darell1976 Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 199 days until UND takes the field against Wyoming!!!! Who else is ready for football season. Quote
geaux_sioux Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 199 days until UND takes the field against Wyoming!!!! Who else is ready for football season. I'm hoping to make that trip. Should be a perfect measuring stick for the season and a great warmup for NDSU. I'm glad we aren't going from some fluffy spread team to NDSU, that would spell disaster. It will basically be two weeks of preparing for NDSU with a game in between. It's a pretty perfect situation for us. The negative is it gives NDSU film of us against a weaker version of them. Quote
UND-FB-FAN Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I'm hoping to make that trip. Should be a perfect measuring stick for the season and a great warmup for NDSU. I'm glad we aren't going from some fluffy spread team to NDSU, that would spell disaster. It will basically be two weeks of preparing for NDSU with a game in between. It's a pretty perfect situation for us. The negative is it gives NDSU film of us against a weaker version of them. Wyoming will be no pushover, but I agree that they will run what NDSU will run. If anything, at least their team isn't returning a winning squad, but they will be improved I'm afraid. Nevertheless, UND has a chance. Quote
UNDColorado Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 I am looking to make this trip as well. It's about a 4 hour drive through very scenic country. I agree that Wyoming will be much improved; but not unbeatable! Quote
UNDfan2013 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Can't wait! We'll be there at the WY game also! Quote
Hayduke Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 You guys will love Laramie. Nice town. Beautiful campus. Great stadium setting. And, yes...I will be cheering UND over my other alma mater, UW. 2 Quote
Siouxperfan7 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 How similar is the offence/defense/etc compared to what Kleiman runs at NDSU? You would think they would have similar run teams since Keiman was under Bohl for so long. Anyone notice similarities from last year? If so, the Wyoming game would deffinitely help us prepare for the Bison 2 weeks later. Quote
Hayduke Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 One thing about Wyoming's defense last year was that it was slow in the secondary. They would get burned repeatedly for big yardage, or they would get burned in short passes because they were playing too far off the line due to their lack of speed. (No, I'm not a football expert like GeauxSioux...) Their recruiting class was ranked last in the MWC this year...which is no surprise. But, Bohl does have a way of finding players, so it would not surprise me if their secondary is much improved this coming year. Quote
Nodak78 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Some interesting stats from last. NCAA ranking for 2014 Defensive stats(rank) UND NDSU MSU UM EWU POLY 3rd down conversion 55th 18th 97th 73rd 86th 96th 4th down conversion 61th 51th 52nd 32nd 70th 61st 1st downs 28th 55th 112th 98th 114th 79th Red Zone 45th 92nd 81st 13th 110th 115th Rushing 5th 22nd 88th 37th 65th 73rd Scoring 56th 3rd 100th 19th 90th 75th Team passing eff. 108th 5th 96th 50th 81st 93rd Team Sacks 16th 18th 94th 7th 58th 111th Tackles for loss 6th 72nd 111th 36th 85th 109th Total Defense 34th 5th 114th 39th 95th 80th Quote
ndsubison1 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Wyoming will be no pushover, but I agree that they will run what NDSU will run. If anything, at least their team isn't returning a winning squad, but they will be improved I'm afraid. Nevertheless, UND has a chance. I think you will see more spread looks with our personel next season and polasek using some wrinkles from NIU: but virtually the same power run offense for the most part. Quote
ndsubison1 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 How similar is the offence/defense/etc compared to what Kleiman runs at NDSU? You would think they would have similar run teams since Keiman was under Bohl for so long. Anyone notice similarities from last year? If so, the Wyoming game would deffinitely help us prepare for the Bison 2 weeks later. Its pretty similar but klieman/polasek ran more shot gun/jet sweeps/read option Quote
The Sicatoka Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Its pretty similar but klieman/polasek ran more shot gun/jet sweeps/read option That seems out of character for a power run team. Quote
geaux_sioux Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 I think you will see more spread looks with our personel next season and polasek using some wrinkles from NIU: but virtually the same power run offense for the most part. If they're smart at all they'll try and spread us out and show that we can stop read option short passing. Basically run EWUs offense at first to see if we can hang with that. If we can then game on because our run d should be very good. Quote
forksandspoons Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Some interesting stats from last. NCAA ranking for 2014 Defensive stats(rank) UND NDSU MSU UM EWU POLY 3rd down conversion 55th 18th 97th 73rd 86th 96th 4th down conversion 61th 51th 52nd 32nd 70th 61st 1st downs 28th 55th 112th 98th 114th 79th Red Zone 45th 92nd 81st 13th 110th 115th Rushing 5th 22nd 88th 37th 65th 73rd Scoring 56th 3rd 100th 19th 90th 75th Team passing eff. 108th 5th 96th 50th 81st 93rd Team Sacks 16th 18th 94th 7th 58th 111th Tackles for loss 6th 72nd 111th 36th 85th 109th Total Defense 34th 5th 114th 39th 95th 80th I believe UND had the lowest YPC defense in the FCS while facing the second most carries. Quote
Nodak78 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Yes. Pretty stout front 7 and should be better this year. Secondary should be much better as well. Scoring defense should be lower if we don't turn the ball over on offense like we did last year. Very encouraged with the recruits we are bringing in. Quote
niouxsiouxfan Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Exactly! Can we get spring game going. Please usher in the warm weather and lets tailgate! Quote
FightingSioux87 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Can't wait for the season to be underway! Looks to be another improving year under Bubba. Hope we fair well against Wyoming to get some experience for the younger guys before Sept 19th... Quote
darell1976 Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 2014 Stats Out of 125 FBS teams and 121 FCS teams Pass Off: Wyoming 67th (FBS) 227.8 UND 110th (FCS) 137.9 Rush Off: Wyoming t77th (FBS) 153.2 UND 103rd (FCS) 116.4 Scoring Off: Wyoming 107th (FBS) 21.1 UND 109th (FCS) 15.9 Passing Def: Wyoming 61st (FBS) 227.8 (yds per game) UND 99th (FCS) 251.9 (yds per game) Rushing Def: Wyoming 101st (FBS) 203 (yds per game) UND 5th (FCS) 102.5 (yds per game) Scoring Def: Wyoming 100th (FBS) 32.8 pts per game UND 56th (FCS) 26.2 pts per game I think we match up pretty well with Wyoming. We could see a nail biter like we did with Fresno State, NIU, and San Diego State. Quote
geaux_sioux Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 2014 Stats Out of 125 FBS teams and 121 FCS teams Pass Off: Wyoming 67th (FBS) 227.8 UND 110th (FCS) 137.9 Rush Off: Wyoming t77th (FBS) 153.2 UND 103rd (FCS) 116.4 Scoring Off: Wyoming 107th (FBS) 21.1 UND 109th (FCS) 15.9 Passing Def: Wyoming 61st (FBS) 227.8 (yds per game) UND 99th (FCS) 251.9 (yds per game) Rushing Def: Wyoming 101st (FBS) 203 (yds per game) UND 5th (FCS) 102.5 (yds per game) Scoring Def: Wyoming 100th (FBS) 32.8 pts per game UND 56th (FCS) 26.2 pts per game I think we match up pretty well with Wyoming. We could see a nail biter like we did with Fresno State, NIU, and San Diego State. And yet they're still an FBS team. We need to win one eventually. Next year would be a good time to do it. They'll be better presumably than last year though, as will we. Quote
darell1976 Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 And yet they're still an FBS team. We need to win one eventually. Next year would be a good time to do it. They'll be better presumably than last year though, as will we. NDSU can beat one, South Dakota can beat one there's no reason why UND can't. Quote
geaux_sioux Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 NDSU can beat one, South Dakota can beat one there's no reason why UND can't. It's put up or shut up time. We've pissed three FBS games down our legs already. Quote
darell1976 Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 It's put up or shut up time. We've pissed three FBS games down our legs already. Wyoming this year and Bowling Green next year could you imagine back to back FBS wins for UND, before we play the PAC 12 in 2017 and 2018. Quote
geaux_sioux Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Wyoming this year and Bowling Green next year could you imagine back to back FBS wins for UND, before we play the PAC 12 in 2017 and 2018. I just want one. Then we can worry about two. Quote
siouxfan512 Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I just want one. Then we can worry about two. Agreed. Its probably way to early, but what is the liklihood of the game being televised on like a Fox College Sports or maybe available on ESPN3 or some other webcast? 1 Quote
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