2022 Football Season

[Sioux>Bison]

1 hour ago, Sioux94 said:

I agree that a more experienced Tommy will help this year and him picking up some key yardage on the ground at times will help. But as we've all said, it's really going to come down to if the OL is improved from last year.  Once we got inside the 20 last year it was tough sledding for us on the ground. If it's 3rd and 1 from the 8 yard line, can we pound it up the middle for a first down, or do we have to run a trick play to pick up that one yard like last year. 

Even if our OL is the same as last year we should still have a good season. The only way we don’t make the playoffs is if we choke, not because we don’t have a good team. Honestly our short yardage plays can’t get any worse…

[Sioux94]

23 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

Even if our OL is the same as last year we should still have a good season. The only way we don’t make the playoffs is if we choke, not because we don’t have a good team. Honestly our short yardage plays can’t get any worse…

If the OL doesn't get any better than last year, yes we can still have a good year.  The margin for error drops significantly though.  If we weren't on our backup kicker and if we didn't fumble late in 4th quarter last year could have been playoffs, so we could replicate that season but don't choke those crucial plays.   If NDSU had 4th and 1 late in the game in that situation, they run it right up the gut and pick up that 1st down 95% of the time and game is over.  We run a trick play...and boom, game over the other direction.  Life is SO much easier when you can just consistently pick up short yardage when you need to. 

Our OL will likely be one of the youngest in the conference.  If we can go at least 3-2 and then make the playoffs, they will have 11 games under their belt and should hopefully improve during the year and possibly make us a dangerous team in the playoffs.....if we can get there.  

[Kab]

1 hour ago, Teeder11 said:

UNI at Potato Bowl is huge. Potato Bowl is a monster for opposition to deal with. Be loud; pack the Al!

Should be a large crowd

1st home game

get the students there, (and stay for,whole,game)

get fans excited about the year 

[Sioux>Bison]

4 hours ago, UNDColorado said:

Dom has a bison tramp stamp, probably.

Talking about trash, McFooly was trashing UND and SDSU indoor performance facilities because they have tracks in them and were bragging that the Ag U one does not because it is a “football first facility”……. So much for your facilities being used to the benefit of the entire university! Let alone to mens and womens athletics. Funny thing thing is one of the big reasons they haven’t been invited to make a jump is because their other programs are still stuck in basement while football gets the Cadillac facilities.

McFooly is such a tool, he is no ally of UND!

[UND1983]

Where he say that?

[Sioux>Bison]

1 minute ago, UND1983 said:

Where he say that?

On Doms 8/9 show, to be fair he said UND could be a good team this year and make the playoffs if we beat UNI. Of course UND always comes up when they talk Bison….

[SIOUXFAN97]

42 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

Talking about trash, McFooly was trashing UND and SDSU indoor performance facilities because they have tracks in them and were bragging that the Ag U one does not because it is a “football first facility”……. So much for your facilities being used to the benefit of the entire university! Let alone to mens and womens athletics. Funny thing thing is one of the big reasons they haven’t been invited to make a jump is because their other programs are still stuck in basement while football gets the Cadillac facilities.

McFooly is such a tool, he is no ally of UND!

first and biggest reason for a lack of a higher invite...............................LOCATION. AND BUILDING AN INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY 20 YEARS TOO LATE AINT FIXING ANYTHING

[Kab]

33 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

On Doms 8/9 show, to be fair he said UND could be a good team this year and make the playoffs if we beat UNI. Of course UND always comes up when they talk Bison….

Not trying to be fair when he doesn’t say good things about Und 

him and mcfooley are click baiters , I usually don’t listen to him but was going thru tv channels and UND schedule was on the screen so I listened in.

would like to see more sports coverage in Grand Forks somehow 

[AJS]

360's D-Line preview Kelly called it the deepest group on the team. Very high praise for the unit from them.

[Sioux94]

7 minutes ago, AJS said:

360's D-Line preview Kelly called it the deepest group on the team. Very high praise for the unit from them.

I like that they are thinking a little out of the box and tinkering with putting Orlando or Beech as DE sometimes if some teams are just trying to power run it down our throats.  Looks like Mcnaboe will likely start at one DE, he is only 240....pretty easy for him to get pushed around by 300 lb lineman.

[shep]

1 hour ago, Sioux94 said:

I like that they are thinking a little out of the box and tinkering with putting Orlando or Beech as DE sometimes if some teams are just trying to power run it down our throats.  Looks like Mcnaboe will likely start at one DE, he is only 240....pretty easy for him to get pushed around by 300 lb lineman.

Guy has a good motor, but he's the size a good Middle Linebacker. Ratelle was that size wasn't he?

[geaux_sioux]

50 minutes ago, shep said:

Guy has a good motor, but he's the size a good Middle Linebacker. Ratelle was that size wasn't he?

Rattelle was 255 as a senior

[Bison Dan]

16 hours ago, Sioux>Bison said:

Talking about trash, McFooly was trashing UND and SDSU indoor performance facilities because they have tracks in them and were bragging that the Ag U one does not because it is a “football first facility”……. So much for your facilities being used to the benefit of the entire university! Let alone to mens and womens athletics. Funny thing thing is one of the big reasons they haven’t been invited to make a jump is because their other programs are still stuck in basement while football gets the Cadillac facilities.

McFooly is such a tool, he is no ally of UND!

WOW you are delusional - have you looked at our SB, BB, indoor track, outdoor track, Baseball venues?  Yours is the school that concentrates on 1 sport.  Look where ALL your sports placed last year, all in the bottom of the conference, yet your AD gets an extension.  

[UND-FB-FAN]

12 minutes ago, Bison Dan said:

WOW you are delusional - have you looked at our SB, BB, indoor track, outdoor track, Baseball venues?  Yours is the school that concentrates on 1 sport.  Look where ALL your sports placed last year, all in the bottom of the conference, yet your AD gets an extension.  

Oh get over yourself. UND competes in all their sports and has an expanding facility plan. Fargo Ag U doesn’t even offer college hockey nor do they have a top hockey facility, so by default, you have no grounds to even argue. 

[Bison06]

57 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Oh get over yourself. UND competes in all their sports and has an expanding facility plan. Fargo Ag U doesn’t even offer college hockey nor do they have a top hockey facility, so by default, you have no grounds to even argue. 

Not sure how not having a hockey program makes someone’s observations irrelevant to a discussion about facilities, but ok.

His point stands though, it is completely false to say NDSU doesn’t have competitive facilities outside of the football program. Basketball, baseball, track and wrestling all have seen massive improvements in their facilities in the last 15-20 years.

[siouxfan512]

1 hour ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Oh get over yourself. UND competes in all their sports and has an expanding facility plan. Fargo Ag U doesn’t even offer college hockey nor do they have a top hockey facility, so by default, you have no grounds to even argue. 

18 minutes ago, Bison06 said:

Not sure how not having a hockey program makes someone’s observations irrelevant to a discussion about facilities, but ok.

His point stands though, it is completely false to say NDSU doesn’t have competitive facilities outside of the football program. Basketball, baseball, track and wrestling all have seen massive improvements in their facilities in the last 15-20 years.

Take the bickering to a different thread, this is about 2022 UND football.

McFooly is an antagonist. Even a NDSU fan should be able to see that. To slight either UND or SDSU indoor practice facilities because they have a indoor track is pure stupidity. Why wouldn't you build a facility to be as efficient as possible. and Yes, NDSU has also done a nice job with several of their facilities, I can't imagine Tom Miller getting on the radio and saying anything otherwise.

As for Hockey, of course UND is going to put their focus on that. It may be a niche sport, but it has been very successful and very profitable for the UND. Does that mean every school should have it? No, and while I love seeing college hockey expand, having it some be so large bring some of the charm to it; you really get to know some of the other programs. My personal opinion, I would love to see NDSU have hockey. I think it would be a great immediate rivalry game and as we have seen with other new programs, there is potential for early success. Though that isn't going to happen and that's.

Now can we stop the pissing match about irrelevant crap and get back to UND's Fall season?

[UND-FB-FAN]

34 minutes ago, Bison06 said:

Not sure how not having a hockey program makes someone’s observations irrelevant to a discussion about facilities, but ok.

It’s apples to oranges. Ag U doesn’t even need to worry about hockey facilities. UND offers hockey facilities PLUS football facilities and basketball/volleyball facilities. 
 

Flagship. 
 

But this is 2022 *UND* football thread, carry on. 

[Sioux>Bison]

2 hours ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

It’s apples to oranges. Ag U doesn’t even need to worry about hockey facilities. UND offers hockey facilities PLUS football facilities and basketball/volleyball facilities. 
 

Flagship. 
 

But this is 2022 *UND* football thread, carry on. 

I don’t know why they don’t just open up the dumpster fire thread so we can vent there instead, sorry for derailing us!

[Kab]

3 weeks to kick off

i see the Nebraska game is on big 10 tv

the only big 10 TV game that day so we should get the game

other big 10 games that day are on other channels 

[Goon]

On 8/10/2022 at 2:38 PM, Sioux>Bison said:

Talking about trash, McFooly was trashing UND and SDSU indoor performance facilities because they have tracks in them and were bragging that the Ag U one does not because it is a “football first facility”……. So much for your facilities being used to the benefit of the entire university! Let alone to mens and womens athletics. Funny thing thing is one of the big reasons they haven’t been invited to make a jump is because their other programs are still stuck in basement while football gets the Cadillac facilities.

McFooly is such a tool, he is no ally of UND!

None of us should give two ____ what he thinks. 

[Kab]

If mcfooley was so good as he thinks he would be writing for a p5 school

that ain’t happening 

[gfNDfan]

First EP of Day by Day for the season is up and running....(actually on Friday - i'm slow)

 

[Und246]

Is there practice today?

[Siouxperfan7]

Single game tickets on sale now!!

[AJS]

Anybody with a good memory that has looked at the available tickets around this time in years past. How does this year look compared to other years? It appears to me that there aren't as many available as I would have normally thought.

Is this correct?

• Student tickets: 210-212
• Opposing tickets: Top of 218
• Season Tickets: I clicked on buy season tickets and although you could pick most sections there weren't that many seats available

 

Outside of opposing tickets being given back, would there be any other large groups of tickets that would become available? Ticket sales seem to be pretty strong.