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    UND vs da Griz

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    55 minutes ago, Sioux94 said:

    Would be nice if Santiago ripped off an 80 yard TD on the first play from scrimmage against them again to start things out!   Although actually I think I'd rather have an 80 yard drive that chewed some clock and went for a TD, and then have Santiago bust one for 80 in the second half. :) 

    Was sitting in the North end zone for this game. As UND ran on the field after the kick return, my brother asked me who to watch for UND. I said #22, Santiago, guys is a beast. Then.. bam. 80-yds to the house. 

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    On To The Griz

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    Couple things - 

    - Not at all the outcome I expected. 

    - Had a few beers with some ND fans in the tailgates. Always nice to talk with some fun North Dakota people. "Oh, you betcha." ;)

    - Santiago is the real deal. Was telling my brother about #22 for ND and then 10 seconds later, first play, Santiago is running 80 yards untouched right at us. My brother started laughing. Figured it was going to be a long day for UM after that. He's going to be a hell of a player for you guys. For a team that wants to run the ball and control the clock, Santiago is the perfect centerpiece. 

    - Your new jerseys and helmets look sweet. 

    - Thanks to those who made the trip to Missoula. 

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    Pflugrad....baggage? Not in my book.

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    I do believe that Pflugrad & the AD were made scapegoats at Montana... I was looking at the Montana coaching staff from 2011 to 2012. After Pflugard was let go, 6 out of his 10 coaches were still on the 2012 staff, including Mick Delaney, 2011's Assistant Head Coach, who was promoted to Head Coach in 2012. This 10 number does include DC Mike Breske, who accepted the D-Coordinator position at Wash St (definitely a move up) 2 months before Pflugrad was fired and OC Jonathan Smith, who also left 2 months before Pflugrad was let go, was hired as QB coach at Boise State (a good career move & probably a nice bump in pay as well). These were both a month before the alleged incident with Johnson occured as well. So basically, only 2 coaching staff members were not retained from the 2011 staff to the 2012 staff (not sure what became of those 2 coaches, if they moved on by their own choice, retired, were not renewed, etc, but it looks like their coaching duties were split amongst the other coaches.)

    If University of Montana was so concerned with a culture problem or the behavior of the football team, why would they keep all but 2 of the existing coaches, including promoting a current staff member to head coach? You'd think they would do a total house-cleaning if there was such concern. Looks to me like the higher ups needed a scapegoat & that was Pflugrad.

    Exactly! I've been saying this for months. Although most of our fan base can't see the complete dysfunction in the move. Our President fires Pflugrad, then hires a guy Pflugrad promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2011, and retains virtually his whole staff?? Such a weak move that speaks volumes about the current "leadership" of UM.

    The next coach of UND football is....

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    Pflugrad would be a solid hire. I see where some people may worry that he doesn't have recruiting ties in the Midwest but Pflu was an integral recruiter in most of his PAC12 stints. The guy can recruit, that is for sure. I would think a guy with west coast/California recruiting ties may benefit you guys playing in the Big Sky and also allow you to recruit different areas than those ndsu currently has strong ties to.

    I'm sure he would recruit the midwest, but a guy familiar with the Big Sky and western recruiting would be an advantage.

    And his firing at Montana... Our President was simply covering his own ass for the mistakes he made in the mishandling of a sexual assault involving a Saudi exchange student. Pflugrad was a media scapegoat as the Missoulian was fixated on Johonson. The fact that Engstrom hurried the Saudi student out of the US was forgotten with the juicy Griz QB rape story.

    The NCAA sanctions for the players parents bailing out another player is laughable. He wasn't fired for anything related to the NCAA but because Engstrom told him to kick Johnson off the team and he said no. Johnson was found not guilty with the jury taking about 10 min to deliberate. Pflu did the right thing for his player but not necessarily his career.

    This article in the Missoulian when Pflugrad returned to Missoula this fall with Weber State says it all. A great read. http://missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/football/pflugrad-left-part-of-his-heart-at-montana/article_9633c734-4da8-11e3-944e-0019bb2963f4.html

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