Midwestern Hawk
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Just now, nodak651 said:
I think my initial post was pretty clear.
Yoo are just showing how little you know about football. Cheers.
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1 minute ago, nodak651 said:
That must be why Bubba got steamrolled by Petrino this year. Oh wait.
Bubba handed the game to Petrino in 2021. No idea why you are so riled up by Petrino or myself? No idea why you would defend Bubba as a football coach vs Petrino. Petrino soring 2020 team was terrible and yet he still won a MVFC and made the playoffs. If Entz and staff or steiglemeier and staff had coached UNDs team they would have still been playing today. 2021 team would have been in Frisco. Some of you will lose your mind over this, but coaching is supreme in football. If you disagree with it’s me are you saying that Bubba is taking a less talented team and getting to .500 via coaching supremacy? Is that really what you think?
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12 minutes ago, Sioux94 said:
I think their man point was that Bubba is a better FCS coach than Petrino. Petrino wanted nothing to do with the FCS other than he needed a job. His only goal was to put lipstick on a pig for as long as he could until he got another job. The lipstick was shining brightly through the 3rd quarter against Arkansas. But that lipstick came off after that and then it was as ugly as ever.
If we are talking about building an FCS program for the long term, I agree. A guy like Petrino who has coached at the top is never going to be satisfied coaching in the FCS.
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4 minutes ago, Teeder11 said:
They go hand in hand. If they don’t, I don’t want any part of it. Plus Bubba gets the nod here on the coaching side head to head.
Unfortunately they don’t go hand in hand . You all forget Petrino took over a perennial doormat and instantly made it relevant winning a conference championship in his first year and qualifying for the playoffs 2 of 3 years . As a football coach there is no comparison . Again I would much rather have Bubba as a neighbor or relative. Petrino wins football games.
did we all forget he did this at Missouri state? Yes that Missouri state. They had one win seasons how many times before he arrived?
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1 hour ago, nodak651 said:
Head to head. Already said it. You chose to ignore it.
I said football coaching not character. Bubba is a much better man, I thought we were talking as a football coach.
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49 minutes ago, UND1983 said:
At the FCS level why isn't he?
This is not a cut on Bubba, but an objective judge would say Petrino is a better football coach at every level including FCS. What is your criteria for saying he is not?
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4 minutes ago, Hawkster said:
Do you still think the dome wasn't much of an advantage for them last night? I'm pretty sure that place was worth more than the 3 point margin of victory.
Huge advantage. Played major difference-maker for them over the last 12 years. ESPN flashed the stats about it on the screen near beginning of game. Does anyone think our game with Weber has a different outcome if it is in the Alerus?
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27 minutes ago, AJS said:
Will NDSU’s run end sometime? Maybe. Once you accept that they will most likely win it this year, next year, year after, a game like last night you just shrug off. Watching The Word blow it at one point would have been so frustrating, now not so much.
Hoping for Montana State today.
Edit: 3 out of 4 NDSU playoff games they have >99% chance of winning. Most years there’s that one game that hypothetically could go either way. NDSU’s ability to always make “the play” is fascinating, but not as much as the opponents inability to make “the play” or “the drive”, every time.
It is past the point of wow. They came out flat last night, Cam Miller was way off on his throws, NDSU had no answer for the Word QB. They persevered and adjusted. Props to them. What they have done will never be done again at any level. As a Hawk, it sucks, as a fan of football its amazing. They beat us this fall because we continually get caught up in the fact they are NDSU, they won last night because they knew they were going to win.
Sun Tzu.
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1 hour ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
All in all, NDSU was the better team, sucks cause it was close, but NDSU still good enough to get to Frisco. Sickening. Disgusting. All words to express displeasure.
I hate NDSU but you have to give them respect. They just do their thing and keep winning. Frustrating. We will get to have another 5-7 win season next fall.
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13 hours ago, nodak651 said:
For UND, yes.
Edit: And really, you don't know what my point is? I can quote some more of your posts if you would like.
So you are telling me and everyone on this thread that Bubba is a better football coach than Petrino? Remember I did not say better person, I said better football coach. If that what you are trying to say, how about some actual proof.
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UIW Qb making bison look very bad.
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On 12/15/2022 at 9:00 AM, nodak651 said:
If only UND was wise enough to have hired Petrino the program would be in a way better position right now, right?
Actually, looks like Petrino is leaving Missouri State with a losing record vs Bubba. Is Petrino leaving Missouri State with an empty cupboard right before signing day?
Not sure what your point is? You are saying Bubba is a better coach than Petrino? Is that what your are saying?
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On 12/10/2022 at 2:52 PM, The Sicatoka said:
UND failed to control what was its to control.
Win that game, more than likely get the 7 or 8 seed and a bye and make NDSU play an opening round game (and likely go on the road in the round of 16).
Says it all. Until that happens the rest is noise.
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On 12/4/2022 at 9:26 AM, UND1983 said:
If you all wanted the same guys back on defense then I dont know what to say. Wow
Do we have anyone better? If we do, why were they not playing this fall. I knew we were going to struggle early on D with all the personnel losses from 2021, but the D never came together. Have we ever considered it NOT being the personnel, but the coaching on defense?
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23 minutes ago, homer said:
This is my thought. You want to improve the secondary we need to retain the starters and being in competition. I can’t think of one transfer that has come in the last few years and made an instant impact.
Hopefully retain Buchner and a healthy Fort is a starting point at safety. Any improvement is either development or finding the right fit in the portal.
If we think we are going to make improvements through the portal, gonna be a long wait.
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18 hours ago, geaux_sioux said:
Does it though?
If we had someone better, I would assume they would have been the starter, correct?
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On 12/1/2022 at 11:40 AM, USTBench said:
After watching this selection committee debacle I would say it'd be interesting if UND was to lead the pack from an unconventional position. Sort of an "attack a liberal from the left, attack a conservative from the right" approach, in which UND hard-charges toward FBS. This will make NDSU fans scoff but will also force NDSU's hand to explore that avenue with UND. I find it hard to believe Matt Larsen lobbied for UND at all and I suspect he failed in his fiduciary duty to advocate for the MVFC, and if that's the case, and it certainly looks like it is, you can't trust the organization or level you're in, and UND should call that out. That said, Larsen's stacking the deck in NDSU's favor in a "down year", shows that either NDSU has to maintain this level of success in perpetuity or the brass will face serious consequences, or, they have find a group of committed peer institutions to explore a move up together.
It sounds like the G-5 is angling to be "FCS on steroids" and with the expanded 12-team CFP starting soon, I suspect the CFP will consistently be 10/11 P5 schools and 1 10+ win G5 school. I suspect that format, whether people like-it-or-not will be hugely successful and eventually the G5 will follow suit and craft their own playoff, essentially creating a subdivision between FCS and FBS. It's getting increasingly obvious to me that FCS will soon look like the abandoned tire plant that is D2 and UND needs to jump off that sinking ship.
The "15,000" average attendance thing is a complete joke, and always has been. I've been to concrete monolith that is Rice Stadium in which about 500 people watched 120 points scored between ECU and Rice. I've watched "MACtion" and if Eastern Michigan is outdrawing most D3 schools I'd be suprised. I see a lot of complaints about the Alerus gameday experience on here, but it is exponentially better than what is being offered at several G5 FBS schools. Also, Sam Houston is going to FBS without a stadium that even holds 15,000 and their average attendance is less than 8,000.
I'm not saying a 6th Group conference could be formed, but UND, NDSU, SDSU, USD, Montana, Montana State, Idaho (previously FBS), and a few other financially solvent major state universities could explore creating their own football conference or joining a pre-existing one now that the remaining Mountain West schools will be lobbying the PAC-12 to replace USC/UCLA and get into that coveted P5 conference. Maybe (probably) nothing comes of it, but it could force the FCS to get their act together. The Sun Belt has gone from a laughing stock to a formiddable conference in a very short period of time, and I look at those schools and (some) of the MWC schools more like peer football institutions moreso than Mercer, Campbell, Samford, Holy Cross, etc. I don't think anyone on here is particularly enamored with the MAC, and I think you could have a better conference almost overnight with the schools I previously mentioned. Full send, loco crazy, but fun to think about.
UND is making a major financial commitment to football with Phase 2 it seems. So, probably time to stop acting like little brother, and they'll probably stop being treated like little-brother.
Lots of thought starters. Thank you. Chaves, you read this?
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On 11/29/2022 at 10:38 AM, Midwestern Hawk said:
Beat NDSU.
This is it. This changes everything for UND. Crowds at the Alerus, recruiting, expectations, FCS, even the NCAA.,
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1 hour ago, UNDBIZ said:
We go back to the BSC?
Beat NDSU.
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3 minutes ago, Und246 said:
I could see the day where UND has a good enough season to be considered for a seed but just outside the 8 seeds like Weber. But if that happens I will bet the NCAA sends us on the road anyway. They will come up with a different excuse then.
There is only one way this changes. I think we all know what that way is.
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54 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:
The best option is a G5 combo with the top tier of FCS to create a playoff with 16 teams. That would be a true FCS. Not sure what to do with the teams that would get left behind, D2 football only?
This may be the route. FBS is undergoing massive changes which of course will affect G5 and FCS football in a massive way. NIL, the transfer portal and the incredible TV contract $ are going to likely leave 4 P5 conferences which will have even more massive resources than G5 and FCS. Top FCS schools should go G5, including much of MVFC.
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4 minutes ago, Dustin said:
There actually were a number of big names missing from the defense from '21 to '22: Holm (grad/retired), Fort (on roster, but injured), Nelson (transfer), Canady (grad/retired), Seguin, Pierre, and Lickfeldt (Can't remember the various scenarios with those last 3 guys). So maybe I've overreacted on calling for a new DC. Still need something big to happen on defense. It'd be nice if it were to happen under Tommy's offense.
Jaxson Turner, Noah Larson and Ty Shannon. I knew the defense would take some time to rebuild, but it just never came together.
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13 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:
Say what!?!)?!? Stig was an average coach for decades and still kept his job????? Let’s hear the negative Nancy posters spin that one!
You need to look closer at his results and the context.
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28 minutes ago, Sioux94 said:
The too complicated part might be more true now actually, in this day and age of transfers. In the past pretty much anybody in the secondary would have red shirted a year before they ever really had a chance to see the field. Transfer portal isn't going away.....so it might be something to consider when re-evaluating everything from top to bottom.
You make an interesting point about the transfer portal. How many of the really good UND players, and for that matter other great FCS players, would have transferred out in the past after a really good freshman year? Gonna be fascinating to see how this all pans out.
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Last falls team. Yes. This years team would have made it to today with either staff.