Was told by the parents of one of our specialists is that Kostich told their son that he wants to find his guy for each position and build on them. No matter what you think of Kostich IMO our special teams are pretty good and have helped win games over his tenure.
I like wearing kelly green glasses but realistically would be satisfied with an improvement over last year and a surprise top 4 finish. As Dave Gunther said "hustle and defense win" they might be able to steal a few games if they achieve that. Long term I'm just fine. Grand Forks is willing to come out for a winner so hopefully the fans return over the next few years.
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Ron was a big UND booster throughout his life. A very enjoyable obituary. He did have a room filled with mounted wild game. I'll be attending the celebration of his life in full Sioux attire.
I agree however the guys running the podcase from their basements have proven they like to diss UND whenever possible. As I shared there are teams with worse records than us in that list - the only thing they have done to elevate themselves is on paper - and not being UND. Also agree that pre-season polls means nothing they are just filling time.
Another thing is that teams knew how to prepare for Bubba's teams and the strong to comparable teams did. They won't have any tape on this year's team until deeper in the season. Losses to lower tier schools are flipped (like Youngstown State and Indiana State last year) and we are 7-5, squeak out one more and we are back.
there are schools on that list that finished worse than 5-7. they always say you have to earn it. Tell me how Youngstown State and Sacramento State "earned' it.
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So last year all but one home game was at noon - this year none are. Does that mean there is no football/hockey double headers this year?
IMO a lot of 1883 will be going to hockey (since it can be designated), so this is a good idea. Lots of football alumni out there that hopefully will step up.