Sioux94

I agree, that isn't ideal. The good news though is I just checked USD's schedule and they play UNI the week before, which will be a tough game. However, they play on Friday though...so they will have one extra day to recover. We are part of the MVFC, so by default now we get to use the word brutal about our schedule every year

Good point, glad we are playing on the road for the 2020 season and get them at home for 2021 season.....hopefully things are a lot more normal by then and it will be packed at the Alerus! I guess NDSU is allowing 10k fans for their game this fall.

Three home games to start it out will be nice, and helpful to whichever young QB ends up being the starter. Hopefully we can get it started out right with a win on Missouri State and get some confidence and pull off an upset against SDSU. It's a long ways away, but at least it's something to look at and think about to start getting excited about UND football season again.

Totally agree with you. Unless Boltmann was much better than the others, makes sense to keep him at WR and gadget guy. Even if he was equal to Schuster at QB, then might as well play Schuster at QB and utilize Brock like last year. He made some nice catches last year and we are short on WR experience. Plus he is just a playmaker and a great athlete so get him on the field in various ways and make the defense have to prepare for him. Now that he has a full season practicing at WR and getting that down, maybe they will work in a few more passing plays for him in practice at QB. If he is able to connect on some passing plays in a game and get that on film, it will make the Brockstar more effective. It will become less and less effective if he never completes a pass. He'll likely be good for one or two trick WR passes during the year. Thank god we now have an offense where the defensive coordinator has to prepare for, instead of just put 8 guys in the box and rush them all. This year will be the first time in 5 plus years that the QB spot is truly wide open. We pretty much knew it would be Studs and then Kett the past 5 years. I'm nervous about it...yet excited.

No, looking at the pics the regular logo will now be on both sides, but it will be black.

Totally agree with all of that. Cochran will hopefully step up and make a name for himself this year. With Maag, Cochran, and Boltmann, we will hopefully be just as solid with the starting three at WR this year....and maybe a little more explosive than last year with getting a little more speed from Cochran.

I follow UND Football on FB, but I don't have Twitter. I haven't seen anything posted anywhere about practicing since the fall season was cancelled. I'm glad they are practicing, wish there would be more updates or stories on them then.

No doubt. Hell I wish we would have scheduled Mayville State.....at least the team would be getting some additional practice and we'd have something to talk about. You have to admit, NDSU did it right....scheduled one game....so they could have a fall practice and then basically a Live scrimmage game. Our young QB's could have used the practice. Is there a rule from preventing them from practicing? It seems totally unfair that some teams get to practice both in the fall...and the spring, should there be a season in the spring. Are there any rules around practicing? The way it sounds....almost anything goes. What the hell.....we should just practice in the fall even without a game, what are they going to do?

Moving to MVFC is already paying dividends. Let's hope there aren't too many articles on this kid until after Signing Day. “Just going over everything, from the conference that they play in being a big factor, and having a lot of games in the Midwest was important to me,” he said. "They play in a good conference. I like my dorm living area and the facilities.

Exactly, and I had the same thoughts as the other poster about practices. How huge would it be if UND played a game or two this fall, were able to get the 20 practices in (or whatever the number is allowed before your first game), played a game or two with the young freshman QB's. They get to get game experience, then when spring conference season starts up, get another 20 practices before the first game. That would be a huge advantage in this situation for use with the young QB's to get them experience. NDSU is the last team in the country that needs extra practices. They've gotten extra practices every year for about 10 years with all of their deep playoff runs.

And congrats NDSU Administration for holding on to your season a little longer than others to play that game, you helped solidify the notion to your fans that every other football team in the world is scared to play you. Well played.

Yep.....on the news tonight they interviewed a Bison player, and that is basically what he said.....something like...."this is the only bad thing about playing for NDSU......nobody wants to play us"....insinuating that everyone out there is afraid to play them.

Nice to see a commit on the defensive side!

It looks like they’ve put on some decent weight in the off season, and one more year of experience than last year.

Article says 8 of 11 MVFC teams bought masks like this. Did we? https://www.inforum.com/sports/football/6596653-Bison-add-cloth-facemasks-to-football-helmet?fbclid=IwAR3gbaE1oKLqgZarFlVL8KgASXKOJZZgzc9iYRqTdyWmTgpUPJQjkbby5fk

With that RB transfer, and if Weah is eligible....I think we are looking pretty good at RB this year. Will be fun to see who ends up getting the most carries. WR is wide open for some guys to step up. That is one fun aspect of college FB over the NFL, each year there is always a little anxiousness wondering and waiting to see how the new guys will step up. I sure hope we have a season so we can watch in unfold!

Great to see the OL got their size back! The Pandemic 15 may have help some of the other players too, a handful of guys put on 20+ lbs since last season...which some of the younger guys really needed it, great to see! Devore up 26 lbs too, he was already quite productive....should only be better this year. Great move moving him to DE.

Just to strike up some conversation, outside of QB, what position would you say we are the most vulnerable at....when thinking about talent, experience, and depth?

Defense only has 1 commit so far Not sure if it's partly due to having new DC, or to the weird recruiting situation with no camps etc..

I say find a way to keep it in the fall if they can. A big Hell No to that idea of making FCS permanent in the spring.

Overall I think that looks pretty nice! I slightly prefer the non alternating shades of green, and also maybe regular font for the yard line numbers. The new ones do seem to be the same font as the helmet. I like the color scheme in the end zone and in general. Sioux701 you were damn close!!

So if nobody else holds until the spring, I guess they just play themselves......no post season....and call it a season.

Having freshman QB’s, sure would have been nice to have gotten them some action in non conference games before the conference schedule started.

That's a bold statement Cotton, but I like it.

I would also say Boltmann. He could really turn out to be a stud at WR as a full time starter at WR. Hopefully the other QB's are playing really well, and we don't need to use him in the Brockstar, or at least not very often...and he can concentrate on WR. The kid is fun to watch with the ball in his hands.