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So other than Chaves saying "Just as we do at the end of every season we sit down with the head coach and review what needs to be addressed" what do you expect him to say?

So there are some that believe UND can afford to eat 3 years of the head football coach's salary? We are not Notre Dame. And do we really need to continue with all the "then you are settling for mediocrity, etc". UND has been slashing budgets in every EDUCATIONAL department at the U - which is their primary mission. Hopefully changes will be made - but you gotta believe they will be made within a constrained budget.

Remind me about the time anyone said they were satisfied with our offence against Portland State.

From the Department of Repetition Department: I think we get it that there are some here who want Bubba gone - but what they don't get is that it is not going to happen after this season for numerous reasons. There are a few on this staff where a legitimate case could be made for making changes. The reality is we are on the verge of making the playoffs with a good chance to host that game. The other reality is there are some on here that hope that doesn't happen.

The Adidas screw up makes sense but how long does it take to make 15 umiforms?

It was said during broadcast that this is the onky uniforms they have right now. Really! Budget issue, poor planning, they make it so easy to pit the luxuries afforded the hockey team to every other program.

Nope, there are no toe to toe points even for UNI.

Painful to remember how the committee moved the bar depending on which teams they wanted to be able to justify over UND - for some it was quality losses, for others it was strength of schedule, for others it was injured players. On the other hand when the decision to leave UND out was put under the microscope UND and its fans weren't the only ones that were able to see and admit that we got the shaft (except for the Scream Yellow Trolls).

Pretty sure all the other 7-4 teams will have similar resumes, UND just won't have any supporters in the decision room.

It is not the band, it is the audio tech in the production booth usually. I cannot believe there is no one in that booth that understands football enough to have them stop playing the music when UND is in their huddle.

We know that genuise like you would just seed the entire MVFC every year. You cannot seed on previous seasons. you lose 5 games you should drop from consideration. It is an imperfect, political, process decided by a roomful of biased reps with blinders on. A 7-4 independent team with its FCS losses being by one score probably deserves to make a field of 24. Your screaming yellow hate is showing.

(Sad to say) I can't remember the last time I thought we had the better offensive scheme in the Big Sky.

Gotta work til noon...go Valiants.

This is not a feel-good post and I know there are some who will trash it, but I want to start by sharing a story about John Gagliardi, the winningest coach in college football history from St. John's, MN. The story goes that when he felt his team needed a perspective-check he used to hold a quarter up to the sun and say that the quarter was their football career and the sun was their life and that they needed to keep that in perspective. Damn that loss on Saturday was probably among the top ones in disappointment in the FCS era. Mostly because of my expectations of what i wanted these kids to accomplish for themselves. For me it's a day of tailgating and football, I don't have film to watch on Sunday or a test on Monday and I didn't spend my summer in a weight room. I will choose to be there on Saturday and holler just the same during the Hawk Walk and game. I know the crowd will be small, the student section will be empty. If/When changes are made I know the staff understands that is part of being a coach and as a fan i know it means having patience and keeping the faith. I want the seniors to enjoy their last home game, I want the rest of the team to have a coaching staff that will help them look to the future with optimism and dedication. At the end of the day they are student-athletes. Damn that one stung...how I react is a reflection on me and my ability to keep it in perspective.

If we lose to any of the teams left in our schedule we do not deserve to get in. I am confident we can run the table and I mean RUN.

It is a trend everywhere, Alabama has troubles getting students to games.

Tailgating was quality over quantity ;). game noise was good, student tailgating was empty, was really fun to meet all the new players on MBB team in the Champions Club tent. .

Yes but as we learned in 2015 the bar for getting in gets moved depending on what their agenda is. Many voters will take this as an opportunity to low ball us - so even if we win out and are 8-3 they can justify a 7-4 from their favorite conference. Already seeing the positioning being set up: 1. It's tough for an independent to get in VS 2. UND is really a Big Sky member and Big Sky doesn't deserve 5 teams in.

Great having "meaningful games" in late October/November. Gotta give the boys a home field advantage today.

Actually we did not win the title outright as the reporter stated we shared it with EW - although that is one history revision I will take.

Yes I was - there was one coach who moved his players out onto the court during time outs because we were so rowdy behind him. Now the ushers in the oversized sport coats would try and haul you out if you tried that (plus I think those seats are reserved now).

Easy to say and I know I still look like a student from the '80s but I think the baton needs to be passed when it comes to expectations of being roudy and loud, my days in the snake pit are behind me. I still cheer loud but it's just not the same coming from a greybeard.

Looks like nice tailgating weather too.

I have never understood the thought that you can beat a team that is ranked but if they are not ranked at the end of the season then it doesn't count as beating a ranked team. Isn't part of the reason they are not ranked at the end of the season because we beat them? Yes we are independent but we are playing a Big Sky schedule - 8-3 gets us in. I think it is quite common knowledge that the 2015 committee screwed UND and it wasn't just UND fans that were pointing that out. I actually don't think it will matter because we are going to win out. Weber's is not what they were last year. Their best win is EW and a big part of that was because EW was without their All American quarterback. The wild card in all of this is our special teams play, a blocked kick returned for a TD. a muffed punt or other mistakes that give the opposition great field position will kill us. As they say there are three components of every game, offense, defense and special teams - you win two of those three battles and you usually win the game.

Another lost fact is that EW was without Gubrud when they played, a factor in their low scoring.