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Ditto. Who is going to organize a pool where we can bet which game we get a punt blocked?

Makes me nervous too....if Bennett goes down and we have an injury at NG......we may be in trouble. Here is praying we don't have any injuries at either of those positions!

In my mind I'd like to score at least 40 points and win pretty handily. However I guess what really matters is that we pass the eye test and just look better than them and still win, it doesn't necessarily have to be by 25 plus points. Last time we played in Fargo it was 35-9, which is not close but yet it's not 52-6 either, but yet the game felt more like 52-6. You never know if fluky weird things are going to happen where a tipped pass gets returned for a TD or whatever which could make the score look better or worse in one direction. But I sure as heck hope we are not sitting mid third quarter wondering what the heck is going on like last time we played them.

Seems like I had heard or read somewhere that Drake is returning quite a few starters, but I can't remember if I'm dreaming that or not. Either way we better put up 40 points or I will likely be disappointed.

The below was from the North Dakota Facebook page. I think our completion % will almost automatically increase this year with the type of offense are running. Percentage completion on 3rd and 7 usually isn't very high. UND Moments: 2008 was a strong year for Danny Freund, as he completed a school record 71.9 percent of his passes, throwing for 2,379 yards and 23 TDs on 217 completions.‬

Definitely not good news. However lets remember that Greely and Dranka both played a lot of minutes as true freshman and were pretty successful, and I don't think they thought of as being impact players right away that would normally play as true freshman but they had to out of necessity. The young guys are going to have to step up!

I think it helped they were already running the new offense in spring ball, I think they will feel pretty comfortable going into the first game. There will still likely be some kinks with new offense and first timeoffensive coordinator that they will be adjusting throughout the year. From reports it sounds like the offense is having success against the defense already early in camp, to me that is a good sign! Our more diverse offense actually will probably help the defense as well, they are now practicing against a legit offensive scheme, the type they will see during the season. It won't be a shock to the system now when they practice all week against a boring offense and then have to play Eastern Washingtons offense. Although I guess scout team is supposed to run opponents offense or similar to help prepare each week? Either way I think our new offense also helps our defense practice. An offense that can hopefully be more productive, and ability to kick FG's longer than 30 yards this year......thank god!!

Our defense should be good, so I like the fact that our offense is able to produce against them......and sounds like they had a slight edge.

Hopefully Canady has a big year this year. Lots of football articles this fall camp...it's been great! https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/football/4603308-UND-searching-for-the-next-Cole-Reyes-at-safety

Some day 5 notes on Maag. Maag impressed as a true freshman, is he poised for a bust out year? Is it possible he ends up with more receptions than Wanzek? Loving the talent and depth we finally have at WR this year. Garret Maag had a big day in the passing game, showcasing his overall skill set deep down the field and short underneath. UND is deep and experienced at wide receiver with Travis Toivonen and Noah Wanzek leading the way but Maag might have the highest potential ceiling of anyone in the group.

This ranking looks slightly different than some of the others. We are the last honorable mention on the list. It's time for our team to take a big leap this year and get back on the radar.....permanently! https://thefanatic.com/college/football/2019/08/the-fanatics-top-25-jackrabbits-lead-our-preseason-fcs-ranking/?fbclid=IwAR2FO7hwySTCF98JCjMHuT0F5wD_5Re6LXJsjktIDsi-9NxDUlmTkYpwR-8

Since we seem to have some decent depth at DB, would be nice to not have to pull the shirt on Fort?

Have they had McKinney fielding punts? I'd think he would be a great returner just like Dressler and Santiago, as long as he is sure handed enough and confident enough to field them under pressure.

If only 1 or 2 of our WR's could also play NG for depth....we'd be set!

Thanks again for the write up guys, I'm so pumped for this year! Nice that we finally have some good depth and a number of positions. Can't wait to see the new offense in action. I would expect success against Drake, it will be interesting to see how well the offense will do against NDSU in week 2. So thinking about areas of concern or lack of depth.....NG would be #1, what are the next areas of potential concern? Sure hope the special teams is drastically improved this year. Hopefully we actually feel fairly confident when we need to attempt a 42 yard field goal. I don't have much confidence though that we won't get a punt blocked, I just hope it doesn't come at a crucial time. Kostich has proven he doesn't know how to get his guys ready to handle punt protection, I doubt the light bulb magically came on for him this year. If I was a Vegas odds maker....I'd say about 80% chance of us getting a punt blocked this year. I'm thinking normally this should be around like 10% or something. Sounds like Fort is a stud and the real deal and will get his shirt pulled. Sure would have been nice to keep it and get a true senior year out of him where he is dominating, but I want to win now!

I agree, I'm not too concerned about getting Schuster on the field yet, I'd rather seem Grover and Zimm get some decent reps due to us having a big lead. Wouldn't be bad to get Schuster a couple live game snaps this year though, but pretty rare the 4th string gets in a game if the other 3 are healthy. Awesome write up Teeder, I don't know how you remember so many details....you must take good notes....I love it! I think our defense is going to be good this year, so very good sign that the offense is already keeping up with them. Some of it might be that our offense isn't so complicated to learn, that and the new offensive scheme is probably just so much better. I'm so excited for this season I can hardly stand it!

It's nice hearing a WR that is not even on the two deep making plays and getting noticed (Pedro Schmidt). Safe to say we have the deepest group of wide receivers we've ever had, at least since going DI? Which is good since we will be using them more and may need that depth. Sure is nice to have 3 QB's this year too. Man it was always so nerve racking when Studs was our only QB....and when every time he got shook up the entire season would flash in front of your eyes for a second. Thanks for the practice notes Teeder!

Not sure if you found it yet or if somebody else posted it, but here it is. I did find it on the FIghtingHawks.com site. 2019_Media_Guide.pdf

I'm sure there will be people that are glad it's on Saturday instead. Will be curious to see if turnout is better on Saturday than Thursday. Saturday may very well work out better for more people. It just doesn't work out better for me.....and it's all about me right? Game time is at 2:00 AZ time...was planning on being at a pool party at that time, guess I will be watching from my phone or bringing my laptop!

Now that the season is getting closer and have started to think more about the first game, I really wish they would have kept the first game of the year as a Thursday night game. Mid afternoon on a Saturday on Labor Day weekend kinda sucks. Was attendance on those Thursday night games really bad? I'd think Saturday on Labor Day weekend wouldn't be much better?

How far into camp is the roster usually updated with updated weights?

I think this sums things up perfectly. More diverse offense helps a lot, but I think another huge factor is the mentality that Danny and the new offense will bring. It was just completely demoralizing at the end of last year on offense, and there is no way our players couldn't feel that. We may not have success on offense all of the time this year, but I think the players are just going to have a more positive attitude, like there is hope the OC will find something that works, not just run the same 5 plays no matter what. You can't tell me Kett and all of the other guys aren't more excited in general about this year and the new offense than they were a year ago. The UND360 guys said there seems to be a lot of excitement within the team. I think us fans feel the excitement, I know I'm more excited this year than I ever remember being. I also like that we have a tough schedule this year, lets go out and make some waves. August is going to be the longest month ever, I can't wait!!

Back from my three week trip to ND, which always makes July go fast. Now I'm definitely ready and looking forward to football. Always excited for each season, but even more so this year with our particularly difficult schedule, but new OC to hopefully give us a much better chance to be successful. However it still feels like we are one injury away at NG, from our whole defense dropping down a couple of notches as teams salivate at getting 3 yards a crack up the middle at will.

You're right, that is a great article....sounds very impressive! Sounds like at one point they almost used him as safety....wonder if he would be considered at Safety? So how tall is he, the article says 5'10 but his hudl says 6'0? By looking at the hudl he probably looks more like 5'10? https://www.hudl.com/profile/7862989/Quinton-Urwiler

We definitely need to improve on defending mobile QB’s, but mobile QB’s give almost all teams fits.