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I was told at least one of them was ready this year?

Congrats to Schmidt. Thought he'd stay connected to DeBoer but having Co-Defensive Coordinators in front of him would have been a tough hurdle to overcome to jump into that spot. A little surprising since the previous DC made $125,000 less that ES was making at Washington. Guessing the position will a bump in pay and adding FBS coordinator to his resume. And unless I'm missing it, I haven't actually seen anything that says Kurt Mattix, current SDSU DC, was let go or has taken a different job.

Can't understand how or why someone can spend some much time and negative energy on something that they clearly don't enjoy. Just me though. I assume you actually can't feel as negative as you come off here but the repetitiveness of the same criticisms over and over again while comparatively offering minimal positive outlooks is grinding. In the end, we all want to see better results.

Yep, you're right. Oversight on my part. Those are still light years ahead of whatever it is that Oak Hills is.

He has your back by explaining why NDSU ended up playing not even a non-D1 team but took it a step further and played a non-NCAA team? At least UND hasn't dropped that far in scheduling some home games. Challenges against other conferences are a great idea. Unfortunately the other conferences have to agree to it. Fenton is already on record saying he's trying to help the conference improve their non-conference schedule, so it would seem he's on board. Can't force other conferences to do something they don't want to though.

So nothing in the realistic realm because the head coach isn't getting 2 years of his contract bought out. Which is exactly what my point was.

No doubt, those are absolutely reasonable and should be attainable. We haven't hit it yet, hence the understandable collective disappointment. But I also guarantee that when that happens, there will still be complaining. Happy to be proven wrong. So directly recruiting against 3 of the top 5 teams in the nation, in an area that is "in the middle on nowhereville with populations of next to nothing", somehow makes it easier? Not sure I follow that math. We absolutely can consistently be in the top 5-10 and we've gotten close to the edge of that. A long way from where we were.

It's all coach-speak either way but I think it is also pretty fair to assume you would have also jumped all over a "business as usual" type of response. What actual type of (realistic) reaction/commentary would have passed muster?

But the coaches are paid at a median level and the results, while disappointing for everyone's expectations, definitely exceed that.

I'd be curious on some actual examples of this. Spoke to a few of them in the last week and got a different vibe. They are just as or more frustrated than any fan (outside of a few who's expectations that I'm not even sure NDSU meets).

At minimum he had interviews about it. Interesting given some of the commentary he made.

Lol. Yes, never. Good on Deboer, happy for him.

Always had great service and good food there. Appreciate they try to go outside the box on things you aren't going to find on other menus in town. Absolutely. List was "fancy" not best food.

Harry's, Helix, Toasted Frog, Ely's and Skies are likely the top 5 fancier places in town. Order is debatable depending on preferences and the night.

FBS team and 4 of the 8 final teams this season. Isn't going to be a cakewalk by any means.

Glad I live rent free in your head. I've never had an issue contacting or talking to those I've wanted to give input to through email/phone calls/personal conversations. I also realize that my opinion is just that, mine. I understand what's on my mind or a I consider a priority isn't universal. Also, commissioners can't waive a magic wand and fix something magically at a school. A bit outside the realm of their reach, unless of course they worded contracts with minimum standards in order to be eligible for payments. Maybe you could start a GoFundMe for the schools with sub-par broadcasts to help them out?

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!