Sioux94

I would probably agree with this. If Romfo is #2 you can say goodbye in the portal to whomever is #3. Which if Jerry ends up #1 and Trey #2, I'd say most likely Trey hits the portal anyway. I'm sure he'd like to play somewhere than just be a backup his entire college career.

Who in the MVFC do you see finishing ahead of them other than SDSU? I'd be pretty surprised if they don't finish at least #2 in the MVFC.

Sounds about right. Thinking we will be lucky if we keep them under 24 by halftime.

Sounds like he has been connecting on some passes. Will be interesting if they put him in for some run packages at all this year. If they do end up doing that, seems like would be primed to maybe throw a deep ball and catch them off guard. So anxious to see how our offense is going to look with a new QB....whomever it is.

Agree. I think they will be good....just not as good as they are being touted right now though. They got throttled by NDSU at home once NDSU was on a roll. They also got beat at home by 34 against SDSU. Think need to pump the breaks just a little on USD.

If a guy who started many games last year is #8 this year, to me that means have some pretty good depth.You definitely can argue the quality of that depth though. Sounds to me like 8 pretty reliable guys, however no proven playmaker other than Bo. I recall that from last year too about Nate, he started the first half of the year but I don't think he had a catch until like game 6 or something. We need some playmakers....I'm totally good with letting some of the younger guys get in there to see what they can do. Dennis was supposed to be our speed guy, but we haven't actually seen that much out of him. Maybe QB with stronger arm this year will change things a bit....we'll see.It would be nice if Deng is finally the guy with size, speed, and athletic ability that we've been looking for....and the type of WR's we've hated to play against in the past.

Miller did say there were two badly thrown balls that were picked off, but he didn't say who threw them. Hopefully neither Trey or Jerry.

Our WR room is sounding very very deep. Lots of good options for either Jerry or Trey. Awesome news about the Defensive transfers looking good. I'm definitely starting to get excited for the season and to see how some of these new guys perform, particularly QB. It's sounding like they are both looking good, and even Romfo. If it's pretty even, man would be a tough choice. They might both need to see some live action to really be able to tell which one stands out.

Don't think I've heard Kliens name in Any of Miller's write ups. Hopefully he is fully healthy, seems like he was always dinged up. With a year under his belt at TE Q might turn into a solid recieving threat for us this year, sounds like he's had some red zone TD's.

If we hadnt lost 3 OL to the portal, my realistic expectation for an upset would be higher than it is. We have 8 returning starters on the entire team, a QB who has never started and/or never played a snap of college football and 4 OL making their first start against a pretty good FBS team. I'm hoping for a shock the world type of game and a win. But also looking to see if it looks like we have the players/athlete's and team that can compete at a high level. Also, can they make plays and overcome adversity when get put into a tough spot.

Klien over/under 15 receptions for the season this year? Last year he had 6, maybe should put the over/under at 10.

Will Tai have a breakout year??

Thank God....we can retire the old green tops with white sleeves and actually be proud to wear green jerseys again.....and can actually ready the numbers! Although will want to wait and see how 6,8 and 0 looks before we know for sure, and maybe 5 and 2. 7 was never the issue

I've got 5 more days left of my 3 week stint back up in ND. Once I get back home and in my regular routine I'll definitely be anxious for the football talk to ramp up! Saw Deng (sp?) on the local news last night throwing down an alley oop dunk in the Lions all star game. Only saw for a brief second, but looked thicker than I was maybe thinking. Will have to look for him on highlights tonight.

The Montana game is one we need to pull an upset and I think we can do it at home. It would set the ton for the season, but we set the tone for the 2nd half of last season against NDSU and then crapped the bed. We don't do consistency very well. We may lose some other game we shouldn't, but I think the Montana game is a game we need.....for the season....and just overall morale of everything UND football related. After this past off season, we need a boost and the Montana game could do it!

I think they are a little over hyped and don't expect them to end up in the top 6 coming rankings after the final regular season game. Could be wrong though, we'll see. As the the other poster mentioned, they seem to be like us and not be very consistent. I'll be kinda pissed if they actually follow through and back up the hype..... because we have never been able to do that.

Thanks, definitely looks like a great get!! Keep it rolling!

Was he one of our highly coveted guys, had lots of offers, or you just really liked his film....or all of the above? Took quick look at his hudl.....looks tall and athletic and can move.

Well the new OC should be pretty unbiased in his evaluation since he didn't recruit either of them. Trusting he will start the best option for the team and not play favorites. If Jerry is the starter and Trey doesn't really play this year, he'll surely be in the portal and wouldn't blame him.

Is it just on my feed..... it's not showing who it is.

I'm sure there are opposites of this, but seems like many of the more highly thought of recruits we've gotten.....never turned into true stars. Molberg, Cloud, Sammy Fort, Q....and many others that had an FBS walk on offers or were highly thought of. Not to diminish them as they did contribute but were never all conference type of players. Santiago, Oliveira, Wanzek, Belquist and a whole host of others that were not as highly thought of became big names for UND. Was Turner a big time recruit? Man we could use a guy like him at OLB again! That said, winning recruiting battles for guys with other quality FCS offers is a good thing!

Looks like he likes to finish his blocks! Hopefully he can be both a blocking and receiving threat. Will the new OC involve the TE more....guess we'll see. Offense continues to add good guys, need some studs on defense now too! Great to see some positive news to end the week!

The mental drain on coaches now days has to be exhausting. They now pretty much have to worry about making every single player happy 365 days a year. If I was a young college coach a couple years out of college, and planned on coaching as my life long profession, I'd probably honestly start thinking twice. I suppose at some point they kind of get used to it and just don't take kids decommitting or hitting the portal as personal anymore, they are probably getting numb to it.

It's not, but it won't matter one bit to another school that wants him. Another school won't pass him up just because he decommitted from UND for no apparent reason. This is just SOP now days.

Yep had seen those on his Twitter and is kinda what prompted my post. Looks like we were showing him a lot of love....but I guess it just wasn't enough.