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Perhaps, but nothing even close to the Fargo bizon brethren

Huskers if in Lincoln, hands down. Albeit the 2021 version of Nebraska football could lose if game in Tucson, it’s doubtful because Arizona was awful in 2021. The 2022 Huskers team is going to be better than 2021 version, which lost many close games to good teams. Must win year for Frost plus the assistant coaches and talent via transfer portal they brought in is going to elevate them.

Well there you go; then back to my original post. New Hampshire is doing what UND used to do; different suppliers for different programs.

Definitely agree in principal that this is a needed position, but the salary of 38k is laughable. Just shows you how tight UND football is with their budget. Need improvements with budget desperately. I get it is “comparable” to Fargo and Vermillion, but those communities are also easier to recruit staff to (Vermillion maybe not so much, but close to Sioux Falls).

This is an optimistic perspective, which I can appreciate because I tend to do the same thing. But being devils advocate here, I’d say Bubba is who he is at this point. The UND football failures I’ve seen over his tenure are a culture-wide issue; the teams seem stale and not very excitable. Numerous 4th quarter/late game collapses. I think we are quickly approaching a point where Bubba needs to resign and have a more youthful, energetic coach take his place, likely Freund, or an outside hire. Not happening for 2022, but a real possibility for as soon as 2023 pending how things go.

It is; corrected my original post

Would be prudent for UND to make a move at that time as well, given UND hockey is the major driver in these types of deals. And it would be a laughable mistake if UND went back to multiple different supplies as they did previously; need to continue with single university-wide agreements. I would predict Nike or Under Armour be the next target. Nike is the supplier for University of Minnesota and UA is for University of Wisconsin. With all that said, even with NHL and Adidas splitting up, UND could just stay with Adidas. Nike and UA are more expensive deals compared to Adidas; Minnesota (Nike) and Wisconsin (UA) have far larger budgets than UND. Not many FCS institutions with hockey programs for comparison. Miami (OH) and Western Michigan are also in partnership with Adidas. Conversely, University of New Hampshire appears to have multiple deals; Bauer for hockey and Nike for FCS football program. Before Adidas for UND; pre-2015: UND hockey Reebok and UND football Nike.

Way too early to know: injuries, depth chart battles, newcomer assessments, etc. are all pending. With all that said, best case scenario is 5-0, but most realistic is 4-1, so that’s what I’m hoping for.

Well, “Sioux” is retired. Not active anymore. UND Fighting Hawks is the correct association.

From a UND supporter standpoint, absolutely that’s too low. UND should be top 3 every year. But, last year UND was a bad football team and preseason polls are usually just an extension of previous season’s standings. There should be pressure on Bubba and his staff to improve, but I have no idea if Chaves even expects UND to be elite in anything other than hockey. From outside looking in, seems that Chaves has been really swayed by the hockey side of the department.

Yep- this is a nice tidbit I noticed a month back or so.

The ego of this team has yet to be revealed. 2021 team didn’t have the winning edge, hence all the 4th quarter collapses. I don’t know if anything has changed to get this team over the hump in 2022, but I’m not around the team so will have to wait until 9/3/22 to see. Same coaching staff, same QB, etc. concerns me but football teams are large so maybe some intangibles on the squad have changed that I’m not aware of.

Looks good at LB per his tape. suspect he plays defense at LB for UND, could be flexible between ILB and OLB to start.

Media day is scheduled for 8/1-8/2 for the Missouri Valley Football Conference and will be all virtual.

There will be a Missouri Valley Football Conference media day. It was on July 27, 2021 last year. I haven’t heard what the date is for this year.

disgusting but true

Sure, but the proof is in the pudding. You can recruit local ND recruits all you want, but you also need to win. Ideally both would happen, but Sather winning at UND hasn’t exactly happened. This begs the question: are the no-other-offer players he’s recruiting from ND truly DI caliber players? ultimately, tough to recruit good BB players to UND, but it can be done, theoretically

You’ll enjoy it. Fabulous place to watch football, fun college town/downtown area, great fan base.

Well, I mean, UND gave Washington a 45-3 victory so I would expect them to be complimentary. Glad they had nice things to say, though. It would be more fun if UND would win. Make it to the 2015 Wyoming game in Laramie?

It was bad. One of those games (which was basically all of them) where Rudolph was completely overmatched as offensive coordinator. Also one of those games where Bubba was punting on 4th and short in Washington territory … it was an awful no-balls performance I’ll give Eric Schmidt credit, defense played well in the first half. Got worn out in 2nd half. Ironically Schmidt now coaching at Washington …

Jeez I hope so 45-3 was and is an embarrassment

yeah, what a !@#$ show …….

It is what it is. Big Ten football school looking down on FCS football program. Hurts that NDSU gets as much pub as UND in that article, but that is the reality that NDSU has created for themselves (and to a degree UND by not going DI back in 2004, but that is a major aside). As much as I hate it, UND will continue to get "hockey school" listed in front of them again and again ... because it is accurate. Memorial Stadium (the one still standing) is an awesome place to watch a football game. I hope Bubba has his team prepared to not !@#$ the bed, because UND has failed to play up to their competition in other Power 5 conference games under his watch (2018 @ Washington, 2017 @ Utah).

They pump money into football and basketball. Don’t have to stay up to date on hockey arena amenities and features annually. Even so, they have a stadium and indoor practice facility. UND leases Alerus Center and has indoor practice facility. Get the second phase complete with coaches offices, meeting spaces, etc., and I’d say UND is pretty darn equal with SDSU in terms of football facilities. Having an indoor football facility come November/December is a definite advantage for UND in my opinion; SDSU football stadium is half full only come playoff time. With that said, always areas to improve. UND football always can use visionaries in the athletic department. You’re right - it’s been lacking at times to say the least. May folks in those roles have been hockey/NHL goons that don’t even know how long a football field is.

pretty neat … but let’s see what they actually do on game day as college football players… plenty of work to do for UND in 2022… 2021 was fireable and still leaves a sour taste