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Of course. If the ag college of Fargo can be FBS, then THE University of North Dakota should have an FBS football program also. Put the plans in place, get it done. Win a couple FCS nattys in the interim. ndsu can’t run and hide from the state’s flagship university forever … although they’d like to.

2027- best recruiting class in UND fb history 2026- second best recruiting class in UND fb history big things about to happen … stay tuned

No. No vision, effort or high-level expectations other than from a couple key individuals* in the athletic department. *Lose those individuals and we’re back to square zero.

Excellent point … As you know, the media coverage of UND could be (and should be) much better. Kudos to the guys at UNDFB360 for doing what they have been doing to try address this… but we need more. And should get more.

This sh*t is hilarious, but also, when is the running joke going to meet the solution?

Most all of the guys who show up and perform at camp and commit to UND turn out to be very good players, whether it’s their first offer or 10th offer, don’t matter. The three commits UND got last week will be very good players for UND despite their offer status- they were under the radar but balled out in person at camp this week on Thursday there will be some more top-tier guys that will join the squad and be key performers in the future for UND its nice to have guys with several offers but the ones with minimal to no offers that come through the camps in-person are still very good

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Go to the game. Will be a lot of green there

Correct. Need a new athletic director.

If 10-20 other FCS schools (plus nearly all the FBS schools) are doing the same thing BUT not reporting it, then is UND compliance / athletics exceptionally candid or exceptionally stupid (or both)? Can you confidently state other schools’ compliance departments are not reporting these type of “accidents”? Based on the numbers, it’s fair to say other schools’ compliance departments are in fact quite mute on this (contacting players not yet in the transfer portal). I won’t overlook the role the coach had, though, to your point. If the transcripts don’t reach compliance then this is almost certainly a non-issue. UND compliance has historically been exceptional in “rule following”, I’m told, but it is also probably not a coincidence that UND’s “wonderfully compliant” athletic department could be much better (in terms of $ and wins ) with new leadership.

First sentence - I agree. We desperately need to be pushing the envelope. Second sentence - this is the unfortunate fallout of the UND institutional fail.

An ex-Montana football player gives their two cents for what it’s worth:

This is one way to look at it but I don’t agree with it in its entirety. This issue is a matter of perspective, and how UND and UND athletics views football is still an ongoing issue. it can improve with new leadership, which UND needs. Thank you Bill Chaves for your efforts, but nothing lasts forever; time to move on to the next step so UND athletics can take the next step COMPETITIVELY compared to other programs

Correct. everyone should be vocal we need new leadership there

Does it? When you incidentally speed, do you pull over and call 911 on yourself? Or just slow down and don’t do it again? In this context, UND screwed up. Debating about this on a forum is pointless, though, since this subject is basically the “unwritten rules” of competition …