2023 Football Season

[UNDBIZ]

28 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

I completely agree with this, and it’s a disgrace. Another reason to hate that cow institute in Fargo. What goes around comes around, though, thankfully. 
 

As an aside, though, because of this corruption, the FCS playoff committee definitely needs to seed the top 16 teams. Take this stupid bidding process out of it.

Then it'll be a corrupt seeding process.

[UND-FB-FAN]

1 minute ago, UNDBIZ said:

Then it'll be a corrupt seeding process.

You’re not wrong, but still think seeding the teams based on performance is better way than basing it on bids.

[Kab]

2 hours ago, CMSioux said:

Administration threats of cuts to ndac athletic programs are on the table (which hopefully will keep the trolls on their own site). Or perhaps based on their ethics, it was just a ruse to pull more dollars out of TM pockets - which will work of course. 

Never under estimate the purse stings of the governor too

[Und246]

I could see the day where UND has a good enough season to be considered for a seed but just outside the 8 seeds like Weber. But if that happens I will bet the NCAA sends us on the road anyway. They will come up with a different excuse then. 

[Midwestern Hawk]

3 minutes ago, Und246 said:

I could see the day where UND has a good enough season to be considered for a seed but just outside the 8 seeds like Weber. But if that happens I will bet the NCAA sends us on the road anyway. They will come up with a different excuse then. 

There is only one way this changes.  I think we all know what that way is.

[UNDBIZ]

36 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

You’re not wrong, but still think seeding the teams based on performance is better way than basing it on bids.

Agreed.  Montana would've been the #16 seed this year (and every year they make the field).

[UNDBIZ]

11 minutes ago, Midwestern Hawk said:

There is only one way this changes.  I think we all know what that way is.

We go back to the BSC?

[N of GF]

41 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

We go back to the BSC?

No, he wants to completely cut football so there is no way this can ever happen again. Midwestern Hawk is now... HOCKEY ONLY!!!

[Midwestern Hawk]

1 hour ago, UNDBIZ said:

We go back to the BSC?

Beat NDSU.

[UNDBIZ]

1 hour ago, Und246 said:

I could see the day where UND has a good enough season to be considered for a seed but just outside the 8 seeds like Weber. But if that happens I will bet the NCAA sends us on the road anyway. They will come up with a different excuse then. 

We have hosted 2 playoff games, including 1 in which we were seeded, so we can pump the conspiracy theory brakes a little bit.  We did get screwed this year thanks to playoff committee membership.

[geaux_sioux]

21 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

We have hosted 2 playoff games, including 1 in which we were seeded, so we can pump the conspiracy theory brakes a little bit.  We did get screwed this year thanks to playoff committee membership.

Really it was thanks to laying an egg at SIU and NDSU. 8-2 heading into the dome would’ve looked a lot better to the committee. 

[UNDBIZ]

2 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

Really it was thanks to laying an egg at SIU and NDSU. 8-2 heading into the dome would’ve looked a lot better to the committee. 

Yes, the team did itself no favors in those games, but we still had the high bid.  By the criteria in use for a decade+, we should've hosted.

[AJS]

Based on their IG posts, Thorsness (DL) & Neustel (OL) will not be returning next year. Both would have been Seniors. Both retiring, non-portal moves.

[CMSioux]

6 hours ago, geaux_sioux said:

Really it was thanks to laying an egg at SIU and NDSU. 8-2 heading into the dome would’ve looked a lot better to the committee. 

However Weber was 9-2 so we would of still been hosed. 

[Kab]

How much of the posts here about the ncaa and the ac AD are seen by them

they must see some of it even by 2nd hand

im sure our great ambassador Izzo sees some of it 

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

16 hours ago, CMSioux said:

However Weber was 9-2 so we would of still been hosed. 

We would of likely been paired up with someone else.
Then the committee would of had to work through more smoke to find other reasons to shaft us (home field).

[Goose15]

I went back and looked at our 2018 roster when we had Tank Harris and Austin Cieslak on the D-Line.  Cieslak and Harris each went 290, with Mason Bennett being 260 at the other DE spot.  That is the size our D-Line needs to get back to in my opinion to be consistent at stopping the run.  

[geaux_sioux]

1 hour ago, Goose15 said:

I went back and looked at our 2018 roster when we had Tank Harris and Austin Cieslak on the D-Line.  Cieslak and Harris each went 290, with Mason Bennett being 260 at the other DE spot.  That is the size our D-Line needs to get back to in my opinion to be consistent at stopping the run.  

Exactly. I wouldn’t mind a 320lb nose too though. A real handful.

[Norhsidepride]

The front 5 were undersized this season and no true “Mason Bennet” on the rush. We have not seen that big of a differential in a few years. That extends through the whole defense

[zonadub]

On 11/28/2022 at 10:56 AM, Siouxperfan7 said:

Rushing yards given up per game:

Nebraska  -  244

UNI            -  115

SIU            -   148

YSU           -   178

SDSU         -   95

ACU           -   122

INST           -   126

USD            -   97

NDSU         -   363

Weber        -   330

 

We gave up over 200 yards rushing 3 times.  Nebraska, NDSU, Weber.  Is it an issue?  Sure.  But it's not like we are giving up huge amounts on the ground every game.  Yes, we gave up a bunch the last two weeks and to very good teams.  Giving up 300+ rushing yards 2 weeks in a row is alarming.  ut it was definitely not the trend all season.  Not saying we can't improve, but not like we were awful at stopping the run all year.

With all the teeth-gnashing about UND’s run defense, these numbers are not so bad until the last 2 games. Even SDSU only had 95 yards on the ground.
 

It felt like the pass defense was weaker than the ground defense for most of the season.

[CMSioux]

1 hour ago, zonadub said:

With all the teeth-gnashing about UND’s run defense, these numbers are not so bad until the last 2 games. Even SDSU only had 95 yards on the ground.
 

It felt like the pass defense was weaker than the ground defense for most of the season.

Gotta remember teams threw at will against us, thus the rushing yards statistic. Our pass rush was non existent, which was totally unexpected - that can change with one player. 

[zonadub]

3 minutes ago, CMSioux said:

Gotta remember teams threw at will against us, thus the rushing yards statistic. Our pass rush was non existent, which was totally unexpected - that can change with one player. 

That’s my point.   

[siouxfan512]

I'm not advocating for UND to pull a Petrino, but they truly need to utilize the portal in several areas and HIT on their offers if they want to rebuild this defense by next year. Probably not going to be a top D nationally but need to be more competent than we were this year to give us a chance. I just hope they are taking it seriously rather than rolling with what we have, especially with our front 7.

I could see the secondary improving, though I think a lot of this is scheme as much as skill. Interested to see how Dixon fits into the mix. and if Bishop could step up and take some reps. Would rather see these guys play more man than zone. 

Safety ... any help available???

[UND Football Fan]

2 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said:

Safety ... any help available???

Preferably not the Safety Dance…

 

[SuhakiYeahYeah]

Jaelen Johnson confirms via his Instagram that he's coming back for his 5th year