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Until people actually show up hell with it, schedule it. UND needs to win consistently before the Alerus fills up consistently.

UND needs to take this offer ASAP. Absolutely stupid to not do it. C’mon Kennedy, Chaves, and Bubba ...

This appears to be the new QB target for Freund and UND. There’s not much in the way as far as competition goes (only a Wyoming PWO), so my guess is UND signs this young man. Has the size and arm to be good, and intangibles are always the unknown that can lead to greatness. Potential is the name of the game at this stage. Been said before, but UND’s 2019 season rides on Freund’s ability to dramatically boost the offense, specifically the QB position. I’m optimistic. Another speck of hope: UND lost 2 QBs to Texas State and NDSU, but Freund doesn’t have his offense on film yet. Next year this time UND’s pull factor could be way different (i.e., in a good way).

Getting both the DL and DB from California is very good. The QB position is incredibly [most] important, however, so until that spot is signed, the class is a B - grade at best. Otherwise, many spots have been addressed.

It’s the most important. Over the past 10 seasons, which position has won the most Heisman Trophies and Walter Payton awards? Just one way to look at it ... A playmaker at quarterback means lots of wins.

Yes, Danny realizes this. Rudolph and Knauf did not.

*QB is most important

Barn? Not be competitive in MVFC? Job handed to him? I don’t know which program you’re referencing but it’s not THE University of North Dakota. Get your cow college !@#$ out of here.

UND is screwed again. Plan C QB time

I acknowledge and respect what NDSU football has accomplished. To ignore that or argue against it is just foolish, and certainly not a weakness to do otherwise. So with that I would expect the NDSU fans/posters would toy with that a bit.

Wrong. It’s not a crap shoot. A program very close geographically to UND just won 7 out of the last 8 national titles. That is not Luck. Not even close. There’s definitely a method to the madness.

They’ve made a concentrated effort to improve their FOOTBALL program, with facility upgrades specifically. They are arguably top 5 FCS for stadium, indoor practice facility, and coaches offices. They certainly can effectively recruit in FCS with it. They also have a nice young corps of coaches, including Luke Schleusner, UND ‘01. Alerus Center and UND indoor practice facility are more than good enough, but the locker room, coaches offices, and meeting spaces are !@#$. Weight room needs upgrades too. Just not good enough to sway young men. UND HPC phase II desperately needed.

UND already has “lifers” at hockey, football and basketball. For UND hockey, that’s fine. But if that is the case for football and basketball, you get what you are currently seeing: mediocre play that bigger schools don’t touch. UND needs young up and comers with tremendous potential for their football and basketball programs. It’s the only way.

They didn’t mention it, because it’s not a good situation to expand on. So UND is down to their 3rd, possibly 4th or 5th, option at QB. Not good, certainly not great. But “it’ll be fine” and “the sun will still come up”. Blah, blah, blah. I’ve heard it before. The mediocrity continues. Perhaps. Damn. !@#$ NDSU.

That’s neat. I prefer to not keep my head stuck in the sand. NDSU’s success affects UND’s success. North Dakota is only so big. But you can maintain your ignorance if it makes you feel better.

He can lead UND to their first FCS championship. Fargo is on the downfall with Clown Dufus now leading NDSU’s program.

Like I said, asshole U right in northside Fargo, where the cows roam.

All based on blocking UND. NDSU is asshole central. Can someone sabatoge their !@#$ anytime soon?

Sure it’s complicated, but it’s doable for anyone truthfully determined to do so. Find more money (donors, budget reallocation, etc.) and don’t pay such binding contracts to unproven coaches. The whole mess is unfortunate despite the classic “responsibility and complication argument”.

Spot on. Its the non-hockey sports plan that just plain stinks. It needs to improve or else UND’s DII tradition of excellence will suffer horribly in the relatively-new DI era. These two points from your post absolutely stab me where it hurts the most: I also believe Buning deserves at least some of the blame for Dale Lennon leaving UND for Southern Illinois in December 2007, just as we were embarking on our Division I transition period. I honestly believe that Lennon got sick and tired of the lack of resources being allocated for the football program and wanted to go someplace where football wasn’t a red-headed stepchild to the fair-haired boy on campus (hockey). I think a little extra money might have kept him here. But we were just too cheap to come up with it. And the program really suffered as a result · Losing Lennon contributed to the ultimate disaster of the transition period; losing to Sioux Falls College (an NAIA program at the time) at home in 2009. And the fact that the game wasn’t even close made it even harder to swallow. This loss hurt the reputation of the program and really soured the fan base on the program. I believe it is, without question, the worst loss in program history. And I believe we still, to this day, haven’t totally recovered from it. The current level of funding for football is still not at a level that will allow UND to compete at the level they did within DII. It hurts immensely. Shortage of funding and expectations hurts.

I posted this in the Coach Jones thread over in men’s basketball, but it applies to UND athletics as a whole. Here it is again: UND’s inability to hold coaches to a high standard is hurtful to UND athletics. There has to be a willingness to fire after unmet expectations or else the standard suffers horribly. I’m sick of the culture UND has right now. It is a DII mindset within DI sports

UND’s inability to hold coaches to a high standard is hurtful to UND athletics. There has to be a willingness to fire after unmet expectations or else the standard suffers horribly. I’m sick of the culture UND has right now. It is a DII mindset within DI sports.

I’m at the point where I wouldn’t even mind a successful DIII coach. It’s just time for leadership change.

Ha! It will be good. Although I wouldn’t be upset if Freund loaded up on QBs - including even a transfer - to get the most out of that position. More competition is always needed at that position. Good QB play usually equals plenty of wins.

Justifiably. It is needed.