The Sicatoka

Are you saying there are some we could send down from here and yet have the average IQ of both places go up?

Back in 2015, UND trademarked “NODAKS” (without the “F” word) and then released it after it lost the vote.

Would the trademark owner do that?

In a word: triple.

The MAAC is not the MAC and you mean the MAC.

See: Weber State They just bulldoze straight ahead for the most part.

So who made the final 16? According to Massey it is: 28 at 11 (UNH at HC) 38 at 10 (Gard Webb at W&M) 7 at 9 (Furman at Inc Word) 25 at 2 (Delaware at SDSU) 5 at 4 (Weber at Mont St) 22 at 6 (SELA at Samford) 8 at 3 (Montana at NDSU) 17 at 1 (Richmond at Sac St) If those 16 were seeded "Massey": 38 at 1 (GW at Sac) 28 at 2 (UNH at SDSU) 25 at 3 (Delaware at NDSU) 22 at 4 (SELA at Mont St) 17 at 5 (Richmond at Weber) 11 at 6 (HC at Samford) 10 at 7 (W&M at Furman) 9 at 8 (Inc Word at Montana)

Is it more what or who?

After a 38-31 loss at Weber UND is ... Up one to 14 in Massey UND at 16 in Sagarin

FCS is becoming unpredictable in its operations. Seven wins minimum is the criteria ... until it's not. Better bid is the criteria ... until it's not, ... unless you have a "name and reputation". Performance is the criteria ... < wait for it, it's coming > ... Now regionalization is being questioned by some of the names of FCS (see: Montana State coach recent comments regarding having to play Weber now). Dare I say FCS is becoming ... Division II all over again. The DI reformation committee is rumored to be strongly considering elimination of the "15,000 average attendance" for FBS. That is the only present FBS requirement UND does not meet. If UND will continually face "until it's not" FCS standards, why not go FBS. There it is "six wins" to be bowl eligible. Done. One objective criterion. Outlandish? You bet. 100%. Huge challenges? Yes. I'm off the rails? Yup. Haven't been on them in a while. And I've made hundreds of arguments against FBS, and probably would here again, but I'm tossing the idea out just the same. In review, UND outbidding Weber and being sent on the road is right? UND not getting in with seven and a six getting in instead? FCS not following their own bracketing criteria (Idaho is closer to Weber and those two did not play this regular season) this year is acceptable? "Names" (see: Montana) getting home games as a "last in" or because "their QB was hurt" is sensible? It's crazy, full guano loco, but this time UND would lead. In closing and under the assumptions that (a) the "15k" rule goes away and (b) the FBS criteria do not become vastly more strenuous to meet, why not get out of FCS before it becomes more "stogies and scotch" in its operations than it already is.

Weber and NDSU have mammoth, gargantuan offensive lines. They shoved our 3 DL wherever they wanted them and still had two guys to attack the second level (our LBs). If you run a 3-4 you must have a NG that can consume the center and a guard (see: Tank Harris).

Could we un-mess-ify some of their dudes?

Someone should acquire that "Fighting Engelstads" trademark if you know it may become valuable.

Let's look at this slightly differently: Same coaches, same schema, different personnel, and the results getting worse. Might it not be any of those but the combination (coach/schema/personnel) meaning ... Has UND become predictable on defense and teams know what to run in various situations?

The 3-4 was installed to counter the NDSU veer. I haven't seen the veer in decades. What's the defensive schema to stop the xDSUs today?

We have enough conversations that devolve; no need to expand the spectrum.

Idaho State looking for a new HC. Theirs just went to ASU to work for a former assistant from his days as a HS coach!

This conversation will not devolve to politics. Board Guidelines: No politics. That is all. The Moderation Team

Most of Stig's tenure SDSU was a BB school. Only recently did SDSU put any focus on FB.

Do people buy lottery tickets?

UND gonna UND. There's a reason Schmidt is at Washington with DeBoer: Freund is the heir apparent. UND gonna UND. If all that were to come about, let's hope Danny is smart enough to reboot the defense.

... unless he chooses to resign (and take a cushy position with UNDAA&F, and he'd be really good at that).

UND holds onto coaches too long waiting for the next one to "be ready". What it gets you is hexagenarians handing off to quinquagenarians when the quinquagenarians were ready as quadragenarians* **. *That's the verbose way of saying we need to hand off the reigns to coaches who are ready and still flexible and adaptive in their ways. **Thus ends today's vocabulary lesson also.

Tied after regulation? Team captains meet at center ice and play a vicious game of this, best 2 of 3.

Right about now I'm sure they are ...