Midwestern Hawk

A great way to put it. Almost doesn't matter what the schedule is. We will win most games at the Alerus, lose most games away from the Alerus and if we have enough home games to make the playoffs we lose the first playoff game. I still say this program has never recovered from the NDSU loss in 2021. The overall trend line has been down ever since that game(of course with the exception of the mirage game against NDSU in 2023).

I heard it was because DeBoer is not good at “the Griddy”…

Amazing rise. Good for him! Wonder if Schmidt will join him?

DeBoer name Alabama coach. Wow. Talk about a rocket rise.

Great post. We are very close and for that the credit goes to Bubba. The problem is the culture and for that the credit also goes to Bubba, one guy in the big chair could make it happen fast.

It could. I am basing my assessment on the last 10 years body of work, this seasons schedule and the fact the offense will likely be less productive this season. There is always a chance it is better, but that chance is remote IMO. D could be better, but we will still have the head scratching in game calls, time management and a game or two where Bubba's pregame speech seems to demotivate. The trend line for this program has been down since the 2021 loss to NDSU at home. Yes we eat NDSU last season, but that looks now more of an aberration than anything else.

After the transfer portal and Danny news, I would change Montana to a Loss and Northern Iowa to a Toss Up. 2 WINS 4 TOSS UPS 6 LOSSES Thankfully San Diego and Murray State come in the first half of the season or it could really snowball. a .500 record will be tough to accomplish. Would not be surprised to see a defection or two yet before next fall...

Probably not.

Been 5-7 wins all but 2 years...one 8 win season followed by a 3 win season... At a school like UND, that record is not good enough.

Danny and Tommy….what was their W-L record? I forget.

I was thinking that exact thing.

Bubba swan song this fall. Not going to be good. Unless possibly Pawlak has the ability to handle it. Danny got out while the getting was still good.

100% correct. The Bison were destroyed in GF and here they are a game away from Frisco. Have to respect that. Based on the rest of the season one would think the score in Gf would have been reversed...the Bison got coached up and got far better and the Hawks floundered the rest of the season and managed to find their comfort zone once again.

Pretty safe to say that FCS football is now a playoff between the MVFC and Big Sky. Albany playing in the MVFC would not have a winning record.

There have been several guys on Bubba's squad over the years that could have made the jump to P5. Not sure what your point is?

North Dakota football has compiled a very average record over the last 10 years. 61 wins 50 losses. Best record was 9-3 in Bubba's third season and that was followed up with Bubba's worst record at 3-8. The other 8 seasons have ended with somewhere between 5 and 7 wins, which IMO, a very average HC and staff could compile at a school like UND in the FCS division. Bubba has made the FCS playoffs(a baseline accomplishment at one of the heavies in FCS football) and has lost all 5 games. North Dakota football should demand excellence. The record and the 2021 extension scream the fact it does not demand excellence and that is my problem with the UND football program. Without major changes in the expectations and the current staff, we can all plan on continued underperformance and 5-7 wins per season.

We beat both NDSU and SDSU since 2018 and should have defeated both teams multiple times. I would agree with Washington, we need them to lose the game. Every other game we could have won with superior coaching. One of the losses vs NDSU had one of the worst coaching moves in MVFC history.

Tell me which game since 2018(@Washington) UND Football could not have won with better coaching? Give me a list of the games since @ Washington, which Bubba and co had no chance because the other team just had far superior talent...

BINGO

UND consistently underperforms. UND's facilties are far better than Sac State. Why did we lose ?

It is a huge selling point to the average recruit, when the next phase is comllete, UND will have as good of facilities as exist in FCS and better than most G5 schools. Those are just the facts.

UND has top 20 facilities in FCS. How many indoor practice facilities exist in FCS? When the locker room facility is complete UND will be top 5 easily. Saying our coaches overperform is silly. UND should always be a top 25 program and after new phase is complete should be top 10. How many FCS games away from the Alerus have you been too?

In S Cal, the pay will end up being less in real terms.

BINGO.

If Entz wins another natty this year he is likely offered a G5 HC position. Kleiman made the jump to P5. Bad career move. Wil never be a HC again and if USC has another floundering year will be unemployed.