UND-FB-FAN

Agree with 1. As for 2., remember the FCS is very top heavy. The average FCS team is not a good benchmark for UND due to how watered down the bottom half is. You essentially stated that with the xDSU statement. Only around 5-10 programs (if not less) are true championship contender each season in the FCS. Now, how does Chaves view this? No clue. Probably content based on previous actions. Actions speak louder than words.

As I said (typed).

Given the current rulings, you’re correct. Hard pill to swallow for smaller programs. Need to be imaginative and proactive in order to combat this.

https://inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/mcfeely-ndsu-collective-moves-with-urgency-after-fbs-school-offers-250k-to-bison-player?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar Fargo and NDSU are being proactive towards football. UND made no coaching changes, but they will also sit tight on current Alston awards and do nothing else to prevent football program’s deterioration. Not all on UND, of course; need supporters for UND football to step up and initiate a collective for football program. But hard to do that with the current lack of competent leadership in place for football program.

Not serious.

Get new friends.

Unreal. One of the biggest collapses and coaching failures in recent memory. How everyone still has a job on UND’s staff after the post-Oct.14 letdown is even more pathetic.

Correct. You are correct.

Our pain will only intensify if (when) NDSU pulls out another playoff upset in Bozeman …

Yeah, for UND to make progress, they need to add at least 5 bona fide stars in the portal … … good luck

My gut feeling also. Delaying the inevitable firing / cleaning house. 2024 is starting to feel like a lame duck year …

If he actually was doing that, he’d retire. It’s just lip service at this point.

Okay … ever think that maybe the hire made in late 2013 by Brian Faison was wrong? Ever? Maybe it wasn’t wrong at that time (although in hindsight it definitely was wrong considering the alternative was current Washington head coach Kalen DoBoer) but it certainly is wrong now. Perhaps, just perhaps, Bubba Schweigert - who has had the opportunity to serve 10 seasons as UND head football coach - and UND athletic department should recognize it’s time for a change. The current setup may just not be the best one for UND football at this time, and it’s okay to accept that.

Won’t do a thing … in my opinion … but it’s a nice little idea amongst a lot on here.

It means the house just might indeed get cleaned a year from now …

Agreed

I agree with you. Defense is bare. Having no next level talent on defense hurts. CJ Siegel has a chance, but anyone else? A DI program - whether FCS or FBS - needs some top end talent if want to be a national championship contending program.

Defense will be the same as long as the “defensive-minded” head coach stays around as the “leader”.

This is an interestingly speculative thread. When the job opens, *when*, then I suspect a name or two will throw their name into the hat. As for now, there is no job opening, and there might not be for a couple seasons yet … very frustrating indeed.

Me too. See posts from last couple seasons. I dislike being right all the time about these things.

Oh the issues of 2023 will linger to 2024. Not much is changing. Different QB, sure, but not much else. Smoke and mirrors. Smoke and mirrors.

All fair thoughts; we’ll never know.

I didn’t care that they didn’t play in the blowouts nearly as much as the fact that UND was getting blown out … that bugged me the most.

Not as pissed off and with more playoff wins? No one will ever know. He didn’t show up in big games (but that’s not entirely HIS fault), however, he was otherwise very consistent and played in a lot of games for UND.

I think it can be argued that the overall talent has actually improved, but it’s not by enough. A few positions may get better over a 4 year period, but then others fall back. Just not enough overall improvement. also, though, remember that UND hasn’t won more than 7 games in a season since 2016 …