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Rather play them when they’re good (as usual). UND needs to step up, not down. No need to baby the expectations anymore than they already have been. Just win, baby. Will this be a renaissance year for Bubba? I f*cking hope so.

Something tells me you think you know what is going on, but, well, okay … Go Hawks!

I suppose you could do both, right? Lot of sensitive folks who hate to hear criticism. Always a combination of negatives and positives. Never as good nor as bad as it seems.

We’re supposed to be, but hard to tell sometimes. Go Hawks

Only time will tell, but I hope so. No question Wisconsin has been good to UND thus far this cycle.

No question. Danny (our future HC) hitting ol’ Wisconsin hard! Gotta love it.

Always a good thing.

Not a bad thing!

“more of” Hockey 2000 Football 2001 …but… The treatment of UND football despite this was god awful in 2000s. Surprised Lennon lasted until 2007, quite frankly …

Sad reality of Bubba ball

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.

Go cHawks

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.