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USD can be a playoff team this year, given that they really do that THAT guy at QB. Plus they do have a managable schedule to get to 7.

Pound the Over

Took them long enough to do this.

You guys need to follow my advice a little more: When I tell you not to panic about stuff... don't panic.

Twins are following the plan to end this by Labor Day. Question now is, can they get hot enough to catch the AL West Divison leader for the two seed?

They better be right, or people will be looking for new jobs next year.

Here we go, Cleveland comes to town for 3 starting on Monday. The Twins can finish them off with a sweep. A Cleveland sweep gets them back into the race.

Saving that for next Sunday, LSU/FSU in Orlando will be excellent. Still saving the big openers for Labor Day still. Don't know if the appetite is there for a big knocker matchup in Week 0 Sorry Norte Dame, going over to Ireland doesn't count.

Are you really suprised by that?

It is about what I was expecting. They still need to show a few things before they can be picked higher. Remember: It is harder to go from good to great than it is to go from bad to good.

The big thing I noticed is that on paper, for the first time in a while, there is some quality depth in the frontcourt. Now, a lot of that depth needs to be proven of course, but UND has to be feeling a lot better about the 4 and 5 spot in the lineup. I still feel that there is enough shooting on the team to help offset the shooter that we lost in Norman. I think enough internal improvements from Eaglestaff, Omot, T, and Danielson, along with 1-2 newbies/returners who can knock down open shots consistenly, can get the job done. T shot 38% from 3 during the conference season. Can he duplicate that for the entire season? Eaglestaff was 37% from 3 during the regular season but his conference numbers were lower. Can he be a consistent shooter all year and be around 40%? Omot shot 30% from 3, can he get that number up to around 34-36% this year? Danielson shot 36% from 3, can he do that again this year? If the answer to those questions are yes... this could be special. I don't feel UND has to be electric from 3 to be successful this season, they just need to show that they can hit enough shots. Even with Norman, the team only shot 35% from 3 all year, which was middle of the pack in the Summit. It goes down to 33% when you take Norman out. You guys telling me that, as a team, they can't make up that 2%?

Probably

Sad.

Riverside yes. Tech is the return game from last year.

Speaking of Alex... He needs to be the guy calling the Summit League Championship games. It is the easiest call that can be made.

I think this was very well done and explaining the reasoning behind the moves that were made. I like the idea of trying something that is different and trying to remodel what was pulled with the NCHC TV. It is a risk worth taking.

So the non-conference looks like this (again, all per the D1 Docket) 11/7 @ Iowa 11/12 Elon 11/16 VCSU 11/20 @ Pacific 11/25: New Orleans at UCA Tournament 11/26: EMU at UCA Tournament 12/3 @ UC Riverside 12/9 Portland 12/12 Waldorf 12/16 @ Utah Tech 12/20 @ Nebraska 1/3 Northern Colorado 1/6 @ NAU Only one that does have the date is CS-Fullerton, but if I had to guess, it would either be Dec 1st or Dec 5th

Per the D1 Docket Nov 12 Elon Dec 16 @ Utah Tech

Agreed This time, we all go together to the next level... whatever that said level looks like

UND uses 4 QBs and does exactly what you need to do against non-scholly FCS teams 44-3 UND

Sidebar: Now that Rhombus has canned their brewery, whos going to step up and brew a UND specific beer?

Are you suggesting that the NCAA uses LOGIC? That's a banned word in Indy.

I still feel pretty comfortable with this being the starting lineup King, Eaglestaff, Omot, Mayar, T

and that is still saying something.

Well done.