Eric Schmidt

Thanks for mentioning that.

Because Eric Schmidt, in his interview this week with Dom Izzo, uh mentioned that there's a chance he plays that their trainers are being aggressive in in in getting him back to health i don't know what that means but he said the word questionable questionable the sense is it's it's the that the odds are long but not zero kind of the same way things were going on with chase mason

yeah uh last year like on the medium rare scale he's like questionable to doubtful I

would say so.

I just don't know that this is necessarily a... a huge opportunity for him.

I mean, you know, the Jacks are coming into this 11 and a half point favorites, over-unders at 56 and a half, an interesting wrinkle.

Eric Schmidt, UND's coach, was a captain, senior linebacker on the team that won a national championship in 2001 at the D2 level, and that team's going to be honored at halftime during this game.

Brilliant.

one game at San Diego State.

And Eric Schmidt brought him with, because Eric Schmidt was the D coordinator at San Diego State.

And then Jerry Kaminsky beat him out for the job last year.

And he didn't transfer.

have, yeah.

And, of course, last year was legendary.

You know, one aspect of this game, just a storyline that I think about, I think it's a big game for Eric Schmidt.

He's only in his third year.

It's the game of the year for UND football this weekend in Grand Forks.

Head coach Eric Schmidt looks ahead to the showdown with South Dakota State.

Plus, NDSU football lost this past weekend in Las Vegas, but won on the recruiting trail.

You'll meet the earliest commitment to the Bison that they've ever received in the Division I era.

And, and, uh, Mike Fe- or Mike, Mike Feeney.

Mike Berg and I were chatting, and I, I, I was referencing Bismarck-Mandan, you know, and Eric, Eric Schmidt, uh, Schmitty, a former Mandan kid, and I said-

Yep

... uh, and flippantly, I just, you know, you do food-for-thought rhetorical questions.

And, uh, we're, we're a day away from, from that.

Uh, we'll let Kevin go.

Okay, I'm gonna put Eric Schmidt on mine.

I'm gonna put Kevin Feeney.

Today on Hot Mike with Dom Izzo, the second half of the college football season begins this weekend, which is kind of crazy to think that we're already at that point.

UND's Eric Schmidt previews the matchup with Northern Iowa, plus one of the top high school games in North Dakota this year has two teams with a combined 14-0 record.

We'll check in with Northern Cass.

Hot Mike is live from 9 to 11 on WDAY Extra and inforum.com.

We're three or four weeks, five weeks into the collegiate football season, so you start seeing...

Eric Schmidt said something to me when he sat on Saturday mornings.

On the road, certainly, every Saturday I get together with Schmidt.

But we're sitting outside the hotel, kind of on the patio outside of the hotel in Terre Haute, and chatting about various things.

Indiana State beat UND two years ago, right? That was when UND had that slide in the back half of the season.

Now I think UND plays with a different edge now under Eric Schmidt.

I think they've kind of put past the UND's really good at home, but they can't win on the road.

I think they've kind of gone...

I'm not surprised though.

Just knowing Eric Schmidt a little bit and, and having him on this show and, and talking to him over the years through our role at Sky Sports as well, you could tell he's a, a, a good coach.

And I think he ...

Because he's a UND guy, 'cause he played there, I think he, he, like, understands.

I'm not surprised, though.

Just knowing Eric Schmidt a little bit and having him on this show and talking to him over the years through our role at Skyline Sports as well.

You could tell he's a good coach.

And I think he, because he's a UND guy, because he played there, I think he, like, understands.

Owen, what was kind of the mindset going into this game? You knew North Dakota.

Obviously, their head coach worked with your defensive coordinator, Rob Orich, and I believe you played under Eric Schmidt, correct?

Yes, I played under Eric Schmidt.

I played with him my second year of college, and he was a really good coach and taught me a lot about the game, so I kind of knew what they were going to be thinking.

We thought tonight, now this is our opinion.

I mean, they were really running it well those first two series, so I don't know if he's right about that.

They would have still been running.

Well, they ran those outside zone runs, and Eric Schmidt talked about it.