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Already increasing actually, and I agree, it will continue to do so. There are current and soon to be enacted opportunities for all “supporters” to contribute - why wait? The most frustrating area has been state appropriation and departmental allocation, especially when looking at how NDSU has been treated by Burgum, NDUS and the legislature, and now apparently Armstrong is an NDSU guy …. Nonetheless, there are signifiant private opportunities for UND football and they are being and will be capitalized on. More opportunities to come, stay tuned …

Some skepticism is perhaps fair given uniqueness of this (and don’t say Mike Zimmer, that’s NFL and didn’t quite work out I’d say), but it could work. Uniqueness can be either really good or really bad. Time will tell.

Ironic; looking to self-flatter while stating don’t flatter yourself. Hilarious stuff from our local Cajun French forum “expert”.

If the AD were to make any adjustments, rather than micromanaging, it should be plainly increasing the salary pool so a quality DC candidate can be hired. But we’ll see how this HC/DC combo arrangement goes and go from there …

-6 years (2014-2019), not 8. -Overall record 37-32 during those 6 years. -Offense was an issue, not defense; offensive coordinator was fired and replaced in 2018. -hired away by Kalen DeBoer, current HC of Alabama, in 2019 But we know you have all the answers, Simple Dan, so you’ll probably be able to precisely predict how he does as a first time college head coach…

He and Danny probably should be thanked. 2025 UND football in a much better spot than 2024 UND football. As for Sam Hagen’s final year of eligibility, he’s staying with South Dakota St. in 2025 it seems. Oh well, UND has 4 returning starters on the offensive line, continuity at O coordinator and offensive line coach, and some decent depth.

Fixed (finally).

Unique in division 1 college football. Will see if this works and/or doesn’t change.

Truly spectacular. It all will come down to the guys in the building, now, though. But there’s no doubt this helps you get the right guys in the building (recruiting). Win-Win

Bubba is a good guy, it’s just that [apparently] being a good guy doesn’t entitle you to being a good to great head football coach in 2024/25. Sometimes you have to make your own luck which involves hard decisions. The best way ain’t the easiest way. Onward. Schmidty is a guy to admire and respect in his own right, which everyone knows, and here’s to hoping his way is the right way for UND.

Yep, my point exactly.

Local guy. Starter for FCS playoff team the past few seasons. Would solidify the UND offensive line amongst all five starting spots and offensive line is the most important position group in all of football. Would be a major step towards giving UND a consistent offensive effort that raises the floor of the 2025 season and helps out Schmidty’s defense in year one of the 4-2-5 transition. I also excuse the guys who left following 2023 as the program was headed in a horrible direction (and hence a 5-game losing streak and a losing season in 2024). You don’t extend a lame duck coach, lose the current offensive coordinator of Washington State and head coach heir apparent to a rival in a lateral move, and lose your newly hired replacement offensive coordinator alum to your rival within one week without some guys rightfully saying what the f*ck? Anything else?

So I didn’t realize UNO is better than Alabama MBB this year?!?

If improved tight end play leads to more wins, I’m all for it. Ultimately, need better play at all positions. Hopefully the tight end position sees a boost along with most every other position, especially quarterback and nearly all defensive spots.

I’ve always enjoyed watching games at University of Phoenix / State Farm Stadium. Natural grass indoors is always a nice touch. What you’re mentioning is the difference between what BIG 10 and Mountain West money can buy. Enjoy the ball game.

Must be a und hockey / ag school football banger … gotta love that type. You keep doing you, in your fantasy world, and I’ll continue with facts.

Saban didn’t like them either, and “retired” - similar theme. Bottomline is adapt or die….

Yeah not doing that on this medium. Nice try “hockey”

Not acceptable. Needs to be addressed.

You laughing at yourself? All factual, just not public knowledge or published. Keep crying you corrupt ag school bumpkin… plenty of questionable activity that “prestigious” Fargo works overtime on to keep covered up.

There definitely are very few rules anymore, which I personally don’t think is good for the game of college football. And don’t just take my word for it-there’s a lot of others in high regard that agree with me; for example, Nick Saban. There needs to be more regulation. NIL and transfer portal are fine, but there needs to be some regulation within it. There were numerous programs that weren’t following the rules to begin with, but now there’s no rules for them to even have to attempt to adhere to. Don’t have to look much further than Fargo for example… Anyways, on a more positive note, the retention that UND Football has put together under Schmitdy and Fruechte has been quite remarkable, all things considered. 2025 shaping up to be a special year… Recruit. Develop. Retain.

That said school and program (North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences football program) is also used to ignoring other unspecified guidelines and then asking for forgiveness later; a complete embarrassment and waste of tax payer dollars. Onward.

Winning and development will trump all. Can’t go out of your way to emphasize a certain position group if it jeopardizes the overall goals of the team and program. And many are going to have to come to grips that you may lose student-athletes even if you “utilize their position group” - it’s the current world of college football. With all that said, we should want to see all position groups succeed more than they have been, and I’m hopeful we will see that moving forward. Let’s start by awaiting the official announcement of the new TE coach ……

I agree we should definitely be open to welcoming back any good player from ND, in this case specifically Fordville, ND, but there’s definitely many other ways to use the roster spot if need be. It may in fact be water under the bridge at this point, and if so, there’s always a lesson; such as don’t extend failing coaches with the stamina for retirement, not championships. Onward.

A lot.