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The Idaho State game was that game. Maybe 10% of the 11,000+ that were in the Alerus Center on 9/22/18 will be aware of UND’s score against Northern Colorado, but they all are aware that UND choked one away at home against Idaho State (again).

UND wins this game or else playoff hopes are gone. I think UND wins the game. Northern Colorado shouldn’t be able to stop the run. If Fighting Hawks can’t run the ball consistently, Northern Colorado will hang around in the game and have a chance to win late. I am very concerned with how the running game disappeared in the second half of UND’s game against Idaho State.

This has my vote. Classic!

26-24 (52%) in 5 seasons isn’t exactly exhilarating. Can’t imagine your average fan would get too excited about that.

Wrong Try Again

UND football certainly could use more money for facilities and coaching salaries, no question. But big wins need to come first to support enthusiasm, and I have doubts that the current coaching staff can deliver on that. UND football under Bubba has been anything but consistent. Furthermore, only 1 playoff season in 4 seasons is not good enough. It likely will be 1 in 5 (20%) after this season; that’s just not good enough at a hockey dominated University and community, especially when trying to build and enhance support for football. UND needs to build enthusiasm via wins before the financial changes we all want for football will happen.

The blinders are always on for some. All major change comes with some positives and negatives; one just has to hope the positives outweigh the negatives. The $100 million gift from Engelstad for the REA was obviously a net positive, but to blatantly ignore the inherent negatives that also came with that is tremendously naive and irresponsible. That’s what I see from most; they try too hard to ignore some of the negative trickle down effects.

Okay, 9 years.

Looks like even UNDfootball360 may end up eventually agreeing with some of the “idiots” on this website.

This will end up a limbo year pushing UND on towards extended mediocrity. 6-5, no playoffs some happy because UND improved from 2017 and had a winning record some upset and angry because UND missed playoffs all depends what your expectations are, and those are all over the place on this website

Whoa, take it easy. You’re using logic. That kind of thought doesn’t belong with the UND offense.

3 yards and a cloud of dust is a style. I guess the phrasing you’re looking for is Bubba is enamored with a lack of style.

Bubba and his crew get so caught up in style that they often forget about the most important thing: WINNING! I could care less what style UND plays if they win. The people around UND are so enamored by 3 yards and a cloud of dust that they fail to realize that style may be the reason UND is losing ...

So give Frost 3 to 4 years to prove it but give Bubba 10 or 11 years? C'mon man, your double standards are killing me.

What the hell kind of a hypothetical scenario is this? So you're eliminating record, academics, coaching, and facilities ... I guess I would say tradition and location would be the next in line then; still plenty to offer from both school in that case.

Don't say this too often or too loud; you might get the irrational isolationists of North Dakota angry at you.

Or clean house and hire some qualified EWU coaches that know how to win?

I actually agree with you.

Horrible analogy. Those NFL issues were exceptions, not the norm. Plus they're playoff teams. UND has 1 playoff appearance in 4 full seasons under Bubba and they have a pattern of continual blowing games. What happened on 9/22/18 was similar to what happened in 2015, 2016 playoffs, etc. At some point in time you are what you are and you can’t put lipstick on a pig.

I don’t agree with your primary argument. I agree that Grand Forks in general supports hockey more than football, but this is for several reasons rather than the generic arguement that GF likes hockey more than football, it is a hockey town, blah blah blah ... 1) The Ralph Engelstad Arena - nicest venue to watch a game of any kind in all of ND; just happens that hockey is the sport played in there. 2) Hockey consistently wins, at both high school and college level, in Grand Forks. GF doesn’t expect nor want a UND football program that continually chokes in front of them on Homecoming. They want a winner plus consistency. They get that with UND hockey. UND football needs to win and Bubba can’t consistently do that.

They aren’t capable of going 8-3 or 7-4 after what they’ve shown thus far. Their wins are appearing well below average. I agree that 8-3 would be deserving of FCS playoffs, but I don’t see how this team - with how the players play and the coaches coach - can have a winning season.

UND scored just 21 points against Idaho State. UND scored 0 points the entire second half. Idaho State’s top defender was hurt in the 1st quarter and did not return. Idaho State surrendered 45 points in their previous game. UND’s offense needed to make adjustments. It was awful in the 2nd half. In fact, it has been awful in the second half for 4 straight games now. It’s officially their identify right now.

The worst part of yesterday’s loss was not simply the fact UND lost to a historically poor football program in the Alerus Center (upsets happen in college football), but the fact that this exact thing has happened before under Bubba and it is becoming a pattern of incompetence and incapability. The recurring nature of these losses worries me tremendously.

You can say that again ...