Dustin

I kind of forgot Gaven is a senior. Glad we're still alive to hopefully give him (at least) one more game. I would feel awful for him if he's played his last game.

If we get Z back, and he's healthy enough to be effective, I like our chances. Offense should get a big jolt in short yardage situations. A more consistent run game would ease up the pressure enough to mix in some nice distance (10-20 yards) throwing downs. I personally am not a big fan of a completed catch down that doesn't yield a first down.

Not sure which thread it was in - I couldn't immediately respond at the time - but there was discussion about scheduling FCS non-conf. to pad wins vs. scheduling tough/FBS opponents. Now that the bracket has been announced, and it does appear that SOS is a factor, even with a record that includes 5 losses, I am still in favor of scheduling the tough/FBS teams. May as well build the character needed for deep playoff runs.

Aren't there some NFL head coaches who call plays?

Yes, and I believe rightfully so.

No Big Sky or MVFC teams until the semifinals. No excuses!!

Did BJ Flemming play again yesterday after that missed end zone pass? I’m curious as to Ziebarth’s availability. if we have both of them available, plus more Deng Deng, we are in good shape.

Cheers to playoff football!

Agree. It would be better to not make it at all than to be one and done.

I’m prepared to get raked over the coals, but how far would Freund and Schuster gotten with Schmidt’s defense??

I thought there may be a chance Ziebarth played today. IF there's a game next week, chance he plays? It would give Jerry so much more confidence, I bet, having him as an option. And with a confident Jerry, we can rattle some cages.

So based on this, we are (safely) in, with 3 teams in after us.

Watching the Class A volleyball championship game and I hope Strand from MPCG is on our new coach's radar.

Yes. If anyone thinks Schmidt is Bubba 2.0, they are wrong. Bubba would have lost to SUI for sure and got blown out by all the teams we lost to by one score.

Schmidt was definitely an upgrade in coaching. I wonder now that the continuity provided by keeping Freuchte is no longer needed if Schmidt will bring in a new OC. Offense was definitely the problem in the second half of the season, and Freuchte did come off a little arrogant.

I was initially thinking that losing this game to get to 7-5 did not deserve playoffs, even if we got selected. Now I think differently. That game tying drive game me hope that I didn’t have before. I hope we do get selected, and if we do, I feel there’s a good chance for victory.

When it comes to the first round of the FCS playoffs, are all the games on Saturday, or are they spread out over the weekend?

What is Mason's injury? Not wanting to know to be malicious but wondering what it does to his ability to be effective.

I was right there with you.

Sort of ironic, but when UND was dominating volleyball, SDSU was the laughingstock.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/schlossman-und-athletic-director-bill-chaves-has-a-decision-looming-on-und-volleyball

Why the downvote @F'n Hawks?

It got a lot better when they took out bidding for home games and seeded 16 teams.

Are these "as of today" scenarios, or are they making predictions based off how they think the final weekend goes? I honestly would be surprised that a win would not get UND to a seed.

Is Ziebarth back for this one? a double-pronged running attack would probably ease up some of the offensive pressure on Jerry and SS.