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Yes, it is admirable until it is, well, not. Tough reality to embrace, I get, but it’s reality.

I observed less focus and energy / enthusiasm from the team as the 5-game losing streak progressed. Hard to say the team wasn’t very good when they started 4-1 including a win vs a playoff team. Everything starting going downhill after NDSU game, and especially after Youngstown State game. Football has been and always will be a game of momentum, and I’m afraid the current ol’ ball coach ain’t got any of that mojo left

Nice guy, not a championship coach, which is okay. Have to be able to separate the two.

Yes. Right on par with the tone-deafness that has now caused him to lose his team / players. Student-athletes evidently stopped playing hard for him the past 5 plus weeks (I’d argue game in Fargo was pretty darn uninspiring as well).

If Bubba is retained for 2025, then 2025 will certainly be projected as a lame duck disaster year. Of course, when he possibly goes 7-4 and loses in the first round of the playoffs, then we’re stuck in ongoing mediocrity as he won’t be fired and half of the “supporters” will want him to have another pointless shot in 2026 (all the while NDSU, SDSU, and even USD will be further ahead). If he doesn’t have a winning season in 2025, which is most probable, then he’ll obviously be fired at that point, but that’s one more season digging the figurative hole we’re in deeper.

For several reasons, yes.

Biased? Absolutely, and that’s not changing. You know who is also biased? Matt Larsen, NDSU AD, who is on the selection committee. He’s as corrupt as the school he represents, so I’m going with that as the explanation for NDSU No. 2.

It was gifted. It terms of recency, strong arguments for USD and SDSU to be higher than NDSU. USD beat NDSU head-to-head just yesterday and SDSU is most recent back-to-back national champions. Sure, I understand those aren’t the “criteria”, but still crap that NDSU and their arrogant asshole fans are again *gifted* with more home games.

Sure … losing is fun!

Montana State with #1 seed and NDSU gets #2 seed. SDSU #3 and South Dakota with #4. could be big time semi-final games, but NDSU again gifted with home games though out playoffs is tough … Potential SDSU @ NDSU in semifinal would be a big rematch from regular season … tough to win in the dome though. Hate that NDSU is again and again gifted with home playoff games …

FCS selection show now … no “on the bubble” or “will UND get a home game” concerns this year. Instead, simply, there will be no playoffs for UND this season. Don’t worry everyone, though; all UND football season ticket holders paid for a playoff game this year …

No, as this was quite predictable. Research previous posts on here, FWIW, as many on here saw the writing on the wall also.

He’s clearly already lost the locker room. The effort and focus on the field over the past few weeks was atrocious.

That could easily change based on the overall football program budget …..

UND tried that this year, and things got worse. The head of the defensive staff and the head of the team didn’t change, and well, here we are ..

Bubba legacy is burning down more and more, moment by moment. Not surprising considering the exodus of players and coaches over the past year …. And if he stays, the exodus this December will be unprecedented.

always good to see the tundering turd lose

Joel knows everything he knows from Bubba, so that will be the ultimate scapegoat move, but I agree it’s the most likely scenario since UND and Chaves have set a precedent of mediocrity with no championship expectations.

That process has worked excellent for NDSU (Bohl leaves for FBS, Klieman leaves for FBS, Entz leaves for FBS, and the program keeps on rolling to new heights…)

I agree.

Day by day …

They’ve been wobbly for years … but yes, they’ve fallen off.

Don’t worry everyone … there’s still 10 minutes left for UND to make the game look closer than it was/is so we can again go with “the team battled and just came up short” … again … and again.. and again

Meh … und football is dead until bubba is gone

No leadership. I mean, I guess there’s geriatric incompetent leadership.