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Early season: 6 or 7 Later portion of season: 2:30 or 3:00 No reason to have games early when it's 80 degrees outside and people want to tailgate and/or enjoy the last month or so of nice weather

And I'm sure both will be heavily utilized this upcoming season. Iverson with the 22/21 personnel sets and Ratelle's athleticism in bringing pressure.

One at least has to believe it will be a system that works. Offensively its time to run the football and go with boots and nakeds off of that to utilize the athleticism of Mollberg. None of this "throw the football the whole game" crap. Also, it will be nice to see us pressure a bit more because our secondary has been EXPOSED over the past few seasons.

With no games being played, the players are already supporting UND athletics better and are very optimistic. I'll take that as a good sign. Add in the recruiting class given the shortened recruiting period and the staff's experience and philosophy, and I believe were in better hands. Will it be good enough? We won't know until games are played. My issue with Jones is he can't win out of conference or on the road. If you can't win OOC games or road games, it will be difficult to win the Big Sky, especially if the tournament is on the road. UND's men basketball teams have been inconsistent and I directly attribute that to Jones' coaching.

I fault both Brian Jones and Brian Faison for the mess that UND athletics, with the exception being hockey, has been in for the past decade. Until pressure was actually put on Faison to fire Mussman, he didn't even consider it. Now that Bubba has been hired, the program is finally moving in the right direction. As far as basketball, stop waiting for the 'right' moment and just fire Jones and get someone in here that can get the job done. I can GUARANTEE you Jones will never win a Big Sky championship, so all were doing is allowing for more wasted seasons. Brewster is a good basketball coach and the success can be seen. In the areas of football and men's basketball though, the coaching as been unorganized and sporadic at best. Thankfully Bubba is now helping out the football side of things and cleaning up Mussman's mess. Faison isn't as aggressive as I'd like him to be; nevertheless, he'll eventually be forced into firing Jones.

Mussman lacked leadership, as I always warned. Thankfully Bubba and his staff know how to lead and they are passionate. Plus, you have to love the blue-collar run the ball and blitz philosophy they are implementing.

Brian Jones has yet to impress. I hold him accountable because of the inconsistently of all his teams. You never know what you're gonna get, and that, in my opinion, is bad coaching.

Bad ending for a good senior class. Jones needs to prove himself next season. I'm not too excited about next season, I'll say that much.

In all seriousness, I will never stop contributing to the program. I have already invested too much and I am a very proud UND alum. The DI success in men's bball and football for NDSU relative to UND has just been really frustrating to endure. Hoping this fall is the start of something different - for the better of course.

Spazzing out? I'm pretty sure that was unwarranted. And yes, UND could host its own pro day. With the new IPF coming up, I'd like to see some pro days there. Just arrange it and scouts will come.

Spazzing out? I'm pretty sure that was unwarranted. And yes, UND could host its own pro day. With the new IPF coming up, I'd like to see some pro days there. Just arrange it and scouts will come.

UND should host their own pro day. Going to NDSU is an absolute embarrassment. It makes me want to not contribute to the program. Why contribute dollars to UND football if they deliberately think they are second-rate to NDSU football.

Because they played horrible? So you're sticking up for NDSU? C'mon ...we beat them fair and square. In Fargo, we would've lost by 20 ourselves. Need to play our best game of the season to beat Weber.

Yes!! Beat Weber!!

UND is not playing good basketball right now. It's frustrating to watch. NDSU making the NCAA tournament is apart of that frustration. We beat NDSU by 20, so that certainly illustrates we have the potential to get through this tournament relatively easy and get to the NCAA tournament. However, the problem is effort and focus. The NDSU game motivates players itself; after that, this team has been disappointing and Jones has been apart of that.

The job will again come down to Mollberg and Bartles. Palendech isn't as talented as those two; just that simple in my opinion.

March 28 I believe

Good point. Better chance this game can be viewed via TV now!

Just another head-scratcher from the Mussman era....

@nbaukol: Unofficial Top 5 40: Carr, A, Shaugabay, Palandech, Varner, Ratelle. #undfootball #daybyday Expect big things from Carr and Ratelle next year. Carr almost had his shirt pulled last year despite the presence of Hardin, Golladay, and Jackson. Bubba loves speed at his LB positions and Ratelle recording a top 5 40 is spectacular. With Schmidt coaching him up, Ratelle could do some big things next fall.

It starts up front and I love that the new coaching staff is emphasizing that. Gotta be able to pound the rock.

Despite that horrible loss vs SUU, UND gets #2 seed. Sure wish this team wasn't so bipolar though; it really frustrates me.

Absolutely agree with this.

That d*mn patience and transition bullsh*t excuse needs to stop. It's an excuse. Nothing more or nothing else. Remember NDSU with Woodside? If you have good coaching along with talented players, you can win regardless of transition status. UND's talent this year should not have produced so many blowout losses (Cal Poly, Pacific, Butler, Weber St. etc.) and just plain bad losses (SUU).

For one, Bubba's staff has far more experience than Mussman's staffs did. Also, Bubba is a proven winner as a DI football coach. Mussman never had the opportunity to coordinate at the DI level I guess, but he certainly never won much as a head coach at that level. Bubba's level of passion for UND and North Dakota is far greater than that of Mussman. Just listen to his press conferences or check out the north bleachers at every men's and women's basketball games. So far, Bubba has done all the right things, including recruiting. However, the most important thing, execution on the football field, remains to be seen.