Dustin

Volleyball also won today 3-1 over Louisiana-Monroe.

https://fightinghawks.com/news/2019/8/30/womens-volleyball-fighting-hawks-drop-opener-to-new-orleans.aspx game write-ups

I did not see any of it, so I cannot comment.

UND drops the first game of the season 3-1 to New Orleans.

I do think Danny will rub off on Bubba a little bit, and we will see at least a Bubba 1.5, maybe 2.0 by mid-late season if Danny is successful.

Too bad we give up a safety. We should be better than that.

UND 42 - Drake 20 UND will score 6 TDs, but never get the opportunity to try a FG attempt, b/c the offense is just too good at reaching the end zone. Drake will score 3 TDs, one of which will be on suspect UND defense, but miss 1 PAT.

Yeah, not trying to say we’re going 9-2 this year.

Someone pointed out that, last season, if our offense had scored just one more touchdown per game, our record would have been 9-2. With the way the players seem to be responding to the new (Danny Freund's) offense (which is the focus of the majority of this video), stating that it's simpler, etc., I can't help but think how handicapped we were was under the old (Paul Rudolph's) offense. I expect this season that we will score at least that extra touchdown per game, probably more. So excited to see this in game action.

Scheduling a football game against Air Force would be an awesome idea. In fact, we should try to schedule Air Force in as many sports as possible, imo. Maybe a UND home hockey series for an Air Force home football game is a good trade?

I have a hard time believing 6th in the Summit is what any UND player, coach, or fan has in mind. Let's reach the top of the Summit, girls!

Bob Freund, St. Joseph's HS, Kenosha, WI. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4052923-Danny-Freund-gets-his-opportunity-to-call-the-shots-as-offensive-coordinator

Was Freund featured at all in this?

I agree. This season poses a good opportunity to do it, too. Might as well take advantage. If UND goes 10-1 with that one loss to NDSU, NDSU will probably be 10-1 or 11-0, so we haven't gained in the effort to turn the tide. Just beat 'em, and let the rest of the chips fall as they may. Here's a question that I've been thinking about for a while - who has more pressure to win the UND/NDSU game? Us or them?

I hope we are better than 6-5.

This latest development has me nervous on defense. Hopefully I'm proven wrong.

It’s only 2 hours from Bismarck to Beach, so Kab’s math adds up.

Absolutely! Recruiting Canada, specifically southern Manitoba (ie Winnipeg) to attract and maintain a Canadian fan base should be part of UND football’s M.O. season in and season out. A Blue Bombers fan’s favorite college FB team should be UND.

That will always be a problem in Grand Forks. Canadian traffic gave the GF restaurant scene a big shot in the arm in the early part of the decade, but that dose of meds has worn off. It doesn't help that Grand Forks' summer population takes a hit, especially on weekends. Hard to invest in with that kind of fluctuation.

Agreed. Canadian kids have to be a recruitment tool we use to our advantage.

Very sad for me. She was my favorite player. I think Pryor effed up when he took the libero position away from her. Perhaps that's the reason she decided to move on.

HPC II would go the furthest, IMO.

Looks like all of the Summit League games have been scheduled. https://fightinghawks.com/schedule.aspx?path=wvball Really miss Big Sky conference scheduling.

Hey, you're catching on! Glad you finally see it.

I predict our score with NDSU will be much closer than 40-7. I think our chances of winning that game are a lot higher than 1%. I see a lot of potential next season.