UND - Sam Houston Game Day Thread

[geaux_sioux]

Just now, BigGame said:

I don't think the OL complaints have been very specific.  Mostly the fans on here want better OL play with very little idea about how the OL actually works.  

We've got a ton of guards on our roster. We barely have any real tackles.

[geaux_sioux]

Good for one of my old coaches at Central, Everett Nelson, for getting tons of camera time tonight as the broadcast crew thought he was Bubba.

[gundy1124]

Just now, geaux_sioux said:

Good for one of my old coaches at Central, Everett Nelson, for getting tons of camera time tonight as the broadcast crew thought he was Bubba.

We were laughing our AO!!

[BigGame]

1 minute ago, geaux_sioux said:

We've got a ton of guards on our roster. We barely have any real tackles.

Length is key at tackle but I don't know the roster well enough to really have a strong opinion.  Some guys and good enough to play outside without needed the length.  

[geaux_sioux]

1 minute ago, BigGame said:

Length is key at tackle but I don't know the roster well enough to really have a strong opinion.  Some guys and good enough to play outside without needed the length.  

Nguon can hang on the edge even though he's got a guard body. Jenkins, Russo, Waletzko, and Mortel are our tackle body types. Jenkins got moved to guard which means he probably doesn't move well enough. Russo isn't strong enough yet. Waletzko is a mountain but still green. Mortel is solid. 

[MrMcnoingam69]

Just now, geaux_sioux said:

Nguon can hang on the edge even though he's got a guard body. Jenkins, Russo, Waletzko, and Mortel are our tackle body types. Jenkins got moved to guard which means he probably doesn't move well enough. Russo isn't strong enough yet. Waletzko is a mountain but still green. Mortel is solid. 

Russo and Mortel didnt play and we just got the dub in SH after like 21 consecutive wins at home so I dont see a problem with the line

[MoSiouxFan]

I think the way Santiago hurdled defenders at least twice tonight is indicative of the desire to win that the leaders of our team have. Oliviera also plays his guts out every down.  Guys like them are all out, all of the time.  Sets a great example.

[Sioux>Bison]

Miller with a story 5 min ago. 

Oline banged up again.

ott with a knee injury, I bet he is out but on the bright side he will still redshirt this year

[Cratter]

The team SHSU beat before they played UND: Prairie View.

Just scored 14 unanswered points vs UNLV in the 3rd quarter right now.

[geaux_sioux]

11 minutes ago, MrMcnoingam69 said:

Russo and Mortel didnt play and we just got the dub in SH after like 21 consecutive wins at home so I dont see a problem with the line

Has Russo played ever? The OL needs to be better. I guess I just have higher expectations.

[Fry Bread]

Ok. Enough with the beer. I’m breaking out the whiskey on this one 

[bincitysioux]

Well, as sketchy as the O-Line and play calling apparently was tonight, at least the special teams were rock solid!

 

[UNDBIZ]

16 minutes ago, MrMcnoingam69 said:

Russo and Mortel didnt play and we just got the dub in SH after like 21 consecutive wins at home so I dont see a problem with the line

Prairie View A&M ran for over 200 against SHSU. Great win tonight, but still plenty of improvements to make. 

[UNDBIZ]

2 minutes ago, bincitysioux said:

Well, as sketchy as the O-Line and play calling apparently was tonight, at least the special teams were rock solid!

 

Very glad they didn't cost us the game. I still see them costing UND at least 1-2 wins this year. 

[MoSiouxFan]

13 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

Miller with a story 5 min ago. 

Oline banged up again.

ott with a knee injury, I bet he is out but on the bright side he will still redshirt this year

I think he redshirted last year, so wouldn't he have to apply for a medical redshirt?

[geaux_sioux]

Just now, MoSiouxFan said:

I think he redshirted last year, so wouldn't he have to apply for a medical redshirt?

He would need to miss this year and then have another big injury to have a good case at a medical redshirt unless they made a claim that he redshirted as a fr due to his first knee injury

[MoSiouxFan]

3 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

He would need to miss this year and then have another big injury to have a good case at a medical redshirt unless they made a claim that he redshirted as a fr due to his first knee injury

Ok.  Didn't realize that there was that much to it.

[bincitysioux]

6 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

Very glad they didn't cost us the game. I still see them costing UND at least 1-2 wins this year. 

Agree they are bad.  Biggest liability on this team as far as I can tell so far..........

[gundy1124]

8 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

He would need to miss this year and then have another big injury to have a good case at a medical redshirt unless they made a claim that he redshirted as a fr due to his first knee injury

If a player red shirts with any hint of an injury, shouldn't we be claiming that?  It would be silly not to.

[Sioux94]

1 hour ago, geaux_sioux said:

Has Russo played ever? The OL needs to be better. I guess I just have higher expectations.

Sure they need to improve, but so far they have held their own and probably done better than I anticipated this early in the year.  Holding their own against UW and Santiago rushing for 139 yards, and two starters out tonight and we did enough to get the win.  Heard somebody mention maybe some new nagging injuries on the OL, that won't help.  But if we get all 5 starters going I think they can be pretty decent this year.  Some young guys there too, I have hope that we will have the OL we need when we get into the MVFC.  Get healthy.....and keep improving as the year goes and I think we'll be ok. 

[Old School Guy]

Last week, we could not pass, or stop the pass. What a difference a week makes. The team stood up and won with pass D and a nice TD toss in crunch time to get the go ahead score.

Tank's run stop late in the game was huge. The DBs balled. The kicker delivered. Rudy called an aggressive and impressive game. Long passes and underneath crossing routes.  It was humid as heck but that's life in Texas. To put icing on the cake: a trip to Whataburger!  "Today was a good day." Ice Cube

[The Pod]

You guys played an outstanding game.  Best of luck the rest of the season, and I look forward to a rematch in the playoffs!   

[Cratter]

When is the last time you saw UND got for it on fourth and six in the first quarter?!

[Sioux94]

12 minutes ago, The Pod said:

You guys played an outstanding game.  Best of luck the rest of the season, and I look forward to a rematch in the playoffs!   

We will be rooting for you guys, it will only help us.  In reading your fanboard you guys seem to be decent and not cocky.  Your fanbase also wants to fire all of your coaches etc. after a loss, similar to ours haha...well and probably every fan base.  Also like I think I said in another post, you guys get a lot of s**t from other fan bases who's teams haven't done anything.  We get a lot of s**t from NDSU, Montana, and EWU so we can relate.  Would love to meet you in the playoffs, but would prefer it was at our house next time     Good luck!

[Sioux94]

1 minute ago, Cratter said:

When is the last time you saw UND got for it on fourth and six in the first quarter?!

I think the state of our kicker situation probably had something to do with that.  Man I hope the kicker gets it figured out, there are games we are going to need some 40 yard FG's.