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The defense needs to improve. Bringing in new players is apart of that. I think the UND secondary, other than CJ Siegel, is below average. I think the outside linebackers, which are incredibly important to pass defense given their role in creating pass rush, also need to improve by leaps and bounds. Not satisfied with the defense at this juncture, but I think the transfer DL additions were good.

Remember, the golden rule: Good college football recruits don’t always make good college football players. Some of these transfer guys may seem to be a safer bet, but we still don’t know how they will fit in with the coaching staff as well as the locker room. It’s always a wait and see game of unpredictability. With that said, it still starts with recruiting a good solid base and then going from there. Development is key, and that includes what kind of evolvement these student athletes are surrounded by; positive or negative for growth?

Need a couple DBs in the worst way. He would be a great fit for UND, given I know little about him other than he comes from a good FBS program.

Yes. Sometimes we forget these are 18-23 year old kids. How they do in high school certainly doesn’t always translate to how they do in college. A lot more on their plate when they go to college, and sometimes they just don’t mesh well with that. I agree that good mentorship and development from the coaches can mitigate that some, though, which is again why a good rounded staff is so damn important. Feeney was a very good high school quarterback, but there’s a ton of unknown for him still at the college level.

Work to be done. But I’m excited for 2023 now. Go Hawks!

Agree with this completely.

Fair immediate concerns, but there’s so much more (agree with your development concerns, as per post below). Thing is, it isn’t all tangible or material, but rather some priorities should be in the details. EXAMPLE: The quality of marketing and fundraising. The quality of the game-day experience, video productions, etc. That requires a complete buy-in by UND athletics as a whole. AND… development, development, development. Requires great teaching.

Yeah, but the UND Champions Club and Alumni Foundation aren’t sending that message. Thus, the point: the marketing and fundraising efforts for UND football are subpar.

Let’s see how it plays out. Definitely an opportunity to get a couple good kids, but the nucleus will need to be developed (or at least development key if und takes the next step). Too often the kids that go through this program, after 5 years, still aren’t strong, fast and mean enough to create a championship team.

UND just not a great destination for these portal kids. Need to do better recruiting locally and developing. More and more, starting to think strength and conditioning the major issue. But also, the body types you start with (the recruits) is key.

Smart kid.

What do you think? To take the next step: Bubba for lyfe? Or well coordinated change? No slam dunk answer. Need to be nice so we don’t hurt any feelings.

Unfortunately, at this point, nothing about NDSU is luck. UND still relies on luck from time to time, though. DISCLAIMER: I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT THE POINT YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE

Agreed, other than I think UND is stuck in more the top 16-25 range at this point.

That’s called the homer bias, I believe.

That play hurt a lot, but what if Schuster doesn’t throw that critical interception to NDSU’s Dawson Weber? What if UND converts the late 4th down instead of getting stopped? Million plays (figuratively) that they could have done better on and it could have led to a win. The game is not won or lost on a single play. It’s what makes it a beautiful team game.

Not for that particular game, but I can imagine the probability dropped after the fumble. My point is just that if UND played a better game in the first 3 quarters, it would not have been so critical that UND play a perfect 4th quarter. We all know UND has struggled playing complete games on the road.

so … average… like the current UND football program? More good is better than more bad, ya know? Need to do better. Need to change some things up. Let’s see what happens.

But does it? Comes down to playing better team football the entire game. Not a difficult concept. Future actions are dictated by past actions … so what if the past actions are better? Then there will be better (e.g., perhaps no fumbling) future actions.

You’re broken with your backlash. UND already is irrelevant when it comes to top tier FCS programs. They’ve won one division one playoff game in the last 15 years. Sick of them not getting a nationally televised football game yet. It’s not good enough right now. And you’re completely incorrect - it’s unlikely UND is going to “suck” or get much worse by ”canning” this all-star coaching staff, but I digress. South Dakota State argument is the broken record; keeping a coach for 26 years is definitely not the standard/norm around the country, but yet only South Dakota State (that’s never won a championship, maybe will finally get one this year) has it figured out?

If UND plays better before the fumble, perhaps that situation never occurs. Did the fumble hurt? Of course. That’s what that the “win probability graph” shows, but it goes beyond just one single play. It calculates the cumulative effect of all plays up to that point. Football is a 60 minute team game. Probably biggest team game of them all.

Remember, biggest fallacy in football is that a single play loses or wins a game. You probably don’t remember it, but look at all the mistakes UND made prior to Otis fumble, and afterwards. It’s a 60 minute ball game. Need better effort from A to Z.

Yep, players win games, coaches can lose them, though. Many many times, the coaching at UND has led to loses against teams that they should beat, even with their current inadequate talent level. That’s on the coaching staff. UND’s coaches certainly don’t walk on water - there’s deficiencies, embrace it. Need better players too, though, but coaches are the recruiters, ya know?

All in all, NDSU was the better team, sucks cause it was close, but NDSU still good enough to get to Frisco. Sickening. Disgusting. All words to express displeasure.

Disgusting. Several questionable calls in NDSU’s favor. But in the end, the unfortunate but inevitable outcome: another championship game for ag school