UND-FB-FAN

No prediction out of me. All I know is that given the previous week, UND desperately needs to win this one. At home versus a winless conference team is, on paper, the perfect scenario (albeit MSU lost to two good opponents). If UND loses, say goodbye to the 2017 playoffs. Absolute must win. Get it done, boys. Play with leadership and work ethic; something that was completely absent last weekend.

Someone gets the axe with this.

So USD will go undefeated? I wouldn't justify this lackluster effort with a "UND's leadership is fine, they just lost" statement. If USD ends up going 7-4, this loss is going to look even worse ... UND straight up botched this one, bad. Embarrassing and I'm not backing down from that; doesn't mean they can't rebound.

South Dakota is not 38 points better than UND. That is the most discouraging thing; UND lost due to a lack of effort, focus, and leadership (the very things Bubba said his teams would always exhibit). The leaders of UND football, including the coaches and team captains, need to step up. They backed down against USD. Winning teams with a winner's mentality do not allow such games to get out of hand like that. I don't see this year ending with much of a record above 0.500 if something doesn't change from an intangible perspective. Very disappointing ...

UND needs to work hard and prepare with good focus. If they execute in front of the home crowd on Saturday, they will get a much needed win and bring the conference record to 1 - 0. What happened last Saturday is still unfathomable to me, as I feel it's still some nightmare distinct from reality. It really will tarnish this season unless Bubba's squad can do a 180 and refocus. Injuries are part of the game; depth is important to overcome them and Bubba has had 4 recruiting seasons to try create it. Oh well, if UND plays hard and executes, they can get back on track this Saturday.

That's nice. Anyways, the jury is still out on Bubba in terms of national championship capability, but he can definitely maintain the status quo at UND. He gets fan support and alumni relations, which is great and will always help him.

45 - 7 (still can't believe that, my goodness) won't help, that's for sure.

Low, but I'd rather own farm/ranch land within ND in addition to obtaining MBA, CPL, M.D., or J.D. training at UND than go to NDSU and give away a lot of money for an education that changes nothing in terms of land ownership. Most farmers are generational/family and require zero schooling in agriculture. Agronomy and agriculture/mechanical engineering are minor exceptions, although they are Ag services and not agriculture itself, so the "Own the Farm versus Farming" adage works nicely in such cases. Just my lifelong opinion as I've lived through practical experience with this. I wouldn't expect you to agree, as NDSU needs to maintain maximal influence for your own personal satisfaction. In my opinion, UND is far more essential to the state of ND than NDSU is; of course, interchangeability does exist between the two universities, obviously. I digress.

Nice deflection. Don't include hypotheticals or subjective guesses if you want to preach facts. Good luck with your Notre Dame, NDSU, and other random, chaotic followings.

Keep living in fantasy land. Whatever makes you sleep at night. The IQ level around NDSU gets lower every year.

Cheating football and cow !@#$ ... at least you have that going for ya. Own the Farm - UND

Yeah, I agree with all of this; it's awful and something has to change. UND flat out embarrassed themselves, including the supporters, yesterday. No UNDproud after this one - horrible.

Beyond disappointing. I'm still in utter shock. This is the kind of performance where someone - either player or coach - loses a job, if you want UND football to be taken seriously. To justify yesterday's loss is completely pointless. UND didn't show up (to the point of the coaches and/or players giving up and not caring) and something MUST BE CHANGED. Figure it out Bubba. This was South Dakota - we handled a PAC-12 Utah far better ... Lets get to the Montana State game and get this bad taste out of our mouth. This is a desperate must-win and Bubba needs to get his squad right, fast.

Wrong. You need assistance.

A 45 - 7 loss isn't okay. If you think criticizing that type of embarrassment is an overreaction, then you clearly have expectations that don't include accomplishment and respect. That shouldn't be associated with UND football, in my opinion. You have to change something for this to not happen again; expecting this whole disaster to spontaneously resolve would be beyond idiotic. Bubba has to make changes now, obviously. What those changes are remains to be seen: depth chart, schematics, staff positions, etc.

A simple timeline as you describe doesn't work. If that was the case, every program would eventually turn around. Conversely, all top programs would stay on top when they lose their head coach, coaching staff, etc. It's clear that time is not the only factor, obviously. Bottomline is UND didn't get the job done today and that's really a major understatement. It's not a year-by-year plan issue, it's a failure today, this week, and this year issue. What happened today shouldn't happen with an opponent you defeated just the year before. What we saw today was clear regression and failure; to try justify that is pure ignorance, in my opinion.

I don't buy that at all. This is year 4 for Bubba and only year 2 for USD's Nielsen ... Today was a failure that went beyond the health of the linebackers. UND only scored seven points! The leadership of UND football (both coaches and players) failed today. That is unacceptable and is the kind of the thing that requires someone to lose their job.

Absolutely horrible today. I'm embarrassed for UND football and Bubba. I'll comment again after I gather my thoughts. This was atrocious. Get to work Bubba and crew and shape it up - this is horrible.

Damn

Biggest reason for UND to beat South Dakota is that UND could run the Big Sky conference schedule undefeated again ... going 2-1 in OOC schedule would really set UND up for a top 8 seed in the FCS playoffs ... 10-1 (or I suppose 9-2 if drop one more) regular season record

Worn last season against Northern Colorado. Still requires gray helmet. All in all, gray is not bad, I would just prefer black instead.

Agree; would look way better if black pants were used. Until grey helmets are worn, the grey pants are a tough sell.

Possibly most surprising part of all of gameday ... absolutely crazy appearing over there. Hope that continues vs Montana State just to continue the tailgating scene and positive student attendance.

South Dakota will be very good this year. A win by UND against them would be very big for seeding. Going 2-0 against the MVFC would really help UND's postseason resume.

That's the way it's done around the country, DI NCAA and NFL. Glad Alerus Center caught up to modern times and sports entertainment.