Midwestern Hawk

The pinnacle was halftime at home vs NDSU in fall of 2021.

After the result in Fargo, I move the @USD game to a L. We finish between 3-8 and 6-5.

Its been that way for 4 years...

Jack is trying really hard to sell us on our status as a football team. I guess we will find out in the second half.

We seem like we have regressed over the last couple of years.

Need a TD after that. Let’s go!

It’s so predictable. Exhausting.

Looks like we used our bye week to figure out the Jacks…

This is a must win. Any idea on crowd size for today?

Hawks with easy win. 38-7.

Hard to argue with your analysis. Just reinforces my points throughout this thread as to where UND is as a program. I do think the ALERUS is worth a TD minimum, so I would still pick us at this point. If for some reason we lose at home to NAU, then all bets are off, IMO, for the rest of the season. 2-5 going into Indiana State would be a disaster for all of us.

The day the season starts I will likely be back to 100% fan and be hoping for a championship season, my excitement will likely grow after drubbing Drake and what should be a victory at home vs NAU. Boise will very likely bring us back to reality. SDSU and NDSU are probably "ripe" for the picking, as some on here have pointed out, with changes at both programs. At this point, I just don't have the confidence we can get either job done. If we are, in fact, 3-3 after 6, the tilt @UNI becomes hugely important. A victory there, and a hell of a season is still possible, 3-4 and then we are back to our usual "must-win" late season scenarios to even make the playoffs.

Passion is a great thing.

IMO program was on the rise through the spring season. Maybe I was fooled, but I thought we had arrived and would be where SDSU now sits. UND should ALWAYS be a top 10 team, and a top 3 MVFC team. We made the playoffs last fall, but we were like 3 plays from being 4-7 instead of 7-4. We crapped the bed in Fargo and in the first half of the playoff game. My heart says 8-3 or 9-2, my brain after 9 years of Bubba Ball says, we have 3 guaranteed wins, 3 guaranteed losses, and if the stars line up will win 4 of the other 5 and we will all be praying for a way into the playoffs come November.

A couple years ago it felt like the program was on the cusp, now it feels to me like will be fighting for .500.

BH thought he had more going into last fall, than he actually had. Never came together. For all of our sakes, I hope you are correct. Last years D was not good by any stretch of the imagination. We gave up over 30 points a game, 10 points more per game than in 2021. We all knew going in with what had been lost from the previous year, I was hoping for improvement as the year went on and some guys would step up, It did not happen. IMO, Even Krzanowski and Siegel had weaker seasons in 2022, due to the lack of supporting cast around them. DL is still undersized and lots of question marks after the first 3, LBs are super key in a 3-4 and I have question marks at all 4 positions. Siegel will be strong, and Kaupinen is a liability in coverage, the other CB and safety are unknowns. Again, hopefully I am wrong

Like I said BH also knew it was time to move on. On paper, the defense will be worse than last fall and will be miles from some of his previous D's. Joel will need to be a magician for the D to be even average.

I think BH got out while the getting was good, but time will tell. How do we think this team will stop the run next season? The offense will need to score 35 a game to win. Anyone have any updates from Spring Ball?

Are we sure Holinka didn’t get out on his own terms before next season? Without major upgrades at LB and S(I don’t see it at this point), how is the defense going to be any better?

Bubba is a great man. I am just tired of being 1-2 games over .500 or 1-2 games under .500, with games lost to questionable coaching. Facilities have nothing to do with X’s and O’s. Washington is a great example . Only thing which changed in Seattle, is X’s and O’s, culture and game management. If being a the best man won championships, we would need a gymnasium to house all the hardware won over the last decade. We should be in Frisco today. We should be there 25% of the time, minimum.

Coaching doesn't matter...

@UND1983 etal : "The coaching staff along with Baukol consistently develop the worst talent in the MVFC into a team which is consistently a game over .500". Credit where credit is due...

We are a game or two over .500 or under .500 every season because we are not lucky and NSDU and SDSU battle for championships every season because they are just "lucky"...

Both bad, but we went for it at our own 20 yard line on 4th and 1...with the lead... in the 3rd quarter...against NDSU...with the lead. I don't think the NDSU debacle will ever be topped, but the double reverse just reinforces my overall point.

How does that contradict what I have said? Danny called the play, Danny works for Bubba. Why do so many of you make excuses for mediocrity over and over again? Over time there is NO LUCK involved in winning and losing football games. The 4th down vs NDSU is probably the worst situational football move I can remember. If anyone can think of a worse situational move by a college or NFL football coach, let me know.