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UM Beats UND in 2d Half - 14-7
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geaux_sioux
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puckshootr said:
I wouldn’t go that far. We were 0-1-1 against Bemidji St this weekend. Not looking like a typical UND hockey team.
PlayerRep said:
Along the lines of positive/neutral discussion; I have waited a couple of days and erased about 20 posts that I started and then reconsidered. Sober second thought. Speaking of sober, it was great to see so many griz fans in the lobby at Alerus before the game but what was with that beer tub? Coors Light, Lite Beer, Michelob Light and Bud Light??!!!! If you don't like beer just admit it and drink something else. I did find a scotish ale by some local brewer that wasn't half bad.
To the game: First things first, with that many turnovers Stitt doesn't win it, Hauck doesn't win it, Shula doesn't win it, Lombardi doesn't win it.
I was happy to see the amount of coaching that was going on, on the sidelines. Every time a player game off they were met by coaches for a word or grouped up.
Our offensive line got pushed around but also moved around by UND's flexible blitz packages, I felt we might have needed more TE/RB protection packages. Empty backfields pre-snap meant the QB was in trouble early in the play. Missing our starting center didn't help, though at least from the point of view of the snapping the back up did a decent job.
At the moment I like either of our Senior running backs ahead of our RS Freshman, not saying that he isn't a good player and won't one day be a great player. I see more dynamic and decisive running from either of the seniors.
Our secondary struggles not only from having two WR playing corner, but also while all of our safeties are very good to excellent against the run, passing coverage is not their strength. Part of this is confusion about the schemes like on the first and third touchdowns. It also doesn't help that they are asked to cover for a long time because unless we blitz we don't get much pressure, which leads to the next point.
We are undersized/under strength on the DL. So we have to send LB's and DB's, we don't really have a Rush End off the bench either. Obviously our scheme is set up for the linemen to eat up blockers and the backers to make the tackles but I notice that quite often that initial point of contact is three or four yards downfield. Interestingly our nose tackle is quite tall for a NT and even though he's strong as a house and roughly that size, it can't help his leverage to hold position in there.
Since we converted two LB's to FB but don't use a FB I wonder if there is any merit in moving those guys back to their natural position and using more of a 4-3-4, the LB's we are using now certainly look athletic enough to pick up some of the coverage duties that our current hybrid position requires.
And last but not least our starting QB does tend to lock on his target very early, sometimes it appears even pre-snap. My GF noticed this as well and she is a curler and volleyball player, so it might be obvious. This might be partly because he doesn't think he will have time, and is usually right. Running through progressions is a tough thing for young QB's. I hope he improves, I am sure he is working on this. And no comment as to which QB should be playing, I liked the way the back up threw the ball but at that point UND was running contests where kids from the student section could play a series on defense.
Just my thoughts and observations, take them for what they are worth. Keeping in mind that I am a foreigner, a libtard, a user of metric, I never played the game, I am unranked in tennis, I'm not the best in space, but my ex wife described me as both cold and loud.
bgbigdog said:
Agree. That was damn funny, sask
