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#27 Tyler Updegraff Borat

At the luncheon today Bubba said the team was pretty relaxed getting back to GF because they prepared to win, they were confident in themselves, and the players and coaches expected to win. It wasn't a shock to the players and staff that they won. Back to the grindstone and Drake is in the way of the NDSU game (my words). Not overlooking Drake but this team is hungry.

I get that we will likely have a loss, or likely a few losses, and maybe quite a few losses, but with what we did week #1 we should be in every game, making them all winnable. I think we can win out at home with Idaho St. being the toughest match- up wise. Montana and NDSU will be tough no doubt. So will Cal Poly and heck even Portland St. I have broken it down into percentages, and this is a moving target based on our most recent performance, including injuries. So at this point, I am saying we have a 50/50 shot at playoffs assuming 7-4 gets us in. 11-0 1% 10-1 4% 9-2 5% 8-3 15% 7-4 25% 6-5 25% 5-6 or worse 25%

I haven't had too much time to research Drake but last year when they played a pretty decent Western Illinois they were handled. A team I have never heard of had some offensive success in game #1 against Drake. I expect to handle Drake yet they will be experienced and crafty enough to put up a fight, which is exactly what we need to continue to build off the big win and improve. It wouldn't do any good to play a Valpo or another crappy team right now, if anything it hurts playing really crappy teams because good players get sloppy and rely on the talent imbalance to make up for mistakes and sloppiness. When talent is the same, it comes down to doing things the right way.

From Highlights, ours and theirs. Santiogo is legit. He has a special step and instinct that you can't coach. Studsrund showed a good burst on his touchdown run, that play looked good. Studsrud was almost in the endzone a second time on that play. Don't know what the hell happened on the 92 yard pass we gave up, the film didn't exactly show anything until we were already out of position.

In one preseason poll UND was in the 60's. Someone else said it, but these polls don't project where a team is headed, they really have no clue, and are reactionary in nature. Headline wins will get the pollster's attention. Even more, statistically we controlled the game........I wish the 92 yard bomb didn't happen. I too think we will 'get votes' this week. After smoking Drake we might land at 24, 25....... So a 30 spot jump or so week #1, not bad.

I am not going to go out and start the play-off talk just yet.......opps.

A few of us called this game a win.............

Sack City!!!!!

Wow! How do we give up a 92 yard pass play?? Mistakes like that need to be kept in the past.

Touchdown - Schmitty for Secretary of Defense, sack city here we come.

even 3rd was a win for us-

Bubba for President. Santiogo for VP.

YESSSSS!!!

Figured it out. Sweeny is reading fortune cookies and then reads a name of a player.

3 pass plays......that is a little questionable.

Defense starts with a 3 and out. Great. Now we need to chew some clock and put points up. Rip their hearts out.

Dion Sanders????? Pat??

Keep them up and add in some football knowledge, cause we aren't getting much from the radio.

Yes, will be tough. Let's play them even in the 2nd half and we win. I wonder if Bohl is chewing ass or maybe he is taking the let's go guys route. I know what Bubba is saying....."we don't worry about the scoreboard", cause we play with everything we have all the time.

That's crap...................can't miss those!!

Yes, good little wrinkle with the scheme. 300 lber leading the way.

We will hit a big pass play today......trust me-

Improved Safety play by UND. It doesn't sound like Wyoming has a real burner. Good things for us.

Sounds like 2 big hits on the Wyoming QB, good!