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Hearing in line with the top of what the NDSU players were allegedly offered.

NDSU made the semis last year and had a ton of guys transferred out. JMU is having an amazing year and has a ton of guys in the portal.

A couple guys are grad transferring that have a good shot at P5 schools with NIL money and a few underclassmen that were likely to see reduced playing time. I wish the grad transfers (OL and DE particularly) would have stuck around one more year but I don't blame them. Outside of those who have a chance to cash in, there has maybe been on surprise one everyone else that has announced they are moving on. And I'm not even sure on that one given a few other factors. Wish them the best, hopefully they find what they are looking for (NIL money and more playing time). This is the unfortunate new reality of college football. There is a core group that needs to be kept out of the portal that don't fit that mold that would be cause for significant concern. And even then I expect one or two because college football is the wild west right now.

When you've played on 5 teams in 10 seasons (and you tried leaving those teams more than once), sometimes self-reflection is necessary. Wish him the best but both parties are better off that he moved on.

They managed it with Tommy and Quincy (who flipped his commitment from Old Dominion) for multiple seasons. QV was so bought in that he switched positions just to help the team out his senior year. He's also shown to have incredibly high level character which helps.

Absolutely. It is almost like there is occasionally more to it than just looking at a record. We have people flipping out because they are already assuming some sort of mythical extension for Bubba, when he at least has a winning record and playoff berths 4 of the last 5 years. And to be clear, there's no argument the postseason results have been anything but disappointing. Just pointing out that both USD and SDSU appear to have been rewarded for loyalty. Doesn't work for everyone, but starting over isn't always the only choice.

I was being facetious because USD not only kept Nielson around after going 3-8 last year and being 30-41 the previous 7 seasons, but USD also gave him an extension. And I'm not sure if you have heard (over and over and over), decisions like that are unacceptable in countless number of ways. Firing everyone and starting over is the quickest way to see improvements. He did let go of his long-time OC and brought in the passing coordinator/WR coach from SDSU to run the offense.

See, a head coaching change can do wonders for a program!

Good on Red to bet on himself by going and playing JuCo up in the Iron Range. Glad UND was able to give him his shot at D1 football. Both parties will be better off in the future.

Because they all want home games as well.

Triggered? Or just amused by the randomness ideas are tossed out? We have people complaining that the head football coach doesn't have an eye for talent, can't hire the right assistants and holds on to them too long then in the next breath thinks he should be put in charge of hiring head coaches for the entire athletic department. Whether you agree with any or even some of that, you literally can't make this stuff up.... For starters, I would hope they would do a national search like they did last time. Given the upgrades and commitment to athletics the University has shown, I would see it being an even more attractive job than it previously was. If you want to look internally (which is should definitely not be limited to), Mannausau applied last time but his career path has veered even further away from an AD type role and Martinson is very well respected by his peers. Similar to last time, I think one or both would get a fair look and the best candidate would be given the job.

Well, we've finally hit galaxy brain portion of the offseason and it isn't even 72 hours old. First off, being a D2 Athletic Director vs a D1 Athletic Director are completely different things. And the landscape of college athletics has changed just slightly over the last 25-30 years. This isn't a knock on RT (or BS) but things like this are why it is tough to take most of the commentary here seriously any more.

Had not heard Bohl turning down SMU before? Why would he do that and then end up at Wyoming? Seems like a bad miscalculation if true. Not disagreeing with what you said, just pointing out that coaches leaving NDSU every 5 years to bigger things (shockingly) isn't accurate at all.

Except that isn't true: Bohl was at NDSU for 11 seasons. Klieman was there for 8 season, 5 as head coach. Entz has been there 10 seasons, in his 5th as head coach.

On top of that, schools also aren't going to overcount playoff attendance as they have to pay a percentage (or the guarantee, whichever is larger) of sales to the NCAA. Can't remember if it is still the case, but I also seem to remember some sort of limit on what you could set the lowest price at and it correlated to season ticket prices. So you couldn't sell a bunch of $5 tickets to fill up the place. Might have been some sort of exclusion for student tickets though.

Go undefeated and there's nothing to worry about, blah, blah but between that, the 2015 screw job and the faux seed for Weber last year....it's beyond ridiculous. Add in a few hockey things (BU at Scheels, overtime game against UMD) and when rules and standards need to be changed after the fact and you're on the wrong side of every one of them, not sure what to say anymore.

Never say never but the only schools that historically have put in more aggressive bids are either likely to be seeds or teams we can't play in the first round. Very confident UND’s bid was aggressive again.

Stig also was at SDSU for 26 years and was stuck in that 5-8 wins every regular season rut for two decades that everyone is in a hurry to get out of.

No on is arguing that it sucks. And it isn't that nothing can be done about it, they have actually made some decent strides the last few years. The staff and athletic department would love nothing more to get more D1 home games. As mentioned, no different than the other Dakota schools. The options are to try to find money games on the road, where you're likely going to be a significant underdog, play smaller schools to get more guys some playing time and at least have a few home games or completely overpay to convince some team to come, and even then, a lot of teams aren't going to bother because they spend their guarantee trying to travel up here. They need to continue to work with NDSU and to a lesser extend USD/SDSU to try to get teams two games for one travel itinerary. That's likely going to be the best chance to continue to make improvements. As previously mentioned, the conference helping out even further would be ideal. Getting more D1 games on the schedule will help everyone's SOS and possible tournament seed for the winner.

That was absolutely a poorly placed ball. Strong or weak arm, that's a decision he's rarely made and was much out of character. Not sure what he saw or thought the receiver was doing.

Really curious who this "crowd" actually is? The casual fan that shows up to one game a year (NDSU or SDSU)? Not sure I've talked to a single person who hasn't been frustrated or confused on the regression since the NDSU game. They show flashes of that on offense and defense at different times and then proceed to just find ways to do things that make no sense.

Don't disagree with this but if Belquist pulls down that ball in the endzone or Wes catches that ball on the last drive, things probably look at little different. Both of those balls were put were they needed to be. Not routine catches but I'd guess both of those guys wish they had another shot at those.

They changed it in 2016. I believe they can go up to at least 3 years (unless they have further modified it). To that point, SDSU could have moved on from Stiegelmeier multiple times over his two decades with no buyout.

Guess it must be something in the Dakotas. Last year Nielson got an extension coming off a 3-8 season with a 42% winning percentage. Stiegelmeyer got plenty of extensions while stuck between that 5-8 regular season win mark.

Getting the first score is probably going to tell us who wins.