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Thank God these kids weren't on the field/course or found out through social media. Might have had to make a giant stink about how they should keep the program that results in nothing!!

4th in the country in goals per game. Might move up after tonight!!

So....we are good this year I guess.

"At UND, he’ll see decrepit locker rooms and outdated training facilities." As long as this is still true, UND will never be able to be in recruiting battles with the top schools in the MVFC.

Nickname announcement, logo announcement, new President announcement. Name 3 of the most underwhelming announcements at UND recently.

Biggest question is have all 3 of these been KEM approved and is Kris on the selecting committee meeting today?!!

2019 record and conference standings of 2020 opponents (*Home Games) *Valparaiso - 1-11 (10th/last) Kansas St. - 8-4 (4th) ---------------------BYE--------------------------- Youngstown St - 6-6 (8th) *SDSU - 8-4 (3rd) *Missouri St - 1-10 (9th) W. Illinois - 1-11 (10th/last) Portland St. - 5-7 (7th) *South Dakota - 5-7 (6th) Illinois St. - 9-4 (5th) NDSU - 12-0 (1st) *S. Illinois - 7-5 (4th)

Two things that every great football team does well. Running the ball and stopping the run. Until UND can show they can do this on a consistent basis, they will never be a great team. these used to be two things that this program could hang their hat on. Need to get back to these basic functions. Freund can come up with all the double reverse, half back option pases he wants. But until they can consistently run the ball, the offense will never be as good as it could be. And that starts with recruiting bigger offensive lineman. Can't get it done with 260 pound lineman. On the other side of the ball, we need to recruit like we used to to be able to run the 3-4 that is successful against the run. giving up 4-5 yard a carry to opposing teams isn't going to cut it. Whether it is scheme, play calls, or just getting the right guys in there, something has to change. We are at a turning point in this program. Either we make the necessary changes across the board to be able to compete in the MVFC, or we continue down the same road and settle as a middle of the road Valley team that is a fringe playoff team with 6-7 wins every year.

Very true. The UND aviation program helped us win 3 WBB Natty's!!

Looking back at the coaching background of our most recent head coaches, The last 7 coaches dating back to 1968 all had been assistant/position coaches at UND prior to being head coaches at UND. Not saying that many of them didn't have success, just interesting that it's been over 50 years since the coaching hire for UND football has been "new blood" and hasn't coached at the school before. Maybe it's time for a drastic change and hire someone outside the box instead of a former player or assistant.

2 TD’s and we win this game. Let’s go!!!

Losing the battle in the trenches. Our line on offense and defense getting dominated.

I want 10!!!

I can’t say this for sure without looking back on the records, but i am fairly confident UND is undefeated when scoring 9 goals or more!!

Lots of tickets remaining for Friday's game. Even more for Thursday.

Not trying to derail this thread into a nickname debate, but this is why retiring the nickname was absolutely the correct thing to do. We wouldn't even be having a discussion about submitting bids for playoffs games. Had we kept the Sioux name, we would never EVER host a home playoff game. Even if we were the #1 seed. We didn't win the bid for this game, but it is refreshing moving forward that at least that is an option for years to come.

https://www.houmatoday.com/news/20191124/nicholls-to-host-north-dakota-in-opening-round-of-fcs-playoffs?template=ampart "Athletic Director Matt Roan confirmed to the Courier and Daily Comet prior to the selection show that Nicholls did submit a bid to host multiple rounds, similar to the bid they placed — and won with — last season. Nicholls offered a winning bid of $80,000 in guaranteed money to the NCAA in 2018, and while he did not give a specific number, Roan said this year's bid was slightly more competitive but in the same range." So I guess you can assume that Nicholls bid was at least 80K. Maybe 85K-90K. We will find out I guess.

Well, let’s just do what USD did and beat them despite the crappy facilities!!

I say introduce our boys to some Cajun turkey and fly them in Wednesday night!!!

Not to rag on Bubba after he led this team to the playoffs, but It would be in the programs best interest to have Bubba fulfil his contract and then hand over the team and let most of the coaches stick around. Coaching changes tend to shake the boat too much and affects recruiting big time. I really think Freund is the heir apparent to be the next head coach at UND. His offense really was the spark that this team needed to get to 7 wins and make the playoffs. He is a young guy who has coached many positions and will have a few years running our offense under Bubba.

Not scoring for 8 mins in the first half really hurt us. Gophers came out cold. Had a chance to put them on the ropes early, but failed to take advantage.

Taking it to the hole is resulting in charges every time.

Not a lot of green in the crowd, but I will be cheering loud!! Hopefully most of the game!!

Almost crazy to say, but if we beat Weber, we are 8-3 with 2 wins against seeded teams. Might have been seeded!! Again, crazy talk, but with all the crazy games today, it might have happened!!

If we lose again with a chance to make the playoffs on the last game of the season, especially against an awful team, Bubba need to go.