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When the talent on the team is not the issue, but rather whether or not the talent will show up and do their job, then that’s entirely on coaching. Coaches (are supposed to) mentally prepare the team and put them in position to succeed. That’s their job and it’s incredibly important in the game of football. The travesty @UNI was blatant malpractice. These student-athletes aren’t mentally prepared like they should be (or could be) on a consistent basis. They cower in big games in hostile environments. Not saying USD in the old DakotaDome is hostile, but certainly not friendly. I agree- need Lennon to be available weekly (or someone else capable) so things get done around here.

This is a fan forum, the very place where daily bitching can come to life.

Can UND’s staff do their job and mentally prepare the student-athletes to be at their best when their best is required (on Saturday)? Doubtful based on past performances over the course of 10 seasons, but we’ll see. Maybe USD will have an off day.

Decade by decade not just me, several others realize the local narrative put forth is all propaganda and fool’s gold so many easily fooled due to being conditioned to substandard expectations … congrats (but not really) to you for being apart of the gullible group

Wrong. Give it up.

pretty sure 1-4 in playoff games over the past 10 seasons is an objective measure. But sure, winning in the postseason is a response that is nonsensical and fails to recognize the undisputed superiority of Massey rankings (that aren’t even polls) … I mean why even have playoffs? For example, the old polls system in college football sans playoffs to determine the national champion was always superior ….

They’ll beat Illinois state, but that means 4 losses, and therefore much of the same. Likely early playoff exit as usual since road games are just so “hard”

I completely agree that that snafu was a momentum killer and inexcusable overall from a coaching/schematics standpoint. Not impressed with defense, which includes players and coaches.

Looks nice. Too bad the results on the field don’t show it. Would be nice to actually win playoff games or big games on road. But, if the goal is to only ascend Massey rankings, then this is a solid demonstration.

Kudos to him, his teammates and coaches. Offense has been solid these past 2 weeks. defense … not so much.

Big games on the road usually mean you know what with Bubba and co. leading the charge … … but, but, but … big road games are “hard”

Offense is fine. Tight end talk is moot. Tight end leak play in redzone was thing of beauty. Quincy been doing well at that spot. Give Danny and Shawn credit - offense and tight ends are doing well. defense is where the crap keeps happening. Those players and coaches need to step up

@ SDSU and @UNI went horribly. SDSU is very good FCS team. Starting to look like UNI is as well. Murray State not so much, but still that game was close in the second half due to errors on defense. This @ USD game seems it will either be a blow out win for USD or UND will somehow eke out a close win. Usually, based on that, it’s somewhere in between: a close loss for UND. Hope I’m wrong, want the Illinois State game to mean more with a chance to go 8-3, but anytime those fun follow-up home game opportunities present themselves, Bubba’s teams know exactly how to piss it down their legs. I want to eat crow .. make me eat crow.

Why’s there a dead horse? That should be the focus.

He was an awful head coach for the qualities you mentioned. UND athletic department didn’t do him any favors, but Mussman didn’t do anything to change that, either. Happy UND moved on in 2013. Bubba has helped rally more support for football, but now he’s entered the era where the only thing left to do to increase that support is win big games. Change is inevitable - we’ve now reached another point in time (after this season) where change is again necessary.

You got it! On to USD.

He mentioned in his post the team could not win more than 5 games for a “few years” before Bubba. Team has a quality win versus NDSU. That counts. Need to beat USD next weekend or else it will be same situation as last season and 2019 (7-4) and we know how those postseason chances ended quite abruptly.

Depth could always be better, and we’ve been saying that for over a decade.

You’re purposely not reading at this point. That’s on you. Read @108498’s post, which I responded to. Even if 8 wins is the bar, will UND get there this year? They haven’t hit 8 wins since 2016… Decade by decade

Well, I don’t think anyone honesty thought we’d go the entire season without winning a road game. If that truly is where our mindset it at, that says more than anything.

UND needs to secure those guys.

Ok dude. You do you. Not my bar and never said that. You’re off on a tangent now. I don’t care about Mussman football currently, those teams were awful and that’s well in the past. UND football CURRENTLY with Schweigert is not good enough if you’d like to see UND football win a championship. Fargo, ND and Brookings, SD can do it, but how about Grand Forks?

Majority of starters are still in place. Losing Ziebarth and McNaboe hurts, but other teams have injuries also. Doesn’t only affect UND. Need to coach up the younger guys and know how to overcome it. Having your starters on return teams a decision worth questioning? Can’t continually play the “poor me” game.

I’m not arguing that point. I was just responding to a different posters (@108498) opinion/post, which I feel incorrectly portrays the situation and tries to inappropriately deescalate the pressure on UND’s current head coach. My post: “2011 Mussman team was still quite awful- definitely not my bar - but they did win more games than Bubba’s first two seasons. “

Agreed, that is the odds on favorite. Same record as 2022. But net progress depicted because beat NDSU in 2023. Onward to 2024. Lots of home games. Decade by decade moves on. 2025 head coach contract expires.