Sioux94

That fumble sums up our season.

Rudy is still running that pitch play that hasn't worked all day and he hasn't adjusted. 7 points through 3 quarters....at least he is putting in his resume for getting dismissed after this year.

I haven't been as hard as others on Rudy.....but geezes 7 points at the half against EWU....that is complete crap.

Well 7 fricking points at halftime against a team not known for their defense.

Yep, and give the jet sweep to Carr since they are seniors. Although on that last run by Keaton it's his choice to hand it off or keep it.

That definitely was a great blitz call by Schmidt

Hey we just ran a screen!!!

What the heck was the purpose of pulling Izzy's redshirt, what a waste.

Yeah he is, I can see why they are comparing him to VA

Still don't understand why we don't have a screen play in our playbook.

Good opening drive, but the way this season has gone we'll get no points.....and then EWU will score on their next possession. That seems like it's the way it's gone this year. Let's get 7 here!

Studs was thrown into a tough situation 3 years ago, his first game was against EWU and his last will be against EWU. While Keaton has some flaws, thank god we've had him for the last three years. Would love to send him and the other seniors out on a high note........Go Hawks!!

Where does the 2 deep get listed? When I go to the UNDsports.com site and go to the football area I don't believe I'm seeing it.

Unfortunately our depleted secondary has made TRUE freshman starting their first game look like Joe Montana, you'll likely be quite pleased with his first game. Sounds like he is a good scrambler too, which doesn't bode well for us when we actually do get some pressure on him. I'm sure he'll have a few nice play making runs.

Certainly agree with this, which some of it is on the players. If you have a great OL things sure are a lot easier. Last Saturday NDSU had a 3rd and 4 from the SDSU 7-8 yard line, 3rd and 4 is probably more of a passing scenario. NDSU line up with two WR's on the right side.....short side of the field, one RB in backfield. Stick took the snap and ran to the right and picked up 5 yards for the first town to extend the drive and then eventually got a TD. If we run that play we probably get stuffed for little or no gain. Hoping our young lineman can use the experience from this year and put on some weight and muscle and can improve for next year....pretty critical for a run first type of team. We won't be making a deep playoff run until we have a stout OL.

You really think we are years away from making the playoffs again, or did you graduate high school the same year Hugh Hefner did?

Ummmm...I think they should expect a lot of passing and that not much will change. It's not like he is a true freshman and was running the scout team last week, like when Studs was thrown in there a few years ago. He has been in their system almost two full years now since he redshirted and is the number 2 QB who would have gotten more reps than Z did when he came in during the second half. Kid sounds like a stud, any sense of comfort of Gubrud being out is a false sense of security.

It is possible for a different OC to have the same general philosophy, but go about it and execute it much better.

I'm pretty sure Texas fans are pretty adamant about wanting and expecting a championship, and they have averaged 5-6 wins going on 4 years now. Even fan bases that expect to be on top are not always there. I do agree though that we need very high expectations. We MUST get another Natty in football to overtake the the perception of UND football again. A Natty needs to be the goal every year, however there will be years where things do not fall into place. Doesn't mean you have to be happy about it, but it is going to happen. Montana is another fan base that expects to win, they haven't come close to a Natty in years now and may miss the playoffs again this year. There are certain things that need to be re-evaluated in the off season that is for sure, but to change everything and go in a completely different direction.....that sounds like what the Cleveland Browns do......and look where they are. Look at the Pittsburgh Steelers and their success over the years. They have some off years but they don't fire everybody and completely start over every time they have an off year.

Will Holm be back, that would be big to get him back.

You know what, I'm sick and tired of hearing you tell me I lack expectations for our football team. This is about the 45th time you've said that in the past month. If you are going to say that 5 times a week for the next 9 months, maybe you should start a separate thread for it and you and a couple of others can banter back and forth the entire off season about how low UND's expectations for all of our programs other than hockey is. #BrokenRecord

Two years ago when we had a young secondary it looked VERY similar.....50/50 balls were not that....they were 90/10 balls with the offense completing them 90% of the time. The next year with a year of experience we were one of the top teams in INT's.

Thinking our motto next year goes back to being "Day by Day".

We start by finding a way to knock of EWU next weekend to end the season on a good note.

I'm thinking they were hoping they would kick a FG, and didn't want to give them another chance on 3rd down to throw a TD pass against our secondary.