UND-FB-FAN

Good point. UND may have to recruit towards a primary return specialist. Maybe the commit from Washington state (Cameron McKinney) can excel at return duties ..... I know that Seibel is not the answer. He can't get it done.

The best strategy some of you can come up with is to go for it on 4th down? Wow. NDSU would crush teams (more than they have been) if opponents ignored field position and started going for it all the time. Field position is key against a time of possession team like NDSU.

It obviously didn't even out: look at the final score. College football is largely dependent on momentum and SDSU lost a ton of momentum on that play.

As the past postseasons have proven time and time again, good teams show up to the Fargodome and become average teams. We need to strive to turn the Alerus Center into that kind of an advantage. Best chance for an NDSU loss is versus EWU in Frisco but I certainly will be hoping for a JMU win on Friday night.

From watching some of Fargo South's games a few years back, there was no doubt which kid on that team was the superior talent (hint: he went to a Big Ten school) That said, both are good players and UND offered Brooks out of high school along with Johannesson.

No, he's a tremendous athlete that could play multiple spots. The more student-athletes with talent like this, the better. Excellent work Bubba and staff; keep on improving the depth! Don't worry; the QB, OL, and DB spots will be addressed this recruiting season as well. The future is bright!

HA ... I know many NDSU fans as well (hard not to these days) and of course there are many good, fair people in that contingent. With that said, the (perhaps natural) arrogance that has come about after 5 straight national titles is too much. College football needs more parity than that or else programs get big heads and others dislike them. Just the way it is. Same goes for Alabama over the past 5 years or so.

Illegal man downfield hurt big-time too. Would've been 19-17 if that score stood.

Its just damn near impossible to beat NDSU at home, especially in the playoffs when the pressure is on. Best chance for NDSU to lose is on the road in postseason (won't be this season) or in Frisco, even though that's damn near a home game for them too. More than anything, UND needs to take notes on how to win at home in the Alerus Center with crowd noise. Have to take advantage of homefield ... advantage.

That's what makes competition fun. It's the way it should be. There is a line, though, that NDSU fans have crossed often lately.

You're correct. 2019 @ Fargo (barring NDSU doesn't buy out)

Sure, maybe just half are a disgusting group in terms of what they say about the flagship of North Dakota, THE University of North Dakota. That's the best you'll get out of me. Inferiority complex lives within many of them.

The Bison faithful at their finest. Largely a disgusting group. Go JMU

Agree with what Bubba said at his closing press conference: QB, OL & DB are top needs. With that said, UND will continue to upgrade all positions. Johannesson is a perfect example of adding pure talent via a good kid. UND needs more of this for depth and Bubba will continue to do this.

The point is to not enjoy it too much; that equates complacency. Some are talking as if this should be the ceiling for the UND football program. It isn't and it shouldn't be.

9-3 is a good season. I expect better from UND in 2017. Go UND Fighting Hawks!

I predicted 9-2 before the year started, so UND is right on pace as far as I'm concerned. I will admit the 0-2 start had me doubting that, though.

True, but if it's all from the backfield it hurts the team. It exposes Santiago to injury as he's a smaller guy and takes touches away from a very good player in Oliveira. I just want to see UND utilize their weapons with creativity by getting them all on the field at once.

I disagree. Santiago can still be listed at "RB" but it's all about the X's and O's. I think Santiago should be on the field at the same time as Oliveira (or now Johannesson) a lot more. It's tough on the defense and, in my opinion, UNDs offense looked better in 2016 with Oliveira in the backfield (he also had nearly better numbers).

I honestly think Santiago should move to WR. He is such a talent but more suited for open space. We all know the offense that Bubba wants UND to run is more suited for powerful backs like Oliveira and Johannesson. Go UND! 2017 gonna be fun!

Your team looked good. Congratulations. If you make it to the title game against NDSU, please do us all a favor and demolish them. I look forward to next year's (2017) game at the Alerus Center against Eastern Washington.

As Bubba said, success is great as long as you don't become complacent. Some would argue that a "we shouldn't bitch" attitude is complacency. It is okay to criticize if it is under the context that there is so much more that UND football can accomplish and should aspire to accomplish. That is exactly what I am saying. Yes, UND had a good season (not great because that is reserved for 11-0), but the team had the ability to make it an even better season. I'm with Bubba -- let's not settle and let's continue to strive for bigger and better things.

UND completely and utterly choked away their lead in the 4th quarter. UND felt the pressure and collapsed under it via the certain failures (running into the kicker, blocked punt, dropped passes, etc.). It was no fluke that UND was up 24-7 in the second half; Richmond is an iffy team. With that said, UND played possibly one of their worst quarters of the season that 4th quarter and it cost them. Eastern exposed Richmond as that iffy team today. Perhaps we should all say 2016 UND team was an iffy team too, based on the fact they required a couple huge comebacks and they ultimately fell due to a chokejob. The foundation is there, though, for UND to be great in 2017. Team goal #1 needs to be more consistency: no more huge comebacks (preferably) or second half collapses.

Quite the 2nd half collapse for SDSU. James Madison has a chance to beat NDSU but it will be tough. This consecutive title run is just too much. Football is meant to be at least partially competitive.

Oh, so you're now going from trolling via NDSU propaganda on a UND board to acting like a tough guy behind a keyboard? I didn't realize a degree from the NDSU College of Economics produced such blind guidance. You must be so proud that NDSU football represents the only success you can speak of. Your comments are continuously criticized on this board and for good reason. I suggest you acknowledge and address your narcissistic issues. You have much to learn, young lad.