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I am guessing Bubba is well aware of the fact that nearly the entire fan base is calling for him to be done. Even the football 360 crew, which used to include his brother, has run out of good things to say and are calling for change. His quote is an emotional reaction, albeit not a very smart one, to the pressure he obviously knows is there - and is warranted. There are a lot of things to say about his coaching (which has been said over and over in this blog and which I think is generally accurate) but to say he doesn’t care about his players is not right. The players will tell you that. The problem is he does not recognize his own shortcomings in coaching at this level and changing to a more modern brand of football. At his core, Bubba would still prefer the old 3 yards and a cloud of dust 1970s football he advertised when he first came - and a defensive scheme to stop that which nobody runs anymore. Couple that with an inability to recruit players with body types to play that scheme and here we are. I would love to see Bubba do some soul searching and decide for the sake of his players and the University that he should resign and go to the alumni office. Retire on his own terms rather than have his own personal legacy being canned after a 4 or 5 win season next year. In spite of all of the negativity surrounding Bubba, some of which has been consistently by me, he did help bring us out of the Mussman years. There was improvement in the program and the culture. Unfortunately that improvement had and continues to have a very low ceiling. It is time to move on and I would love to be able to thank Bubba for his contributions to the program as he makes a decision best for himself AND the program and resigns on his own terms. For all his coaching flaws, I continue to believe Bubba is a good guy - just not the right guy for this program. That may be a pipe dream but I am still holding out hope for now…

That is the defensive scheme we want on 4th and 2. Make sure our entire secondary is damn near in prevent defense. Is anyone actually coaching this team????

Nice play Navratil to create a turnover. Good for him in his last game as well.

Glad to see Bo and Quincy getting some looks today. Without all of the PI penalties, Bo would already have 60 plus yards. Would love to see both of those buys get at least one more TD pass in their last game in a UND jersey..

Actually it was a good call. Their entire secondary was about 2 to 3 yards off the line of scrimmage and Bo 1 on 1. They have no respect for our passing game. Have to take advantage of that. Stacking 11 guys against us is not a good recipe to run up the middle.

Agreed. Lack of ream concept on defensive switching, and rotation with help side leaves too many open looks at times but hopefully that is a work in progress. They play hard and have better chemistry than we have seen the Hooker years. Eli’s tenacious play ramps up the intensity for the rest of the team. Great to see. 2 big road wins so far and other than the CSU game, playing like they belong. I think this team is very fun to watch. Hope we can get some butts in the seats and get them a home court advantage at the Betty…

And in a surprising turn of events, the opposing team makes halftime adjustments and we do not. Do we have 20 yards of offense in the second half? We still have the same 59 yards of passing we racked up in the first half. And the defense will give up 500 while we will hope to get 225…. We looked like we were giving it a shot - and then Bubba ball emerged again.,,

My god. Our lack of tackling skills is only eclipsed by the ugliness of our coverage schemes.

Can we run up the middle for no gain on 1st and 2nd down just a few more times??? We have to show some offense - defense is not going to win this for us…. Time for a tight end sighting? Q had a beautiful touchdown catch on the one rare opportunity we have given him.,,

Awesome catch. Good for Q. Nice pass Simon…. Don’t let up D….

Would love to see a great day for Q, Bo, and Navratil who elected to come back for another year with the program…

Nice stop for the d to force a long missed field goal. Great run by Sawyer.!!! Let’s see if we can prove we belong!!!

Simon is playing scared. Guiding the ball like a wounded duck rather than throwing it with authority and confidence.

I know significant contact has become obsolete in practice to avoid injury, but do we do anything to develop tackling skills. This is worse tackling than the Mussman days - and that was not a high bar to pass…

If we don’t have more than this, we will be lucky to win 2 games in the conference. We have zero team defensive skills. Not much for individual defensive skills. An offense that doesn’t generate anything. We have 5 assists so far. 30 percent shooting when we don’t turn it over - which is a third of our possessions. No shooters other than Trey. Ouch…. Finally a few minutes of pushing up the floor resulted in a couple good looks. Need that more - half court offense is nonexistent. CSU is good but we don’t look like we belong on the floor with them.