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Jheria will probably forget he's not on the internet when you guys run into eachother. http://pikof.com/di/KNES/stephen-forgets-hes-not-on-the-internet.png

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I thought we'd get him. Cue the ndsu buttdeapthchart excuse for why he didn't come.

When you take over a team you kind of have to play the hand that is dealt you, in nussmans case it was no ace no face other than the freshman.

Recruiting is an inexact science to say the least. Kids can look like a sure fire great kid and turn out to be cancers off the field. Look at ndsu Bohl did well with players that weren't his. Then they weren't very good and he adjusted to right the ship and look at them now. Mussman inherited a huge mess and is just now recruiting on a somewhat fair level with everyone else and the ship is getting back on the right track. When Mollbergs class are juniors the team will be a complete reflection of mussman and how well he chose young men to represent und. It's on the brink of being great.

So what in your mind would show he has there cajones you speak of other than cutting a very talented lb and starting safety or suspending players for missing a class?

The coach can't pull leaders out of his ass. Sometimes guys develope into them while some others are natural born leaders and always have been. My point is that a coach can coach buy he can't play. There is no substitute for on field leadership from a teammate. Coach Bohl seemed to have no control when he had a locker room without any good leadership and now he looks like a genius thanks to players like Olson and Jensen. Without guys like that standards drop and so does the performance. An average coach can look really good thanks to the players and also can look like a chump thanks to the players.

I had a hall of fame coach in high school and we had a good amount of talent when I was a soph but the seniors didn't give 100% into doing the extra things and we didn't make it to state. So according to you its the coaches fault that there wasn't good player leadership? The coach can only do so much at some point the players need to do the extra things and execute on the field.

Und is soft. EWU is not soft. They just didn't start well. The EWU team that rolled und can and will beat anyone.

You can never count out EWU with how they can score.

Rocco will have 2 or 3 tonight.

Work ethic is a reflection of competition and leadership. Competition for playing time hasn't been what it should be at und the past 5 years and it shows. Now with the depth of the team either guys will bust their ass or watch a freshman play their position from the sidelines. Also there has to be alphas in the weight room and locker room to hold teammates accountable for a team to reach its potential. I hope that this next crop of fr will overtake the lazy seniors and improve the program.

It's more about the leadership from the players. Doesn't matter how good the coach is, if there isn't leadership from players like Grant Olson at ndsu than a great coaches message will fall on deaf ears. UND failed this year because there was no leadership on defense, just a bunch of followers.

With how EWU can explode offensively at any time ill say they would have a better chance

I'm sure these 'former players' are experts on ndsu's team. As an actual former player ill take ndsu at beating that spread.

UND players want to win NDSU players need to win and will do whatever it takes to do so. That is the difference between the two and it has nothing to do with the coach. He can say all he wants but at the end of the day the players need to buy in 100% and push themselves as hard and far as possible. With Mussman swinging the axe this offseason the players will figure it out or be gone.

It would take years to break through in fbs like boise did. If d1 splits into three subdivisions we'll both be in the second tier anyway so we're in the right place.

Coach Mussman must have enough depth on the team to trim the fat and remove some bad apples. Good to see. This should give you Mussman haters some faith that he's committed to winning and building the program the right way.

Not sure if he was too realistic to get but Max Rich committed to Harvard today.

The kid looks pretty stiff to me. Way to high in his stance and just plows forwards through 160 lb Olinemen. Also I'm sure the verbal from Brandon Miller who looks pretty good and is the same size and position probably made him less of a target.

They backed off of Mollberg big time and had McGinnis rated higher

Why do I get the feeling if Jensen doesn't win the big one again he won't be starting next year?

Only if he can flip his hips and break on the ball.

Unleash the Crockett!