Valparaiso @ UND 9/20/2025

[iramurphy]

7 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:

BTW....anyone else see Jimmy K roaming the tailgating lot?

Yeah. Chatted with him. Asked him about Carter and he says Carter really likes it here. I always remind him he wore my number. He made the tailgating rounds with Mike Manausa (sp?).

[CMSioux]

2 hours ago, zonadub said:

Complain all you want about a cupcake game like yesterday…

 

Sulik probably had more field time yesterday than JK got all last season. 
 

Another observation? maybe the coaches don’t want a lot of Ziebarth on film going in to conference play 

Agreed, I also think a player takes a lot of hard hits and it wears on the body so it's okay to limit them in the preseason, plus that room has plenty of talent. 

[iramurphy]

16 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

of all the players they could put on the front page....simon!!!! 

gotta love the love the heraldo has little old Simon......

 

The Romfo boys are a great college sports story. Small town twins whose greatest obvious assets out of HS were they were winners and good athletes, although undersized. I don’t think you have a clue as to the challenges these guys faced as PWO’s coming to play at UND. 

Your unhealthy fixation on Simon doesn’t make sense. He didn’t make the decisions to become the starter.  He worked his butt off to get to that position. Now Jerry has worked his butt off to earn the starting position. It’s obvious that Simon is still doing whatever he can to help the team. If the time comes I would expect he will be able to step in and show that he is a better QB than he was last year. Regardless, your persistent negative comments are unwarranted this year. 
I would hope you now realize that even Jerry will miss wide open receivers for a TD at times or one bounce passes to receivers at times. (Please don’t post of them 20 times on ss.com). That doesn’t mean Jerry shouldn’t be QB, it means it happens to all QB’s at all levels.

Who cares about whose picture is where?  They did an interesting article on Simon who has played well when he has been in.  It’s clear how much respect the coaches and his teammates have for him. Championship teams need guys like this. It’s part of learning to win and building a consistent winner. Guys who may have more physical abilities get motivated to do better when they see teammates doing everything they can to help the team. 
 

Give that some thought.
 

[Und Princess]

Good Afternoon!!! How are you doing today after the big win? I'm doing FANTASTIC!!! I've got my game vs Valparaiso postgame to share. Happy Bye week!!!! Let's rest and recover our voices this week so we can cheer on our Hawks loudly and proudly the rest of the way.

https://ftstspotlight.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-sunday-funday-taking-deep-swim-into.html?m=1

Sincerely Und Princess 

[SIOUXFAN97]

35 minutes ago, iramurphy said:

The Romfo boys are a great college sports story. Small town twins whose greatest obvious assets out of HS were they were winners and good athletes, although undersized. I don’t think you have a clue as to the challenges these guys faced as PWO’s coming to play at UND. 

Your unhealthy fixation on Simon doesn’t make sense. He didn’t make the decisions to become the starter.  He worked his butt off to get to that position. Now Jerry has worked his butt off to earn the starting position. It’s obvious that Simon is still doing whatever he can to help the team. If the time comes I would expect he will be able to step in and show that he is a better QB than he was last year. Regardless, your persistent negative comments are unwarranted this year. 
I would hope you now realize that even Jerry will miss wide open receivers for a TD at times or one bounce passes to receivers at times. (Please don’t post of them 20 times on ss.com). That doesn’t mean Jerry shouldn’t be QB, it means it happens to all QB’s at all levels.

Who cares about whose picture is where?  They did an interesting article on Simon who has played well when he has been in.  It’s clear how much respect the coaches and his teammates have for him. Championship teams need guys like this. It’s part of learning to win and building a consistent winner. Guys who may have more physical abilities get motivated to do better when they see teammates doing everything they can to help the team. 
 

Give that some thought.
 

your starting QB needs to be front and center...not qb3...weird choice for a cover photo

this aint d2 or d3 anymore...don't care where your from and whatnot.....you keep bringin up he played 6 man football, pwo, five six....don't care at all...no participation trophies anymore now that bubba is gone....

it's jerry, jtj, and jack....that's it.

[iramurphy]

1 hour ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

your starting QB needs to be front and center...not qb3...weird choice for a cover photo

this aint d2 or d3 anymore...don't care where your from and whatnot.....you keep bringin up he played 6 man football, pwo, five six....don't care at all...no participation trophies anymore now that bubba is gone....

it's jerry, jtj, and jack....that's it.

Our starting QB is front and center. He doesn’t care if a teammate is featured in a photo or an article why should you?

This isn’t about playing time or who starts. It’s a great article that provides a window into what some of the key components of successful programs are.  There is nothing in my comment nor in the article that detracts from the other QB’s.

At every level, except maybe fantasy FB (so you obviously never learned how to appreciate the guys who don’t start, or don’t play much, but rather than quit, keep working their ass off to make the team better) these are the players we usually don’t hear  about. Your comments are a window into your character. If you wish, I can give you a hint as to what Simon’s teammates would say about you. (They make fun of fans like you).

 

[Sioux90]

6 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

Kimmel's a siouxfan?

God, I hope not.

[Sioux90]

2 hours ago, iramurphy said:

The Romfo boys are a great college sports story. Small town twins whose greatest obvious assets out of HS were they were winners and good athletes, although undersized. I don’t think you have a clue as to the challenges these guys faced as PWO’s coming to play at UND. 

Your unhealthy fixation on Simon doesn’t make sense. He didn’t make the decisions to become the starter.  He worked his butt off to get to that position. Now Jerry has worked his butt off to earn the starting position. It’s obvious that Simon is still doing whatever he can to help the team. If the time comes I would expect he will be able to step in and show that he is a better QB than he was last year. Regardless, your persistent negative comments are unwarranted this year. 
I would hope you now realize that even Jerry will miss wide open receivers for a TD at times or one bounce passes to receivers at times. (Please don’t post of them 20 times on ss.com). That doesn’t mean Jerry shouldn’t be QB, it means it happens to all QB’s at all levels.

Who cares about whose picture is where?  They did an interesting article on Simon who has played well when he has been in.  It’s clear how much respect the coaches and his teammates have for him. Championship teams need guys like this. It’s part of learning to win and building a consistent winner. Guys who may have more physical abilities get motivated to do better when they see teammates doing everything they can to help the team. 
 

Give that some thought.
 

Different sport, but Coltyn Sanderson was a team guy, and played big on UNDs 2016 Natty run, while also scoring a nice goal against Michigan. He now works within the program. Guys like him and Simon are glue for a team. Hard for those that have never been part of it, to understand it.

[Sioux95]

8 hours ago, zonadub said:

Complain all you want about a cupcake game like yesterday…

 

Sulik probably had more field time yesterday than JK got all last season. 
 

Another observation? maybe the coaches don’t want a lot of Ziebarth on film going in to conference play 

Or they want Z to be healthy at the end of the season for a change.  I'd love to see him turned loose teams are banged up and tired come November.

[Sioux94]

5 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

 

it's jerry, jtj, and jack....that's it.

While I didi think it was a little odd Simon getting in, I didn't have a problem with him getting some reps in. JTJ has not looked fhat great, and to be honest if Jerry got hurt and we needed a drive in the last two minutes of the game to come back and win...Simon may give us the best shot right now. I agree with it being Jerry, JTJ, Sulik in that order behind Jerry....but if we desperately needed a drive to win the game and Jerry was out....

[The Sicatoka]

< in my best Tony Bruno, WABC, voice > 

... if you had Valpo and 43.5 points, you lost ... 

[The Sicatoka]

Some folks are slow on the up-take.

UND just put a ton of new looks and wrinkles on tape that MVFC DCs need to be aware of. 

It almost forces a D to switch to man coverage when 11 or 6 is in the slot; if they stay in zone, step back, backwards pass, and slot QB has RPO with the opposite side receiver running post and near side running shallow cross (ready to block). 

[gundy1124]

39 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

Some folks are slow on the up-take.

UND just put a ton of new looks and wrinkles on tape that MVFC DCs need to be aware of. 

It almost forces a D to switch to man coverage when 11 or 6 is in the slot; if they stay in zone, step back, backwards pass, and slot QB has RPO with the opposite side receiver running post and near side running shallow cross (ready to block). 

Observant point.  It was Schleusner that told me that strategy years back.  Before a big game, or prior to conference, throw so many looks on film that DCs don't have enough practice time in the week to prepare for them all.

[The Sicatoka]

11 minutes ago, gundy1124 said:

Observant point.  It was Schleusner that told me that strategy years back.  Before a big game, or prior to conference, throw so many looks on film that DCs don't have enough practice time in the week to prepare for them all.

It was close to two decades ago @PCM was advocating "two QBs on the field at once" to me as a disrupter to the defense preparation. I believe it was the FB "Brock-star" era. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

11 hours ago, Sioux94 said:

While I didi think it was a little odd Simon getting in, I didn't have a problem with him getting some reps in. JTJ has not looked fhat great, and to be honest if Jerry got hurt and we needed a drive in the last two minutes of the game to come back and win...Simon may give us the best shot right now. I agree with it being Jerry, JTJ, Sulik in that order behind Jerry....but if we desperately needed a drive to win the game and Jerry was out....

backups qb's with backups is not a true measure of a qb....could be saying thing about jerry if jtj was the starter.

[jdub27]

20 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

your starting QB needs to be front and center...not qb3...weird choice for a cover photo

this aint d2 or d3 anymore...don't care where your from and whatnot.....you keep bringin up he played 6 man football, pwo, five six....don't care at all...no participation trophies anymore now that bubba is gone....

it's jerry, jtj, and jack....that's it.

They actually have Nate DeMontagnac as the main photo on the sports page.

There is a picture of Simon, which accompanies the article that was written about him where he asked the coaches what he can do to help the team and they added a few
wrinkles for him to put some extra things on tape for other teams to prepare for. The new head coach also states a lot of the same thing we heard last year:

Quote

"I just love and appreciate that kid so much for what he’s about," head coach Eric Schmidt said. "It’s not about him. There’s a difference between having a big ego and having a strong ego; he wants to make our team as good as he can make it, and he believes that he can help us do that in a lot of different ways. So it was great to be able to see him get out there and help our football team."

"I love Simon Romfo," Schmidt said. "There’s not a more selfless guy. He loves to compete. It has nothing to do with size and speed, all those things, measurables that you get to measure. He has more intangibles than maybe anybody on our team. He’s endeared himself to our team. Guys want to play with him, and play for him."

 

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 hour ago, jdub27 said:

They actually have Nate DeMontagnac as the main photo on the sports page.

There is a picture of Simon, which accompanies the article that was written about him where he asked the coaches what he can do to help the team and they added a few
wrinkles for him to put some extra things on tape for other teams to prepare for. The new head coach also states a lot of the same thing we heard last year:

 

nate...even worse....8 catches in 5 years....and 8 drops.

way to build your brand.

[GoodGood]

5 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

nate...even worse....8 catches in 5 years....and 8 drops.

way to build your brand.

Nate and Simon are Millers guys 

[The Sicatoka]

If you're gonna bemoan something, how about Schmidt drinking a Fresca at the post-game presser.
It's just as consequential. 

[shep]

5 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

backups qb's with backups is not a true measure of a qb....could be saying thing about jerry if jtj was the starter.

Weird that the coaches like a guy so much. you really need to set the straight about Simon.

[SIOUXFAN97]

these warm and fuzzy stories go hand and hand with a 53% winning percentage and 1 playoff win over the last 10 or so years.

he wouldn't even make the team down south

ike is currently 7-9 as oc.....just saying

[The Sicatoka]

If they are going to show this look, Simon and Jerry each has to catch a ball to get it on film or they'll drop coverage. 

[iramurphy]

6 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

these warm and fuzzy stories go hand and hand with a 53% winning percentage and 1 playoff win over the last 10 or so years.

he wouldn't even make the team down south

ike is currently 7-9 as oc.....just saying

Yet a couple former All-Americans and a number of coaches disagree with you. Danny Freund said that he wanted to find ways to get him on the field 2yrs ago when Schuster was our starting QB. Are you that delusional that you think so many others closer to the program think Simon will help them.
What do you have against Simon? 

 

[SIOUXFAN97]

4 minutes ago, iramurphy said:

Yet a couple former All-Americans and a number of coaches disagree with you. Danny Freund said that he wanted to find ways to get him on the field 2yrs ago when Schuster was our starting QB. Are you that delusional that you think so many others closer to the program think Simon will help them.
What do you have against Simon? 

 

nothing against simon personally...

have you watched und football the last 20 years...

have you watched ndac football the last 20 years....

we need to up the talent level compared to them...it's that simple.

 

[Big Green]

56 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

nothing against simon personally...

have you watched und football the last 20 years...

have you watched ndac football the last 20 years....

we need to up the talent level compared to them...it's that simple.

 

There is not a program in the Country that doesn't want to up their talent level.  The fact is that we have who we have right now and the coaching staff needs to use what they have to win as many game as possible.  All indications are Simon has been a great teammate since he has got here.  Just because the previous coaching staff made him the starting QB last year is not his fault.  He did the best that he could.  Now he is doing all the he can to help the team win.  We loved the Brockstar package and when Quincy V would come in and run QB sneak, but when Simon wants to help and the coaches put in packages for him some people have a problem.  Simon is a team player and the way he gets crapped on by people on this site is gross and sickening.

You may say you have nothing against him personally, but you clearly do.  Let it go.  Your guy is QB1.  Enjoy it.  Looks like Jerry is clearly the best QB this year, and I'm surprised the completion was that close in Fall Camp.

Its as if you want Schimidt to call and tell the Herald who they should put on the front of the page.  I guarantee no one on the team cares, they just want to win.