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Goes beyond the sport … learn commitment early, will benefit you in the long run. Getting off topic here a bit but jumping ship and always hoping the grass is greener on the other side isn’t a great lifelong philosophy only counter argument is money of which a flash in the pan payday isn’t always life changing for someone in their early 20s if the right discipline isn’t in place

Correct. so don’t think these kids transferring to Big 10 schools are going to be instant starters that is the fallacy that most lauding P4 destinations fail to recognize (including many on here)

Long-term development over shot-term glory

not ENTIRELY relevant otherwise, once again, we just bow down to the status quo get off the ag college bandwagon we were very competitive last fall and very close to winning the MVFC, but it didn’t happen last fall as you said … still, most didn’t even think UND would be that competitive. I’m saying it over and over again because IT IS TRUE, and a stance of infinite reality based on historical precedent is a farce in this instance

I don’t see the benefit of jumping in on the Big 10 hype train but I guess it’s the easy thing to do. remember, superficially it seems like going to the Big 10 or any other P4 is the right decision, but if you aren’t the starter there, then it likely will backfire. This isn’t purely theoretical; it happened on numerous occasion in 2025 (i.e., transfer doesn’t get playing time and the decision to transfer to higher level/greater payday actually hurts their potential). Past performances don’t tell the full story for UND football, obviously. The recent developments and future projections for UND are beyond encouraging. There will always be attrition, but I’m not going to laud it just because it was the Big 10 that prompted it…

Someone had to, but of course, that corrupt school would never want a major leak coming out of their beloved football program … pathetic

Past is not entirely relevant, otherwise change would never happen. New focus and infrastructure fuels the new potential. It’ll happen. There will always be pessimists.

Why? Less risk. It’s a new era. Make some money? That’s what most of the decisions are being based on now, and it will backfire for most. UND football and college football is entering a new era. Focusing on UND’s past pro player development is not entirely relevant. Check back in after a few years. Also, even with all that said, your statement “This school has zero recent history of putting multiple players in the NFL or CFL” is false. UND presently has multiple players in the CFL. And despite prior inferior facilities and prep still got some guys in the NFL. Future will be even brighter… But sure, you do you, and keep cheerleading for the Big 10 while ignoring the thousands of students-athletes that will get taken advantage of.

… with some controversy… Glad to see he’s finally done. Would’ve been nice to see him forced out a few years back, but I haven’t met him; I’m sure he’s a “great guy” ….

Should’ve stayed at UND. We’ll see how it pans out in the Big 10 for ‘em … Our new DTs are gonna feast in ‘26 …

Jake the Snake …

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Don’t count JTJ out. Major potential there still.

Amen. Freund left because of Bubba, plain and simple. Freund’s offenses were not the problem at UND when he left- it was the team culture and defense, both deficiencies largely attributable to Bubba. Kaminski needed new coaching after the end of 2025. It’s a win-win. We get a replacement for Fruechte in Freund, who was calling plays in the FBS last season for a winning football team. Excited to see what Freund has learned from South Dakota State and Washington State; there is no such thing as staying the same, you either get better or worse. My bet is Freund comes back to UND much better, certainly not worse. This is a no-brainer successful hire. UND fans should be ecstatic; it’s national championship or bust right now - and that’s incredible. I’m all in. You all should be too.

Where they come from is irrelevant, to a degree. Bigger questions are what have they done and what do they want to do. To @geaux_sioux’s point, they haven’t done much yet, but I haven't met them. The coaches have. I trust the coaches know something there and these student-athletes can do big things yet in their careers.