Dustin

Just airing thoughts here, so input from others is appreciated. How many people that attend UND football games are coming from the Twin Cities? Those people might choose to attend a UND hockey game that is in their backyard rather than travel 4-5 hours to watch UND football, and that is why there could be an attendance conflict. I wouldn't blame them for that. There could also be people in Grand Forks / Fargo that would choose to watch hockey play a long-time rival who is now only scheduled out of conference. I wouldn't blame them for that either. Though, seeing as I live in Grand Forks, I personally wouldn't do that. I would go to the football game that's in my backyard.

We may as well shore up the defense, run the table (SUs be damned), and get to 9-2 with a seed.

Actually didn't even realize they were tight ends. With the weapons we have, I just want an offense so balanced that there's no way for a defense to prepare for all they are going to be faced with.

When did that happen? He's listed on the 2022 roster. And was tweeting about UND FB at the end of August.

Was also thinking that these two aren't being mentioned as much. Although, some people were commenting on how Red was a decoy during the Mo. St. game. What about Tyler Burian? I can't remember if he has an injury or not.

Bummer. Not what I was wanting to hear, but we've made do so far.

You are also spot on about Tommy. He has taken his game to a new level by adding a scrambling component. His stats are very good, too. What would his QB rating be if his stats were analyzed using the same criteria as the NFL?

I also wanted to point out that my favorite part of the season so far is that no is questioning who the QB should be.

I think the season is going well. We've won at home and split on the road - I've always heard that's what you have to do to be legit, and we've done that. Probably the surprise of the year is how Hoosman has seamlessly replaced Weah's production, and is (hopefully) a much better teammate. O-line has played above their class, too. The disappointment is how unpredictable the defense is. IMO the defense has not lost a game for us, as I believe the two losses would have still been losses. But, with our looming schedule of the top 2 teams in the country, I think the signs are pointing to defense as the reason we as fans would feel those games could be losses. Another disappointment is how we cannot rely on automatically taking the 3 points from a FG if our drive stalls out. Fortunately, that has also not cost us a game, but it certainly could. We're in a good place, but not a great place. Would like to see those goods turn to greats after the bye.

When those guys get it, I’ll feel like we really have something.

Any place to find highlights of our victory on Saturday?

Who will be unavailable for this game? Skokna, I am assuming. What about Fort? Anybody else? Also, do we have a list of those (if anybody) that are known to be out for the season?

SDSU does not have a bye until the last week of the season (Nov. 19), so they play 11 straight weeks. Our game with them will be game number 8, and the second of back-to-back road games. Again, giving me more confidence considering that we'll be fresh and at home. Would be a great time to win another big game in front of the home crowd.

Hopefully that game is knock-down drag-out, and then we come in fresh following the bye. I think we can do this.

And Sammy Fort's injury. From what I remember, he has not been declared done for the season, correct?

Just curious - any particular reason you chose this game to attend?

I think we will beat one of the SUs and go 8-3. But need to shore up defense to be able to do that. Got to use the bye week to get better.

Was 2019 in the “play 4 games and still redshirt” era? Because he did play some in 2019. Perhaps that’s what’s tripping up my train of thought. In that case, he could play in ‘24, I think.

Wouldn’t these be the same thing??

I thought his status as a Junior already included his free year. Anyone have better insight?

Looks like he only needs about 1,000 yards to be the all-time leader. Could certainly happen this season.

I guess I don’t know what the DII records are, but I would assume with a season and a half left, he would be sniffing all-time school records. Someone have access to the all-time stats?

Play call of the game, IMO.

That’s what I’m afraid of.

Really good spot to be in heading to the bye week. We’re definitely set up nicely for the second half of the season. Offense has been the shining star, IMO. I’ve always liked Tommy, but his play this year has been the difference maker. My favorite part of the threads this year is that no one is wondering how good the backup QB is. Lots of weapons to distribute the ball to, and that has got to be challenging for opposing defenses. Speaking of defense, I’m still concerned about ours, though. Giving up touchdowns right before halftime and right after our huge blocked punt didn’t give me any warm fuzzies that the defense is getting better. They still had to make a game saving play at the end of the fourth quarter to secure a victory (so some kudos is due there). Special Teams has been average. I wouldn’t want to rely on them to make a game changing impact every game. We were lucky they did so last night.