2024 UND Football

[Bison Dan]

1 hour ago, MinnDak said:

Offense is stacked. They might not be on the field if you follow that. There is more than a few that should be starting. I also hear chatter that’s some O and D lineman could move on either side of the ball and aren’t utilized.  Minnesota and Wisconsin player of the year both never found the field yet. Multiple lineman on both sides of the ball recruited by other big schools including the Iowa’s. Some have not found the field either. Kilty looks like a man possessed at KState. Ventrelli was best in FCS. Bryant starts at San Diego. On and on and on. 

LOL

[MinnDak]

1 hour ago, Bison Dan said:

LOL

That’s not taking anything away from Bison so not sure what you are implying? 

[SIOUX29]

18 hours ago, shep said:

Rucker?

 

Rucker passes the eye test, but that's about it in my opinion. Only a sophomore though, so hopefully he keeps improving. Should show more than he does, unless they're putting him in bad spots? I see he flexes out some.

[fightingsioux4life]

30 minutes ago, MinnDak said:

That’s not taking anything away from Bison so not sure what you are implying? 

Don't bother trying to figure him out.

[Siouxperman8]

4 hours ago, MinnDak said:

Offense is stacked. They might not be on the field if you follow that. There is more than a few that should be starting. I also hear chatter that’s some O and D lineman could move on either side of the ball and aren’t utilized.  Minnesota and Wisconsin player of the year both never found the field yet. Multiple lineman on both sides of the ball recruited by other big schools including the Iowa’s. Some have not found the field either. Kilty looks like a man possessed at KState. Ventrelli was best in FCS. Bryant starts at San Diego. On and on and on. 

Hard to argue with that.  It still seems like are too small on D and probably not fast enough to be national contenders.  Looked like we tried to spy the Youngstown qb with a LB and he just ran away from us anyway. 

[MinnDak]

1 hour ago, Siouxperman8 said:

Hard to argue with that.  It still seems like are too small on D and probably not fast enough to be national contenders.  Looked like we tried to spy the Youngstown qb with a LB and he just ran away from us anyway. 

Agree. It’s obvious the D is too small. We refuse to play any 300 lb D or O lineman. If you tall and are skinny and look like an outside linebacker you play interior D line here. Orlando and Beach should never come off the field except to rest. Gotta rush the ball with at least 4 or the result is we make every quick QB look like Lamar Jackson. Our 280 to 320 lb recruits never see the field. Back to offense Bo Belquist isn’t too bad either and we have 4 backs that could run for any team including FBS. 

[MinnDak]

And if you start the game off with a pick 6 at this point in the season you head to the bench and out comes #11 for the rest of the year and get some competition back on this team. 

[jdub27]

1 hour ago, MinnDak said:

Agree. It’s obvious the D is too small. We refuse to play any 300 lb D or O lineman. If you tall and are skinny and look like an outside linebacker you play interior D line here. Orlando and Beach should never come off the field except to rest. Gotta rush the ball with at least 4 or the result is we make every quick QB look like Lamar Jackson. Our 280 to 320 lb recruits never see the field. Back to offense Bo Belquist isn’t too bad either and we have 4 backs that could run for any team including FBS. 

4 of the 5 starting OL are 300lbs or more (the other is a 290 So) and 8 of the 12 on the 2-deep are 300 or more (anyone under that mark is a So or Fr and all are 285 or more). Not sure that argument holds water.
On the other hand, Beach is the only DL on the roster that is 300lbs or more. Not refusing 300lb DL isn't the problem, however not having any is a different story and one I'd agree with. Hoping the change in direction on the S&C side helps with that issue because it does definitely feel like UND's DE's are undersized.

[nodak651]

Our DC got hired because the last one resigned right before last season right?  Perhaps they should have made the DC an interim and then hired a DC with a good resume after last season.

[MinnDak]

1 hour ago, jdub27 said:

4 of the 5 starting OL are 300lbs or more (the other is a 290 So) and 8 of the 12 on the 2-deep are 300 or more (anyone under that mark is a So or Fr and all are 285 or more). Not sure that argument holds water.
On the other hand, Beach is the only DL on the roster that is 300lbs or more. Not refusing 300lb DL isn't the problem, however not having any is a different story and one I'd agree with. Hoping the change in direction on the S&C side helps with that issue because it does definitely feel like UND's DE's are undersized.

Yes O line is getting bigger. I meant more D side. Also the old O line coach was obsessed with being under sized/weight. A little more historical I should say. And the roster isn’t always accurate. 

[jdub27]

1 hour ago, MinnDak said:

Yes O line is getting bigger. I meant more D side. Also the old O line coach was obsessed with being under sized/weight. A little more historical I should say. And the roster isn’t always accurate. 

They slimmed down the first year he was here because they felt the talent wasn't were it needed to be so they thought they could play a little quicker to offset that. It failed and lasted one season before they worked on bulking them back up. 

Agree on the D side. DE's need to be quicker. They also were very much in on some guys that would fit the NT position but ended up losing out on them.