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Maybe they have a RT that would like to make a return back to Grand Forks to play his senior year closer to home.

I believe there is also a window for teams still playing when the portal closes.

Even they have used transfers in recent years. Step away from the ledge.

Remember the exodus that was going to happen……

Tough to throw stones at what Bubba and staff built for OL. Arguably best/deepest position on the field the last few seasons.

It was a toss up. We need to get our road woes figured out so we can play at home in the playoffs. If today proved anything it’s that home field matters.

That is my thought as well.

Not sure he can afternoon he signed his letter of intent.

There is benefit for the MAC but props to them for seemingly saying if you take one sport you may as well find a home for all of them. In today’s athletics where cash is king you have to protect yourself and be a bit selfish to remain competitive

The most organized and detail orientated one. The stories I have heard from families that have taken visits to Grand Forks and Fargo are very different. It’s not facilities, opportunities, or dollars. They are just comparing the punctuality and layout of the day. It needs to be treated like a big deal

Them and another playoff team for FB?? Still think the Summit league membership should be hung out there for any teams leaving the MVFC.

Speculation or what you have heard? Outside of this years meltdown what part is the dumpster fire? Facilities, conference, NIL? perhaps some of the administration but stepping back does Bubba now having a voice in the department help that?

Stop, he’s telling himself a great story here.

UND is a funny/unique place. What I’ve learned from reading this board is the UND HC on controls everything and makes every decision in the program when you want him fired. Assistants bear zero responsibility. At other schools coordinators (when judging applicants) it is about their results only (forget team turnover) and the decisions they made for their school as they have all responsibility for that groups performance.

How much of their football did you follow this year??

What type of staff the new coach can assemble and what excitement they can bring to drive NIL are more important to me than any head coaching experience. Experience with how FBS schools are doing it weighs heavier to me than how Bemidji and Mankato are doing it.

lol. You will support until the first loss.

You keep with this argument but statistically they were not worse than the year before he got there and they lost 10 starters on defense along with a portion of the two deep. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not and there are plenty of ways to make the stats tell any story you want but it’s not like he inherited an above average defense and ran it into the ground. He inherited no experience, had to rebuild it and performed as well as expected in one year. Bigger indicator of his abilities for me is a top 5 coach in the country trusted his abilities enough to want to retain him on his staff when moving to the most storied program in college football.

I don’t think you released them. Only hurts you the next time around.

Agreed

If the “inbreeding” has the confidence and swagger of a Dale Lennon as a head coach I have zero problems with it. I guess the question I am asking in an interview is how are you building your staff.

When arguably the best coach in college football wants you to go from Fresno State to Washington to Alabama you are doing something right regardless of what your 2013 stats say

Lots of good names thrown out there. I’ll get behind any of them but if I had to choose I’m going with Schmidt.

Did UNDs offense average more PPG than Idaho this past season?

Also for what it’s worth and I know I posted this before, Caruso wanted to hire Freuchte as his OC at St. Thomas last year before UND grabbed him. Had Landry not flipped to FU that would likely have been the staff at St. Thomas. Maybe that doesn’t make the interim title as awkward. Just spitballing a little more, not saying he is the guy.