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[Sioux94]

1 hour ago, iramurphy said:

No one else is shocked. You keep posting nonsense about Kostich. (A guy who was respected for his work at Minnesota before coming to UND).  Our special teams play has been very good this year and our special teams recruiting just got a commitment from an outstanding kicker from Fargo South. Somehow you have reached the conclusion based on a players mistake not only is Kostich to blame but you have continually posted he should be replaced. When our special teams have had a bad game you have wanted him fired, but when they are playing well you have changed to wanting him gone for one bad play.  

Everyone has to remember that Siouxfan97 yelled at Tommy for not running it on the play below. Tommy scrambled out to his left to bye time, yes he had a little open room but that defender in the flat was screaming upfield at him at full speed. Tommy wouldn't have picked up any yards on that play and he would have taken a hit. How many huge plays has Tommy made scrambling out to the right or left, and he has run it several times when it was completely wide open and picked up yards. But because Tommy threw it away on that play and doesn't run it every time he gets outside Siouxfan97 wants to pull Tommy and put Romfo in. He literally called for Romfo to come in and play yesterday, that is why you can't take half of his posts serious. Yeah let's pull a guy who is 1st in completions, completion percentage, and Interceptions in the conference for an unknown commodity just because he can run better. Makes perfect sense. 

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

On 9/26/2022 at 9:34 AM, gfhockey said:

I’d be surprised if this thread get half has large as siu

 

On 9/26/2022 at 9:44 AM, The Sicatoka said:

Many will be in Alerus before hockey, or will have hands on steering wheel not keyboard during the game. 

As of end of Sunday there are 667 posts on this Missouri St. thread.
As of Sunday Sept 25 there were 671 posts for the Southern Illinois thread.
As of Sunday Sept 18 there were 724 posts for the Northern Arizona thread.

All pretty close.

[siouxfan512]

Kostich may not be perfect, but none of our coaches are.

Danny had some offensive blunders at times.

Holinka has allowed so many TDs on the 1st drives of the game that its easy to want to turn the game off right away.

Bubba has been .... well Bubba!

All have also shown their ability to adjust.

Danny has had some plays that are just pure genius. The pitch to Smith this week was the perfect call at the perfect time.

Holinka may let a score in early on a regular basis, but the guy makes adjustments, this week was no different.

Kostich has improved ST over a few years ago. Kick coverage has been good. Kicking has gotten better. Punting has been solid. We've had 2 MVFC ST players of the week in the last 3 weeks.

And credit to Bubba .... he has been more aggresive on 4th downs and is showing more trust in his guys. 

Good season so far .... Will have to wait to see if it can be a great season!

*Side note: Any criticism on Tommy is hilarious, this kid has taken a HUGE step forward this year. Really glad we get to have him next season too. His ability to stay calm and extend play has been so beneficial and he has shown this numerous times this season. Kid has been fun to watch!

[shep]

7 hours ago, siouxfan512 said:

*Side note: Any criticism on Tommy is hilarious, this kid has taken a HUGE step forward this year. Really glad we get to have him next season too. His ability to stay calm and extend play has been so beneficial and he has shown this numerous times this season. Kid has been fun to watch!

Absolutely. The "experts" have been proven wrong. Tommy is so cool out there and let's face it, most of the time he's scrambling away from large men who want to hurt him.

CUE the "experts" saying "But he hasn't won the big games"

[UND-FB-FAN]

1 hour ago, shep said:

Absolutely. The "experts" have been proven wrong. Tommy is so cool out there and let's face it, most of the time he's scrambling away from large men who want to hurt him.

CUE the "experts" saying "But he hasn't won the big games"

It’s a team game. Entire team, coaches included, need to be looked at. Quarterback position is a focal point, though, for good reason. In big wins, like vs #7 Missouri State, Schuster deserves a ton of credit. He played very well in 2nd half of game. But so did the entire team, namely the offense
 

next big game? The game on Saturday, where UND can prove to everyone, including themselves, that they can follow up a big win with a win on the road to keep the momentum going. 
 

a loss here would be crippling as it would push the team back to the status quo- what the track record of Bubba has been. Win and the narrative potentially changes. 

[gfhockey]

Other teams message boards begin to have qb like tommy

 

in Tommy I trust

[jdub27]

10 hours ago, Sioux94 said:

Everyone has to remember that Siouxfan97 yelled at Tommy for not running it on the play below. Tommy scrambled out to his left to bye time, yes he had a little open room but that defender in the flat was screaming upfield at him at full speed. Tommy wouldn't have picked up any yards on that play and he would have taken a hit. 

The defender is closer to the line of scrimmage than Tommy is. Plus MSU's 6'3", 250lb DE is crashing from the side which removes any sort of 1 on 1 move Tommy could have tried. Throwing this ball away was absolutely the right call. He bought a bit of time to see if anyone could get open and then got rid of it. 

[The Sicatoka]

Someone asked if people thought it over at 21-10.

I was unimpressed by the 55 yard run given up as the first play from scrimmage. 

[The Sicatoka]

How many teams can say they played FOUR quarterbacks in a game: 

Schuster, Vaughn, Romfo for the goal line RPO, Feeney to run victory formation*. 

 

*He did take two shotgun snaps (run plays) which did concern me given our propensity for "airmailing" those at times. 

[The Sicatoka]

They called for a two point play at 26-21. To me that's easy; that's the right decision to try to go up seven. 

But at 32-21, they ran a two point play (yes, it worked, 34-21 and up 13); but, I would've called for the K and go up 12. Your thoughts? 

[UNDBIZ]

10 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

They called for a two point play at 26-21. To me that's easy; that's the right decision to try to go up seven. 

But at 32-21, they ran a two point play (yes, it worked, 34-21 and up 13); but, I would've called for the K and go up 12. Your thoughts? 

I didn't mind it.  What's the difference between being up 11 or 12?  At 13, we force a kicker who was 0/2 on FGs (3/3 on XPs, to be fair) to make 2 more XPs.

The XP vs 2 point decision that didn't make any sense was MSU choosing to take the XP and leave it a 3 score game (48-31) when they could've gone for 2 to cut it to a 2-score game.  Yes it was late in the game, but there was still enough time for a miracle.

[The Sicatoka]

1 minute ago, UNDBIZ said:

I didn't mind it.  What's the difference between being up 11 or 12?

My thinking:

11 -> TD, 2 pt, FG to tie 
12 -> It requires 2 TDs or three drives (TD, 2 FG). 

[jdub27]

17 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

They called for a two point play at 26-21. To me that's easy; that's the right decision to try to go up seven. 

But at 32-21, they ran a two point play (yes, it worked, 34-21 and up 13); but, I would've called for the K and go up 12. Your thoughts? 

My thoughts are regardless of what decision was made, it was a billion times better than Petrino going for the XP when down 18 and solidifying it as a 3 score game. I know there were just under 2 minutes left, but why bother with an onside kick and then also burning your last timeout after you didn't recover if you've thrown in the white flag?

[Siouxperfan7]

12 minutes ago, jdub27 said:

My thoughts are regardless of what decision was made, it was a billion times better than Petrino going for the XP when down 18 and solidifying it as a 3 score game. I know there were just under 2 minutes left, but why bother with an onside kick and then also burning your last timeout after you didn't recover if you've thrown in the white flag?

The timeout at the end didn't make any sense.  Maybe he was still pissed about that TD on 4th and 5.  If you piss off the other coach, you're doing it right!!

[The Sicatoka]

19 minutes ago, jdub27 said:

My thoughts are regardless of what decision was made, it was a billion times better than Petrino going for the XP when down 18 and solidifying it as a 3 score game. I know there were just under 2 minutes left, but why bother with an onside kick and then also burning your last timeout after you didn't recover if you've thrown in the white flag?

Those really don't align to a coherent strategy. 

[jdub27]

1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:

Those really don't align to a coherent strategy. 

Surprised we didn't see a few people try to blame Kostich....

[SIOUXFAN97]

15 hours ago, iramurphy said:

No one else is shocked. You keep posting nonsense about Kostich. (A guy who was respected for his work at Minnesota before coming to UND).  Our special teams play has been very good this year and our special teams recruiting just got a commitment from an outstanding kicker from Fargo South. Somehow you have reached the conclusion based on a players mistake not only is Kostich to blame but you have continually posted he should be replaced. When our special teams have had a bad game you have wanted him fired, but when they are playing well you have changed to wanting him gone for one bad play.  

the reason i keep posting about kostitch is because our ST consistently suck...no other way around it....first punt of the year...blocked...first kickoff return at home...fumble

i remember the day when we could roll out a kicker and it's snap, place, kick, and its good...from 50 plus...JGT, Glas, the kid from Ankeny....

now we can't even field a kickoff without turning it over....or just get a damn punt off and you win the game against stoney brook.

and it isn't just coack k....who punts when your down 3 scores with 7 minutes left in a playoff game when you have already given up 250 plus yards on the ground...who goes for it on 4 and 1 on your own 25?  time management issues....

we win one game people on here say we are unbeatable then we get blown out the next week...for every game bubba wins he loses one...that's not a good ratio...

we gotta win 2 more road games starting this week against youngstown and and isu...and then 2 more homes against sodak and acu...assuming we lose to sdsu and ndac...

let's see what bubba and the coaches can do bc 7 wins probably won't get us in...and i hope making the playoffs don't come down to a game winning 39 yard fg thats wide left

 

[SIOUXFAN97]

2 hours ago, UNDBIZ said:

I didn't mind it.  What's the difference between being up 11 or 12?  At 13, we force a kicker who was 0/2 on FGs (3/3 on XPs, to be fair) to make 2 more XPs.

The XP vs 2 point decision that didn't make any sense was MSU choosing to take the XP and leave it a 3 score game (48-31) when they could've gone for 2 to cut it to a 2-score game.  Yes it was late in the game, but there was still enough time for a miracle.

yes...you kick the extra point to go up 12...it's no brainer. requires 2 td's...if they would've kicked a long fg (after getting 6+2 obviously) as time expired to tie the game instead of a hail mary we would've gotta the ol' "shucks i just felt like going for 2 was the right move" from bubba.

[The Sicatoka]

I've been as down on Bubba as anyone regarding some of his (hyper-)conservative play. But I do think he is learning and adapting. He may have gone for it on 4th as much in five games this year as the total of his prior tenure. And he actually let his offense keep going after 34 points on the board.

Dare I say he may finally be changing with the game as it changes around him. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

14 hours ago, Sioux94 said:

Everyone has to remember that Siouxfan97 yelled at Tommy for not running it on the play below. Tommy scrambled out to his left to bye time, yes he had a little open room but that defender in the flat was screaming upfield at him at full speed. Tommy wouldn't have picked up any yards on that play and he would have taken a hit. How many huge plays has Tommy made scrambling out to the right or left, and he has run it several times when it was completely wide open and picked up yards. But because Tommy threw it away on that play and doesn't run it every time he gets outside Siouxfan97 wants to pull Tommy and put Romfo in. He literally called for Romfo to come in and play yesterday, that is why you can't take half of his posts serious. Yeah let's pull a guy who is 1st in completions, completion percentage, and Interceptions in the conference for an unknown commodity just because he can run better. Makes perfect sense. 

so tommy couldn't have broken his ankles like the guy in the uni game?  any yards are better than no yards...run for sideline at the 35 and maybe get 15 added on...

[homer]

9 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

so tommy couldn't have broken his ankles like the guy in the uni game?  any yards are better than no yards...run for sideline at the 35 and maybe get 15 added on...

Bold strategy…..play for the personal foul call

[The Sicatoka]

7 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

so tommy couldn't have broken his ankles like the guy in the uni game?  any yards are better than no yards...run for sideline at the 35 and maybe get 15 added on...

If Tommy can create time and space for himself and not get hit, I'll accept the throw-aways because some of the other connections are well worth it (this week: 39 yards to Maag; past weeks: game clincher to AdZav). 

[The Sicatoka]

1 minute ago, homer said:

Bold strategy…..play for the personal foul call

And risk a clean shot on your starting QB. 

[SiouxBoys]

41 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

the reason i keep posting about kostitch is because our ST consistently suck...no other way around it....first punt of the year...blocked...first kickoff return at home...fumble

i remember the day when we could roll out a kicker and it's snap, place, kick, and its good...from 50 plus...JGT, Glas, the kid from Ankeny....

now we can't even field a kickoff without turning it over....or just get a damn punt off and you win the game against stoney brook.

and it isn't just coack k....who punts when your down 3 scores with 7 minutes left in a playoff game when you have already given up 250 plus yards on the ground...who goes for it on 4 and 1 on your own 25?  time management issues....

we win one game people on here say we are unbeatable then we get blown out the next week...for every game bubba wins he loses one...that's not a good ratio...

we gotta win 2 more road games starting this week against youngstown and and isu...and then 2 more homes against sodak and acu...assuming we lose to sdsu and ndac...

let's see what bubba and the coaches can do bc 7 wins probably won't get us in...and i hope making the playoffs don't come down to a game winning 39 yard fg thats wide left

 

In what world will 7 wins not get us in? That would mean 4 losses if that happens. The 4 losses would be a P5 school, NDSU, SDSU, and a pretty good SIU team.

[Sioux94]

19 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

so tommy couldn't have broken his ankles like the guy in the uni game?  any yards are better than no yards...run for sideline at the 35 and maybe get 15 added on...

No I don't think Tommy would have broken the DB's ankles if he ran it on that play.  Yes he did it at the goal line that one time where he was about to go in the end zone so the defender went all in on him going straight ahead.  Tommy can run but he's not the Michael Vick type and routinely going to break CB's ankles when he has them 1 on 1 out in the flat.  Maybe Romfo could have broken the CB's ankles out in the flat.......maybe we should just play him the whole game