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I think we all knew the game would be tough, but as I said before the game, didn’t matter if it was a 1 point game or a 40 point game, it just needed to be a win. Didn’t happen. Not even close. The concept of a “good loss” is really only acceptable if you’re conditioned to losing. The culture of UND football supports this right now, despite the win last weekend. It’s a body of work over the past 15 years.

Man, we’ve been slowly conditioned to not care about winning football at UND. It sucks so bad.

It’s perplexing, I know; but, unfortunately, predictable. That should tell you all you need to know.

20 year olds playing vs other 20 year olds minimization here isn’t really the answer gotta win on the road to “win out” and have “nothing to worry about”

Something tells me Dale Lennon didn’t talk to the team last night …

“UND running back Gaven Ziebarth, who has emerged as the Fighting Hawks' go-to ball-carrier, was hurt on a 3-yard run with 10:47 left in the second quarter. Ziebarth, who suffered a lower-body injury, didn't return to the game. Ziebarth, who ran for more than 150 yards against North Dakota State last Saturday, finished with four carries for 27 yards. "I haven't talked to sports medicine," Schweigert said. "He got twisted up there. We'll learn more tomorrow, and you'll have to deal with it." “ ??

Status quo, but this is a 10 year sample size

Change the psychologist? The voice in the room? New medications (interventions)? It’s a doozy

I have a theory to explain the past couple weeks, and I’m almost certain I’m correct, but I don’t feel like bullsh*ting back and forth on this forum. All I know is the result today was somewhat predictable, even though we all wished against it, and that is sad. Season moves on. Same ol’ same ol’ …Change is glacial around these parts. Good evening folks.

What a bunch of crap. Flush this sh*t and move on. Back at home where the team will win next weekend, but there are still road games left … need to desperately fix this road issue that has lingered for years… I can think of possible solutions, but I’m not the decision maker. All I know is something needs to change …

This just crushes the soul. Can’t entirely say this is the same ol’ same ol’ as UND has not had to play in D1 era after beating NDSU, but this is atrocious and reeks of previous blunders when the opportunity has presented itself to build of momentum and take the program to the next level. Something needs to change. All you experts on here or Chaves or someone can figure it out. This team/program is so different between home (Alerus Center) and away it is absolutely scary.

What DeBoer (and Eric Schmidt!) and Washington are doing is very impressive … certainly not apples to apples.

I’ll be honest, I just want a win - whether by 1 or by 40 - in order to see the excitement back at the Alerus next game. The trend with this current staff / regime has been let downs right when the hype has an opportunity to build. Beat UNI! Go Hawks!

Basics of football are key, and heck, they are the strength of this team. Run the ball, avoid turnovers, grab a couple on defense, and don’t give up explosive plays. Do that, which I know UND can do if they are mentally prepared and execute well, and then UND can pull it out.

Don’t have video but here is recap: https://fightinghawks.com/news/2006/9/9/776032.aspx Awesome game (UNI was FCS no.3 at that time) and the play to Dressler at the end was electric.

No

As long as UND wins, whether by 1 point or 40, that’s all that matters.

I’ll be honest, I expect a UND/NDSU rematch this postseason and worry history (1995) may repeat itself, but we’ll see.

Fargo being the epicenter of ND does not mean NDSU is the standard of higher education or collegiate athletics in the state; certainly doesn’t mean it is the flagship. There are countless examples around the country where the largest metropolitan center of the state is not home to the most thriving university and/or collegiate athletic department in the state.

I’m hoping this game doesn’t look like anything from 2022. I’m hoping the team is riding momentum and has graduated beyond that to the next tier. But, don’t get me wrong, this will be a hard fought game and will be interesting to see who does what in the 4th quarter.

The challenge is to replicate the energy and belief from last Saturday to every Saturday. Figure out how to do that, and then championships become a real possibility.

wow do I hate the ag school, but man do I love UND football a day that we’ll never forget, unreal

Highlights of last home game for UNI on 9/30/23 UNI with good looking offense. QB (Theo Day, transfer from Michigan State) is good, made a lot of plays against UND in 2022. UND defense is going to have to be ready to go in this one.

When this inevitably happens, UND is going to be forced to match and go up too or else risk repeating what happened from 2003-2023. With that, I find it hilarious that a school with as many financial and enrollment issues right now as NDSU can still have their sights on paying out millions to go up a division in football. Then again, many will tell you, NDSU is more a football institution than an institution of higher education. Pathetic.