The Sicatoka

When you say "tracking tail numbers" you have to say "Brett Favre"!!!

Strength Coach Guy Nate is out there running football for UND, ... by him-lonesome-self, ... no help, ... no one else at UND has any experience recruiting or knows anything about football, or is in a position to say good things about UND Football, ... if only there were someone on campus to help Nate in the interim ... <cough> ... Faison himself ... <cough> ... Mannausau ... <cough> ... UND FB SID ... <cough-cough> ... but Nate's alone on an island ... </cynicism>

Let's see ... I run Company X and I just fired my Sales staff, but I'm going to send them out to try to close that last big sale. Uh-huh ... ri-i-i-ight. <facepalm> If there are recruits in the pipeline I'd expect an executive officer like Mr. Faison will be (or have someone) contacting them to update them, within NCAA rules and regulations obviously.

Pro or DI could just as easily be Tibesar or Kleinsasser.

After being relieved the smart move is to always take the high road.

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Nelson tweeted that the Faison/Mussman meeting was "very emotional". Is that the nice way of saying Chris cried?

Seeing how weak our line play looked at times, should Nate be polishing up the ol' resume?

I think you kinda-sorta-maybe need a position posted on the UND employment opportunities site first to get that list. The good news is that the position is open is on the national news wires. Candidates will know to start looking for the posting.

"Playoffs? PLAY-offs?"

Uh, he's a Wisconsin alumnus. You may be overstating his UND affiliation and allegiance.

No. Mussman accomplished the goal.

It'd have been a good plan ... if Lane Kiffin could (ever) mature.

My guess is one, but he'd have to take a demotion.

I say we name CAS as the next UND FB HC. Why? - He hates to lose. - He doesn't like UND FB winning. It'd be like matter and anti-matter ... == POOF! == ... CAS vaporizes.

I was thinking more along the lines of when Lane Kiffin was a HC with Monte Kiffin as one of his coordinators. (We know who the real mind in that set-up was.) Lane was the face of the organization and was supposed to be maturing into a real HC (epic fail).

When I say "power game" in my mind that infers strong defense and a downhill run game with enough offensive capability to recover from two scores down. But I think we just said the same thing.

Or flip that: BB as head coach with an Associate HC (in a coordinator role)* who is mentoring him. *That'd be a guy who wants to keep coaching but doesn't want all the extra stuff (boosters, media, face-time, blah-blah) that comes with being HC.

Everything else equal I'd take: - Midwestern guy over southern or coastal guy - Power game guy over finesse game guy - Guy with HC experience (any level) over guy without HC experience *There's something about having been in a "buck stops here" job before, no matter the level. We didn't have that with the outgoing guy. I will say however, there are certain jobs that aren't titled "HC" that surely are under that same "buck stops here" pressure and you can use that prior role as a measuring stick.

More NDSU math!

Check.

Lest any of you think things just got easier allow me to say: No, they have not. The hard work of rebuilding a program has just begun.

Good. Search nationally. Hire the best applicant. UND 2.0

Folks, we're jumping the gun. Step 1: Have open position tomorrow at 5 pm.

In by-gone days that costume would be black and white striped coveralls (ball and chain optional) or an orange jump suit. It had to be said.