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This type of pathological justification amongst UND supporters is a major reason we are still doubting ourselves in 2023 … enabling a mediocre at best coaching staff to have lifetime contracts for UND.

Because the team (and “leaders” of this team) have been awful in big games, year after year after year

#Decadebydecade Maybe by Bubba’s 91st birthday we’ll find a way to figure it out

A loss- all losses are bad.

This is not just another game. This is completely false. Coaches and players have it circled. They know it’s a full house, especially at the Alerus Center. It’s the only opponent that sells out the Alerus… UND players know and recognize it. It’s a big game

They are awful. The ag bumpkin who sat behind me at 2021 NDSU@UND was quiet the whole game but turned into a damn bugler in the 4th quarter: “Luepke, Luepke, Luepke!”… my God, please just beat these cocky b*stards to the south, just please.

Don’t care what UND wears … just win the damn game. If they have beautiful gray helmets/jerseys and throwback green jerseys but get beat I don’t think I’ll care. I’m all about UND kicking the ag schools you know what and I’ll be there for it, but I have minimal confidence in Bubba and this staff winning a big game. Will the players be prepared? Will they be confident? Will the coaches even be confident? I suspect more “deer in the headlight” looks …

Yup

Not the coaches? The team got blown out… multiple times. Coaches play a major part in that. How to improve it? Care a little. UND staff doesn’t try improve it. They’ve been given ideas, but ignore the horrible product. This isn’t a new issue. Been a problem for several years. There’s been committees built to try solve the problem. This won’t improve by 2024. It will take new people or a new large-scale initiative.

Figures … UND game day staff don’t put in the effort to bolster the game day experience at the Alerus - likely intentionally in order to relatively emphasize hockey - which is pathetic. The hockey culture around here is borderline pathological, but it is what it is. To be fair, UND football needs to start to win the big games to grab onto the crowd, but the administration is also set in its ways preventing both success on the field and off the field in terms of fan hype. I still can’t believe how pathetic the team entrance is and how petty the in-game production is at times. Oh well, maybe next year. Again, comes down to simply vision and effort, both lacking.

Anyone who has coached at a high level will tell you the losses hurt more than the wins feel good. It’s all about ongoing progress/development; not settling for the status quo. Unfortunately, settling for the status quo has been all the rage of late around UND football.

Did anyone expect UND to not blow out Western Illinois? C’mon man

eeesh let’s just hope the players are ready to go. Fans will be, I know… they’ll get the team ready to go at least.

Predicable. Getting crushed in Boise and Brookings will do that. Some redemption potential vs NDSU next weekend …

What else is new? It’s ridiculous but they just don’t care …

Agreed. Winning fuels support and attendance, but us diehards (like the ones on this site) will be there through the ups and downs. This is evidenced by the last 10-15 years. Due to the importance of winning that is placed on UND in this region (it’s different other places e.g., Nebraska), most people don’t care that Boise State is the Mountain West favorite or that SDSU is #1 FCS team; they just care that UND is not 4-0 and is 2-2, and UND got blown out the last two games on the scoreboard. As such, I suspect poor attendance today vs WIU (9000 or less) but that will rebound with the big one next weekend vs NDSU.

You’re right, people love watching losers … winning teams struggle in attendance and losers fill the stadium … How can you possibly be this dense? Ridiculous. Nebraska supports their team due to passion and commitment from the region, but don’t think for one second winning doesn’t positively influence crowds. It’s a major factor, among other things. Again, arguing for the sake of arguing, even if you fail to apply logic …

Disagree. Looked great during Lennon’s tenure, still looks good now, just need cleaner uniforms from Adidas.

Biggest effect in terms of attendance is what UND did (and largely didn’t do) the last two games which ended in blow out losses. People want to watch a winner. With all that said, the biggest boost is still ahead: beat Western Illinois, and then beat NDSU. People care about UND-NDSU matchup head to head and who wins, even the lay person / average fans of college football in the state.

You’re absolutely correct, but the sellout streak is still impressive nonetheless, and those businesses and fans that have helped accomplish the streak are noteworthy and worth recognizing. Business and fan support of that degree for UND football in Grand Forks is certainly absent. For hockey, maybe, but certainly not football. Could it develop for football? Maybe, with certain changes and openness from UND.

Stop assuming and move on. Have some fun.

Sorry, this doesn’t make any sense.

Especially disappointing since UND had 2 weeks to prepare for the disaster in Brookings. NDSU-UND has always been a big game, and Bubba and his teams have always had the “deer in the headlights” look during all of them. Will 10/14 be any different? We’ll see…

You are correct. Probability-wise, University of North Dakota football could be in the same position as they were last year. Will they advance in the playoffs this time??

I agree, but the University of North Dakota athletic department has yet to suggest otherwise. Beyond disappointing and frustrating…