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One of the problems is when fans get out of the habit of going to MBB and WBB games they find other ways to spend their time and entertainment dollars. With the trends already moving away from fan attendance this just increases it. This goes double for student attendance.

Go look at the stats on most of these players it would appear UND is above their paygrade.

who are they going to beat in the Summit?

It was somewhat flukey. SS had a ball pulled from his hands and returned for a TD and it steamrolled from there.

Reminder the "local angle" is that Montana State Head Coach Brent Vigen is a North Dakota native, graduated from Central Valley High School, Buston, ND. Downside is he is a bison.

The Ruckers put the first beating on the Cowboys and Vilanova put the second. There's lots not to like about anything Texas.

Couldn't find this but assume that 701 donations are tax deductible and 1883 are not.

However SS was a given and Bleu graduated.

Let's say you have 100 players and you lose 10, that is 10% and each one has a different reason.

I am certain they do. However if they are out the door in their mind they may not share much. Similar to a job exit interview (speaking of a waste of time). Wasn't it shared that Mal had meetings with her team and the next day they all went into the portal?

ChatGPT can write it in sincere, super sincere and heartfelt versions.

Different era, scouts are at UND practices regularly. They found Waletzko.

Just to be clear, SS was talking about the portal before the season started. I think it was even alluded to here that he was disciplined a bit for it. His entering it was no surprise to the staff.

A bit early, but I still feel good that this staff is on it. Doesn't mean there won't be losses, but they are building for the future.

Probably true generally, wondering if this is also cause/effect for their dwindling enrollment.

Heard he was also up for a Nobel Peace Prize.

SU has also done a good job of getting non graduates to join TMs. Part of that is many farmers see SU as their university of choice. IMO they also put much more money/effort into promoting TM compared to CC. But again the ag community sees SU as theirs.

It used to bother me because I felt that they were betraying their teammates, coaches, the support staff that helped them with logistics and academics and The Flagship, now I'm numb to it, which is probably a good thing.

IMO: if you aren't contributing financially to the football team in some manner you are an empty suit. We are going to lose some in the portal, but I am confident that Coach Schmidt and his staff have a strong pulse on the team. They just took one of the worst defenses in the conference to the top of the hill in one year using a majority of current players and mixing in talent they identified and recruited. Absolutely believe that the OC was given a chance for numerous reasons including continuity and keeping players on until they got to know the new staff. Also believe that Schmidt will make tough decisions on staffing. Reality is every year UND is going to face one of the top 10 toughest schedules in the country - every year. Much prefer that over Portland State, Idahos and road trips that are unattainable. I had a lot of fun at USD this year with their fans and now I am rooting for them to go all the way. This staff met my expectations and raised the bar. This site contributes nothing to the team's success or to my enjoyment of each season.

This is a very poor observation. Don't you have team wake to get ready for?

Play calling changed, we became way too predictable.

seats and rooms going to be pretty cheap in Nashville. Might be the year to go, won't have to deal with the screaming yellow. So who makes it to the finals?

Fully behind the new staff, however really have to question why Senior Simon did not see the field - especially after that second interception. Jerry will be fine, have to believe there is something amiss with the way he digressed.

He said something about "the strength of the herd", otherwise it was enjoyable.

It appears nobody offers six figures.