2024 UND Football

[tnt]

9 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

So my Ferris Bueller 31 Flavors inside information is that Romfo is better at making plays with his legs/running ability. That separated him from Trey who is the better passer. To me that is code for another season of check downs, ROPs and wait for it.......bubble screens.

That would probably work if we had any kind of defense at all, but Bubba's supposed calling card had been absolutely horrible, yet he plays to it like they are the Steel Curtain. 

[sioux24/7]

5 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Miss the Braden Hanson days of just chucking it all over the field. Least it was entertaining. 

Missing a 5-6 season is something. Maybe if he never got hurt it would have been different. The Montana game was certainly fun but that’s about it. 

[Kab]

Are fans discounting Romfo because he came from a smaller North Dakota school

 

[Oxbow6]

11 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

Missing a 5-6 season is something. Maybe if he never got hurt it would have been different. The Montana game was certainly fun but that’s about it. 

You're right.....a 0.549 winning % the last decade puts it all in perspective.  My bad.

[gundy1124]

3 hours ago, AJS said:

My uneducated, initial 2-deep thoughts.

Excited

• Tackle - Thaden had a lot of steam after Spring camp, the fact that Becher (6'6" - 310) won the spot, bodes well. Thaden (6-7" - 285) and Teeter (6'6" -300) backing up, seems like a potential position of strength. Teeter has collegiate experience. Anderson returning starter.
• D-End - IMO, last year, low ceiling / experienced group. Teiken, who was one of the highest ranked recruits, right on schedule starting as a sophomore. Mohr has been a talker since Spring ball. Like those two transfers are backing up. Excited as well for Vig / Schultz. Young, talented group. 
• CB - Deep talented group. Per Tom Miller, best unit on the team

Disappointed

• OLB - Pending... the fact that Boecker is still in competition for a starting spot is worrisome. Listening to Tom Miller, it seems like Rucker might be the best Defensive player (or at least highest ceiling). My hope was that you'd see Rucker and Navratil start with the two transfers backing up. Hoping Boecker has improved, but this positional group was a nightmare last year. Besides Rucker (obviously) and Navratil, wanted them to essentially start over with anyone else that played significantly.

 

Two other things I'll be watching closely (1) Center position - really hope Buxa wins. Based on recent history, they've had pretty good luck with young Centers. (2) Davis injury. Need him healthy for depth purposes at a critical position

On Defense, for their respective positions, the Corners have legit FCS size.  All other positions are basically D2.  I think this defense is going to get ran over all year long, like right down our throat.  Sucks to see how light we are at the Ends and LBs.

[F'n Hawks]

7 minutes ago, gundy1124 said:

On Defense, for their respective positions, the Corners have legit FCS size.  All other positions are basically D2.  I think this defense is going to get ran over all year long, like right down our throat.  Sucks to see how light we are at the Ends and LBs.

Remember when we had Cieslak at End at 280 and Ratelle at Inside backer at 250? 

[SIOUXFAN97]

even when we had smaller ends they were distruptive in the past

zach babbington johnston wasn't the hugest guy but he could turn that corner and makes plays...

can will ratelle get a covid year and play in the middle this year....please!!!!!

[Wilbur]

55 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Miss the Braden Hanson days of just chucking it all over the field. Least it was entertaining. 

Muss had some dudes that could score the football.  And at the same point some dudes that couldn't tackle or cover people.  

[SIOUXFAN97]

at this point it trey had gone to ndac in year one would he be starting ahead of mattress boy at the fargo juco

[Kab]

1 minute ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

at this point it trey had gone to ndac in year one would he be starting ahead of mattress boy at the fargo juco

No one knows’ we haven’t seen any of UND QBs take meaningful snaps

will be interesting to see how the first few snaps go at Iowa state.

hope there aren’t a bunch of 3 and outs.  Will Romfo have a short leash?  I would think coaches would want to see how the other QBs do in game action 

[Sioux>Bison]

1 hour ago, Kab said:

Are fans discounting Romfo because he came from a smaller North Dakota school

 

His small stature is the only thing I’m worried about 

[sioux24/7]

Not saying Fruechte is going to put Romfo’s health on the line but I would guess they won’t be as concerned about him getting hurt as they maybe were with Tommy the past few years. That’s simply due to Trey and Jerry being closer to ready. I guess that’s assuming that Romfo just won the job and not that Trey and Jerry lost it. 

[shep]

2 hours ago, F'n Hawks said:

Remember when we had Cieslak at End at 280 and Ratelle at Inside backer at 250? 

The fact the DE and LBs are the same size concerns me for the DE's.

[Kab]

1 hour ago, Sioux>Bison said:

His small stature is the only thing I’m worried about 

I’m concerned about his height but will see in less than 2 weeks

he seems like a tough competitor 

[CMSioux]

On 8/19/2024 at 12:21 PM, Kab said:

Dom reviewed UND on his show today and projects us to be 4 and 8.

is he close or just anti UND

They have an incentive to downplay all UND sports. 

[Nodak78]

6 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Muss had some dudes that could score the football.  And at the same point some dudes that couldn't tackle or cover people.  

Most CB and Safeties were flag cars to the end zone.  Slow and out of position.

[geaux_sioux]

5 hours ago, shep said:

The fact the DE and LBs are the same size concerns me for the DE's.

The DEs aren’t big enough but they certainly aren’t the same size as our LBs

[shep]

46 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

The DEs aren’t big enough but they certainly aren’t the same size as our LBs

Is ten pounds that much of a difference?

[geaux_sioux]

6 minutes ago, shep said:

Is ten pounds that much of a difference?

There are no LBs within 10 lbs of 250. It’s more like 20 at least on average. Have you ever put on 20 lbs of muscle? Huge difference.

[MinnDak]

2 hours ago, geaux_sioux said:

There are no LBs within 10 lbs of 250. It’s more like 20 at least on average. Have you ever put on 20 lbs of muscle? Huge difference.

Problem with 3-4 defense in this division is your line backers have to be Lavar Arrington and Lawrence Taylor. Looks like we have a great group of linebackers but need more penetration on defense while stuffing the line with at least 4 lineman. 

[geaux_sioux]

10 hours ago, MinnDak said:

Problem with 3-4 defense in this division is your line backers have to be Lavar Arrington and Lawrence Taylor. Looks like we have a great group of linebackers but need more penetration on defense while stuffing the line with at least 4 lineman. 

It shouldn’t be this hard to find another Brian Labatt and Jaxon Turner should it?

[Nodak78]

Bo on the watchlist for senior bowl.

Belquist named to 2024 Reese's Senior Bowl Watchlist - University of North Dakota Athletics (fightinghawks.com)

 

[Sioux>Bison]

On 8/19/2024 at 11:21 AM, Kab said:

Dom reviewed UND on his show today and projects us to be 4 and 8.

is he close or just anti UND

He thinks Youngstown and SIU to get 7-8 wins after those teams had big turnover too in the offseason. He obviously picked UND to do the worse between SIU, ISU, and YSU for a reason……

[MinnDak]

48 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

It shouldn’t be this hard to find another Brian Labatt and Jaxon Turner should it?

They seem to like size in some areas and not size in others. 

[The Sicatoka]

Be it baseball, hockey, or football: Strength up the middle.