Longtime fan

I don’t find it hard to believe it all… not now. As a “head coach” if you’re sleeping or dosing off in a meeting what kind of message are you sending your players ? Not interested with your surroundings or simply don’t care….what else could it be? Hungover? There’s a place and time to take a nap ….and that place is most definitely not in a meeting with your players. Show some leadership ! If a player was sleeping in a meeting they would be lit up. If anyone of us fell asleep at a meeting at work how would that look ? Also…there is a reason why someone took this pic. If it was a singular moment most would let that pass. And yes…there are definitely more problems.

I had already felt bad enough for the players …now I feel worse for them after reading your posts. It truly feels like you have some insight into this program that seems very plausible and believable to go along with the recent pics. It’s bad enough for us fans to witness this train wreck but the players don’t deserve to have such an incompetent person that they have to call coach. They live this everyday! Man. What those pictures have shown/exposed is truly how selfish bubba is. He gives two shits because win or lose he is guaranteed for life. Most definitely feels like a county club atmosphere that surrounds the universities athletic programs. With the lack of winning results, frustrated fan base, frustrated players, frustrated alumni, never ending extensions and now pics showing a non involved non interested coach…..bubba and Chavez need to feel the heat! It’s almost like they are sticking their middle finger at us now. Sickening

Just read through the 3 pages. All very true. The one that stands out for me…along with all the aforementioned…was his ridiculous crying show after beating Ndsu last year!? What the hell was that?? I felt embarrassed for anyone associated with und. He beat a team at home during the regular season.That deserves tears ? Had he won a championship I possibly could understand .

Add this look to his sideline game time look and it’s no surprise why this program is where it

Agreed We can complain all we want on this board …… I have done so nearly week for 8 years… but that goes nowhere. We are small number of diehard fans with a small voice on a message board. I think the only people with “pull” to make a change is alumni and donors. Chavez could care less what is being said on a message board but when it hits the pocket …..then and only then would he consider a change . But right now the diehards are still attending games and bubba is cheap. Money coming in added to a cheap coach =Chavez is living the dream. He feels no heat or consequences until alumni make the calls and the money starts drying up.

The extensions that Chaves has continually set in place is the culprit for this rinse and repeat program. He and bubba need to be held equally responsible. Bubba has to know he is taking advantage of und at this point . No way he doesn’t. He’s been here a decade plus. He was also here with Lennon and has seen the success at the top . He know what und is capable of. He is stuck on the bottom rung of the ladder. No movement. Just perennial stale results. He has to know he is the hindrance. He has to know he peaked here 8 years ago . He has to know und fans are sick of this BS! He has to know that he should move on. He has to know und fb is never going to compete for a championship with him . All the other Dakota and Montana schools have eyes on a championship. Bubba is trying to win a road game. Huge difference. Und is stuck in mediocre !@#$ mud. I am so f…… sick and tired of having to say the same f… thing over and over and over and over again on game day !!!

Wrote this on Monday. Bubba lead teams are so easy to predict. Most frustrating rinse and repeat program in the nation. It’s laughable at this point.

I say und has a 25% of beating Indiana ST this weekend. Why only 25%. -road game. Enough said - their qb is a runner, leads the team in rushing and he’s bigger than the Youngstowns qb. Unds defense is charming soft. Bad results to a bad team. -we have bubba Enough said Last year und had to kick a Fg with :00 to extend the game into OT against a horrible 1-11 team. It was the only time that Indiana st scored 30 points on the season. Indiana states only win last year was against 0-11 western Illinois. They were a second away from a two win season in the confines of the alerus. Indiana st is a bad team, much like last year …..but und still has bubba. Bubba has the uncanny ability to make low end teams look like a Tom Brady led New England patriots team. There is absolutely no chance that the road woes will stop now. But can they squeak by a horrible team on Saturday? Don’t bet your best tie on it. This year ….Indiana st (3-5) has scored 30 points or more just once against a 1-6 Murray st that gives 40 points/game. I believe they get their second on Saturday. Sadly I see 34-38 Indiana st victory as where this should be an absolute ass whooping by und in the 48-10 range. But we have bubba and beating a three win team is asking a little too much. Bubba is occasionally ok at beating the zero, one or two win teams in their stadiums. But a three win team ……?

I would have to guess by now even the hardiest Bubba loyalists have ran out ways to defend him? Bubba “peaked” 8 years ago. The 2015 and 2016 were the best teams under his watch. 16-7 overall record and actually won a few road games. There were plenty of head coaching blunders those two years but he was “new” so opposing coaches didn’t know at the time of how repetitive and incompetent he really was / is. They get it now. His best two teams had zero playoff wins. That has stayed true from day one. UND might be playoff bound this year? Thats only because the FCS is a watered down division that has to stitch together 24 teams to make a playoff bracket. But rest assured ! Bubba will bubba and find the best way possible not to win. Is there a more frustrating rinse and repeat program in the nation ?

My eldest niece . She is a really nice human being with und ties. Since those seem to be the top two qualifications for a UND football head coaching position I nominate her.

Did a little research on unds opponent. Not a good team. They have held onto Farley much like und has held onto bubba….but longer. Sad but true. Both are equally bad. My guess is that this will be a game that fans of both sides will be left with head scratching calls. Who will have less questionable calls should be a betting line. Anyhow. N Iowa’s offense is bad. Have only scored more than 17 once this year and that was against a non scholly team. If I was a betting man I would say they score 20 tomorrow. Only because bubba will bubba. They have two big boy RBs (6’4” 230 and 6’1” 225 ) that could expose unds smaller DL. Not necessarily HR hitters but big enough to power through for 5. Passing game is average. Nothing to sweat about….fingers crossed. Their D is average at best. STs is weak. At home. This game should not be within 3 TDs if und is truly a legit top 15ish fcs team ?Will bubba bubba this up ?

Every team is beatable regardless where the game is played. Ndsu is nothing special this year which makes Saturdays game even more frustrating. If und was competitive and still lost that’s one thing. They’re not just losing these games they’re getting embarrassed.

Classic bubba! Road stats after 11 years: -19-38 lifetime road record (.333%) -1-18 (.05%) vs teams that would make the playoffs. The one win was in 2015 against Port St - 3 road victories against teams with a winning record. -18-20 (.474%) vs non playoff teams -non playoff teams combined record 61-144 (.298%)winning percentage 10 of 18 teams records that und beat 0-11 1-5 1-10 2-8 2-9 2-9 2-9 2-9 2-9 2-10 bubba can claim three road victories in 11 years that would be considered “ok” wins? But he did just say last week he will look into how they’re preparing !? lol Not sure why since he’s constantly getting extensions.

Let’s be honest. It doesn’t matter what und has for facilities or strength coach or player personal….etc. Bubba is going to bubba. 11 years of proof. Can’t win meaningful games on the road and can’t win playoff games. Yay!!??? Let’s go beat the Idaho states and Murray states of the world…end up with 6-7 wins and call it a moral victory season. With how weak the fcs is…being in the top 20 means squat. Only 4 teams have a yearly chance of the championship. As I mentioned after the Ndsu game …Ndsu is not much this year ….nothing special but the fcs is a joke so they are an automatic semi team. Fcs would be wise to have a top 10 ranking system only and a 16 team playoff field. The rest is a complete waste of time. With bubba…Und is as average at it gets. There should be no way !!!!!! ….that und isnt competing for a title every year. Ndsu sdsu Montana st and Montana get it. Und promotes and extends average. Winning a playoff game should be a requirement for an extension imo. But Und just extends for reasons unkown

Another road loss. Who would have thought ?? lol Saw nothing from Ndsu that indicates impressive. Just saw bubba !@#$ the bed again. So sick of the decade filled with the same ol !@#$.

Great win this is the one game a year that bubba pulls out a win to have und fans think “Und is back”. Can he finally make it more than one game and make a full season of it ? what a difference of halves.

Bubba gives the team and fans : zero optimism zero excitement zero enthusiasm zero balls zero coaching skills zero momentum zero zero zero the atmosphere was electric to begin Bubba the momentum killer made sure to squash it on a positive side ….at least Montanas all American difference maker isn’t playing tonight *cough cough*

Big game big atmosphere…smack in the mouth ! Don’t let up. Punish them up the middle . All day ! Let the depth of the RBs (plus Romfro) wear them out ! Defensively key in on #5 if playing. Difference maker. Gillman is a stud rb too. Wished he picked und but … really hoping to see some sacks. They are a rarity later. Getting pressure helps immensely on the CBs plus simply rattling the qb and jacking up the crowd. If #5 is playing …..kick it out bounds every punt and every kickoff. The guy will make you pay if he catches it. Don’t give him a single opportunity. Let’s go!

2023- #6 Ndsu. 49-24 2022 - #7 Missouri st 48-31 2021 - didn’t have that one big signature win this year but bubba went back into bubba mode in the 4th qtr vs #5 Ndsu and loses 10-16. Und should have never lost that game 2020- #3 sdsu. 28-17 2019- #9 Montana st. 16-12 2018- #22 Montana. 41-14 2017- zero 2016- #17 Weber st 27-19 2015- FBS Wyoming. Even though Wyoming ended up being horrible it was unds first FBS win 2014- zero 2013- zero These were all great wins that should have catapulted und. Momentum swingers. Think we all know by now that they didn’t. This weekend I feel could be one of those games

Montana has some fantastic athletes. If Bergen is playing…he should/will have a big day. With und having constant special teams fails ….Mr Bergen will eat und up in that facet alone. He will undoubtedly be the difference maker if he plays. Just an incredible athlete with vision, speed and misdirection. Their D looks very fast! If und isn’t able to run on them efficiently it could be a long night. Not seeing the passing game doing much at all ? Mr. In-game-brain- freeze bubba seems to always win one game a year that puts the “maybe und has turned the corner” mindset back into the fans. Could this be that game? Not sure what the alerus magic is but there’s always one game….even if und is out classed athletically, yardage difference is a fail …etc….they win. C’mon bubba ….have an out of body experience Saturday ! Earn that one game extension $!!! Hope it can happen because the joy seeing a well or decent coached team ends there . Back to reality the following week with eye gauging calls. Should be a fun atmosphere being the first home game, night game and playing a perennial strong team that has an fcs name. Finally . If you can go …go! Have fun and be annoyingly loud ! Bubba can’t excite the team but the fans can. They need get amped from somewhere. The 12th man!

There were some positives out of yesterday’s game …no doubt .. but the most obvious, glaring negative is without a doubt …bubba. He holds the team back time and time again. After a decade of witnessing his sideline demeanor and the results I have come to the conclusion that he is so wrapped with in game fear he doesn't have the capability of making rational decisions. Because it’s every game …namely big games…and the results are perennially the same. Feel bad for the players. It looks like the team wanted to win but bubba constantly put the brakes on. Take chances !!! Show confidence !!! Show some balls !! Yesterday your team was a 28 point dog ! Not like anyone expected you to win. You show your best when you brought out the punter at the 38 yard line. What was the thinking there ? If we punt we might in iowa st 5-10 yards from our scrimmage line? Well the punter decides to send it to the top row. Great call ? Then you had the team walk to the locker room with a chance for a Hail Mary before the half with a TO in the pocket and with a chance for an td or pass interference which maybe could of resulted in a fg opportunity. Nope ! Tail between the knees. Complete wimp out. 4th qtr . Sending the kicker out for some FGs instead of TDs. Lol. It’s Iowa st (p5) at home with the most experienced returning D1 team in the nation. Fgs ?? Fgs?? Hell…if you didn’t succeed at any of them it at least shows your interested in winning . But nope ! You continually show the people why you should never be a HC. How about showing confidence in your players! How about showing some balls so the players feel like they matter . Can almost guarantee that every veteran player yesterday knew exactly what bubba was going to call before he called it. As deflating it is for us fans I couldn’t imagine being a player. year after year year after year year after year ……same BS

Ouch! So UNDs 2024 qb roster depth is not fcs top notch? Average at best maybe ? Very unfortunate. Need a great qb to take it to take next step. Along with a competent HC.

At what point does bubbas never attempting to reach of his box or ultra conservative ways affect the team? What kinda message is sent to his players when you punt on the 38 ? Not attempting a Td but a fg inside your 5 ?? This against a top tier FBS team at home . Over the years the list is so $@&%% long playing the ^%#£! day by day game that I have given up ! How do the players react to this BS? I was a college player back in the day and we had a DC that was absolutely crazy . Great DC but as wild and as unpredictable as they com in play calling. But he brought excitement and energy !! We loved playing for him. Didn’t always work but he/we kept trying. Bubba !?!? Bubbas way is that of a 98 grandma.

True the team seemed like they wanted to win. The big down fall……bubba! He’s gold for not knowing football

Rucker as well