Time will tell. Everyone will be skeptical until we actually see the run defense produce on the field, and there’s ways to make that happen with the current group…
Have to hope the two FCS transfers, Olagbaju (St. Thomas, and who is over 300 lbs by the way) and Henry (Sac St), make major gains this summer and fall. They are both early in their careers with a lot of potential…
Ignorance is bliss. Oh, and coaching matters (by the way, they do the recruiting in collegiate athletics). This isn’t tee-ball. Just look at the overhaul in UND hockey and football recruiting and player management over the past 6 months … coincidence that coaches changed also? No.
After a few discussions with people I respect, and months/years of introspection, I’ve come to the opposite conclusion. New (and better) AD, please…
I’d be fine with Bubba taking over that spot. Good things happened back in the day when Roger Thomas went from FB HC to AD (minus the decision to not go to D1 along with xDSUs).
Gotta have the frame … and we’re getting it now. it’s a new era for UND fb. Thank you Schmidty … plus everyone else stepping up to support and get this thing where it should be
Schedule will always be tough. To be the best you’ve got to beat the best. Enough schedule whining … UND program and its fans need to move on to bigger, better topics.
*12-0 in ‘25
*if that pesky Valparaiso don’t get us…