Dustin

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.

Agreed. Hopefully there’s no doubt.

Yeah, it wasn't necessarily the games that were a problem, just the slight.

8-4 does sound markedly better than 7-5. We'd definitely be limping into the playoffs at 7-5, if we were even selected. Let's take care of business at home.

I personally think this is absolute BS to have UND outside of the seeding.

And that's it? I suppose it depends on who's hosting those games, as I would guess Midco would be able to broadcast a semi-final or championship from the Ralph. Same with the other school's and their broadcast deals.

I haven't combed through all the pages of this thread, but what is the broadcast arrangement (TV/stream) for the NCHC semi-finals and championship games now that the CBS deal is over?

Even if we do make the playoffs after a loss next week, it will be an undeserved berth. A win next week should get us another home game the week after.

If this had not been against ASU, I think they would have kept rolling with Spunar. Now it's (hopefully) a foregone conclusion.

Did something happen with this clause of the contract? Anyone know anything?