geaux_sioux

Nice one. Apples to apples.

So how do you ndsu folks feel about your kicking game?

It offends homeless people who need to beg for nickles while we play a game for one.

Just look at NDSU and their senior class. It's almost nonexistent.

It's not a UND logo. It's a replica of official US currency. It's like saying the Sacagawea gold coins are offensive.

Our LBs are going to be special this year. We're gonna be big athletic and most importantly deep. Our DL is still missing a true two gap big sob at nose. To me Hinojosa is more of a DE in our d. Still we return some talented guys. I'm worried about our FS position and other corner opposite of Harris. If our secondary improves the defense will be outstanding. I just hope the offense can help them out enough.

Once we get a full squad on offense of the type of guys we need there will be a balanced power o that will soften up the d a lot like ndsu does and then gash them over the top. I honestly can't predict anything at the RB position or the WR position. There are just too many questions. We need the passing game to step up to take pressure off of the run game. We also need RBs to step up who have never played for UND before. I'm not as worried about the hogs and the TE position will be a secret strength of the team. And at the end of the day it really comes down to a qb stepping up to the plate. Long story short, nobody can predict much of anything with the offense as of now.

What are your thoughts on the NDSU defense? Obviously there are massive shoes to fill, but what's your level of comfort with the guys you have filling them?

Does anyone know if the Shrine Bowl will be on midco again this year?

I think it's spelled Calvin Johnson actually

The word you have been looking for is dominant. Dominant. This is like Boondock Saints when the moron detective says symbology.

We need to keep hitting Canada hard. Our brand is strong up there and they won't bitch about the weather when they get here. Also some of our all time greats have been Canadians.

Their RFR RB is FAAAAAST. Dunn I think is his name. He's seems like he's got that twitch that elite rbs need. They also have King Fraizer, former Nebraska walk on, and Chase Morlock. Both strong and fast but they aren't the creative type like Crockett. They're fine at RB. Seriously though, when have they not had good rbs?

I've seen a lot less of it at NDSU. Different programs though.

UND does have issues with teachers in certain fields having their priorities screwed up.

This is a hue loss..... At least we have Grady Merz and Rooney coming in still. This still really sucks though.

To me the Simplot smells like money, same with the beets. North Fargo does not smell like money, it smells like a cesspool.

Brian "All You Can Eat" Faison

What you're referring to happens with teams that aren't in shambles. A great example is Auburn. They hire Chisik and with Newton win a title. They then begin the regress back towards the mean. And shortly thereafter Chizik is gone. He took over a 5-7. Went 8-5 the next year. Then got Newton and went 14-0. Then back down to 8-5 without Newton. Then they dipped to 3-9 resulting in Chisik being fired. And the next year with a new coach they lose in the title game after that stunning upset of Bama and a 12-2 season. Then 8-4 the next year. I don't think UND applies to this because of the shape the team was in going into the season with all of the transfers and the lack of recruited depth from the previous coach. Also they installed a totally new offense and tweaked things on defense. They didn't install some fluffy easy to learn spread system, they installed a very complex pro style offense. Then throw in the injuries to QBs and RBs alone and the whole regression to the mean thing gets set aside because it wouldn't be a valid season to measure with. Comparing it to Auburn, they had established talent and installed a very simple offense which resulted in a very quick turn around. They also didn't suffer catastrophic injures to important positions. Next season for UND might be the one to reference as the point before the "regression towards the mean" which, for all we know, could end up being an ascention to the mean. So in other words, stop with the regression towards the mean crap because in this case it's just not valid.

It's 4>0 actually. You can't count championships from other divisions.

Hey dipshit, we were the team that scored 33 that game. Freaking Northern Colorado scored a whopping 14 points.

2011 vs Idaho, thumped. Then we turned around and had the ball to win it against Fresno St with an NFL starter at QB. If we get thumped by Wyoming it might be a good thing for us going into Fargo. Wake the team up, show the coaches some holes to fix, and get NDSU to relax a bit more.

Funny that you don't understand the way offense and defense play off of each other. Our offense put a ridiculous amount of pressure on the defense last year.

Would it be going out on a limb to say you know from experience?

It's a necessary evil. Otherwise all other threads will be overrun.