geaux_sioux

One thing you must remember is how 'coached up' Bohl is as far as media and persona go. He's like a greasy politician from the south who will charm your pants off and make you forget where your tax dollars just went while he's on some island beach. He can charm like Bill Clinton. I do think Mussman could empower his team a little better even if to him it is bs. Public perception (confidence) can seep into a locker room and make a team believe just an ounce more, which could be the difference.

Thats why I called them unathletic, AKA unable to matchup with a big TE that can run.

So Marcus Hendrickson and Greg Hardin teamed up to get PSU's DC fired two games into the season...... Somebody should have told them the only reason the game was as close was because our defense was playing two hand touch for whatever reason.

So two bad finesse Pac 12 teams and an unathletic rebuilding B1G team along with a mid major conference couldn't stop him?

A wise coach once told me 'they can't run fast lying on their back' hopefully he's 'soft'

Is he very fast?

It's tough to get a feel for the amount of bs from the coach. There's no doubt some of what he says is bs but at the same time if you look at the match ups on paper there is legit reason for concern with size difference for instance.

Like a good coach should he is trying to scare his team into focusing for a 'lesser' opponent.

Don't you guys have a very good pass catching TE?

This week comes down to pass rush pass rush pass rush pass rush pass rush. If we don't kill their QB our DBs may be torched. Obviously the run defense needs to exist this week but I'm confident that Coach Mannausau will tear them a new you-know-what for playing defense like the 08 Lions.

I think the criticism that is valid is how conservative we are vs FBS teams. Maybe this year with a capable QB it will be a different story. Remember Northern Illinois finished top 25 and won a bowl and we had the ball at the end with a chance to win because Jake Landry could throw. Last year Joey(shoulda played D2) Bradley couldn't throw and the game plan was SUPER conservative. This year I bet they ride Hendricksons confidence and go for SDSU's throat. The difference between Bohl and Mussman in recent years is that Bohl had some talent to win with Mussman has finally gotten through the talentless wasteland that was left to him by Lennon. I say judge Mussman against FBS teams with this game and not the previous ones where he had teams with huge holes.

Team attitude and belief can overcome enormous odds.

Call up the Gophs

Tailgating could use some help.....

Wow this thread sucks. Anyone think anything about a hypothetical game between UND and San Diego St?

They don't compete in school for fans with high standards with a hockey team that plays FBS schools that are regionally close.

Look at NDSUs record against FBS teams and reread what you posted. They were lousy not long ago and just crushed an FBS team. They win not because theyre better buy because they believe they should. It's a mentality nothing more nothing less.

I think you are forgetting how shifty Chappell was to go with his world class track speed. He had everything except for great power. And remember we only saw him as a soph PSUs rb was a junior. Chappell could run as fast as he wanted to and made people look silly, Adams was very good but Chappell would've had around 250 yards on the 'defense' UND 'played'

So you were at the game?

What they need is an FBS win

I was talking about their defense. Ours was garbage last night. An embarrassment to the '72 team in attendance and to anyone who has every played kick ass defense at UND. That said I bet they look wayyyy better the rest of the year with a chip on their shoulder.

Watch the highlights again, you'll see him following PSU wrs into the endzone more than once. He's too aggressive all the time and gets scorched on double moves

This is a quote from a PSU fan 'Yes, our defense ate it. Couldn't be more disappointed. But consider - we led in nearly every statistical category. Even in passing yardage, though there were two interceptions. With a better pass defense, we would have won handily. Fernandez did a great backup job. The two he missed were blocked, not missed. This wasn't a blow out, by any means. Just very very messy. Marty, you remember you said we'd probably take another year to be very good? You were right.' The pass defense sucked because they only cared about stopping the run and their guys couldn't handle ours one on one. I wish the team would have closed the door on them like they should have, it could've been a blowout for us 50+ points for us and <30 for them if we had executed on a couple of plays.

screw the Alerus

And the team brought the fireworks against a legit team. Some of the fans are starting to make me ashamed to be associated with UND. The football team deserves better. I'm not sure what else 'those fans' are looking for? Do they want more defense? Less scoring? would a 27-3 game be more entertaining? At least Bison fans appreciate their teams.