UND Post Game Thoughts & Discussion

[23Bison]

How many homecoming kings did und have this year?

Kings are like QBs. If you have 2 you don’t have 1.

[scottietohottie]

Ahhh no thats not it. Its the fact that everyone else has caught up to NDSU and have there own conditioning coaches.

You listen to Phil Hansen at all? He's says our opponents are in better shape. He also says this team is not talented but Kramer can't make that.

[BigHorns]

There is no way NDSU is going to fire Matt Larsen after all of the facilities he raised the money for just got built. Not happening.

I have serious doubts Entz is gone either without at least 2 consecutive years of very poor or nonexistent playoff performance.
Very hard to dismiss a coach who gets you deep in the playoffs, when they've also won titles.

[56BISON73]

You listen to Phil Hansen at all? He's says our opponents are in better shape. He also says this team is not talented but Kramer can't make that.

Ahhh look at my above post.

[reformedUNDfan]

Something is wrong here in Fargo. Grand Forks, UND, went up 250 or so students this year. SDSU and USD both went up 2% in enrollment. SDSU as it turns out had one of the largest freshmen classes in a while. NDSU, meanwhile went down about 250 students for 2023-2024 to one of the lowest levels in quite some time. If I were a student or a parent of a student, I would want my kid in Fargo as it is a more progressive town.

Und is probably more students in the online degree mill, I think they just had to raze yet another vacant dorm

[NDSU_grad]

I have serious doubts Entz is gone either without at least 2 consecutive years of very poor or nonexistent playoff performance.
Very hard to dismiss a coach who gets you deep in the playoffs, when they've also won titles.

We won’t ever get deep into the playoffs as long as he’s here, so that should take of itself. I agree though, he won’t be gone until 2025, at the earliest.

[ndsubison1]

What happened to the tackles for losses? The swarming defense? DLine struggles to get to the QB. No one on DLine has really stood out. Eli Mostaert was a stud two years ago. Maybe his injury has set him back.

Players and coaches included need to realize that just because you are a Bison, doesnt mean the same success will happen.

[tony]

I don't want to win an message board argument, I want NDSU to be better.

I've seen the two worst defensive performances of the last 50 years this year. And I'm not confident that I won't see even worse ones this season and next. I mean, at least when the defense looked helpless in 2009, we had these freshmen on the roster: Drevlow, Perry, Gimmestad, Leucke, Jirik, and Juckem. When is that last time NDSU signed more than three DLs?

You're not going to get Entz fired. And please, for the love of all that is holy, STFU about playcalling.

Here's what I think (and feel free to disagree - unless you want to bleat about playcalling some more): Recruiting on the defensive side of the ball has been terrible. While the jury is out on the last couple recruiting classes, from 2018 to 2020, NDSU was absolutely horrific at recruiting defensive linemen. And the pattern of NDSU recruiting HS LBs and moving them to DL does not work when you don't recruit long, rangy, athletic guys who can put on weight.

Now the lone bright spots, imo, were that I thought Braun moving on might shake up recruiting, and Petrino moving Cole Wizniewski looked like a fantastic decision (hopefully he's OK.) But, holy cow, our defensive linemen can't keep their eyes smart (or whatever the heck that phrase is) when their backs are to the LoS. Yes, recruiting is dicey, but when you roll snake eyes five years in a row on the DL, that's not just bad luck. And I don't want to hear anymore about bad tackling. If the players aren't put in positions by their coaches to make plays - or don't have the speed/athleticism/strength to get to where they need to be and finish plays at this point in the season? That is 99% on the coaching staff.

Normally, I don't like being negative during a season - that's what the off-season is for so I do apologize for that. I mean, I'm still looking forward to seeing NDSU play this weekend because like most of the old folks on this board who have watched every season since the 1980s, we were never going to get bored because we've seen mediocre and even bad seasons.

[The_Sicatoka]

One outsider's observation:
On the long run by UND28 I was surprised NDSU23 couldn't gain a step on a 200 pound back.

[Bison03]

For all those who were bored with winning by 30 every game and not caring, this is what you want right? Lol. Look, how we lost is even more concerning then that we lost. While its not time to panic and burn it all down. Definitely need to address the defense and figure that out. If you are only a fan when we win, then I feel sorry for you. Keep you head up, show your Bison pride, and I’ll see you at the dome Saturday.