Valparaiso @ UND 9/20/2025

[Mama Sue]

A win is a win. They say you play to the competition.

[forksandspoons]

Well, not much to learn from that one. Glad they got a bunch of guys into the game to get a taste of college football! 
 

Gotta be smart and use this next week to heal up and clean up mental errors. The true tests start in MVFC play 

[SiouxFan100]

I think Simon should be number two qb from what I’ve seen so far

[Sioux90]

3 hours ago, Cratter said:

How far into the season we gotta go before UND wins a close game?

How about winning one against an above average team. Need to make a statement this year!

[Wilbur]

Gotta see a better team from the start next week.  They are where I thought they'd be record wise.  

[Sioux90]

54 minutes ago, Shackles said:

Hard to get 100 yards when you’re not in the game 😂🙄

Respectfully, there’s a lot of competition, and I don’t think he fits very well in our scheme. I like that we spread the ball around. Keeps guys fresh and healthy. 

[wheelsup]

It was nice to see two big differences from last year

- nearly a shutout.. 1 bad defensive play away from it.  Last year we would have given up 20 to these guys 

- lots of backups played.. last year romfo would have played until the two minute warning.  Great to see some of the backups get significant time. 

[Oxbow6]

42 minutes ago, Cratter said:

11,424

No way there were as many butts in seats as PSU

[F'n Hawks]

7 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

No way there were as many butts in seats as PSU

Agreed. Student section was pretty full though.

My guess would have been around 10,500

[siouxweet]

Don't ever schedule this glorified D2 JV team ever again.    Nothing was gained out of this other than stat padding.  A bye week would have been more beneficial.    Nothing was learned about this squad today. 

[Esoteric]

I was disappointed to have missed the game. Could you tell me if many of the backup players got a chance to play? I'm also curious about how the field goal and extra-point kicking went.

[fightingsioux4life]

3 minutes ago, Esoteric said:

I was disappointed to have missed the game. Could you tell me if many of the backup players got a chance to play? I'm also curious about how the field goal and extra-point kicking went.

Kicking game was good today.

Lots of playing time for the twos and threes in the second half.

Aside from one god awful play early in the third quarter, the defense was good.

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 hour ago, SiouxFan100 said:

I think Simon should be number two qb from what I’ve seen so far

ok bubba.....Jerry jtf and Jack.....only those 3 should ever see the field ...ever

[UND Football Fan]

Observation: offense was meh at the beginning.  Jerry is improving. Hopefully TE’s get healthy soon. My take on Z is he seems not as much of a bruising back as last few years (maybe lack of reps can do that), last two years he’s been injured down the stretch. I would rather see him play the whole season and have his biggest games during the playoff stretch of the season. 
 

Specials were solid, hopefully that carries through to Valley play. 
 

Defense gave up that big play, still too many. That being said we are takling better and playing fast. That is a huge improvement from last year. Defensively the challenge will be continuing building depth and continue improving in game adjustments, because with Valley play, once your exposed you need to fix or a season can become a slow death. This has happened a plethora of times over the years. 

 

 

[Siouxperfan7]

10 for 10 in kicks!  2 blocked punts!  1 kickoff return for a TD. Special Teams were on fire!!

[shep]

1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:

No way there were as many butts in seats as PSU

I thought it was pretty evident there were more today

[Vegas_Sioux]

3 hours ago, Cratter said:

Valparaiso is the Crookston of FCS.

Hey now crookston doesn’t have football

[siouxweet]

32 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Kicking game was good today.

Lots of playing time for the twos and threes in the second half.

Aside from one god awful play early in the third quarter, the defense was good.

How could the defense not look good against this farce of a football team?   One of the local high school teams would have looked like world beaters as well.

[fightingsioux4life]

13 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

How could the defense not look good against this farce of a football team?   One of the local high school teams would have looked like world beaters as well.

Compared to last season's performance vs. similar teams, it's a clear improvement.

[shep]

No comparison to last years D. And I’m not just considering today’s game.

Not even close, it’s a whole new way 

[Nodak78]

2 minutes ago, shep said:

No comparison to last years D. And I’m not just considering today’s game.

Not even close, it’s a whole new way 

Offense, defense and special teams are better.  Watching UNI.  Let's heal up and kick a$$ in UNI.

[siouxweet]

14 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Compared to last season's performance vs. similar teams, it's a clear improvement.

Again what can you take away from playing a talentless team?  It's like playing against pylons and tackling dummies.   It would have been more beneficial to have an intra squad scrimmage.  Whoever scheduled this should be fired if they haven't been already.

[Sioux>Bison]

2 hours ago, ChrisUND1 said:

Fantastic confidence builder for CJ Elrichs today.  

To be fair JTJ had to throw a few of his throws away in the dirt because his slow WR’s were not open. Hard to blame that on JTJ for not forcing throws

[Sioux>Bison]

1 hour ago, siouxweet said:

Don't ever schedule this glorified D2 JV team ever again.    Nothing was gained out of this other than stat padding.  A bye week would have been more beneficial.    Nothing was learned about this squad today. 

We already have one of the toughest schedules in the FCS……

[Cratter]

44 minutes ago, Vegas_Sioux said:

Hey now crookston doesn’t have football

Shows my age i guess. Was unaware UMC dropped football.

They use to come to the Alerus as the usual opener.