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UNI gonna end the game with 2 third down conversions. Ouch.

Nice TD run for the F'Hawkers.

Zero point scored for both teams. End of 3rd quarter.

The hurry up worked before half, maybe UND can try that again.

This game shouldn't be this close.

Scoreboard says UNI is 1 for 6 on third down conversions.

Three straight runs for the Hawks. Punt.

Just stop the UND run game, you win the game.

I didn't see mich PI on UNI there.

Little dumbfounded quincy wasn't under center there.

Nice drive to score before half.

Three attempts at a 10 yard pass for a TD: 2 incompletes and a sack.

Run,deep ball, run, run

USD Coyotes blew these guys out of the water last week...

Still no ten yard passing game.

Not even a new field, just some small upgrades: A small concrete building with a bathrooms, some GameDay lockers, with a cool lighted sign on the side "home of UND Soccer" other outside, small bleacher for fans, and maybe some of those curved wind protections "dugouts." Athletic trainer at the games. Small cheap stuff.

So the basically minimum? Gave the soccer team a level playing Field with grass and a fence to keep the ball from going into the street like elementary schools have.

You're saying Downtown Axe is closing soon?

But we all "hope" our athletic administration "expects" more than just one playoff win for Bubba at UND so far in his tenure!

A nice seven or eight win season. First round exit. Repeat. At most host a home playoff game and maybe win that. Everyone knows that that will be the high ceiling for this team. Don't like it, but we've all seen this show before a bunch of times. Why would anyone expect anything different this time around? Especially with a young qb who constantly throws 5 yard passes into the ground!

That's what it feels like!

Actually i think we are sorta making the same point. No big deal losing to the strongest team in the country. The goal is to make deep playoff runs and contend for a title. That's the bigger goal. Losing to the Dakota States doesn't hurt playoff chances because everyone knows how strong they are. That's small picture stuff. Bubba will lose to unknown teams this year probably before and/or during the playoffs. That's the bigger picture. And that's the real issue here. This game could have been an FCS semifinal. Then we'd lose and it wouldn't be "mediocre expectations". It would have been meeting expectations only difference was UND made a nice deep playoff run. UND isn't even close to that yet. Accomplish step one first!

One could easily argue beating the best teams in the entire FCS is not quite "mediocre expectations". More like the highest expectations one can have. Bubba weakness isn't losing to NDSU and SDSU, it's inability to win against everyone else. Especially on the road. His road record sucks. His playoff record sucks. I'll take losing to the eventual Champs in the Dakota State Universities. But he needs to win against everyone else and have deep playoff runs. Which he never has. He's not some new coach. He's got some of the nicest FCS facilities in the country to work with! Just one playoff win is pretty unacceptable in my view.

How many playoff games has Bubba won? Is it one or zero?

Game just shows how much work UND still has...if there was any doubt