Dale Lennon
Dale Lennon
Dale Lennonis an American football coach and former player. He is the former head football coach at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, a position he had held from 2008–2015. Lennon was formerly the head coach at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakotaand the University of North Dakota. His North Dakota Fighting Sioux won the NCAA Division II National Football Championship in 2001. Lennon was 90–24 in nine seasons as the head coach of the Fighting Sioux and is the...
guys looks potential solid
We're going to have 80-plus guys practicing, and it looks like we have the potential for a solid team.
battles offense position spot
There still are a lot of battles going on with the offense. We don't have a position on offense where the No. 1 spot is settled.
coach feet keeping week worry
As a coach, you always worry about the distractions of the week and keeping your feet on the ground.
brady confident running
Brady is in shape. He's confident in running the ball.
becomes control emotions game help highly lost road teams
You have two highly competitive teams and there was a lot to play for. But we lost control of our emotions for a while. Hopefully, this will help us down the road because each game now becomes more significant.
football footing gave quarter strong team third
We are a strong football team and what we did in the third quarter (offensively) gave us our footing again.
changing dakota hoping itself north plays team typical within
We're not changing any of our goals. I'm hoping for a typical North Dakota team that plays within itself and doesn't make mistakes.
guy mac nose remember tyler
Mac Schneider went down with an injury. The first guy Tyler went against, if I remember right, was an All-American nose guard. Fortunately, we had the lead.
last potential
Last year, we started to see the potential he possessed.
bad eating guys healthier information
With the nutritional information that is out there, these guys are eating healthier and it's not all bad weight.
reads
If you look at our numbers, the play of our quarterbacks was very impressive. They made the right reads on their passes.
bring degree emotional half tried
In the first half we did a lot of things that were uncharacteristic of us. It was a very emotional game, and at the half, I just tried to bring everyone in check. We wanted that emotional excitement, but not to the degree that it was.
athletic carry cloud guys movement offense passes players pull run screen
You look for guys in the 280-290 range, players who look like they can carry 300-plus comfortably, and you look for athletic ability. We do a lot of movement and run a lot more screen passes in our offense than St. Cloud does. Our linemen have to run and pull more.
minutes start
Our start was very good. The first 10 minutes were pretty impressive.