2018 Season

[geaux_sioux]

45 minutes ago, ep92501 said:

My bad, I meant Morrison.  And I'm not disparaging him, the coaches have him playing the wrong position.  Look at the film.

He’s a year out from being able to hang in the trenches.

[shep]

8 hours ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

This will end up a limbo year pushing UND on towards extended mediocrity.

6-5, no playoffs

some happy because UND improved from 2017 and had a winning record

some upset and angry because UND missed playoffs 

all depends what your expectations are, and those are all over the place on this website 

Yep, You are the ONLY one who wants the football team to win a Natty. The rest of us, just want to go to games on Saturday, watch them lose and go out to eat and be happy to have seen a game.

Do I have it right?

 

[UND-FB-FAN]

17 hours ago, shep said:

Yep, You are the ONLY one who wants the football team to win a Natty. The rest of us, just want to go to games on Saturday, watch them lose and go out to eat and be happy to have seen a game.

Do I have it right?

 

Wrong

Try Again

[LkvlleUNDFan]

On 9/23/2018 at 11:02 AM, darell1976 said:

Why can’t our kicker get any touchbacks? ISU’s kicker was kicking them 5-7 yards into the end zone while our kicker couldn’t kick to the 5 yard line. Get a kicker with a strong leg.

Just looked up the ISU kicker's stats. We're not alone in not getting any touchbacks. Both are true freshmen - so hopefully young Mr. Leach starts booming them further as he progresses.

KICKOFFS	No.	Yards	Avg	TB	OB	Retn	Net	YdLn
SHEIDOW, C.	13	732	56.3	0	0
Total..........	13	732	56.3	0	0	24.3	32.0	33
Opponents......	11	696	63.3	7	0	20.2	40.0	25

 

Our opponents have been marginally better than our kicker:

Kickoffs

Individual Kickoffs Statistics

#	Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
	Totals	17	935	55.0	0	0
	Opponents	23	1337	58.1	2	1
27	Leach, Brady	17	935	55.0	0	0

[Old School Guy]

On 9/25/2018 at 6:19 AM, geaux_sioux said:

They ended up pulling him and sliding Holm over there at the end.

Yes, Blubaugh came in for one play, got dinged and Harris right back in. I notice since Bubba's been there Harris rarely rotates out. Is that because the is considered a "shutdown" corner?

[geaux_sioux]

7 minutes ago, Old School Guy said:

Yes, Blubaugh came in for one play, got dinged and Harris right back in. I notice since Bubba's been there Harris rarely rotates out. Is that because the is considered a "shutdown" corner?

I hope not because that’s not what he puts on tape. 

[siouxfan512]

On 9/23/2018 at 11:01 AM, Longtime fan said:

I would love it if they played every minute of every game every year like it’s a playoff game.....aggressive with a killer instinct.  

After seeing our single D1 playoff game, I'm not sure I agree.

[sioux24/7]

So how does everyone feel about this team now? We are very close to being 4-1 rather than 3-2 but nonetheless here we sit at 3-2.

I am thinking we finish the season 7-4 with the schedule finishing out like:

Montana L

Sac St. W

Weber St. L

Idaho W

Portland St. W

NAU W

[MafiaMan]

On 9/25/2018 at 8:56 PM, shep said:

Yep, You are the ONLY one who wants the football team to win a Natty. The rest of us, just want to go to games on Saturday, watch them lose and go out to eat and be happy to have seen a game.

Do I have it right?

Nope.  Evidently some of us just want to make sure Bubba and the team wear plenty of Fighting Hawks logos on their outfits...

[bang]

8 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

So how does everyone feel about this team now? We are very close to being 4-1 rather than 3-2 but nonetheless here we sit at 3-2.

I am thinking we finish the season 7-4 with the schedule finishing out like:

Montana L

Sac St. W

Weber St. L

Idaho W

Portland St. W

NAU W

Looks about right to me. I think if we can get by Montana we’re a playoff team. If not this is what I’d expect. Montana is a good team but with us coming off a bye week I’m hoping we sneak one out. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

11 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

So how does everyone feel about this team now? We are very close to being 4-1 rather than 3-2 but nonetheless here we sit at 3-2.

I am thinking we finish the season 7-4 with the schedule finishing out like:

Montana L

Sac St. W

Weber St. L

Idaho W

Portland St. W

NAU W

It appears we can't win at the Alerus Center. So much for home field advantage. Maybe UND should just schedule every game on the road?

[AJS]

7 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

So how does everyone feel about this team now? We are very close to being 4-1 rather than 3-2 but nonetheless here we sit at 3-2.

I am thinking we finish the season 7-4 with the schedule finishing out like:

Montana L

Sac St. W

Weber St. L

Idaho W

Portland St. W

NAU W

Coming into the year, my prediction was 7-4, which I would be fine with IF the following happened, (1) No blow out losses in the FCS portion of the schedule (2) Couple of lopsided wins (not counting the first game). The UNC game was very important as it showed that UND can dominate a "conference" team. If this team can find consistency on offense, they can be a pretty good team. It's frustrating to know that all they'd need to be 4-1 is if they scored 7 points in each second half. Looking at their remaining schedule, they are all winnable games. I don't expect them to run the table, but there's no "automatic" losses. I do like that they have Montana (better team at home) and Weber State at home. I don't anticipate them losing both of those games. I see 8-3 as a real possibility. 

[gundy1124]

3 hours ago, sioux24/7 said:

So how does everyone feel about this team now? We are very close to being 4-1 rather than 3-2 but nonetheless here we sit at 3-2.

I am thinking we finish the season 7-4 with the schedule finishing out like:

Montana L

Sac St. W

Weber St. L

Idaho W

Portland St. W

NAU W

Montana, the team that lost to Western Ill., and Montana St. beat Western Ill if anyone noticed.  Sac St. and Cal Poly rushed all over the Griz.  Cal Poly turned the ball over too much including a fumble 6.  The Griz run D is so bad it managed to make Smok'n Joe Perothroe look relevant again. (He's not)  NDSU made Cal Poly look like a high school team.

Let's stop creaming our pants about Montana, we could not have played any worse our last few meetings and barring major injuries in our bye week we will be healthy.  I swear half our posters man crush on the Griz.  We better win this frickin game!!

[SWSiouxMN]

Just now, gundy1124 said:

Montana, the team that lost to Western Ill., and Montana St. beat Western Ill if anyone noticed.  Sac St. and Cal Poly rushed all over the Griz.  Cal Poly turned the ball over too much including a fumble 6.  The Griz run D is so bad it managed to make Smok'n Joe Perothroe look relevant again. (He's not)  NDSU made Cal Poly look like a high school team.

Let's stop creaming our pants about Montana, we could not have played any worse our last few meetings and barring major injuries in our bye week will be healthy.  I swear half our posters man crush on the Griz.  We better win this frickin game!!

Agreed.

Time to get another pelt. 

 

[UNDBIZ]

Sac st on the road should be tougher than the griz in the alerus. 

[gundy1124]

6 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

Sac st on the road should be tougher than the griz in the alerus. 

I agree.

Cal Poly against Eastern Washington, 70-17 to add some perspective.

Cal Poly had 412 rushing yards and 32 1st downs against the Griz. 

Sac St. rushed for 251, 5.8 per carry against the Griz.

Seriously, what more could we ask for.

[geaux_sioux]

50 minutes ago, gundy1124 said:

Montana, the team that lost to Western Ill., and Montana St. beat Western Ill if anyone noticed.  Sac St. and Cal Poly rushed all over the Griz.  Cal Poly turned the ball over too much including a fumble 6.  The Griz run D is so bad it managed to make Smok'n Joe Perothroe look relevant again. (He's not)  NDSU made Cal Poly look like a high school team.

Let's stop creaming our pants about Montana, we could not have played any worse our last few meetings and barring major injuries in our bye week we will be healthy.  I swear half our posters man crush on the Griz.  We better win this frickin game!!

Lol, at smokin joe

[sioux24/7]

9 hours ago, gundy1124 said:

Montana, the team that lost to Western Ill., and Montana St. beat Western Ill if anyone noticed.  Sac St. and Cal Poly rushed all over the Griz.  Cal Poly turned the ball over too much including a fumble 6.  The Griz run D is so bad it managed to make Smok'n Joe Perothroe look relevant again. (He's not)  NDSU made Cal Poly look like a high school team.

Let's stop creaming our pants about Montana, we could not have played any worse our last few meetings and barring major injuries in our bye week we will be healthy.  I swear half our posters man crush on the Griz.  We better win this frickin game!!

I hope you’re right! I was debating on switching one of the Montana or Weber games to W’s but decided to be conservative. 

[Sioux94]

12 hours ago, gundy1124 said:

Montana, the team that lost to Western Ill., and Montana St. beat Western Ill if anyone noticed.  Sac St. and Cal Poly rushed all over the Griz.  Cal Poly turned the ball over too much including a fumble 6.  The Griz run D is so bad it managed to make Smok'n Joe Perothroe look relevant again. (He's not)  NDSU made Cal Poly look like a high school team.

Let's stop creaming our pants about Montana, we could not have played any worse our last few meetings and barring major injuries in our bye week we will be healthy.  I swear half our posters man crush on the Griz.  We better win this frickin game!!

I agree with you on this, we should win this game...especially at home.  To me this is a MUST win game, I don't think Bubba has beaten Montana yet.  There are no injury excuses this time, we've got to beat them.  The game still makes me a little nervous just because we have not beat them recently, and I don't think I can handle losing to them again and having to listen to their fan base.  I want to beat them by 20 plus!  And for whatever it's worth, other people think to seem it matters if you beat EWU and Montana even if they are having down years and we just haven't done that, yet. 

[geaux_sioux]

49 minutes ago, Sioux94 said:

I agree with you on this, we should win this game...especially at home.  To me this is a MUST win game, I don't think Bubba has beaten Montana yet.  There are no injury excuses this time, we've got to beat them.  The game still makes me a little nervous just because we have not beat them recently, and I don't think I can handle losing to them again and having to listen to their fan base.  I want to beat them by 20 plus!  And for whatever it's worth, other people think to seem it matters if you beat EWU and Montana even if they are having down years and we just haven't done that, yet. 

The only time Bubba has faced Montana with a legit starting qb was 2014 with Mollberg.

[UNDBIZ]

 

[OgieOgilthorpe]

As long as the OL and LBs stay healthy, I think UND will beat everyone left on the schedule other than Weber St. in a close one. If the Montana game was in Missoula I would probably count that as an L, but I think UND will run all over them, which will open up the pass game and they'll pass all over them too. They need to get these penalties figured out asap but It's so nice that UND has depth at QB, RB, DL and WR this year. 

 Idaho State is a good team that UND played poorly against and still almost beat. I have more confidence in them after the beat down they laid this past weekend in spite of all the penalties. 

[The Sicatoka]

Get healthy. 

Fix the penalties. 

[Midwestern Hawk]

1 hour ago, OgieOgilthorpe said:

As long as the OL and LBs stay healthy, I think UND will beat everyone left on the schedule other than Weber St. in a close one. If the Montana game was in Missoula I would probably count that as an L, but I think UND will run all over them, which will open up the pass game and they'll pass all over them too. They need to get these penalties figured out asap but It's so nice that UND has depth at QB, RB, DL and WR this year. 

 Idaho State is a good team that UND played poorly against and still almost beat. I have more confidence in them after the beat down they laid this past weekend in spite of all the penalties. 

I agree.  Those 2 position groups are the difference so far this season.  If Kett does not fumble that hand-off vs ISU, we go up 21-6, win by 15-20 and are right now 4-1.  The improvement at OL and LB from last season will take this team a long ways.  Need to stop the senseless penalties.

[UNDBIZ]