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Blame that on the abysmal hire of 2008 … Not going DI and losing Lennon to SIU (and becoming more of a “puck school”) plays into that. Failure to set expectations above NDSU has hurt UND football for decades.

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Nah, just would like to see it get done, rather than the “outta the box” word diarrhea that goes round and round on this forum to justify the mediocrity … ya know, as Nike says, just do it …

Probably not based on his track record

One and done year after year isn’t exactly fun … Goal needs to be to find a way to beat NDSU and SDSU and win some playoff games. Strive to improve, not stay the same. With that, I’m looking forward to the season, also.

I would hope so … Glad to hear expectations are high.

Going 3-3 to start the season and simply making the playoffs would be a repeat of the last several years. Same ol, same ol. Would be nice to see the program and this team actually take the next step, but perfectly reasonable to expect they won’t given the stale current structure and expectations for UND football. We will see how it goes …. but 3-3 to start is reasonable, unfortunately.

UND 2024 recruiting class Gunnar Lym, S, Bennington, Neb. Erick Paye, DE/OLB, Grand Forks Tray Kuntz, TE, Grand Forks (PWO) Deng Deng, WR, Tokio, N.D. (Four Winds High School) Sam Ostrenga, S, Sun Prairie, Wis. William Stobbe, OL, Waukee, Iowa Jonah Reiling, OL, Lisbon, Iowa source: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/und-footballs-2024-recruiting-class-expands-to-seven?fbclid=IwAR0F-2fH4m7d9ZPNK971cOYCmOD6XE46tshnvdXzhvqs2PgQmG54ee8hf3E_aem_Ac6aWQlvVKnI6wXYCoHtxpmm46SNf1rgCiPHwMgZ5wFEIIUZSxks1zbn9AZR43ehfCE

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/und-footballs-2024-recruiting-class-expands-to-seven?fbclid=IwAR0F-2fH4m7d9ZPNK971cOYCmOD6XE46tshnvdXzhvqs2PgQmG54ee8hf3E_aem_Ac6aWQlvVKnI6wXYCoHtxpmm46SNf1rgCiPHwMgZ5wFEIIUZSxks1zbn9AZR43ehfCE

So … uhh … is this write up from a bison fan / NDSU grad even worth reading or …??? Just asking for a friend …

Short answer: yes. https://marketrealist.com/jobs/how-much-do-nfl-coaches-get-paid/ more realistic: no. No evidence UND is willing to pay their FB head coach greater than $400k for HC and no evidence Chris Kuper wants to leave the NFL. Also, UND’s future HC is already employed by UND.

OL has definitely shown overall improvement. If we’re talking about 2023 (next season), I have very little concerns about the offense as a whole. I think it as a unit is capable of winning the conference. The issue, however, is the defense. At this juncture, it’s a major liability. Hopefully there will be positive surprises this season. More interesting, Bubba - the defensive minded HC - is folding his cards to his eventual successor.

It also means NDSU will certainly go FBS then. Hopefully UND learned from their previous mistakes (in not following NDDU to D1 initially) and follows suit.

Ha! Big and fast is an understatement. If he puts in the work, sky is the limit for him given his athleticism. Ceiling is higher than recent bigs/fasts: Maag, Toivonen, and Wanzek. Excited to see how it plays out.

The 701 academic award as per above will not suffice alone. Now, seeing NDSU is again leading within FCS football with this nil club, we need to get UND NIL going ASAP.

Crazy awesome potential for all 3, which is all you can ask for in recruiting. Time will tell.

https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/ncaa-council-votes-against-seeding-16-fcs-playoff-teams-for-2023-season hopefully will get done for 2024 season

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/centrals-tray-kuntz-son-of-former-und-all-conference-linebacker-commits-to-fighting-hawks?fbclid=IwAR2SaZi4xmzh5nB7OQ_eUTNAhzH-4YMj1ZBnf2Ey5biX50TXAHJsc7sYaRo_aem_AZw2ht5jgP0rJpg4hzDxn76obffMnEqhWhTTlR9p6oxctWBEKpdgxMPwNtA5CR7PhDU Grand Forks Central's Tray Kuntz commits! Awesome. Like I mentioned with Paye, kudos to GFC HS coach Jake Schauer for his solid work thus far. More good things to come. GFC being good is good for UND FB, also.

Credit where credit is due. Nice work. Interested to see how this affects UND football.

Wrong. You’re falsely propagating misinformation (propaganda). So, I just want to set the record straight that you’re not correct. I complain on here, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. I also have offered some potential solutions. There’s more where that came from. And if you think I’m simply leaving my thoughts and efforts on only this forum, then that’s hilarious (and wrong) Nice try - though.

Ha ! Ha! You two goons. The only thing less productive than anonymously posting on here is anonymously attacking some one on here! But, whatever makes you sleep at night! My conversations occur here and, of course, well beyond here, but thanks for your concern! With that said, I ain’t changing sh*t by myself. The hockey-only culture runs deep at UND, and it’s a poison to comprehensive athletic department advancement. Slow but sure, it needs to change.

The funny thing is, reallocation actually would allow both sports to be great. And I’ve never said I want hockey to fail. If that’s what some are gathering from my perspective, then they’re just believing what they want to believe and failing to consider the big picture. Recycling funds into hockey year after year does not allow football to advance, though. That is the issue, but people are so caught up in protecting hockey; taking a small bit from hockey is incorrectly perceived as damaging hockey. Ultimately, what it comes down to is the benefit of reallocation to football outweighs any potential risk to hockey. Overall, that means benefit to UND athletics, and UND as a whole. Therefore that should be the hands-down decision in my opinion. Hockey will always have an $110M facility to fall back on - they will do just fine, but football would benefit.

Yes, and that’s relevant how? Did you also know UNO cut their football program in 2011?

Agreed. Can’t hold on to average coaches too long, and need more funding for football coaching salary pool. Additionally, the administration needs to spend more time on marketing and branding, along with age old rhetoric of game day experience. Additionally, hard for some to fathom, but hockey also takes up too much funding and time.

Correct, see my post as per above. Kennedy was on the right track, but UND fans have been conditioned over the years to think inequality towards the minority sport of hockey is somehow the best path moving forward. Plot twist: it’s not. UND hockey is overinflated and overfunded. UND could do so much more with the 52% of ticket revenue that goes to the REA (and hockey essentially). Basically, UND made a deal with the devil to allow a hockey mogul from Vegas indirectly run their athletic department. How in the hell is that a good idea? It definitely isn’t a good idea for football or basketball. There’s also major bias at play in the community and on this forum, as the remaining UND fans are largely hockey fans. NDSU is/has pulled in the other casual football/basketball fans, unfortunately, of the region. A lot of UND fans from the 2000s have been converted.