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With their WRs, even Tarvarious Jackson could probably pick us apart.

That's my dream, stud corners with ice in their veins. I was impressed, too.

I heard Arnell could be back, surgery went well, and he gets his year back. So him and Reyes will be Juniors next year.

Point is with the injuries our staff feels the base personnel is better than bringing in a nickel back for a linebacker. Just because our secondary started off this season as much improved over previous years doesn't mean we are at a high level. Without Reyes in the line-up our secondary is pretty weak. With him in, average. An Average secondary won't cut it in the BSC. As a team, outside of Santiago, Ratelle, and Reyes to a certain extent we don't have any real difference makers on this year's team. We need more difference makers thru player development, recruiting, transfers........however the hell we get them, we need more special players. USD corners didn't seem to have any problem yesterday with one-on-one match ups with NDSU.........we did. Agree on the coaching adjustments.......we seem to be out of ideas by the 4th quarter.

2 minute offense for us.......that is a joke.

Turn the page Rudy-

Maybe we need to find a nickel package, cause our linebackers covering down the seems in coverage sucks.

Passing and tempo, they found our kryptonite.......

We did the fake return Utah did to Oregon??

I am going to have a heart attack!!

not when we played NDSU!! We sat under center like a bunch of idiots the whole game. USD did what many on here said we should have done.

I've homered some picks this year.......don't like where we are at with things this week. Weber 24 - UND 16

I already covered that.......we rarely surprise anyone with when we run/pass anyway, so what's the difference? We 'should' have more pass options off that formation, to keep teams on their toes, so I know what you are saying.

With Studsrud out this week, with the lack of mobility with the other QB's, with the play calling not really surprising anyone as far as run/pass.........let's put a 'runner' in the Wildcat to take some snaps for a change of pace. I think Keaton has broke 2 of these runs for TDs and other runs were good gainers...........This idea is not too far out there -

Are you sure..... I asked why Brown was even playing......and now he isn't.

I would have liked to see Flowers in, too. Swede was a step slow with some bad angles, Johnson is more of a run support Safety, also had some terrible angles to the ball, and what I hear about Flowers is he has good ball skills. To chime in about C. Carter, he is really a thick and strong kid, great effort all the time. I think the concern is his speed could be a liability with 1 on 1 matchups. Seems like maybe at outside backer or safety could be an option.......or maybe a nickel/dime package but with teams not huddling they force you to stay in your base package. Thanks for following UND football.

For real??

Early report - Cole and Clive - good chance, yes Studsy - No, Let the Bartles vs. Molberg analysis begin for the week!!

Yes, you could see a gap in athleticism with ISU WRs getting open, then getting yards after catch. Harris lost confidence as the game went on, to the trained eye.

I will try to explain the softness and strategy. ISU often runs a run blocking scheme up front, but their o-line will stay within 3 yards of the line of scrimmage. The receivers run their routes for a pass play in combination with the modified run blocking and therefore, every play the QB can give it to the RB or can pass. We decided to stop the run and play coverage, and this was effective for over half the game and was probably unexpected for ISU. Our inside backers seemed sucked in a lot when they threw the ball, in no man's land. I feel ISU adjusted, or threw to their stud WR whenever they needed something and UND failed to counter adjust. With ISU leading the nation in turnovers........we thought they would make enough mistakes making them grind out drives. Also, it was obvious in a game like this our skill players have a ways to go...... If we had a shut down corner like Portland St., we win the game, no doubt.

With ISU's hurry up offense, with stops comes more offensive possessions for UND, which we convert to points. I think Anderson starts while Reyes and Clive are out, but not for long, watch out Weber. We score 42, they score 20.

Right on! Soccer in the morning, followed by hockey, barely caught the stream of Portland St game.

I say it's a must win, too. We can't lose to a team that got smoked 80-8 to UNLV, and UNLV could of scored 100. If we finish drives with touchdowns we'll be OK. If we are kicking FG's, then it's a toss-up.

More excited than the combined score of 132 - 8 that his team showed against Boise and UNLV...... Kramer gives me the creeps -

We are missing a 'coolness' factor for football that hockey has, no doubt. (and it's probably not even cool to say 'coolness') I don't have a good answer except everyone likes a winner and a program they can be proud of.