Midwestern Hawk

Bubba ball.

Unfortunately I’m afraid your correct.

WTF is going on with the D?

Need to respond with points.

7-4! A win is a win!

A win is a win and in this situation , I’ll take it! Go hawks!

When a DB never has to worry about the top part of the route tree, how much easier is coverage?

So following Stig's template, if my math is correct, Bubba will get his first (non-covid) playoff win in 2032...

Big, big game. Its not a great matchup for us, but in the Alerus I think we get it done! Go Hawks!

If not for the NDSU win, Bubba could be on the hot seat with a loss, a 6-5 season and not making the playoffs. The Bison win(the only good win all season) has bought him at least one more season leading the hawks...

I agree. We have not played well since NDSU. This is ISU last 5 games... Indiana St 44-7 @YSU 38-41 UNI 21-24 @Missouri St 36-35 Murray St 44-7

We have regressed since the NDSU win or maybe it was just one of those days for NDSU. The offense was pathetic yesterday. Same old swing-passarama . I don't understand our game plan. How easy is it to cover receivers if the refs are letting them hold and we never throw deep?

With football, that is 5-7 wins and a first round playoff exit.

I think Chaves and most of the boosters are content with 5-7 wins, especially after beating the Bison this fall.

Unfortunately you are correct. With Bubba in charge, UND will find a way to between 5 and 7 wins, with all but 1 or 2 wins coming at the Alerus Center.

And taken a few deep shots where defensive holding becomes much more obvious...

I would say yes, he is insinuating that.

If the game was in Normal, IL, I would say our season will end next Saturday. UND plays great at home, but this will be a tough matchup for us. ISU will be much like UNI. Would love to see Bubba-coached UND get to the next level, I just don't think it will ever happen.

Agree 100%. Saturday is a play in game. Win and we are in and lose and we are 6-5 and one of the first teams left out.

Predictable? 6-5 or 7-4? Is next Saturday the first playoff game vs ISU? A true play-in game?

Absolutely the start we needed!

I’m afraid USD is good enough to expose our shortcomings. Tough place for us to play, offense will be less than average today and our defense won’t be able to stop a physical football team. if we get behind early, we lose by double digits. If we are within a TD going into the 4th maybe we will have two shockers in one season. One can only hope….

Big game. Hopefully better than our last trip to Vermillion. I was there and it was an ugly let down. Should have been a win.

If NDSU was still the gorilla , I would agree with “progress”. The gorilla is now the next stop down I29 and they toyed with us. We are playing Bubbaball, which is consistently 5-7 wins, a chunk of heartbreak and a first round exit from the playoffs of the road. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Bubba is a great man, but is a ceiling of 7 wins enough for Grand Forks and UND? Another contract extension will likely give us that answer.