UND @ Murray State

[fightingsioux4life]

UND hits the road to play winless (Bill) Murray State. The backups had better be in the game by the second half. UND will take out their frustrations of the past two weeks on the hapless Racers.

UND wins 45-14

[Und Princess]

I'm excited to play Murray State!!!  It's an early game too. 11:00 AM CST. Go Hawks!!! My Pregame, Score Prediction and Player Feature will be up Saturday as always!!!

[cowboys5xsbs]

Need to play like our season is on the line because it is 

[bubbaball69]

Hang 50 on them with no injuries and call it a day.

[Dustin]

Hopefully this game will be just what the doctor ordered to regain the mid-season mojo heading into the SDSU game.

[gfhockey]

12 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Hopefully this game will be just what the doctor ordered to regain the mid-season mojo heading into the SDSU game.

I thought we said that about usd

[fightingsioux4life]

5 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

I thought we said that about usd

You must be hitting the sauce early today?

USD is many times better than (Bill) Murray State.

[CMSioux]

Great scheduling for what this team needs right now, to get back on track with a big win and build confidence. Come home and close out the season with a big win. In the eyes of the playoff committee we are 6-3 and it has been said by past committee members that an FBS win can help a team but an FBS lose has no impact (so he said). Also not having su's Larson on the committee anymore to lowball UND will help. 8-3 FCS record will have us in the middle of the pack for playoffs and a good chance for a home game.  

[Dustin]

Speaking of playoffs and seeding, are there 16 teams seeded, with 1-8 getting a bye and then a home game, and 9-16 getting a home game on the first weekend?

[UND-FB-FAN]

11 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Speaking of playoffs and seeding, are there 16 teams seeded, with 1-8 getting a bye and then a home game, and 9-16 getting a home game on the first weekend?

This is correct. For this reason, with UND being ranked a top 16 team if they win their next two, UND would host a playoff game over Thanksgiving weekend at the Alerus Center. Have to beat Murray State first. That’s step one, and go from there. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

6 hours ago, gfhockey said:

I thought we said that about usd

? Dude, you a NDAC troll now ? 

[Dustin]

1 hour ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

This is correct. For this reason, with UND being ranked a top 16 team if they win their next two, UND would host a playoff game over Thanksgiving weekend at the Alerus Center. Have to beat Murray State first. That’s step one, and go from there. 

So no bidding for home games anymore, correct?

[Roger S.]

3 hours ago, Dustin said:

So no bidding for home games anymore, correct?

 Correct 👍👍👍👍👍

[siouxweet]

UND 44-7

[forksandspoons]

Hope the team has turned the page. Still a ton of things possible to accomplish! Team needs to find a way to start playing their best football right now. This week would be a great time to get Bennett Walker back. 

[Dustin]

One last question on the playoffs/seeding - is it a straight bracket, or are teams re-seeded after the first weekend?

[AJS]

Playoff mode.

Win big, get Jerry his confidence back. 

[F'n Hawks]

58 minutes ago, forksandspoons said:

Hope the team has turned the page. Still a ton of things possible to accomplish! Team needs to find a way to start playing their best football right now. This week would be a great time to get Bennett Walker back. 

Agreed, need to flip the script from the Bubba era and start playing out best football at this time of year. 

[Kab]

46 minutes ago, Dustin said:

One last question on the playoffs/seeding - is it a straight bracket, or are teams re-seeded after the first weekend?

I was thinking straight bracket 

[Kab]

Was that qb2 with a foot scooter on the field

[homer]

36 minutes ago, Kab said:

Was that qb2 with a foot scooter on the field

Yes

[Dustin]

1 hour ago, Kab said:

I was thinking straight bracket 

I looked at the past couple brackets, and that does appear to be the case.

[The Sicatoka]

Where are we with the "four games played" rule and RBs. 

I'd like to protect 9 and see lots of 20 and 32 ... and 21 ... if it doesn't cost a full season. 

Paging @jdub27 ... 

[The Sicatoka]

59 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

Where are we with the "four games played" rule and RBs. 

I'd like to protect 9 and see lots of 20 and 32 ... and 21 ... if it doesn't cost a full season. 

Paging @jdub27 ... 

21 Brunell has appeared in 9 games
32 Langama has appeared in 3 games (can play v either Murray or SDSU) 

Are Broderick or Parker options against Murray? 

I miss Big Z.

[iramurphy]

4 hours ago, Kab said:

Was that qb2 with a foot scooter on the field

Yes. I was told he probably won’t be back this year. Jerry needs to stay healthy and get back his mojo.

Despite the bizarre and recurrent criticism of Romfo, I believe he is the backup. Before anyone pisses all over their bike horn, maybe take a look at our last two opponents and how a walk on QB (who one guy thinks can’t play at this level) did against USD and NDSU last year.

His 2 game totals included 38 of 53 passes (71%) for 356yds 4 TDs and 0 interceptions. He averaged 3 yds per carry and had 1 TD.

This year against the same 2 opponents our QB was 37 of 68 (54%) for 347yds 0 TDS and 5 interceptions. He averaged 3yds per carry and also had 1 TD  

That doesn’t mean we change QB’s, it means we have a capable, experienced QB as our backup.  The unhealthy obsession one guy has with our QBs seems to have convinced some others that if something happens to Jerry all hope is lost. Sulik also can step in but needs more time to develop.  I’m not worried about the backup QB even if JTJ isn’t available. 
 

That’s only my opinion and I don’t ride my bike past FB practices nor have I claimed to be watching UND FB for 20 yrs, so what do I know? Maybe I’m wrong.