2023 Football Season

[geaux_sioux]

5 hours ago, gundy1124 said:

 Looking at our front 7 on D. 

Nose is at least looking better with 3 beef castles in there. Safety on the other hand… ouch

[Kab]

Like the old Johnny Carson take on McDonalds

millions of burgers served, that’s almost 50 lbs of meat 

[gundy1124]

23 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

Nose is at least looking better with 3 beef castles in there. Safety on the other hand… ouch

The nose position needs to be over 310 in a 3-4 system.  DE's need to be maulers, too, cause only 3 down lineman.   If a team wants to put the plow down on us nothing is stopping them from what I am seeing.  As lots have been critical of the 3-4 you need a really high end front 3 to run it.........and be strong at safety.  I think we are neither of these 2 things.  For any youngsters, "where's the beef!!"

[geaux_sioux]

7 minutes ago, gundy1124 said:

The nose position needs to be over 310 in a 3-4 system.  DE's need to be maulers, too, cause only 3 down lineman.   If a team wants to put the plow down on us nothing is stopping them from what I am seeing.  As lots have been critical of the 3-4 you need a really high end front 3 to run it.........and be strong at safety.  I think we are neither of these 2 things.  For any youngsters, "where's the beef!!"

I have always wanted a guy who’s like 340 at nose. Immovable. 

[gundy1124]

6 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

I have always wanted a guy who’s like 340 at nose. Immovable. 

Incarnate Word had a guy like 380 and NDSU struggled with him!!

[F'n Hawks]

They have to be looking to add a OLB or safety in the portal right? Because I don’t love where we are at right now.

[Sioux94]

Is Malachi McNeal going to be one of those younger guys that steps up this year and we see a lot more playing time and production from?  Seems like we thought he was a good get in the recruiting process.  

[the green team]

1 hour ago, Sioux94 said:

Is Malachi McNeal going to be one of those younger guys that steps up this year and we see a lot more playing time and production from?  Seems like we thought he was a good get in the recruiting process.  

This is a question I had as well.  I know it was mainly special teams so far, but I’m hoping he takes a step

[GoHawks]

17 hours ago, gundy1124 said:

Incarnate Word had a guy like 380 and NDSU struggled with him!!

They also put 5 down linemen at times and it worked well. UND is putting 3 linemen down and it's not working. How much more proof does a guy need that this god awful 3-4 isn't working. Especially in the MVFC!

[Wright4UND]

They added Griffin Jr from Northern Illinois.  He is listed as the 2nd NT.  He is listed at 305!  Hope he can help the team on the interior D Line. 

Also, safeties not listed due to injuries that will be available for Fall are Sammy Fort and Ethan Ball.  Both played last season with Sammy being hurt fairly early last year.  Both of these players will add depth and experience to the Safety position.  My assumption is that Sammy Fort will be one of the starters. 

Last comment is that i think the 3-4 does work against most teams in the MVFC but not NDSU.  I would love for them to throw in some 4-3 wrinkles vs them.  Try something different and make them beat you with the pass. 

[homer]

1 hour ago, GoHawks said:

They also put 5 down linemen at times and it worked well. UND is putting 3 linemen down and it's not working. How much more proof does a guy need that this god awful 3-4 isn't working. Especially in the MVFC!

NDSU is the benchmark of the conference and based on that the 4-3 doesn’t work either.  

[The Sicatoka]

This'll twist some neurons:

There's a prominent poster on the NDSU forum advocating NDSU return to ... a 3-4.

(The poster in question played LB at NDSU and got a law degree at UND.) 

[wheelsup]

Have there been any decent spring ball updates this year? I always thought Miller had a couple Herald articles and some other folks regularly posted on here.  I haven’t seen much of anything but wondering if I missed it.

[The Sicatoka]

3 minutes ago, wheelsup said:

Have there been any decent spring ball updates this year? I always thought Miller had a couple Herald articles and some other folks regularly posted on here.  I haven’t seen much of anything but wondering if I missed it.

Last week was spring break. 

[GoHawks]

2 hours ago, homer said:

NDSU is the benchmark of the conference and based on that the 4-3 doesn’t work either.  

8 out of the last 10 FCS Championships or whatever they're at now would say otherwise.

[homer]

2 minutes ago, GoHawks said:

8 out of the last 10 FCS Championships or whatever they're at now would say otherwise.

I actually think it proves my point.  The 3-4 or 4-3 has not slowed them down.   

[Sioux94]

Fall of 2021 our 3-4 gave up a total of 280 yards of offense to NDSU and 16 points (3 of which we handed to them by going for it on the 4th down), most teams I think would feel pretty good about that.  223 Net rushing yards, which is a quite a bit....but that's all they did is run...and 50-60 of it came on a late drive in the 4th quarter.  

I think Homer's point is.....other teams have a 4-3 and NDSU has steam rolled them too.  The 3-4 vs 4-3 is a legitimate debate, but bottom line is we need better/bigger players to run the scheme.  

[forksandspoons]

When did they put offers out to summer portal guys last spring? Seems a little quiet on that front. 

[F'n Hawks]

2 hours ago, forksandspoons said:

When did they put offers out to summer portal guys last spring? Seems a little quiet on that front. 

I don’t believe Hoosman committed until May, so there is plenty of time.

[Siouxperman8]

6 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

This'll twist some neurons:

There's a prominent poster on the NDSU forum advocating NDSU return to ... a 3-4.

(The poster in question played LB at NDSU and got a law degree at UND.) 

He hasn't been on here in a long time, unless I missed him. 

[shep]

8 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

This'll twist some neurons:

There's a prominent poster on the NDSU forum advocating NDSU return to ... a 3-4.

(The poster in question played LB at NDSU and got a law degree at UND.) 

He was a year behind in LS. We played the annual Law v Medschool flag football game. He was FIERCE. Wanted to tackle anyone near him.

[The Sicatoka]

13 hours ago, Siouxperman8 said:

He hasn't been on here in a long time, unless I missed him. 

Correct.
I haunt other corners of the interwebs.  

[UND-FB-FAN]

not as simple as just changing alignment. 

UND needs better players, that’s the bottom line. 

Not only a recruiting issue, but also a development issue. 

 

 

[geaux_sioux]

13 hours ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

not as simple as just changing alignment. 

UND needs better players, that’s the bottom line. 

Not only a recruiting issue, but also a development issue. 

 

 

Our DL should all look like Austin Cieslak. 6’4” 290, long arms, skinny ankles. Haven’t had another one like him.

[Shawn-O]

On 3/21/2023 at 7:11 PM, Siouxperman8 said:

He hasn't been on here in a long time, unless I missed him. 

Probably has his hands full prosecuting minors in possession and underage cigarette purchases.