UND - Sam Houston Game Day Thread

[Sioux>Bison]

14 hours ago, LeaveNoDoubt said:

He couldn’t catch that because it was a terrible throw. And our best player isn’t on the field for these two HUGE downs 

I really don’t want to see Santiago In the backfield when on the goal line. Out in the slot would be a match up many teams would dread to see. The thing about Olivera is he normally can bulldoze multiple guys for yards after contact. I want to see O or JJ because those guys are beasts that can’t be stopped. We need more passes to them out of he backfield

[Cratter]

Phil Jackson was so impressed with the win, he's going to be at the next UND home football game!

[shep]

My only concern about Oliveira is fumbles. He crossed the goal line, hit the ground and the ball popped out. Happened in the first game too.

[ajries18]

Who filled in for Zeke Ott after he went out?

[KWCAT]

Stopped by to say "Nice win fellas."

 

See ya in GF 10-26-19

[geaux_sioux]

1 hour ago, Sioux>Bison said:

So the new Dan Hendrickson? Big props to Larson for not getting into trash talking and buy taking it out on the field.

He didn’t have to say a thing. Just gave that look that says, “I’ll be here all day.” 

[geaux_sioux]

 

[Sioux94]

3 hours ago, geaux_sioux said:

I really noticed Larson out there last night. He’s already very good. Best part was when he grabbed one of their stud WRs near their sideline and just ripped him to the ground with zero regard for human life. Their players took exception and the wr popped up to get into it with him but he just gave him a quick glance, turned, and walked back to the huddle to get him some more. It was a thing of beauty and the exact mentality that our team needs to have.

After I got home last night, I read through the SHSU fan board game day thread.  One of them said this, "they were straight up bigger and meaner than us".  Those are the types of comments we like to see from an opposing fan base.....from a good team and program.  I saw another couple comments similar to that on their board. 

[Nodak78]

Assuming Zeke is out for the year.  Tough break he made some big plays.  Who will replace him on the 2 deep.

[geaux_sioux]

41 minutes ago, Nodak78 said:

Assuming Zeke is out for the year.  Tough break he made some big plays.  Who will replace him on the 2 deep.

I think he is. I watched that play a good 15 times and he injured it while running. Not on the jump or landing. That’s not good.

[MDtoGF]

Here are some thoughts on the win, and a bit more re next week as well. Great finish, good stuff to build on! Feedback appreciated. 

 

https://seamoresports.com/2018/09/16/und-football-three-thoughts-after-hawks-soar-past-the-bearkats/ 

[Irish]

Great win on the road.  Still some scheme things to be tightened up, but that is for another day.  Love the 4th quarter drive, the defense standing tall, and our overall physical play.  Let's keep the roll going.  Great Job.  

[AJS]

Who played on the O-Line yesterday? I know Mortel was hurt, did Tobin play?

[geaux_sioux]

2 minutes ago, AJS said:

Who played on the O-Line yesterday? I know Mortel was hurt, did Tobin play?

Helgren Tobin Rooney Aplin Waletzko started. Nguon played RT after Waletzko left the game. Not sure if anyone subbed in.

[Nodak78]

30 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

Helgren Tobin Rooney Aplin Waletzko started. Nguon played RT after Waletzko left the game. Not sure if anyone subbed in.

And Aplin is the only senior.  Looks good for the future.

[geaux_sioux]

5 minutes ago, Nodak78 said:

And Aplin is the only senior.  Looks good for the future.

We’re loaded up on the inside but lack tackles. We need more guys that look lean at 310+ lbs like Zach Williams who was gonna come in with Grady but skipped town for U of Manitoba.

[geaux_sioux]

 

[Ozzie82]

Some quick hitters after returning from Houston....

- Offense looked good in the first half and half of the 4th quarter. Third quarter was tough to watch. Credit to Rudy for 2/3 of the game and the players for executing. It's a step in the right direction.

- Thankfully the defense played great and gave the offense a chance to win it at the end. You train all winter, spring, and summer for the chance to have a game winning drive in the 4th quarter and they did it.

- You train all winter, spring, and summer for the chance to stop a game winning drive in the 4th quarter and they did that, too.

- Nice to see these kind words from the SH head coach: "Their tailback is phenomenal, their quarterback is really good, their offensive line is great, they’re very well coached…and you know that’s kind of where it’s at."

- Most thought we'd need to get some turnovers to win. We didn't and still won.

- Rudy's third down call on the game winning drive, a swing pass to Brady, looked from my angle like it was going to score. It appeared to be a great call that wasn't executed.

- Ket struggles with quick outs; hopefully he relaxes going forward and sets his feet. It appears he's not comfortable throwing it; perhaps he's thrown a pick six with that throw at Sac St. and it spooked him? I'm not sure.

- On the other hand his bomb in the 4th quarter was gorgeous.

- What else can you say about Holm's play yesterday. He was fantastic.

- Kostich is the best recruiter on the staff, the kids relate to him as well as any coach on the team, and he should absolutely not be fired, but he has to get the special teams fixed immediately. I'm not talking about the place kicker; that's not on Kostich, that's more because the kid is a true freshman and D1 is a big step up from HS. I think he'll be fine (there has already been improvement). I am talking about the other facets of the special teams. From my view the player off of the line doubled the SH player coming up the middle with Aplin instead of hitting the guy on the outside which led to the block. As we all know normally the percentages say we should lose that game when you get a punt blocked and we are fortunate the the offense and defense picked up the slack (especially the defense immediately after the block).

- I was at both the Washington game and the SHSU game and there is no comparison between the wide receivers at both schools. I'd take SH's wide outs here at UND in a heart beat, but the Washington WRs are heads and shoulders better than SH's and it's nowhere close in my opinion.

- We were missing Mortel, Waletzko got hurt during the game, and we still gained 187 yards on the ground. Hats off to the OL who look like they are beginning to play as a unit even while rotating players. Maybe last year had something to do with the fact that the line had 4 first year starters? I'll answer that, yes, that's why they struggled last year. Lots to improve on this year but they are headed in the right direction.

- Who would have thought we'd have 76 more total yards of offense than SH? Amazing effort by the defense.

- I was pretty surprised at all of the negative comments on this site following perhaps the biggest win of the D1 era here at UND. I'm glad there is passion but my goodness. Enjoy it for a while, everyone. This was the game that many here said they "had to have," and they did it. The mood at the game was absolute elation and joy, and to come here and see complaining was a real head shaker.

- Beat ISU!!

 

[UND Fan]

2 hours ago, Ozzie82 said:

Some quick hitters after returning from Houston....

- Offense looked good in the first half and half of the 4th quarter. Third quarter was tough to watch. Credit to Rudy for 2/3 of the game and the players for executing. It's a step in the right direction.

- Thankfully the defense played great and gave the offense a chance to win it at the end. You train all winter, spring, and summer for the chance to have a game winning drive in the 4th quarter and they did it.

- You train all winter, spring, and summer for the chance to stop a game winning drive in the 4th quarter and they did that, too.

- Nice to see these kind words from the SH head coach: "Their tailback is phenomenal, their quarterback is really good, their offensive line is great, they’re very well coached…and you know that’s kind of where it’s at."

- Most thought we'd need to get some turnovers to win. We didn't and still won.

- Rudy's third down call on the game winning drive, a swing pass to Brady, looked from my angle like it was going to score. It appeared to be a great call that wasn't executed.

- Ket struggles with quick outs; hopefully he relaxes going forward and sets his feet. It appears he's not comfortable throwing it; perhaps he's thrown a pick six with that throw at Sac St. and it spooked him? I'm not sure.

- On the other hand his bomb in the 4th quarter was gorgeous.

- What else can you say about Holm's play yesterday. He was fantastic.

- Kostich is the best recruiter on the staff, the kids relate to him as well as any coach on the team, and he should absolutely not be fired, but he has to get the special teams fixed immediately. I'm not talking about the place kicker; that's not on Kostich, that's more because the kid is a true freshman and D1 is a big step up from HS. I think he'll be fine (there has already been improvement). I am talking about the other facets of the special teams. From my view the player off of the line doubled the SH player coming up the middle with Aplin instead of hitting the guy on the outside which led to the block. As we all know normally the percentages say we should lose that game when you get a punt blocked and we are fortunate the the offense and defense picked up the slack (especially the defense immediately after the block).

- I was at both the Washington game and the SHSU game and there is no comparison between the wide receivers at both schools. I'd take SH's wide outs here at UND in a heart beat, but the Washington WRs are heads and shoulders better than SH's and it's nowhere close in my opinion.

- We were missing Mortel, Waletzko got hurt during the game, and we still gained 187 yards on the ground. Hats off to the OL who look like they are beginning to play as a unit even while rotating players. Maybe last year had something to do with the fact that the line had 4 first year starters? I'll answer that, yes, that's why they struggled last year. Lots to improve on this year but they are headed in the right direction.

- Who would have thought we'd have 76 more total yards of offense than SH? Amazing effort by the defense.

- I was pretty surprised at all of the negative comments on this site following perhaps the biggest win of the D1 era here at UND. I'm glad there is passion but my goodness. Enjoy it for a while, everyone. This was the game that many here said they "had to have," and they did it. The mood at the game was absolute elation and joy, and to come here and see complaining was a real head shaker.

- Beat ISU!!

 

Thanks for the insight, Ozzie!  Keep 'em coming!!

I certainly agree with your last two bullets!

[MoSiouxFan]

4 hours ago, Ozzie82 said:

Some quick hitters after returning from Houston....

- Offense looked good in the first half and half of the 4th quarter. Third quarter was tough to watch. Credit to Rudy for 2/3 of the game and the players for executing. It's a step in the right direction.

- Thankfully the defense played great and gave the offense a chance to win it at the end. You train all winter, spring, and summer for the chance to have a game winning drive in the 4th quarter and they did it.

- You train all winter, spring, and summer for the chance to stop a game winning drive in the 4th quarter and they did that, too.

- Nice to see these kind words from the SH head coach: "Their tailback is phenomenal, their quarterback is really good, their offensive line is great, they’re very well coached…and you know that’s kind of where it’s at."

- Most thought we'd need to get some turnovers to win. We didn't and still won.

- Rudy's third down call on the game winning drive, a swing pass to Brady, looked from my angle like it was going to score. It appeared to be a great call that wasn't executed.

- Ket struggles with quick outs; hopefully he relaxes going forward and sets his feet. It appears he's not comfortable throwing it; perhaps he's thrown a pick six with that throw at Sac St. and it spooked him? I'm not sure.

- On the other hand his bomb in the 4th quarter was gorgeous.

- What else can you say about Holm's play yesterday. He was fantastic.

- Kostich is the best recruiter on the staff, the kids relate to him as well as any coach on the team, and he should absolutely not be fired, but he has to get the special teams fixed immediately. I'm not talking about the place kicker; that's not on Kostich, that's more because the kid is a true freshman and D1 is a big step up from HS. I think he'll be fine (there has already been improvement). I am talking about the other facets of the special teams. From my view the player off of the line doubled the SH player coming up the middle with Aplin instead of hitting the guy on the outside which led to the block. As we all know normally the percentages say we should lose that game when you get a punt blocked and we are fortunate the the offense and defense picked up the slack (especially the defense immediately after the block).

- I was at both the Washington game and the SHSU game and there is no comparison between the wide receivers at both schools. I'd take SH's wide outs here at UND in a heart beat, but the Washington WRs are heads and shoulders better than SH's and it's nowhere close in my opinion.

- We were missing Mortel, Waletzko got hurt during the game, and we still gained 187 yards on the ground. Hats off to the OL who look like they are beginning to play as a unit even while rotating players. Maybe last year had something to do with the fact that the line had 4 first year starters? I'll answer that, yes, that's why they struggled last year. Lots to improve on this year but they are headed in the right direction.

- Who would have thought we'd have 76 more total yards of offense than SH? Amazing effort by the defense.

- I was pretty surprised at all of the negative comments on this site following perhaps the biggest win of the D1 era here at UND. I'm glad there is passion but my goodness. Enjoy it for a while, everyone. This was the game that many here said they "had to have," and they did it. The mood at the game was absolute elation and joy, and to come here and see complaining was a real head shaker.

- Beat ISU!!

 

Great report, Ozzie.  Thanks for sharing.  Had hoped to be there, also, but it just didn't work out.  Already have my tickets for the Montana game, though!

[Northcountry]

I agree - Great Report!  As opposed to the Grand Forks Herald which did not even mention that the UND football team played on Saturday in their Sunday edition and since there is no newspaper available from them on Monday, there will probably never be a printed report on this game.  They did manage to get an article in print on the NDSU win over North Alabama and did manage to print the results of the Concordia, Moorhead, Jamestown, Dickinson, and Minot State games.  Again, there was not ONE MENTION that UND had even played.  It may be time for the Grand Forks (insert sarcasm here) Herald to go to a weekly or biweekly format, it would be just as current in that format and less infuriating. (Rant ends here).  Again, GREAT REPORT OZZIE!

[dmksioux]

5 minutes ago, Northcountry said:

I agree - Great Report!  As opposed to the Grand Forks Herald which did not even mention that the UND football team played on Saturday in their Sunday edition and since there is no newspaper available from them on Monday, there will probably never be a printed report on this game.  They did manage to get an article in print on the NDSU win over North Alabama and did manage to print the results of the Concordia, Moorhead, Jamestown, Dickinson, and Minot State games.  Again, there was not ONE MENTION that UND had even played.  It may be time for the Grand Forks (insert sarcasm here) Herald to go to a weekly or biweekly format, it would be just as current in that format and less infuriating. (Rant ends here).  Again, GREAT REPORT OZZIE!

Not sure about the print addition (which because it was a night game, may have missed the deadline), but they had a couple of stories in their on-line addition on Sunday.

[tnt]

5 minutes ago, dmksioux said:

Not sure about the print addition (which because it was a night game, may have missed the deadline), but they had a couple of stories in their on-line addition on Sunday.

Yeah, I read those too.  I find it hard to believe they didn't have anything in the print edition that at least gave a synopsis of where the game was at when it went to print.  

[the green team]

The GF Herald is no longer printing it's paper in GF.  Corporate decision.  This isn't a Wayne, Tom or Brad decision at all, but with a now 7pm deadline, every sport now in this region, high school, racing, or UND Hockey, Football, Basketball, Volleyball etc...coverage will never make the next day "paper" edition.  I just read the stories on the web. I will be honest, I don't utilize the print edition like I used to.  I do have some great headlines that I've framed from previous championships won- in the man cave...so that is the one thing that will be a major disappointment in the future, if/when UND wins championships.  A person like me, would go out buy that next day paper and frame it, now it doesn't look like that will be possible.  Other than that, I've just had to get more into the routine of going online to read the stories, which typically are there even before a print edition anyway.

[Northcountry]

I am just on a rampage because I am too old to change how I do things and I BUY the print newspaper.  Hell, I delivered the print edition door-to-door in all weather when I was a kid back in the Stone Age. I am just very upset because the team I love did not even get a mention that they had played a game the previous day in their hometown paper.