fightingsioux4life

But according to some on here, recruiting is just fine.

You should start using or .

Better check to make sure they aren't owned by someone from China.

If I am wrong and this team catches fire after Christmas, I will eat all the crow you want me to eat. I just wouldn't bet the farm on it.

Those white banners are great. However, we used to get better as the season went on. That hasn't happened as much in recent years.

I changed program to season. My concern is that if we keep going in this direction, the program will end up like Wisconsin post-Eaves.

We have been slowly decaying as a program since hanging #8 in 2016. Since that glorious night in Tampa, we: -Have one NCAA tournament win vs. AIC. -Are losing recruiting battles like we haven't since the early 1990's. -Seem to fade towards the end of seasons, which contribute to our poor NCAA showings. -Have looked worse this season than we have in a very long time (the 2001-02 season immediately comes to mind). I haven't seen such poor defensive play and lack of stamina in a long, long time. If the program isn't a dumpster fire yet, it certainly is headed in that direction. This year just feels different from our other underachieving first halves. I do not want to end up like Wisconsin.

You can spin this anyway you want, but this is what the season has devolved into:

Considering this thread is about UND, that is not a bad assumption to make.

Conditioning has to be a year-round program or it won't achieve the desired results.

It is a total team failure across the board. This team is starting to resemble the early 1990's at this point.

Yes. A 2 loss Alabama team does NOT belong ahead of a 1 loss TCU team. I think the field looks like this: 1. Georgia, 2. Michigan, 3. TCU, 4. Ohio State

@MafiaMan was being a smarta$$.

I always loved that one!

That is a false choice. People were just frustrated with the annual semifinal meltdowns. I don't think the people who made comments like that really meant it. The harsh fact is, nobody remembers teams who lose in the semifinals. Not saying it is a healthy perspective, but it is what it is. As for the current dumpster fire this program has devolved into, I don't think anyone saw this coming. However, it absolutely needs to be fixed before we end up like Wisconsin.

Need 3 points this weekend.

Why today?

There were some signs, yes. But if it does not carry over to this weekend and next weekend and so on, it won't help us much.

Talent isn't the issue. Having everyone on the same page every night is what needs to happen for this team to win consistently.

Which is the caliber of bowl game we could expect as a 6-5 or 7-4 low-level G5 FBS team. No thank you.

Going FBS would leave us with only one sport in which winning a national title is still possible. Except...... .....if the P5 conferences split off into their own subdivision and the G5 conferences are left to their own subdivision. The two are on different planets now and it is foolish to pretend they belong in the same subdivision. Competing for a G5 Subdivision Championship would be possible for the top half of the MVFC and Big Sky and a few other programs in weaker FCS conferences. But right now, moving up would not make sense.

Well said.