Sioux94

I don't have a Top 5, but I think whichever of these guys loses their RS would be my number 1 because they will be our speed guy and be very important to be able to stretch the defense and have a big impact on the entire offense, even when they don't get the ball. One of those guys gets a couple deep balls and big plays earlier in the year, defenses will have to be a bit more honest and be thinking about them.

Try telling that to Kylor Neale on the FCS Fans FB page, he is from EWU and would have none of this and probably call it Fake News. He is another loud and vocal hater of UND football on social media.

lol yeah no doubt! I remember sitting in the theatre thinking that if I had rented this and was at home I would shut it off and go to bed!

Not sure why they would transfer.

If in a weeks time I find out we lost Harris AND Grady..........Ugh

I'd rather have them all be over confident going into the game, it's ok with me if they think that. Although if they have information saying 4 of our starting OL are true freshman....no wonder they are thinking that lol. If we were playing 4 true freshman on the OL I'd also say we wouldn't score more than 10 points against them. Their defensive front will already be a test for an OL that has some experience. I hope their entire team has a false sense of security going into the game and they overlook us.

Yeah it's a horribly ugly place..... based on my pics from just my two week trip back go ND that I'm finishing up. Severe drought right now though, otherwise all of those pics would have been nice and green.

I replied to him on a comment last night using Nate Little Man, but I like your Nate Little Boy better.....I think I'll use that one in the future should I reply to him again. I was going to say Nate Little D*ck but figured that might get me in trouble or banned from the page lol.

Our offensive line is going to be in for a big test that first game!! The last few years (outside of the Wyoming game) our OL has struggled the first couple of games of the season, hopefully having a little experience this year they can at least hold their own that first game.....they will be put to the test! On the positive side, we won't see a tougher DL group the rest of the year so it'll be a good experience for them.

Ugh!! Man I was on a such a high yesterday getting excited for the season and what could be. Man what a downer to learn we could be losing an NFL prospect at corner for the year.......damn it!! That game on the road at Montana just got a little tougher.

Yeah a I think a handful of those loudmouth Griz fans posting all of the time, is starting to rub off on them. I hope if we get and stay in the upper echelon of FCS we don't also end up with a handful of dbag fans like Montana and NDSU that think their sh*t doesn't stink and like to rip on/post on social media about other programs without even being provoked.

I am hoping EWU beats NDSU, but with all of the changes they may have some growing pains early in the year where as NDSU will come out of the gate fast to start the year like they always seem to do. As much as that last regular season game of the year against EWU will be extra exciting because it will likely have a lot riding on it, it might have been nicer to catch them earlier in the year when they are still figuring some things out. Regardless, we still have to win that EWU game. I hope our OL is rolling by then and we are putting up a lot of points and chewing lots of clock.

Yep, I'm on that FB group.....and all of them are squawking about how we aren't the real deal and avoided them last year blah blah blah. Then of course a few NDSU fans have to jump in and comment too.

Man I really, really, REALLY want to beat EWU and Montana this year to shut those fan bases up a little bit.

The guy that had it was from Bismarck/Mandan but not sure which Scheels he got it from.

Back up in ND for a couple weeks, a guy at Bachelor party had this cooler on Saturday.....i need to get one of these. Think he said he got it at Scheels. Will be nice when we have more Fighting Hawk stuff like this available.

I agree, if Studs is inconsistent the entire offense will be. Hoping for improved OL play particularly at the beginning of the year which will help him. Wanzek, Toivonen, and Mercer all being first year players last year I'm sure didn't help Studs inconsistency. No excuses this year though, and he's a senior.....he has to step up this year along with everybody else.

Good deal, I kind of assumed no news was good news.....but was a little curious.

When it was announced Grady was coming back, I think it said he would be back in Grand Forks....end of May....or maybe it was end of June. Anybody heard if he has been back and working out?

With Grady back and another year of experience for the other OL guys, IF they can come together......and with the offensive weapons and experience we have on that side of the ball this year.....we should really be able to control the clock on offense and demoralize opponents.

You must be referring to that Nate guy on that page......yeah he is a d*ck. It's Montana guys like him that make me dislike them almost as much as NDSU.

Cal Poly ran all over SDSU at their house. It was very close to us being up 24-0 or 24-3 (something line that) on Cal Poly at half, but we turned the ball over twice inside the 15 yard line, one of them I think a fumble on the 1 or 2 yard line. We pretty much shut down their run game and they had to resort to passing. The game did end up being somewhat close, but we should have had a big lead on them at half. I was the one who stated why I can see how others just look at our playoff loss against Richmond and doubt us. Richmond was a pretty respectable team, and we were in control of that game until that stupid roughing the punter call and it all went down hill fast from there. I get why people doubt us, but yet I also feel like we belonged in the top 8 last year and we should have won that Richmond game.

Unless the kid was a farmer and was impressed by the road sign just west of the Fargodome coming in from off the interstate.

I do agree with you here, and we only have one ILB that has taken an FCS snap at that position.....and may be a little under sized at ILB which could have posed problems with their stud FB so for those reasons it's nice to avoid them. That said, they only got back into the game with some long passes, and it very easily could have been 24-0 at halftime if I recall correctly. Think we turned the ball over twice inside the 11 yard line in the first half. With a new QB running the show, not as experienced at making reads, and probably not near as good of a passer as the guy they had last year, I like that matchup. Definitely wouldn't be a gimme though, would still be a good game.

This is where blowing that Richmond game really hurts, gives fuel to those who think we were over rated last year. I just saw a guy from Fargo make a comment on the Facebook FCS Football Fans Nation page make a comment how UND of 2016 was one of the biggest over ratings in the FCS in the past 10 years. We need to win a couple of playoff games this year. I agree with your thoughts though that if NAU has a big year this year, some people will say we avoided them and again proclaim we had a weak schedule. At least EWU and Montana can't chirp this year as long as we beat them. I wish we did play Poly because we know how to stop their running game, and now that their QB is gone I'd be less concerned about them beating us through the air, especially since we should be a little better this year in the secondary as long as there are no major injuries.