Re: Griz football, rapists, The Big Sky and UND.......
Originally Posted by
NorthernBison
I'm with Wyo on this one. The key point he is making involves the word "could". You are focusing on the past and using our experience as a gauge. Both are faulty reasoning. Their roster has been building for this year and the future. We constantly pooh pooh the argument that UND fans have where they say that if NDSU can do something, so can UND. Well, the opposite is true also. Just because we struggled initially in the MVFC, there is no guaranty that UND will have the same struggles in the BSC. I see a big difference in the depth of the conferences and the style of play.
Talking to some people who know talent, the opinion is that the roster in Grand Forks is pretty good. How that all gels remains to be seen. They had two glaring weaknesses last season. QB play was weak and inconsistent (they think that is solved) and their secondary was horrible (They are hopeful that is no longer the case). The second weakness, if not plugged, will kill them in the conference so that is a major wildcard in what Wyo postulated above. (there's my five dollar word for the day).
I looked at their schedule a while ago but looking at the 10 D1 games, I counted 2 as sure losses (SDSU, MSU), 3 as toss ups (EWU, UM, and PSU), and the 5 others as games where a UND fans should expect a win (can't remember all of the opponents but SUU, Poly, UNC, NAU come to mind). Could they get to 7 D1 wins? I wouldn't bet on it but I wouldn't put a lot of money against it either.
Bottom line for me is to stay out of trash talking with UND fans about how humbled they are going to be. There's just too much that we don't know.
Last year UND was a big and strong team but below average in speed and skill players. USD was killing them with speed and passing until they decided to play it safe in the 4th quarter and got beat. (USD was not a good team) This year who knows. I think from the middle of the BSC to the bottom they are bad teams.
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