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Not sure @‌ Portland St. is going to be a game I am counting on. They will be 3-0 with a new coach and a lot of confidence. Their wins against WSU and Idaho St. were scrappy, with some breaks, but they won them on the road. A positive for us is Portland St. likes to run the ball, so not a bad match-up for our D. To your point........we need to get rolling tomorrow!!

Some things that are or went wrong offensively - compiled from experts and anonymous sources players - some changes coming this week on the O-line. Clive might be back sooner than later, but not this week. Will hopefully see guys in space more with the ball. pre-snap - too many calls and checks causing player confusion, missed assignments. We will have to simplify. preparation - our guards reportedly couldn't hear our QB until the 4th quarter, we need another way to operate in these situations. Should have prepared as such. scheme - we have a lot more plays in practice, must of lost play book on the drive down. Need to create an advantage somewhere. play calling - on a scale 1-10, 1 being the most predictable and conservative, we just scored a 1.5 over the last 6 quarters. We need to bump that up to a 4-5. adjustments - we don't seem to be making any, or we are not keeping up with the defensive adjustments confidence - missing

ooops, was it something I said? Seriously, Brown isn't top level FCS material. Could be a great guy and teammate, but we can't keep putting a liability on the field because he is a senior and works hard. This isn't Concordia.

I disagree in that we should shrug our shoulders and say we suck, nothing we can do. To say we have to wait for more talent isn't the best plan for this year and for this group of Seniors. Good offenses find a way schematically to produce, and sometimes regardless of talent. NDSU was more talented and that is going to happen in the Big Sky, too, so let's figure some things out rather than saying our guys suck too bad to do anything about it.

He could of borrowed $10.00 from someone, then paid them back with interest with the stipend money next year.......right?

DABDA i am still in the depression stage-

I see it as a toss-up because the game is at home for us. If it was on the road, after the week we just had, I would favor UC Davis for sure. It looks like the Aggies can move the ball, considering 2 FBS opponents, so they will test us through the air and score some points. So for UND, what are we going to get as far as offensive production...........who the hell knows.

OK- I will buy some, or most of that. How did we go from looking pretty good on the O- line last 2 games last year, return 3 starters, look good at Wyoming, then we can't run on Drake and can't gain a yard against NDSU????

I stuck around to watch the guys walk off the field, I was in the front row, and that image of him limping stuck in my head.

Dayo had a serious limp and a pain-face after the game. My guess is he's dinged up pretty good.

Not playing well........we set records for lowest yard total. I am putting it more on the schematics and philosophy in not being able to even come close to the yardage Incarnate Word put up on a better NDSU defense than we faced on Saturday. (I am really pissed, but I do like and respect all of our coaches, I know they are capable so that makes it more frustrating than anything)

Or, we just lost a starting safety!! A guy we needed to compete in the Big Sky. And we need to point things out when teams do this and officials are silent.

When you see 4 yards of total offense in the 3rd quarter, people should be called out, coaches and players. Plus Drake in the second half. The vaunted Drake that just got smoked 52-0 by South Dakota.

Conner probably graded out well on that play for getting a defender on the ground, that is how it works. A snapped leg, just a minor detail. He was dead set on cutting Arnell down, even when the legal angle was no longer there.

If we would of had 100 yards going into half with some missed opportunities on plays we could come back to that would be one thing and let's keep playing. But to have 4 yards, and our biggest positive is no false starts.........might want to go with plan B. We didn't have a plan B. We should of had at least 2 balls floated to our 6'5" receiver on 5'10" DB and I would of twice maxed protected or rolled the pocket with 2 verticle routes and a deep middle post.....take a deep shot!! I am wondering how far Studsrud can throw it? I think Joe and Bartles have cannons, 70 yard type.

Javon Butler........I don't know, the coaches are paid to figure out something that looks like an offense. And I was referring to NDSU's jet sweep run package.

Well, some one caught it. Saying we want to run the ball is great and it is fun to pound your chest and talk about, but let's not be so philosophically stubborn that we won't adjust or have an offensive package in place to jump start things. Why not go to a hurry up 2 minute offense with a big arm on the bench, it would have been better than sitting under center for 15 seconds waiting to see how loud the SU fan base could get. And after that long wait we run a very simple run play a junior high team could grasp in about 5 seconds. News flash, we are going to face teams that are more talented, to say we are going to run the ball until we have "the horses" to do it is foolish. I'm sure the Packers could run full back dive all game long against a high school team because they have the horses to do it. So for UND, we better find a way to generate offense and points cause I don't see any high school teams on the schedule. Look at SU, they like the power run game, but weren't married to it. They only had about 35 yards from their power stuff. The jet sweep misdirection was way more effective on the ground. And.........they knew they could pass, especially on one of our corners that I have no idea why he is in there. If SU would have ran power running plays all day they probably would have won 10-9.

Who is the SU player? They should own it and apologize or we'll have to assume that's the way they coach and play.

absolutely dirty. I took cut blocks for 4 years, glad I didn't take one from that angle........

Matchups..... I like our run defense against NDSU. Pass defense should be OK. The game will come down to Wentz making big plays or not. UND offense against NDSU defense, both have been up and down.....whoever wins this matchup wins. Rudolph was hired cause he gave fits to Bubba coaching against him. Let's see some magic Ruddy. 27-24 UND shocks 17,750 in the dome (all the NDSU fans and half the UND fans)

Kurt Mattox Dazed and Confused by this one -

Brian Schael Pat!!

Zack Vraa Somebody Stop Him!!

Aaron Steidl Stabbington Brothers (from Tangled)

OK, so rated high fundamentally. Overall, if Drake wins the Pioneer League and hangs within 10 in their play-off game I will call them a good team. Until then, I have to go with pretty average.