geaux_sioux

I know people are trying to use last years game as an example with the 54 yard FG but the wind was at Zebs back last year and this year it was going diagonally into his face. From 51 yards even a little breeze can make a huge difference on the flight of a football, especially if the hold isn't perfect and the laces are facing either side.

I'm not sure we should fire him yet. I know people don't like his decision because it didn't work and all but if it had people would be praising him for coaching for the win and having confidence in his players to seal the game. Some heads probably do need to role in account for the defense..... it pains me to say it because I think Mannausau is a great guy and a good coach but it just isn't working out.

Maybe we should switch to the vaunted 5-3 defense to stop the run better next year? I thought the reffing was pour resterday....... My god..... Those poor seniors

Was I the only one who noticed how many times we got screwed at crutial times? That no call pi on Nichols on 3rd down was a killer. And that was one of many yesterday.

It's annoying to respond to people who can hardly read. I said I would've done something different on 4th down. The kick wouldn't have been a bad decision, but you can't blame a coach for having balls.

Those may have been different seasons, maybe.

Really? And where do you think that safety is? In the box. So, yea, lets run it when the defense is in a run heavy set with a safety blitz on tap. And you're right every coach tells the qb before the first game of the year not to take advantage of mismatches. Just forget I mentioned that, you clearly know that the chance of your kicker making a 51 yard FG for the win is wayyyyyyy higher than completing a pass to a WR who has 5 inches on a DB who is on an island.

Obviously some things need to change for this program to make the playoffs and be the best in the region again. This isn't a Fire Muss thread by the way.

This team doesn't quite have things clicking yet..... In other news the President is black.

One problem I have with the complaints from everyone about 'the bomb on 3rd and 1' is that you have jameer Jackson against a much smaller db in press coverage with no safety over the top. You take that shot 100% of the time. Now the fourth down was a different story, the personel on the field was ridiculous. Put Marcus in and do a read option with another option being a pass to a te. Runner jer up the middle was a head scratcher.

Going to be a beautiful day in greeley today for thie game. Time to send the seniors out on the right note and coaches out on the recruiting trail with a winning record and momentum. This game should be a good one, they're a lot better than their record.

46 shots huh? Did Chavon Mackey switch sports tonight?

Why can't the men's team put either numbers or an nd in the void on their jersey?

He's the one NDSU fan on this board that bring legit comments to conversations. He's not a troll. Just because he's an NDSU fan doesn't automatically make him a troll/douche. But I guess if you want to be a blind homer dbag like those on bisonville then by all means.

I didn't know every seat was filled for every home game for you guys. My bad, I must have confused you guys with someone else.

Soooooo, tell me what a sellout means to you. Seriously. I know it's hard to wrap your mind around concepts and thoughts and then attempt to comment on those 'thoughts' but really, you sold out every game this year? Also for your hockey comment, notice how I didn't say they sellout against lower teams? Apparently not.

I don't have attendance numbers from last time UND was #1 in football and played a bad team but every year the hockey team has at least 11,000 people in the seats for exhibition games or series against a terrible Michigan Tech team. 0-7 sounds like an excuse to me. You guys were 7-0 and just beat Minnesota, if the attendance wasn't pathetic the thread wouldn't have existed in the first place. Back to the whole point of the link, UND football will continue to improve in the attendance department for the next couple of years as we regain our rightful national prominence.

someone gets the point finally

If you're the #1 team in the country and coming off of a huge win like they were you should very close to a sellout the next game and have an excited atmosphere regardless of who you play.

Must be nice to have really high reading comprehension and realize that they were the #1 team in the country coming off of a win against a big ten team. Or understanding that them getting a crowd of 16000 is the same as having 10200 at the Alerus.

A little perspective from a place where all they have is football as far as attendance concerns go http://www.bisonville.com/forum/showthread.php?11323-Quietdome-Where-s-the-support

Which makes this years sieve they call a defense all the more disappointing. I'm expecting a win this weekend, by about 14.

Perhaps the expectations were to win. The team was plenty good enough to make the playoffs this year, they failed. Execution of small things at critical times in important winnable games was unacceptable. Finishing 6-5 if we win this week will be ok, 3 of our losses were given to the opponent which makes 6-5 seem not so good. Expectations need to be sky high every year, if they aren't, don't expect the team to attain any great success. There's a reason NDSU is successful.

Being near the top in the offensive stats is not nearly as important as being the top defense. Hopefully they can improve like SDSU did from last year. Defense always travels well in any weather, the same can't be said about offense.

That's nothing to brag about. Those are teams we should beat with regularity. Beating ranked teams is something to actually feel good about, maybe next year we can feel good about that.