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Your right, we should probably fold the program. You sure seem to stick up for FU a lot in your posts. Wierd!!

I think early in transition the coaching staff targeted the California and Texas type recruits and it failed. We got away from Wisconsin, South Dakota and even North Dakota for awhile. It came around and but us in the ass and I think the staff realized it the last couple years and refocused on those areas. And I think we pulled some talent, everywhere but South Dakota. Need to at least have a presence there. I agree with your second point. A great place to start would be huge write ups on kids who commit here. High school coach interviews etc. Way behind in that dept.

Opportunity there for a 4 to come in and play. I forget about Tyler. He'll be a solid addition next year.

This, very noticeable in the trenches. We can't train linemen the same way we train WR and DBS

Wouldn't be mad, just think it lacks class. What does UND have to do with anything FU did this season?

They will have as good of shot as anyone next year. To me it wouldn't matter if he was sending out tweets about SDSU fans, its just lack of class.

Are you defending this as acceptable from a team captain?

I like the idea if the throwback greys. We need a nickname already so we can bud a brand. The North Dakota thing is boring.

Congrats to NDSU. Great season.

Who is to say someone with no UND ties would have been a guarantee? Just cause someone doesn't have UND ties, doesn't make them an automatic to succeed. Either scenario we are assuming failure before giving anyone a chance

That's not really a bold prediction for many reasons

Congrats to Schmidty. Hopefully we can fill the remaining staff quickly, evaluate the needs for next season and finish recruiting strong before getting into spring.

No thanks

Yeah, so what does that have to do with us losing to UNC? I'm not going to be running to the UNC board talking about how much better we are than them.

Is like to see a quote where anyone said this.

unlikely

amazing what happens when we make the extra pass. Two posessions in a row

This

He was fun to watch. Wish him well in his recovery if its true he is having surgery.

Is he tweeting about the 1st, 2nd or final time he left the team? Just curious.

I'm hoping our defense improves statistically just because our offensive philosophy will change and we don't finish the year -20 in turnovers. We did nothing offensively last year to help out our defense. In reading the SIU board it appears they made some changes to their 3-4 over the years as well so I am guessing it will be a little different. Also, if the tackling and effort don't improve next year, we will still be in trouble.

I'll bet they finish middle of the Big Sky next year. I look at the list and see the lost of two players due to transfer that could hurt next season. Nice first post.

Rudolph's offenses were solid at St. Cloud. They always had a consistent running game that set up and effective passing attack. Could have been something that Bubba made note of over the years. He did mention in his press conference that he always kept a list of coaches he coached with or against over the years that he would like to get on his staff if given the opportunity.

Question- I assume Bubba will have final say on the position coaches but does a O or D cordinator generally hire the guys he wants to work work with for those spots or does the head coach put the guys he wants in those spots? I assume tomorrow we will see the names for the cordinators, wondering when we will have a full staff.

^^^^^^^^^^This. Its an area that he coached in for a majority of his career. I'd imagine Schmidt will be coming to UND to be DC, that is a position he could have had at SIU. Does that make UND a destination or an opportunity to get closer to your home area?