MadScout03

Did you happen to look at a game-by-game breakdown? I feel like those stats will be quite front loaded on the season. Passing to TEs seemed to drift away as the season progressed and the offense regressed. It was such a breath of fresh air to see our TEs so involved in the passing game early on…something a lot of us have wanted/needed to see for years, but it felt short-lived.

I don’t think that’s a mock up. I’m pretty sure after an outdoor practice this spring, my buddy and I were walking from the weight room entrance back to the main entrance of the Pollard and sitting on a table behind an open door we saw a silver helmet with this logo on it.

Closing for good.

So………how bout those former players? @SIOUXFAN97 If you want to complain about Simon and last year’s results, there’s a thread for that. However, I’m pretty sure it’s not called Former Players, especially since Simon is still on the team.

From these two quotes, I can’t imagine it was a high priority, for Schiller or any of the other portal entries.

So Bubba can’t coach or recruit from the portal…or was that your point?

No. No tough questions were asked and there was very little defiance toward what they said. Just a bunch of head nodding, to be honest. I’m sure some good questions were submitted online but Paul Ralston must’ve “run out of time” to ask them.

Let’s say the planets align and UND gets to host a playoff game this fall. I can’t make it due to prior obligations. Should I just eat that money and be happy about it? I could try to sell my tickets, but I’m pretty sure last year there were 3-4000 seats available for the playoff game last year, so selling those tickets is like selling ice to an Eskimo. So I’m just out the money because UND thinks it should be my obligation or because some old folks don’t understand how the internet works and don’t renew their tickets on time? How about when we choose to renew our season tickets, there’s a check box next to the playoff game tickets, and those who are able to be there proceed, while those of us who can’t, uncheck the box? it isn't about the $20, it’s about the principle.

The price hike explanation centered around a couple different things…one, that “people buy tailgating spots to park because it’s cheaper” (which I’d love to see the specific data they based this off of, as someone alluded to earlier), and two, to more or less weed out those who are taking up tailgating spots who aren’t the hardcore fans, the ones who won’t show up every game, the ones who show up last minute because the season tailgating spots are “sold out”. The demand is at an all time high, they say…I’m pretty sure the Al parking lot is huge and outside of the NDSU game, it is not full. There is room to expand season tailgating passes if the demand is really that high. It’s all BS. It has 100% to do with bringing in more money and they're going to say anything they can to be right. Erik Martinson and Val Sussex were neck and neck the worst when it came to that. The Alston awards, while I believe is a good thing, will cost a lot of money. I wondered where that money was going to come from. Well, part of it is from the expansion of the Champions Club seating at the Alerus. People who had season tickets but were outside of the CC sections will now have to pay the Club fee for every 4 tickets purchased. Val Sussex said there was a need for more “premium” seating at the Alerus, so they made an additional section premium by adding the Champions Club fee. That’s it. That’s what made those seats “premium”. It’s all political banter as they try not to look like the bad guys. They made the Peterson Porch ticketed spots because there was a need for more “premium” seating, Val said. Yep, you can’t just have fans casually watching the games from the end zones…you have to make those Champions Club spots that people pay more money for. This isn’t about the fan experience anymore, this is strictly about money, but they can’t come out and say that, and they never will. They’ll say college athletics costs more these days and the cost will continue to rise, but when things like tailgating passes nearly double, it has nothing to do with raising more money. It has everything to do with the fan experience…right.

Interesting how the 1883 Collective is announced, specifically mentioning the fact they’ve been working with UND on this process, people get excited about it and the future of UND athletics and keeping up with the Jones’s, and then magically, this is slipped under our nose. Coincidence? I hardly think so.

Thanks for posting this!

Yep. Those FGs weren’t even a question for him. They were routine.

Yep. It’s an option to sign up for as a subscriber to the Herald.

This was from his weekly “Hawk Talk” email he sends out.

No idea. Just saw him at practice…watched a handful of different coaches greet him…at one point saw him venture onto the field and hang near the RBs…Tom Miller mentioned he was a possible Hoosman replacement. That’s all I know.