Montana State started the day by unveiling QB DeNarius McGhee, who was not expected to play this week because of injury, and finished by dominating UND in all facets of the game – winning 63-20 in the Big Sky Conference opener for both teams. We were so wrong in our estimation and prediction of the…
The Montana Grizzlies came into the Alerus Center on Saturday with a clear goal in mind: to not let what happened last season happen again this year. It was pretty evident they achieved their goal. The Griz routed UND 55-17 in the most lopsided game in Alerus Center history. They looked like a completely different…
The UND football team is back in the Alerus Center again this week taking on a familiar foe from last season. The #11 ranked Montana Grizzlies come to town with a 1-0 record after shellacking the #6 ranked Appalachian State Mountaineers 30-6 in the their season opener two weeks ago. The Griz were off last…
The UND football team has a whole ‘nother animal coming to town this weekend. Last week UND pounded an inferior Valparaiso team 69-10 and left fans wondering how good UND really is. Well, they will find out soon enough. Old NCC rival South Dakota State is 1-0 on the season after also pounding a Pioneer…
UND came out and did as most expected, they pounded a severely under-manned Valparaiso team 69-10 last Thursday night. We will take an objective look at the game and are going to focus on what we didn’t like vs. what we did. To be able to throw the ball and run the ball vs. Valpo…
In about 10 hours the 2013 football season will be officially underway for the University of North Dakota football team. UND takes on Pioneer Conference member Valparaiso University, located in Valparaiso, IN, at 7pm at the Alerus Center. The game will be televised on Midco Sports Network, DirecTV 623, and Big Sky TV. Valparaiso is…
Ryan Bartels, a redshirt freshman from Sycamore, IL, was officially named the starter at quarterback for UND’s week 1 game vs. Valparaiso. Bartels was in a camp-long competition with fellow redshirt freshman Joe Mollberg of Detroit Lakes, MN. From everything we have heard and read about the QB battle, it is apparent that it is…
Overall, it appears the defense is playing pretty well. We are tempering our enthusiasm based on last year’s results but they seem to be playing at a quicker tempo, etc. It is also apparent they are starting to build the depth needed to compete at the FCS level but it will be an ongoing process….
We’ve seen a bigger emphasis on an improved running game over the last couple practices. It appears that UND is trying to really work on getting it on track. They have been running out of a number of different schemes/formations. We said previously that it was at the top of the list for us as…
The UND Football team has officially completed 10 of their scheduled 29 practices before the home opener with Valpo. Now would be a good time to relay what we have seen and heard so far. There was a “live” short yardage session on Saturday that showed some things that need to be improved on, but…
