2025 UND football

[F'n Hawks]

1 minute ago, AJS said:

Simon won’t be participating in spring ball because on an injury

Nor would they announce the starting QB after spring 

[geaux_sioux]

16 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said:

How long will SS.com be down if Simon comes out of spring camp with the nod?  So be it, as long as in game changes and reps for the others are utilized.  But yeah, looking forward to the new dudes calling Omaha,  Omaha.

Coming out of spring ball with the nod won’t be a thing. It’s all about fall camp.

[iramurphy]

5 hours ago, geaux_sioux said:

Coming out of spring ball with the nod won’t be a thing. It’s all about fall camp.

I would include continued progress over the summer going into fall camp. 

[fightingsioux4life]

Whomever wins the QB job will have earned it. At least that's the vibe I get from Schmidt and his staff and their decisions since taking over.

[MinnDak]

Johnson will be QB1 no matter what. Romfo will be QB2. Those two will battle with two different styles. Spring ball is meaningless to this team. Most decisions are made already. Don’t expect any starters or close to starters leaving. Expect a couple D transfers still coming in. 

[geaux_sioux]

3 hours ago, MinnDak said:

Johnson will be QB1 no matter what. Romfo will be QB2. Those two will battle with two different styles. Spring ball is meaningless to this team. Most decisions are made already. Don’t expect any starters or close to starters leaving. Expect a couple D transfers still coming in. 

Thanks for letting everyone know how out of touch you are

[GoodGood]

If Johnson is not starting, we are getting fleeced 

[iramurphy]

4 hours ago, MinnDak said:

Johnson will be QB1 no matter what. Romfo will be QB2. Those two will battle with two different styles. Spring ball is meaningless to this team. Most decisions are made already. Don’t expect any starters or close to starters leaving. Expect a couple D transfers still coming in. 

 

59 minutes ago, GoodGood said:

If Johnson is not starting, we are getting fleeced 

Only if he earns it and Schmidt and Freuchte think he gives them the best chance to win. He can prove himself during spring ball, his summer work and continuing to prove himself next fall. The same opportunity is there for the other 3  QB’s. 
Johnson appears to have the skills schools are looking for, but whoever starts will need to earn the job. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

5 hours ago, MinnDak said:

Johnson will be QB1 no matter what. Romfo will be QB2. Those two will battle with two different styles. Spring ball is meaningless to this team. Most decisions are made already. Don’t expect any starters or close to starters leaving. Expect a couple D transfers still coming in. 

 

1 hour ago, geaux_sioux said:

Thanks for letting everyone know how out of touch you are

Probably wouldn’t be that confident in predicting the future, but it’s okay to predict that Javance Tupouata-Johnson will be the starting quarterback come August 30th (talent does in fact matter). That is my prediction as well, but Romfo, Kaminski, Sulik, etc. will get their shot. 

[MinnDak]

1 hour ago, geaux_sioux said:

Thanks for letting everyone know how out of touch you are

You are correct. I am not a coach for UND and I cannot guarantee any future events. Thanks for clarifying. 

[GoodGood]

13 minutes ago, iramurphy said:

 

Only if he earns it and Schmidt and Freuchte think he gives them the best chance to win. He can prove himself during spring ball, his summer work and continuing to prove himself next fall. The same opportunity is there for the other 3  QB’s. 
Johnson appears to have the skills schools are looking for, but whoever starts will need to earn the job. 

For sure he has to earn it, but like I said, we’re getting fleeced if he’s not QB1…

[MinnDak]

8 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

 

Probably wouldn’t be that confident in predicting the future, but it’s okay to predict that Javance Tupouata-Johnson will the starting quarterback come August 30th (talent does in fact matter). That is my prediction as well, but Romfo, Kaminski, Sulik, etc. will get their shot. 

Offense coaching staff is mostly the same. Head coach will have his hands full with D. Hard to see much changing at QB unless injuries. 

[Hawkster]

Everyone was convinced last year that Jerry would be the starting quarterback.   I'm not assuming anything right now.

[MinnDak]

1 minute ago, GoodGood said:

For sure he has to earn it, but like I said, we’re getting fleeced if he’s not QB1…

Last year QB1 could not lose his job so I guess we will see if this year is different. It was crazy to go from using to 2 or 3 QB on 3rd down etc., to using only one QB no matter how down hill the season went. 

[MinnDak]

2 minutes ago, Hawkster said:

Everyone was convinced last year that Jerry would be the starting quarterback.   I'm not assuming anything right now.

There was plenty of opportunities to give him a chance but clearly the HC and OC made up their mind his spot was on the bench. 

[geaux_sioux]

54 minutes ago, MinnDak said:

You are correct. I am not a coach for UND and I cannot guarantee any future events. Thanks for clarifying. 

“Most decisions are already made” is a definitive statement. I can definitively say that you are dead wrong. Back track some more

[fightingsioux4life]

1 hour ago, MinnDak said:

Offense coaching staff is mostly the same. Head coach will have his hands full with D. Hard to see much changing at QB unless injuries. 

Romfo better not have the starting job automatically again in 2025. If he can't make the throws an FCS QB needs to make to keep defenses honest, then I hope he doesn't still get the job strictly because of "completion percentage during practice".

[MinnDak]

11 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Romfo better not have the starting job automatically again in 2025. If he can't make the throws an FCS QB needs to make to keep defenses honest, then I hope he doesn't still get the job strictly because of "completion percentage during practice".

Johnson will be QB1. Romfo QB2 with packages for Romfo in game 1 to keep in happy and fresh and ready if Johnson struggles or gets hurt. 

[MinnDak]

52 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

“Most decisions are already made” is a definitive statement. I can definitively say that you are dead wrong. Back track some more

They are but  I’m done arguing. You obviously didn’t watch the Aztecs defense last year or a UND game last year. If UND brought in a D coordinator that would dramatically improve the outlook. I will say I was completely wrong on how successful Jake Landry was the past year so hopefully some good coaches emerge for UND if they are doing to improve. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

1 hour ago, MinnDak said:

Hard to see much changing at QB unless injuries. 

What does this mean? “not much changing” is not how I would put it at all
 

Offensive staff has changed (new TE coach, new WR coach, new RB coach) and the OC/QB coach and OL coach have been at UND only one season and didn’t have a chance to recruit to their respective positions in 2024. 

Since last season, UND football acquired possibly their most highly touted division 1 football player to date (HS offers from Oregon, Florida State, BYU, Arizona State, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Nevada, San Jose State, San Diego State; https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/und-football-snags-san-diego-state-transfer-quarterback?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR39Tooldbc4k9y07YpPV35LKgYpmALuX58NKFj5kiBlqUfTOc73d5xfDqc_aem_pyPwi9LXS0HA35hHT8yH9Q), in addition to a great high school athlete from Council Bluffs, IA (https://fightinghawks.com/news/2024/12/4/football-north-dakota-announces-23-additions-during-early-signing-period.aspx)

In addition, Simon Romfo, Jerry Kaminski, and Jack Sulik will be 1-year more experienced in the system. The offensive line will be also largely intact and 1-year more experienced. 
 

I expect the quarterback position as a unit to take a huge step forward in terms of play in 2025 compared to 2024. You all should too. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

2 hours ago, MinnDak said:

Last year QB1 could not lose his job so I guess we will see if this year is different. It was crazy to go from using to 2 or 3 QB on 3rd down etc., to using only one QB no matter how down hill the season went. 

Why would you want your QB1 to fail? Sounds like Monday Morning amateur quarterbacking to me …

Using multiple quarterbacks is not ideal to the majority. If this is your stance, we respectively disagree.

“If you have two quarterbacks, you actually have none.”

-attributed to the legendary NFL coach John Madden, suggesting that having too many options can lead to a lack of clear leadership and ultimately, failure. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

21 minutes ago, MinnDak said:

Johnson will be QB1. Romfo QB2 with packages for Romfo in game 1 to keep in happy and fresh and ready if Johnson struggles or gets hurt. 

This is not an unreasonable take, but it’s far too early to commit to this.

[MinnDak]

2 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

What does this mean? “not much changing” is not how I would put it at all
 

Offensive staff has changed (new TE coach, new WR coach, new RB coach) and the OC/QB coach and OL coach have been at UND only one season and didn’t have a chance to recruit to their respective positions in 2024. 

Since last season, UND football acquired possibly their most highly touted division 1 football player to date (HS offers from Oregon, Florida State, BYU, Arizona State, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Nevada, San Jose State, San Diego State; https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/und-football-snags-san-diego-state-transfer-quarterback?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR39Tooldbc4k9y07YpPV35LKgYpmALuX58NKFj5kiBlqUfTOc73d5xfDqc_aem_pyPwi9LXS0HA35hHT8yH9Q), in addition to a great high school athlete from Council Bluffs, IA (https://fightinghawks.com/news/2024/12/4/football-north-dakota-announces-23-additions-during-early-signing-period.aspx)

In addition, Simon Romfo, Jerry Kaminski, and Jack Sulik will be 1-year more experienced in the system. The offensive line will be also largely intact and 1-year more experienced. 
 

I expect the quarterback position as a unit to take a huge step forward in terms of play in 2025 compared to 2024. You all should too. 

Yes. Johnson will be QB1 unless he gets hurt. Last years offensive scheme will give him every chance to succeed. The time of possession offense is very friendly to the QB. With his athleticism he will run and scramble all over the bottom half the teams in the MVFC and look like Patrick Mahomes. Romfo at QB2 and a year more experienced. That’s the QB room unless they get hurt. This is a random preseason prediction. 

[geaux_sioux]

18 minutes ago, MinnDak said:

They are but  I’m done arguing. You obviously didn’t watch the Aztecs defense last year or a UND game last year. If UND brought in a D coordinator that would dramatically improve the outlook. I will say I was completely wrong on how successful Jake Landry was the past year so hopefully some good coaches emerge for UND if they are doing to improve. 

Interesting attempt. It’s not an argument. You’re grasping for straws and coming up empty handed.

[MinnDak]

4 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Why would you want your QB1 to fail? Sounds like Monday Morning amateur quarterbacking to me …

Using multiple quarterbacks is not ideal to the majority. If this is your stance, we respectively disagree.

“If you have two quarterbacks, you actually have none.”

-attributed to the legendary NFL coach John Madden, suggesting that having too many options can lead to a lack of clear leadership and ultimately, failure. 

I agree but it was strange to go from Schuster as the QB with Romfo packages, and Vaughn packages. Last year Quincy got his few short yardage chances but Jerry didn’t see the field unless we were up by 85 points and he still had to down the ball for fear he might look good. Half the coaching staff lost their jobs over the implosion.