UND @ Southern Illinois 10/18/25

[forksandspoons]

9 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

That’s a bad sign for them. 

agreed! An absurd amount of tackles for a safety. 

[FSSD]

1 hour ago, Teeder11 said:

Thought the same. Used to hate it when our secondary guys led the league in tackles.

He could be playing a Monster or Rover type of position much closer to LoS than a typical Safety.  Not sure, I haven't watched SIU yet this yet.  But, I agree it is generally a bad sign.  The offensive numbers for SIU are impressive.  UND is going to have it's hands full on defense.

[shep]

1 hour ago, Teeder11 said:

Thought the same. Used to hate it when our secondary guys led the league in tackles.

Though Cole Reyes was a monster.

[UND Football Fan]

This game, to me, will show if we are a legit top tier team. Top seeds win games like these. Need to have a start like last week, and a finish like UNI. This team cannot afford a bad quarter on the road against a playoff caliber team. 
 

Excited for the Saturday. 

[Teeder11]

17 minutes ago, FSSD said:

He could be playing a Monster or Rover type of position much closer to LoS than a typical Safety.  Not sure, I haven't watched SIU yet this yet.  But, I agree it is generally a bad sign.  The offensive numbers for SIU are impressive.  UND is going to have it's hands full on defense.

So true. After this game, we will have faced 4 mobile QBs.

1. Avery Johnson

2. Ah Yat

3. Brumgard

4. DJ Williams 

I listed them Chronologically. Curious where they would rank talent and skill wise?

[geaux_sioux]

22 minutes ago, Teeder11 said:

So true. After this game, we will have faced 4 mobile QBs.

1. Avery Johnson

2. Ah Yat

3. Brumgard

4. DJ Williams 

I listed them Chronologically. Curious where they would rank talent and skill wise?

I thought Johnson was ass, especially considering the hype. 

[Teeder11]

5 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

I thought Johnson was ass, especially considering the hype. 

Agreed. Brumgard was the best I've seen us face so far. Glad we had him at home.

[forksandspoons]

3 hours ago, forksandspoons said:

Crazy tackling numbers from SIU's junior safety: 

The top screen shot is from the MVFC website, while this is from SIU's site: 
 

[siouxweet]

UND 34-20

[Nodak78]

1 hour ago, forksandspoons said:

The top screen shot is from the MVFC website, while this is from SIU's site: 
 

TFL yards and Sacks depicts doesn't spend time on the LOS.  He is more last man to tackle.  must have speed.

[Sioux94]

13 hours ago, GoodGood said:

I’m all for keeping the ball in the hands of the guy in the conversation for the Walter Payton Award. No Simon. No JTJ. Straight Jerry Football 

I agree with that also. Except for possibly in the red zone as we have struggled there. However, many times those crazy multiple QB's in the game type plays are big duds, kind of like that one two point conversion early in the year that was a Cluster F. But if you have Z in there and snap it to JTJ and he just runs the wildcat or something....maybe. 

[Sioux94]

8 hours ago, UND Football Fan said:

This game, to me, will show if we are a legit top tier team. Top seeds win games like these. Need to have a start like last week, and a finish like UNI. This team cannot afford a bad quarter on the road against a playoff caliber team. 
 

Excited for the Saturday. 

Every game so far this year Id say the team has been 'On'. They would have a bad quarter but generally speaking have played well each game. There is always one game a year where the team is off and/or things dont go there way. I have a feeling this could be the weekend. Jerry literally has no true picks, that one he has wasn't really even a pass. He is bound to throw one at some time. 

I know this team is finally capable of playing well on the road and winning and I think we can win. However my gut, and/or the fact we are bound to have a subpar game at some point tells me we are a little off on Saturday and we come up short. 

Hoping I'm proved wrong! But I am nervous about this one.

 

[Nodak78]

5 hours ago, Sioux94 said:

Every game so far this year Id say the team has been 'On'. They would have a bad quarter but generally speaking have played well each game. There is always one game a year where the team is off and/or things dont go there way. I have a feeling this could be the weekend. Jerry literally has no true picks, that one he has wasn't really even a pass. He is bound to throw one at some time. 

I know this team is finally capable of playing well on the road and winning and I think we can win. However my gut, and/or the fact we are bound to have a subpar game at some point tells me we are a little off on Saturday and we come up short. 

Hoping I'm proved wrong! But I am nervous about this one.

 

this team and these coaches are different.  SIU is a scoring machine.  However, UND defense has exceeded my expectations this year.  rush defense under 100 yards per game.  we have not seen that since DII days.  UND wins by running it down the saluki's throat.