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And I assumed Bubba would keep us stocked with really good LBs but here we are

I think you need to add the FCS caveat because there are elite 3-4s in the FBS

My number one issue with how we recruit is there isn't any balance. It's like we can only focus on a couple positions and improve them while neglecting others.

I guess we might as well look at what we have coming back. QB: everyone. This group is mostly an asset. RB: lose Hoos which sucks, i wish we could have him another year. What a stud. Other losses are Moe-Tucker to the portal and likely Skokna ages out? This group needs a good transfer and fr. We will only have 4 RBs returning. Ziebarth is an x factor with his size and speed, hopefully he can step into a big role. WR: Lose Maag. I'm not sure what to make of this group. Bo is an animal obviously. I think there's some potential with Dennis, DeMontagnac, and Wright. But as a whole this group is weak. Everyone knows how I feel about it, too white and slow. It's not hard to find good WRs these days with how the game is played in all parts of the country. TE: Lose Steckler and Zavalney. We've actually got a really nice group here, we just don't use them enough. I want to see more of Gunderson, he's got all the tools. Steck intrigues me as well. Norby is a nice player as well. I also look for Thaden to end up at OT before he's done here, kid's huge. OL: Lose Christian and Oliphant. Ventrelli might come back for a final year, has this been confirmed? Kilty, Anderson, Hagen, Carrol, Lotysz and Bryant are a nice core. If a couple of Kelzenberg, Becher, Borud, and/or Kuntz develop we should be in business and better on the OL. We need this group to become the strength of the program with a legit 2 deep at every spot. We're not quite there yet but could be close. DL: Lose Morrison, Ogbu, Johnson and Ledbetter. This group was not good this year. McNaboe made some plays here and there but, as a whole, they didn't do what our system requires. Beech and Orlando at least look the part. Schultz has legit potential i think. We will see if Teiken can make good on the hype. Other than that it's meh at best. Not looking good for next year. LB: Lose MVJ, White, Cooper, Krzanowski, and Mullin. We are dead at OLB, and I mean dead. I have no idea who can make a play out there. I thought Navratil would have a huge season and he did all of nothing. I think Kelley and Pedigo can get it done in the middle. This group overall just straight sucks which is inexcusable given the system we run. We should be loaded. We have been in the past. What happened? LBs are as easy to find as WRs. The roster management here has been an absolute travesty. CB: Lose anyone? I actually like the potential of Ocannsey, Bliuett and Dixon. But they're very young and our system doesn't allow young guys to flourish. S: Lose nothing because we have nothing. I've never seen a worse position group. It's bad. Get 6 transfers here and see if any can play. Maybe a couple of these guys, KK and Koshiol, can slide down to OLB and be productive? Looks like we will be potentially better on O and potentially worse on D. I guess we will score 40 per game and give up 39.9 per game and lose first round of the playoffs. Nice.

Last two games this year our opponent threw 12 and 11 passes to score 42 and 38 points. What’s that say about the state of our front 7? Now add in how bad our secondary was this year and wrap your head around that. Just brutal.

Nobody is beating their chest, I’m just calling you out for your propensity to blow things out of proportion with a negative slant. YSU on the road was a legit good win. And idk if you’ve seen my other posts but I’m not exactly defending much about this program atm.

YSU was not a cupcake. I get that we’re all pissed about this season but let’s at least be accurate.

I disagree about the other 3.

I count 5 guys with competing offers from playoff eligible D1 schools out of 22 verbals. That ratio should be reversed. For example NDSU has competing D1 offers for all their 18 verbals except for 3.

The expectation is to !@#$ the bed in every big game?

For the d, I said it in the gameday thread yesterday but I’ll reiterate. We have a D2 WR coaching linebackers right now. Let that sink in.

I have hopes that 84, 10, and 13 will step up. Need 12 to get back in a groove too, he disappeared this year.

If you look at the roster we will need another veteran portal RB with some size. We will be talented but thin at that spot.

It was such an obvious pick… it was in their hands and they let it slip for some comfort food.

I can’t make sense of our “2 minute offense” last night. We were casual and lethargic. The announcers were confused. It makes no sense because under Mussman we had a great crisp 2 min offense and that’s who coached Danny when he played. It makes no sense.

Which trick play are we gonna run?

Rule of thumb should be if you hire from below it’s a winning program with pedigree. Should be.

I wonder if the big Canadian could play better in the snow?

Silver lining is Isaiah is on pace to set the ncaa record for fumble receptions in a game.

22-0 4th quarter coming in hot.

It’d would be a real shame if we tried running a 3 man front with guys who are too small. A REAL SHAME

Will bubba have Tommy take a knee next series?

At least it’s not a pattern over a decade!

NDSU but still

Nice time for a fake. Good call.