Dustin

It's possible. If we are the victorious team, I think the score will be very similar to this.

Not trying to diminish your argument, but I think part of a logical explanation is that there would be more UND fans wanting to go to this game than SDSU fans wanting to go to their game in Fargo. But I totally agree with AJS that NDSU would rather lose to SDSU than UND.

Really? It seems like the UND faithful are concerned about our D, especially in the run game. Are you talking rushing yards? Or just offense in general? We do have a nicely balanced offensive attack; definitely not been one dimensional - so far. Not sure how much push we will get against your D-line, though. Not sure we could beat you purely with a passing-only attack.

So, do we have a clear picture of which players will be here in '23 and which ones won't? Or is it still a lot of speculation?

Even if he does play, it would be easier for us to limit his damage with a gimp arm/shoulder, would it not?

If that happens, then UND will win. And it probably wouldn't be that close, actually. BUUUUT, the same could be said of NDSU. If they put together their best game, we could be blown out.

https://www.college-sports-journal.com/csj-sagarin-2022-ncaa-fcs-playoff-projection-nov-13/ Is this for real? Montana at #2? UNI at #10? SIU at #11?

https://undfootball360.com/three-phase-effort-gives-hawks-a-big-win-over-south-dakota/ "Schuster won’t have the numbers to be all-conference but he is an all-conference type QB." So what does it take to be all-conference QB? I can't think of a QB in the MVFC I'd rather have than Schuster.

What do you mean exactly? They not talking about UND at all, or are they calling us by some other name?

Someone with FB XX's and OO's experience tell me if I am seeing this right - UND ran the same play near the goal line 3 times throughout the game: Schuster rolls to the right and passes (or intends to pass) to Belquist in/near the end zone. This play was run at 2:28 of 2Q (interception in the end zone), 0:14 of 2Q (TD) (Ryan Kasowski even mentions it in his analysis that's is the same play), and 9:11 of Q3 (TD). I hope we something else in mind for future similar scenarios, because that's looking a little too predictable.

here’s a longer, more comprehensive highlight video, but oddly no punt block

#11 on Massey https://masseyratings.com/cf/fcs/ratings

Ordinarily I would be in favor of deferring. But considering how our defense is compared to our offense this year, I see it like this: take the ball, drive down the field and score. Crowd is rockin'. Defense gets pumped up to go out there and try to match the O's mojo. Complimentary football.

And then we went on to give up a TD drive. Getting the possession right out of the half after having that huge sequence right before halftime was a good deal, though.

I agree. Despite all their success and championships, it still works for me to tell my die-hard Bison co-worker that UND has beaten them more times than they've beaten us.

That's why I think we should go on offense if we win the coin toss. BTW, did we win or lose the coin toss today?

Some of our (usually) touchdown drives this year have been amazing in time consumption. Anybody have the actual stats? I'm thinking 12 minutes against ACU (no TD, but last possession of the game) and 10 minutes today against USD.

I thought that last year.

I get the perception from this site that NDSU's offense is the worst it's been in many years. But, if you look at their game scores, they are averaging 34 points/game, which is ahead of UND's offense (31 points/game). Their defense is much more stout, too, giving up 17 while UND gives up 29. Maybe their weaker SOS makes their wins in more dominating fashion? The way I see us winning this game is to be absolutely prolific on offense. I think we need 35+ to even have a chance. Own the TOP. 10 minute drives resulting in TD is the formula. If we can force their offense into playing a game they're not comfortable with, our defense will stiffen. Do we sell out on their run? Or will that make our secondary too easy of a target? How likely are we to get QB pressure? Their O-line is still very good, is it not? On Special Teams, I am not nearly as confident our guys will make a game changing play against them. That would go a long ways, though. This game will be a challenge.

I just looked on YouTube and haven’t seen them yet.

Usually home hockey series the same weekend as a football home game is good for football.

Wow, what a thump. EWU not what they used to be.

I’m ok with NDSU not thinking we are their rival, but there’s no doubt they are UND’s rival. They are the model we are trying to follow and are the chief thing standing in our way.

Yes. Should be the objective, I would say. Just so happens that you get to beat your primary rival in the process.

Are you saying it’s safe that the MVFC will get 3 teams in?