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Firing the DC and keeping bubba would be about as clueless a move as an AD could make.

I do not understand the idea of firing the DC and not the HC.. the DC is running bubbas defensive system.. the last DC running the system also stunk.. and Schmidt certainly struggled as well depending on the year.. they brought in dosch to help and the defense still stinks.. replacing the DC and not blaming the HC/system/etc is like tying your shoe on an amputated leg to stop from tripping.

I find the lack of development time in games for our backups totally bizarre.. down by 31.. 6mins to go.. lets still roll out all the starters.. it’s just dumb

How do we not have our backups in? This is terrible.. anyone wonder why feeney left?

Judging by the difference in bodies and talent level on the field today.. we have a lot of work to do.. maybe it’s just scheme but it seems like more then that.

The previous extension was bad.. the extension last year for no reason without significantly changing the buyout is malpractice.. I still want to see that negotiation.. bubba walks into Chaves office expecting to be fired.. Chaves suprises him and the fan base with an extension.

Question is will they even call a pass play.. with our run defense and their rushing attack I could see a repeat of the luepke ndsu game a few years back. hopefully the defense plays with a little pride.

Whomever took these pictures clearly has no respect for bubba and is in the room.. if this is the current culture of the team, change is needed sooner rather than later. the extension continues to look terrible in hindsight.. but go back to the extension thread from last year.. it looked terrible then. This is currently a never ending cycle of mediocrity.

It was nice to see all groups O/D/ST on the team contributing to the loss.. fumbles.. interceptions for TDs.. dropped punts.. sacks.. typical crap defense.. some of the worst tackling I have seen.. ending the game on 2 sacks.. what a team effort on the loss.. Isaiah was awesome.. the rest of them really struggled. This is the definition of a team that can’t win on the road.. whether it’s lack of preparation or they are just in their own heads.. who knows. It really is hard to watch. Constantly just waiting for them to screw up. Over and over had the chance to win.. just kept screwing it up. should have been an easy game.. but we spotted them 14 pts and then didn’t make the easy plays.. really hard to watch.

depends on who the two remaining wins are.. wins against SD and/or SDSU would be very nice on the resume and so then have a quality win against Montana and one of the SD teams. I happen to believe we will pick off one of the SD teams based on history.

In true UND football fashion.. we will actually lose to ISUb this weekend.. then beat both SDSU and USD at home and then piss it all away against ISUr.

If that somehow turned into a completed pass I assume our OL would have been flagged for being ineligible downfield anyway. Still not sure what that guy was doing

I dont have a problem with him being considered although not sure he would be a first pick. A year+ at SDSU makes him more qualified.. offense wasn't the problem when he was here either although I have preferred Fruechte's play calling. Somehow they need to bring in somebody that can actually fix the defense while keeping it up on the offensive side.

Remember if one of the coordinators leaves they will have to give bubba another extension or they can’t recruit another assistant coach or any players without bubba having at least two more years on his contract. there are so many reasons given to keep extending bubba.. I have no hope he will ever be gone outside of direct retirement.. I’m sure there is a top 10 list of excuses to keep extending bubba somewhere. I would think a defensive specialist like bubba would fire himself after having a terrible defense year after year. also to be clear I’m not advocating for bubbas replacement in the middle of the season and I still hope we somehow catch lightning in the bottle and make a playoff run.

If this was the actual plan.. then there is even more reason to have romfo in the game. Q is a great short yardage back.. he is not shifty or fast.. he is a power guy.

what is probably the most annoying to me is that we are here nitpicking a couple questionable calls on the offensive side.. where the defense laid another monster egg on the road. If the defense was even mediocre yesterday we win that game by 2+ TD's

You guys are correct.. I was watching low res on my phone.

He was lined up as the TE.. not left tackle. And he clearly went out for a pass. whether he reported or not I have no idea.. he is either the most lost OL player in history or an actual eligible receiver.

watch it again.. he was basically the TE.. he blocked down and then went out as a receiver.. Im not a great football mind so its possible Im wrong, but I think he was eligible.

crazy as a fox...

if you can stand the pain.. watch it again.. I think the guy was an eligible receiver.. announcers say he was a lineman.. but he was lined up basically as a TE and then blocked and went out for a pass. Probably was the 2nd option on that play.

was 67 eligible on that play? I think he might have been. still a dumb play.

The life of a UND football fan in a nutshell The defense plays so badly against a terrible team that the terrible team puts up totally crazy offensive yardage and scores 41 pts The offense plays quite well and yet manages to screw up the last drive in regulation and somehow calls the one of the most ridiculous 2pt conversion plays I have ever seen to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. Again.. 95% of the loss was on the defense.. really inexcusable.. you had one person to stop.. ONE PERSON!! everyone knew it.. they talked about it on every single podcast / talkshow etc.. This was the most predictable thing in the world.. stop the QB from running for 150 yds and you prob win.. make him throw.. make him hand off.. just dont let him run for 176 fn yards.. I can hardly put into words how much I hate the 2pt conversion play call.. I would have preferred to kick the xtra pt and keep playing,, once everyone that was watching realized we were going for 2 (including calling a timeout to prepare).. it was time to put in the regular offense and run our best 3 yrd play.. Quincy can get 2 yds all day long.. 2.5 yds is not his wheelhouse.. really dumb play.. really dumb play. if you need 1 yd or 1.5yds.. I love seeing quincy run out.. using him for this play was about as dumb as it gets. Again.. defense was the problem.. and yet because we cant do the easy stuff we are talking about one of the dumbest two pt attempts that you have ever seen. crazy... By the way.. Simon had a great game.. some great throws and that last scramble was awesome.. keep doing more of that! Defense still sucks.. man it sucks.. wet paper bag.. hot knife.. butter.. all the stuff..

The problem is the defense.. 98%.. defense is so terrible.. it’s embarrassing. still the offense had a couple opportunities.. im still amazed we couldn’t run the clock out at the end.. im also super depressed by that 2pt play call. It should have been an extra pt.. and then after the fake didn’t work.. it should have been our regular offense.. so depressing..

Wasn’t excited about not kicking.. but that 2 pt call is an all time worst call.. if you are going for two .. particularly after the timeout.. u put in your best offensive play. Terrible.. terrible call. reminds me of Quincy going for it in the ndsu game 3 years ago when we didn’t need to .. terrible terrible play call