Ozzie82

My takeaway as well. I tip my cap to Weber. They are very well coached and are a damned fine football team.

There is a good chance that last year’s OL class will end up being very good - at least a few of them, anyways.

I think I remember hearing he's slated for center.

I understand and agree. That’s why I think it’s best that I not read the posts. People should feel free to post emotion based posts if they want.

This. It's best for me not to read the game time posts as they are primarily emotion based, not logic or fact based. There are so many uninformed posts.

That sums it up right there.

Great point. This board is exceedingly good at downgrading our own accomplishments - and we do it week after week. It's amazing to see. We hand Montana one of the worst losses in the history of their program (worse than most FBS schools have beaten them) and we don't give ourselves credit. We rush for the second most yards in UND history (in history!!) and we downgrade it by talking about how bad our opponent is - even though we DOUBLED their average rush yards given up. And on and on. I'm mostly entertained by these types of comments, but there are times when I just shake my head at the overall attitude of many of the posters here.

That would be my guess too. I consider SHSU a quality win, even though they haven't lived up to their #5 ranking from that game. It's impressive to go on the road and end a team's 21 game home winning streak. The question is will the committee find it to be a quality win. I'm honestly not sure. Siouxfan97, apparently, knows exactly how the committee will react to the Sammy game even though the season has yet to end - so much so that CAPITAL LETTERS are necessary. Let's end the debate with a win this weekend.

Thank you! Much appreciated. I asked too soon; I see if I click on the link it answers my question.

Could you translate that to English, please? The ankle brace fund filled up, correct? How much has been donated towards the $5000 for the video equipment?

Bubba, understandably, was not happy in the post game. Lots to work on.

I agree with you 100%. As noted in my comments shoulder tackling drives me nuts.

I've seen him get ripped a bit on this forum. I cut him some slack because I don't know how anyone could come back as good as new after an achillies injury. Especially if you play CB. He's been (at the very least) solid this year and that's better than I expected, honestly.

Man, those Sac State announcers were middle school quality. It makes me appreciate our TV guys who do a great job, especially in comparison to some of the other Big Sky TV guys. I recall Idaho State's announcers from last year's game in ID was terrible, too.

Ah, thanks for the clarification. But... damn it, I was hoping for their backup!

Thoughts on the game: - I'm glad to have gotten through this game without Kett letting his emotions out of hand. Hard to know if his INT was the result of the WR stopping his route or Kett overthrowing it but that was his only major error. That's pretty good because it could have been way worse considering his emotions about yesterday's return to Sac Town. - Jaxson Turner and Donnell Rogers were studs yesterday. I have been waiting for Donnell to take the next step to become a dominating defensive force and he did that yesterday. And Jaxson really stepped up in Palmborg's absence. - We were missing 40% of our original starting OL and our All American RB was not been much of a factor yesterday - and we still ran for 480 yards. When our opposition knew it was coming. Yes, Sac State isn't good against the run but we nearly doubled the Hornets average and ran for one of the highest yardage totals in UND history - let's give credit where it is due. - How about JJ's speed. Holy crap. - And how both JJ and Brady just POUND people. Boy is it fun to watch them. - Our WRs are excellent blockers. That's coaching - both in intention and execution. And the players believe in it. It's great to see. - Kudos to Aplin and Ngyun for their flexibility - moving positions on the OL and having excellent results. As Geaux Sioux pointed out, what a luxury to have Nate so easily slide between positions. I know they recruit OLs with the thought they they be flexible, but my goodness Nguyen can play well at T, G, and C and he deserves a ton of credit. - Great to see Carl Engwall swat that pass that led to Donnell's interception. - Penalties have not been a major issue of late. - 20 Points in the third quarter, people. 20 POINTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER! That's more like it. - The defense was again outstanding, making a back up QB look like a back up QB and holding Sac State to FGs opportunities. Great job. - To have 3 turnovers and atrocious special teams play and still win by that margin tells us how good this team can be. - The special teams have been atrocious. No doubt they should immediately recruit both a kicker and long snapper (who has largely escaped criticism but has not been good enough, even before the snap yesterday). At this point in the season it does not appear that we will be able to kick a game winning FG of any length, so we will have to adjust our 4th down offensive mindset going forward. The best we can hope for is to clean up the punting game and kick return game because place kicking is too far gone this season. - Our DBs have been great but it drives me nuts to see they tackle with just their shoulders, not their arms. We saw it with Cole in previous seasons and the tradition continues (except for Holm who understands form tackling). Stick and wrap, boys. Stick and wrap. It's football 101. - Our strength of schedule took a hit yesterday with both Sammy and Idaho State losing. - I woke up this morning feeling great about this team. They are improving and heading in the right direction. HUGE game this week. I'm already pumped.

It's good to have recent film of their backup QB.

From the article re: the backup QB: "The Wildcats reeled off 27 points after Jenks was injured. In the process, Constantine looked like he had greater command of the offense."

You’re changing the subject again, but you already know that.

True, but they average giving up 244 yards on the ground. We have almost doubled that.

Current rushing yardage: 466 yards and 4 TDS.

Current total on the ground: 378 yards and 3 TDS.

Great take. We currently have over 300 yards on the ground and 3 TDS.

If he's in a position to start - and he'll likely start this week due to some shuffling - there is no need to redshirt. In my view the only thing they "need" to do is win. It would be helpful if they crush the Hornets, and I will be rooting for them to do so, but the #1 priority is to get out of Sac Town with a W. I am mildly concerned about Kett's mindset heading into the game. Tom Miller did a great job of gently introducing this recently - Nate plays with great fire as evidenced on his hit after an interception and his personal foul when he hit the pile (I love the enthusiasm). And he will be AMPED for this game, and it's a mystery if he will let this affect his game this week or not. I know the coaches will be on him but in the end it's on Nate to stay within himself and not let his emotions get the best of him.

And no to Greer starting. The coaches see both Tank and Greer in practice and have put both in position to succeed. They’ve both had great years. Replacing these two will be really tough next year.