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Change needs to start at the top. Ultimately, the overall leadership has been poor. Can’t have crazy swings week to week like UND football has sustained under Schweigert.

It’s a smart move given the circumstances, but we shouldn’t be in the position to begin with. Bubba Schweigert should’ve stepped down, or, otherwise, he should have been let go. Dates back to 2021 extension that wasn’t justified. All in all, I get what Danny Freund is doing, but it also shows just how hopeless the 2024 season is going to be. That is all because of how mismanaged this football program has lately been under Bubba and Chaves. UND football alums and fans should not be happy with how things have been managed.

The end is near it people do not realize how horrific this makes UND football look. Go from OC to QB coach at a rival in-conference school? Not to mention the guy who is doing it “bleeds green”? Chaves and Armacost need to be held accountable here.

Whoever it is he’s gonna be looking for a new job after one season but he will at least be able to say he was an OC at UND for one year in 2024

Yeah … probably an overreaction … but not good for any sport not named hockey.

Absolute gut punch.

From an overall athletics standpoint - not just hockey - yes.

Too late for that. Should have happened years ago or at least weeks ago. Now we’re in for a screwed 2024 season because of leadership incompetency on several fronts.

“Bye bubba” should’ve happened years ago … but he had guys in his corner from the good ol’ days and here we are...

Correct. Losing respect fast … and didn’t have much leftover to begin with.

Might be on to bigger and better things by then but this sounds nice in theory at least.

When you fund the most popular sport in America as a second-rate sport this is what you get … pathetic. Increase the salary pool … ASAP. And hire a better head coach please.

Correct. Danny is no idiot. 2024 is a lame duck year. ship is sinking. 2013 coaching hire was poor, and extension in 2021 was especially poor. This is just plain bad to be honest. But, well, hockey … Ha! What a joke…

Yeah, but this guy … https://gojacks.com/sports/football/roster/mark-gronowski/12203 https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2024-01-06/south-dakota-state-qb-mark-gronowski-wins-2023-walter-payton-award?amp … lots of questions regarding his future.

Point is, you can’t really retain that well now. South Dakota State has done pretty good, though, and they’ve seen results because of it. So, I guess, it’s just relative; top FCS programs just have to retain better than everyone else.

So, they developed talent but still can’t win playoff games? Doesn’t change the big picture. Nice try though.

That’s one way to look at it. But only one single way and many exist. All the FCS programs … other than South Dakota State 2x National Champs. Relationship there for sure … No doubt they will eventually get hit by the transfer portal like every other FCS program …

No Surprise: South Dakota State wins their second consecutive FCS National Championship 23-3 over Montana.

2024 is a lame duck year. This feels a bit like 2012/2013 all over again.

Old fashioned way in this new modern age of college football is quite dangerous … and likely futile. Just get new coaches with a new approach. Until then, rinse and repeat.

All this talent but no playoff wins means only one thing …

UND football is becoming a good farm program for the FBS.

Another reason why UND/ Grand Forks not having a local communications voice now hurts. Everything moving to Fargo from a media perspective has significantly hurt UND and Grand Forks …

A bit negative I’d still say but still a worthwhile thought. It will change and mid-majors will be less relevant, but it won’t end mid-majors. Collegiate athletics - especially college football - is getting to be bigger $ by the second. This means it will be harder for UND to have relevant football program on the national stage while trying to fund the program second-rate (due to the existence of hockey as first rate). There was always talk that UND hockey funding hurt UND football in the past, and it was controversial, but this is becoming a bigger deal day by day. There’s only a finite number of resources. Collegiate football is becoming less and less about development and more and more about what can you do for me right now. In essence, that means student-athlete payments through NIL, as well as facilities and winning right now. It’s why some push for coaching change now, it’s why getting the new facilities is a big deal, and it’s why winning championships is a big deal, although even the top programs (NDSU, SDSU, Montana) suffer loses to FBS . But, again, with UND putting all the chips in for hockey, it will get harder not easier for football, unless the philosophy changes. But there’s a lot of ice heads around Grand Forks and UND …

Tough game. Blew a big lead and missed game-winning shot. UND now a losing squad…again.