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We all said that last year. Didn't happen. The result is bubba has put himself in a position where the fan base will have little patience for anything that looks like coaching ineptitude. In my opinion, lack of patience with this coaching staff is a good thing for the program.

Zimmerman is supposedly a better game day player than a practice player, so I wouldn't put a lot of stock in comparison between him and Ketteringham last fall. Either way we should be in good shape at this position.

Olivera has made some incredible catches. Can't believe we don't throw the ball to our backs more.

Personally I'd rather see him take Rudy. :-)

Yes. That and winter coats.

I think the same could be said of Olivera. He has great hands, probably better than most of our receivers. As long as we have 3 or 4 capable running backs, we should be throwing the ball to him at least four to five times a game.

In Bubba's second year we were seven and 4 and even bison fans have told me we should have been a lock for the playoffs. We would have likely won a playoff game or two that year; I think that was Bubba's best team. So we have had one rebuilding year, two good years and then this year. Despite not being a big fan of Rudy, I think there is still a lot of reason to think that this team will be decent next year. I think all but the most illogical would have to believe that at least some of the results of this past season can be attributed to injuries. Team culture is it concern, probably brought on in part by how desperate UND was for talented recruits in these past few years. I would expect Bubba well fix that issue. If he doesn't, the new AD should and will replace him. With the way the last few years have gone I would rather take my chances with having Bubba improve the culture and get the team back on track than roll the dice with a new coaching staff.

. The 1 win was in overtime against cal poly, who has only won 1 game all year. UNI could easily be tied for 1st or second place in the valley Saturday night. Seems like a reasonable comparison to me.

How did UNI do against the big sky this year?

Notable muss recruits:. Ratelle, Reyes, Edwards, kuska, rich, odowu, Harris, golliday, the guy who broke or nearly broke dressler's all purpose yards record, Golliday, palendek??. I don't think you can say bubba is out recruiting Muss at all. Out coaching- yes at least on the defense. With the HPC recruiting should not be an issue. We will find out soon if it is.

On the series early in the 4th quarter where we fumbled at the goal line, does anyone have any idea on why we were running the play clock down to zero for a few plays? Does Rudy get a bonus for winning the time of possession battle?

Last year?

Part of the problem is we have started a true freshman at corner for at least 4 years in a row now.

Schleusner has also recruited some of the best players UND has had.

2 QB runs when we need a yard .nice. what are the odds we run johanneson twice and don't get a yard

Agree. We have been hearing since spring that freshmen would be playing on the offensive line. Those boys should have been ready for a.lot of playing time. The excuse that they are young doesn't work when you have known for the past 6 months that they would be playing.

I agree that bubba is unlikely to make a change unless the situation is dire, but if he did, I wonder if Jeff Tesch from Bemidji State would be interested?

I'm going to have to say disheartening.

I don't think we rolled thru the big sky last year. We were a couple plays away from being 7-4, and that doesn't count barely beating Idaho State. Our offense wasn't anything special last year. In 2015 the offense was helped by 3 all conference line men in the middle, a healthy Stockwell, and Grady. Not sure that there is any body of work from Rudy that shows Rudy to be a top notch o coordinater. Bubba liked Rudy because he felt he did a great job at St cloud state... At that time they had a great RB, and I think Randy hedberg was the head coach. Rudy's success at St cloud might have more to do with that.

Hard to argue with that.

Would have liked to see what Zim could have done against that defense, our receivers were getting open. Still not overly impressed with Rudy, but he did show some willingness to throw the ball in the first half for a change even when we were only down by 7. Saw a simple pass to Santiago go for 8 yards, don't know why we can't do that more with our backs, they can catch. Losing flowers next week will hurt. Should only be for the first half.

Isn't Zimmerman going to be a senior next year?

I haven't had great luck with casting from the Pluto app on my phone to Chromecast. Wondering if others have experienced the same? How about those who use Roku? And if it works well, are you casting to Roku from a device, or running the app directly on Roku?

Agree with a lot of this, but not sure Keaton is twice the QB Zim is. I like Zims arm better, and if you were going to make a highlight reel of great passes this year, Zim might have the top five. Zim does have a couple of strip sacks to his credit over his past two games, but then again so does Keaton. Zim might have a higher ceiling and seeing him throw the ball some more is one of the few things I am looking forward to this season.