Parkers Pros

It’s just so much more disappointing when you feel like you’re finally in the Jet stream. Thinking the lines have figured themselves out, how to be bullies, we tackled like men. Gap sound, disciplined. And today our trenches got blown up. So I guess we see how we respond now..

Brayden Bryant to the portal.

Was just telling my teenage kids the exact story yesterday as well, showed them the Holy Cross win on YouTube yesterday waiting for the hockey game. But the fun of the game, the energy you felt, it was so electric inside of the Alerus that, the only other time I felt that was at that Western regional here in Grand Forks. Feel lucky to be at both of them. I don’t think the Ralph has ever been louder than that moment. The electricity inside the building was so hard to replicate. Jonathan Toews, TJ Oshie, Duncan and Company, Michigan didn’t stand a chance….

Best we have looked this year by far. Won the trenches, kept them off balance and we didn’t turn the ball over!

Stay off mothers, I would have said I just got off yours but the troll had herpes!

Lots of QB hate here but this guy will be the all time leader in pretty much everything, stat wise, when he is done. It’s been a long time since we’ve had this kind of stability back there. We should feel very lucky. because we have no idea what we got behind him. A lot of hope. This is Tommies team. If there was another quarterback on the roster better than the one who has been starting, Who gave us a better chance to win, they would start. If Tommy lays a complete dud this weekend, maybe you think about pulling the trigger on someone else. But it would have to be a complete meltdown. Considering he finishes the year, If Tommy comes back, and isn’t any better than he has been showing in the big games, you got a think it’ll be an open competition between at least the top three guys. Or they tell Tommy that he should transfer, grad transfer, or go somewhere else and hand the keys to Trey. I am optimistic that we can make this a game on Saturday. It used to be we would need several things to go our way to win this game. If our defense plays the way, it did against Boise, we have a legitimate shot. If it was the Defense that played South Dakota State, we are in big trouble. They will once again, drop the plow, and go to town. We have to stop the run and run the ball. This means this game is not going to be won by Tommy, but by the offensive & defensive lines.

I am optimistic about the D but literally can’t take anything from this one to know. They never really threatened us and that is very hard on D-core and the goalies. Some of those breakdowns could just be due to apathy due to boredom. But they all looked the part. Moved and skated well. Didn’t seem out of place. Next weekend will be more telling. Our offense could be very special…

Bison Goalie trying to earn a scholarship with UND?

Love the passion. 1. There are over 120 FCS football teams, we have been in the top 20 most of the last five years. I’m not a math major but I am guessing there are a lot of programs that would love to trade their records and progress with ours. 2. Tommy Schuster is a great FCS quarterback. He is at a FCS level for a reason. He was playing an FBS athletic defense. He was trying to play up and press and make plays. He doesn’t have an FBS line, or FBS receiving core, or an FBS offensive coordinator. And when you try to press, mistakes are made. That’s what happened to Borude , and that’s what happened to Tommy, and yes, even Fruend. If Feeney was ready he would be in there. If Jerry was ready, he would be in there. They are not. Tommy is our best hope this year to make further strides. We may not be ready to win it this year. But the deeper we get the better our recruiting gets the closer to our goal. 3. We are building our reputation. We don’t have NDSU’s long-standing reputation of excellence. We don’t have SDSU’s facilities, and now reputation for success. (if you wanna see what I mean, go to the game in Brookings in a couple weeks and you’ll understand why, Coughlin Stadium and the S-Jack, their indoor practice facility, are impressive and have been fully funded and completed for 10 years). Danny is developing a reputation as a really good FCS offensive coordinator, where kids want to come here and play. Schwezfier has the defense swarming. They are building something there. 4. Patience everyone. Stay the course. When we were playing, well, I liked what I saw. And what I saw showed we could play with anyone at our level. That’s fun. I actually feel like we have a chance of winning these SU games. Not hoping, but thinking we can actually do it. That’s growth.

Great to see S making some plays! I really hate the fact that they don’t have any stats on the scoreboard

We are starting to see more lineman with size and that’s great. We need to win in the trenches and I feel like we are making strides on both sides. It’s fun to be getting lineman with offers from Iowa State and Yale for instance.

Where is the follow on this guy? Anyone have any info??

Wow, crazy, so many memories, so many laws broken, so many laughs. Grew up a lot in the few years I was there. Some of my best friends 30 years later I had met in that building, wouldn't trade those memories for the world!! RIP Legend!!

I like Kraft. Local kid hard worker. Sneaky good! Would take it happily. Would love an athletic 6’9 (5) to protect the rim though!

Be a big……, Be a big……, Be a big……

Don’t think we are deep enough to lose ILB to the Portal?? Fertel to the portal!

Richard A. also in. So am I wrong to assume the DB room is fairly deep which is why we have seen 2 drop?

Here comes the Portal run.

OK, what in the name of all that is holy is going on with our former D-Coordinator becoming a DB coach for Saint Thomas????

Thanks for posting.

Where is this streaming?

31-35 SDSU at the half. Rebounding, fouls big story why UND trails. SDSU doing a good job keeping Kacie B in check.

Have always been a Berry guy. Still am. But this is the worst defensive execution team we have ever had. They are kids, so I truly hate to single out kids. They don’t wanna play this way. They don’t want to lose. They don’t wanna disappoint us. I really liked our game tonight on offense in many ways to be truthful. A lot of grit was showing on offense tonight. This is the worst defensive team, I’m not just talking defenseman, the worst defensive team we’ve had in the new Ralph era in my opinion. I believe (7), (15), (2) (3) have been accountable and consistent. But not great. Sidorski has been a great find. Too bad we didn’t have him another year. (25) can be great when he chooses to be. Too bad that’s not consistent enough right now. Some of our guys need to realize you can’t take the kinds of penalties we take. Either the severity of the penalty, like last night, or the timing like tonight. The rest have been very up-and-down. And most of them have been down more than up. I don’t envy the task. It’s hard. But we’re a team that very badly needs to find out its identity right now. We’re team without a true goalie. And that’s a scary thought. Back to Basics!!

Must be a busy host weekend? Saw a few recruits in town tonight!

Two points in 2 shifts…