statement. We got them for the Great West title. These guys deserved them.

Hense the word were. That game was tight for a while which is a complete joke if you look at our first half offense.

Not a whole lot of good teams in the Big Sky this year. Their d was terrible.

Worst logo anyone ever did. Birds have their own feathers. Only birds that look like they’re strung out on meth would wear feathers on top of their feathers.

Seriously. They were not good. We were !@#$ and were right with them.

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?199330-Illinois-State-fires-3-coaches

Adidas has some really sharp basketball shoes these days. The Hardins in particular.

Chicken omelet

Yes

True, but a great qb without an OL that's worth a damn can't do what he does best. Look at what's happened with Andrew Luck.

A strong OL that will most likely not consist of a bunch of rs fr is the key to our success next year.

They have a handful of athletes that are matchup nightmares. They’re also just physical enough in the trenches to hang.