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Makes sense if they have just cause that allows them to not have to pay anything in buying out his contract.

Was he on Scholly?

I would agree with that (you sure you want to complement the coaching staff?). But the original point was that receivers cant get open downfield for Tommy (due to athletic ability). Which is partly why I think we see so many bubble screens, etc. I do think that for a TE, that TE does have legit athleticism, but I don't think he did anything special to create separation here, because it looks like the DB's were anticipating the dump off pass to our running back.

For OL, you are counting the Portland State transfer as a starter, correct? On the bright side, Lotysz should finally be healthy, and I think they were originally planning to play him as the starter before he got banged up before the season started. I think the Portland State transfer could potentially come back as well, correct? There's a possibility that Waletzko decides to come back even, depending on how bad he injured his hand/wrist, and if it would affect his NFL prep/scrimmage/combine? Losing Holm and Canady will be huge, but I think we have some legit depth at CB, and Coley showed some legit potential at safety. Vaugn-Jones has made some eye opening plays as well. Part of the reason I want to keep Bubba is that it seems that our young talent is as good as ever, and partly due to covid, they haven't been needed to play much. If we can keep the team together, might we finally be able to reload at all of our positions? It would be nice if Hinders could come back... it will be interesting to see who stays/leaves out of the senior class. It says a lot about the coaching staff that so many seniors decided to come back for this fall season IMO.

We agree on something! As for next year, despite losing our LT (most likely) I think both of the lines will be stronger and more experienced overall. That will make a huge difference. We have some young studs at inside linebacker and #44 already said that he will be coming back. Maag would be a big loss on offense but he has had a bad hamstring all year and hasn't done much. I think we will be better. And who knows, maybe Trey can be good enough to beat out Tommy! If he can do that, we would have one of the best QB's in the country I'd think. I'd be fine with Boltman taking Quincy's spot at QB though, but with less usage, IF Danny will insist on playing two QB's. Quincy is just not fast enough to use consistently as a runner, and Danny hasn't had him throw enough to make defenses back off from completely stacking the box when he is in, which is way too often. With how few times Quincy has thrown the ball, I'm not sure why they ever take Tommy out of the game to have Quincy hand the ball off to a running back - why tip off the defense if you are going to hand the ball off? If Danny is going to insist on playing a second QB, Boltman has at least shown that he can consistently gain huge chunk plays on the ground when he was in for designed QB runs - run the option with him and one of the speedy back up running backs maybe - with our big receivers, I think this could be an awesome change of pace package.

I kind of think this is more of an inditement on the offensive line, but also partly because it's Danny's style - to throw as many looks out there as possible. Our offense has good yards per carry numbers, but our third down % and red zone offense is terrible, and I think that's because our offense routinely gets stuffed when we try to run the ball between the tackles when the defense is expecting it. I think that's why Danny ran the play where Quincy flipped the ball over to Otis on that 3rd down vs ISU, where Otis nearly made an amazing play after breaking the tackle way behind the line of scrimmage. Danny needs a big QB for short yardage situations because the offense can't make any holes. How many times has our offense been stuffed when we try to run up the middle in the red zone or on 3rd or 4th and short? We have a terrible 3rd down conversion percentage because we can't run the ball in short yardage situations. The offense is routinely in short yardage situations on third down, but we can't convert, and it's often when Quincy is in. We would probably be better off just leaving Tommy in and throwing the ball, as he's completing 2/3rds of his passes. With a good O-line, UND converts that 4th down vs NDSU.

This is the type of reception some of you don't give Tommy enough credit for.

I can agree that Tommy can improve the running aspect of his game. I think he is really good and has a higher ceiling than where he currently is, and I think he can learn from this season and run more. Are you in agreement there, or do you think one of the backups is a better option at this point? I just don't think Tommy is getting enough credit for his accuracy, and even though so many of the passes are short yardage throws, I don't think a guy like Quincy can both complete those throws at that high of a completion percentage while taking as few sacks as Tommy. Quincy hasn't shown that he has much ability at all to make the short throws consistently, imo. Is this the TD you're referring to?

Yes, sit our starting QB because he isn't projected to be an NFL draft pick during his Sophmore year.

He threw a perfect ball. NOT HIS FAULT GUYS CANT GET OPEN... Our receivers are never "open" except for blown coverage or short bubble screens. Changing the QB won't fix that.

OK bud.

A lot of the bubble teams also have bad losses and we don't, so at least we have that going for us, but I agree, I think our chances are very slim if we win.

⁹ Is it Tommy's fault our receivers fumbled right in front of the end zone twice? It's not his fault our receivers can't get open down field.

If we beat sdsu they are squarely on the bubble. Or should be. Also Tommy was solid today. Gutsy... guy stood there and took how many hits today without flinching? The placement on his throws today was perfect. Haters gonna hate anyway though.

Our o line sucks up the middle

The med school to the west of wilki would have been perfect. Kelley was a moron.

ESPN+ is only 7 dollars a month.. no contract and tons of other games? Do you not have internet or something?

one of the midco channels and espn+ as usual.

Not sure, but those will be pretty amazing "off campus" digs for the older football players!

https://ndusbpos.sharepoint.com/sites/NDUSSBHE/SBHE Board Materials/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FNDUSSBHE%2FSBHE Board Materials%2F2021 Agendas%2F10-19-21 BFC SUM Memorial Village Lease Combined.pdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FNDUSSBHE%2FSBHE Board Materials%2F2021 Agendas&p=true

In the last ndus meeting that you posted a link to, when they talk about this, they say the original HPCII square footage was around 117,000 sq feet. The athletics part of memorial village will be 36K, and the new updated size for HPCII will only be 36k (72K total). If you go to the link you posted, they show a floor plan of the memorial village space at the very end of the lease agreement, but it is kind of blurry. They also mentioned that fundraising is going very well, and that is part of the reason phase two is downsized...? Sounded like they want to get started on both at about the same time. They also mentioned the soccer backup field, so that is what the lines must be in the rendering.

I think this is a new rendering

Correct. It's a sperate project, to be completed after memorial village (building on the west side). I kinda think they should consider putting phase two of the high performance center on the north side of the practice field instead of building the hawkway... just use the new building to connect memorial village to the high performance center. This would help to block wind into the practice field and windows could still be installed at some point on the west side of the high performance center if desired. Then use the space between the high performance center and indoor practice facility for additional turf/practice area. I would be perfectly happy with the existing plan though as well!Correct. It's a sperate project, to be completed after memorial village (building on the west side). I kinda think they should consider putting phase two of the high performance center on the north side of the practice field instead of building the hawkway... just use the new building to connect memorial village to the high performance center. This would help to block wind into the practice field and windows could still be installed at some point on the west side of the high performance center if desired. Then use the space between the high performance center and indoor practice facility for additional turf/practice area. With this plan, the practice field would need to be shifted 20-30 yards south if the track were to remain, or move the track to that southern practice field. I would be perfectly happy with the existing plan though as well!