Sioux94

I think one of the biggest improvements we will have this year is our mental toughness/grit. Just didn't seem to be enough fight in our team at times last year, particularly on the road.

Utah State we were up 21-7 and moving the ball again and think we had just crossed midfield into their territory. Think it was 3rd and 1, we handed off to RB (think it was Weah) he was about to run through a big hole the OL opened up....right up the middle. However the WR coming motion from left to right was late....and RB ran right into our own WR in the backfield and we didn't convert and had to punt. It was all downhill after that play. Seems like we always had something like that happen in one for thise FBS games that just killed the momentum and we never fully recovered. Over throwing Bo at Nebraska. Fumble by Schuster right before half at Boise St. etc. Hoping going forward we are the team that starts making those big plays when needed, just like the school to our south does on a regular basis when they need to.

I'm hoping our starter plays really well and we are still in the game at end of 3rd quarter....so I kinda hope we don't. Going to be fun to hear how things go in fall camp and see who the starter is. Sounds like the summer player practices have helped and they all looked pretty good on day 1. That was definitely good to hear, even if it was only for a day. We are in a better position at QB this year than last year. I think most likely 2 QB's get into the game at some point though.

I agree with your statement that it is very unusual for a starter to drop to 4th string. However it sounds like things were pretty close last fall. I think it's a case of Romfo having a higher floor but a lower ceiling than the others. He had a higher floor so they went with him to start the year. Romfo was about at his ceiling last year, 2 other younger guys behind him have now progressed and then we got an FBS transfer. I don't think Bubba forced Romfo as the starter last year. However I think it's totally on Bubba that nobody else got to play meaningful minutes so we could see what the other guys could do. If Jerry ends up being named the starter, more minutes last year would have been good for him.

Returned home from my almost 4 week stint in ND...enjoying green grass, thunderstorms, good weather, and just enjoying summer. Now that Im back home, I start thinking about fall camp and start getting excited for football. By the way, I did eat lunch in Newtown but I didn’t actually see Grady as I posted in Former players thread. But it did make me wonder what he is up to these days. Fresh hope this fall....and am excited about it!

If Jerry doesn't beat out Simon, Jerry was never the real deal. I don’t agree with starting Simon in Kansas and then Jerry at home, just to give Jerry an easier first game. Either he is better or he's not. How would that look, hey Jerry we are going to start you in week 2, but we dont trust you in week 1. Whomever they feel is the number 1 needs to start week 1. Now if they perform poorly, then change it up. I dont think Schmidt is going to keep the ridiculous philosophy of never getting backup QB's in games that are already over. Hopefully JTJ progresses dramatically in fall camp. Would definitely be ok with Simon having some packages...similar to Boltmann. But they would be able to trust Simon to actually throw so it wasn't 100% guaranteed run all the time.

Jerry’s top end speed looked pretty impressive in that run down the sidelines alongside Smith last year.

When do single game tickets go on sale. Wanting to come back up for the NDSU game.

If we pull off the upset against the Griz......the rest of the MVFC wont be sleeping on us. While I was ok being overlooked by other fan bases under Schmidt's first year and transition....would sure love to get things rolling early in the season! Hope this year is finally we have the type of QB we've been waiting for....for what seems like an eternity. Jury is definitely still out on that one though.

Just finished lunch in Newtown on my way through, said hi to Grady

Believe I counted 20 commits with either an NDSU, SDSU or FBS offer. Great list!

Definitely. We've landed as many guys with other offers from the NDSU or SDSU types or FBS teams this year, as during Bubba's entire tenure. Still need to see it and prove it on the field, but this just feels different.

Looks like he has been at a lot of big camps. Here is to hopefully hardly hearing his name over the next 5 years!

A big difference for me between Bubba and Schmidt, for the most part I'd say we had almost no chance to pull a big upset on the road under Bubba. Heck, we had a hard time beating teams with losing records on the road. With Schmidt I'd say their is a realistic chance we could win each game we go into, whether home or away. Not saying we will win them all, but I think if things go our way I think we could win and pull off more upsets on the road. Adjusting to new defensive scheme in those big games early in the year though, is going to make it a little tougher. We'll see if we have a #1 QB that is ready to go and lead us starting at game 1, hope so!

Looks good to me!

Those boys look like some dudes!

Nice! Looks like a good combination of good hands, decent size, and some speed. Getting a TX pipeline and connections would be good!

Does he have any eligibility? Possible NG, he could plug some holes

I wasn't surprised we weren't listed or mentioned at all. Our propensity to crap the bed in big games or playoff games, combined with coaching change. However not sure if he realizes the coaching change will improve that situation, he might realize it but still want to dog us anyway. Think SIU was 2-6 in MVFC last year but they are listed. Looking forward the the Schmidt era of being a consistently better team where people are forced to acknowledge us. Hoping that SDSU game late in the year has big implications. Given our track record I'm definitely not going to get cock about anything, we need to prove it on the field.

https://theanalyst.com/na/2025/05/fcs-football-preseason-top-25-rankings-2025?fbclid=IwY2xjawKIglpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrqxX-qbByt_1PR-6txi_-id6n5IlWo6S-QycBNeJxRhPaelpx2by4eSQf_a_aem_tbh5yyKKAtq1SNMRItjdow We aren't on this list. Hoping this is the last time we are not on this list going forward. Our schedule is tough this year with going to K State snd Montana on the road early on. Would definitely turn some heads if we can pull off an upset at Montana.

I can already here Jack saying.....Zdon....is gone!

For the somewhat limited role he had,I think we will all always remember Quincy, both as a player and a person.

It's quite clear that Schmidt was 100% the right choice to be UND's head coach, amazing change in just a few months. Many did not want another UND guy, but sure looks like they got it right.

Did you just really say that

Since you coined the term Mattress Cam, who just got drafted by the NFL, and also said Jerry should have been the starter over Tommy his redshirt season, but then Jerry couldn't even beat out Simon. A QB analyst you are not.