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Happy that our schedule gives the rookies and new goalie another week of medium-difficulty opponents before they get hit with the top teams in the country.

Speaking of screwing the pooch.

Obvious follow up question is which forward plays D if we need another guy back there...

Two missed FG by MO St kinda offsets that. I was wondering how much those misses affected their team morale and intensity.

We're still early in Q3 and UND has 410 yards of total offense ....

21-20 halftime. Got the FG. And a little Momentum going into the 3rd Q.

Come on offense. Give the D enough time to get their pads on tight.

13:02 left in Q1 7-0 MO St.

Hmmm.... not to understate the seriousness of the problem, but if it really is as severe at the tweet sounds, wouldn't they have sent this out with say six months notice to recruit drivers? Getting a Bus License seems like it takes more than "a few days". (Maybe they did and I just missed it.)

Fair point. Even so, it's a minority of posts and posters that are seeking a change. (These posts are generally well reasoned and thoughtful.) Many others are seeing increased and consistent success as requiring broader change than coaching. I agree with those, generally. (One contrary argument I might say is that winning conference titles in two of the past six seasons is not too bad for a program making transition to a new conference, closer to our natural recruiting footprint.) I think finishing the high performance center is one important aid to recruiting, conditioning, and training. And I would hope the Athletic Department is looking top-to-bottom at all aspects of gameday experience, promotion, and revenue aids to help fund the many things which need funding.

Wow! UND loses its first game to an FCS opponent this season and a thread discussing football coaching staff gets almost 200 new posts. Most schools would kill for that kind of passion in their fan base.

Well ... those are two sentences you don't normally see side-by-side. (But yes, I thought she was fine during her days at SCSU. Expecting great things now that she's a professional.)

I expect we will hang one during the Manitoba exhibition game. Three NCHC in a row is quite the accomplishment. The “next man up” part of UND hockey culture served them well last year. I hope this year our best guys stay healthy.

I'm hoping they were just on the turf for a minute to get everyone some oxygen.

If you just look at team statistics, you'd be thinking NAU wins by 10+ points. Yards gained: 448-318. First downs 28-19. NAU will be thinking "what if" for a day or two: two missed field goals, a pick 6 conceded, and a flea flicker in the final minute. UND will be thinking, I hope, we're happy to win but there's more work to improve.

UND 31:15 NAU 28:45 https://www.espn.com/college-football/matchup?gameId=401415171

All three UND touchdown plays are candidates for a Top 10 Play of the Day, so you might get a second chance at viewing. Very exciting that our best players made a lot of big plays today.

Favorite stat of the day? UND turnovers? zero.

UNI will have several quality losses this year, but losing Hoosman to UND might be their biggest.

ESPN Top 10 candidate there ... great play! A big momentum shift - let's build on it!

Final 31-24 SIU wins. Wondering how many Northwestern coaches get fired come Monday.

Another NW turnover, their 4th of the game. First and goal SIU on the NW 10. 6 minutes left. Edit: SIU scores on 2nd down; 31-17 with 5 minutes to go in Evanston.

Upset Alert: Southern Illinois 24-17 Northwestern. 12 minutes left Q4

@ St Cloud Dec 02-03 is always a difficult weekend, regardless of how good/bad we/they are. Betting lines might start with them favored.

It's often said that "stress reveals character". Stauss and Owens demonstrated that, many times over. RIP, Mr Stauss.