fightingsioux4life

To be fair, they do seem to be making progress under Craig Bohl. They hung with with Nebraska until the 4th quarter. But I think a North Dakota FBS team would have some of the same problems Wyoming has (geography, climate) that make it hard to get kids to commit to going to school and play football there.

Back in 1998, there was a measure on the ballot to take colleges and universities out of the State Constitution. People read that as making it easier to shut down campuses. It was voted down by a huge margin. Any Legislator who even proposes that will be committing political suicide.

Ever since we joined the Big Sky Conference, the one negative I have seen is the horrible officiating week after week. They miss stuff that shouldn't be missed. Like the non-PI call late in the game when they mugged our receiver in the end zone and got away with it.

That is what I am thinking as well. USD was giving up an average of 35 points per game before today. We made their defensive line look like a bunch of All-Americans. Hopefully the line will get better as they work together in practice and in games. Otherwise, this season won't end up where we all want it to end up (a.k.a. the playoffs).

Oh, you are right, there isn't a snowball's chance in Hades of North Dakota closing all but one school. But if we wanted to have an FBS program in the state, that is the only way it would work. Of course, if we got one, Minnesota would want one too!

Let us remember that the current regime has two full recruiting classes under its belt (the first class was hastily put together in a couple of months and cannot be considered a full recruiting class). So depth is still somewhat of an issue. The lack of consistency on both sides of the ball is the difference between winning and losing games and that is something that will come with time. Today's comeback win should give the players some much-needed confidence after two tough losses. Time to focus on Montana State.

Unless of course we do what Wyoming does and have one school for the entire state. Of course, I wouldn't want to have a mediocre FBS program year after year like the Cowboys have.

KFGO has done a great job of covering and talking about UND athletics. Faison is on there on a regular basis. So are our coaches. NDSU playing Iowa deserves special coverage. When (not if) UND gets home playoff games, KFGO will likely drive up to Grand Forks to give that event the coverage it deserves.

I always want to go for two at the end of the game when down by one.

In your original comment, you said this: You didn't come out and explicitly call for a change, but you implicitly said Bubba isn't the right man for the job. And I contend it is way too early to make that judgment either way.

So, are you calling for a coaching change because we aren't unbeatable in his third year of rebuilding a program that was totally on the rocks when he got here? Cripes, our society has become so addicted to instant gratification. Good things come to those who wait. NDSU had their struggles a few years back as well.

Not an excuse, just a fact of life in sports. I suppose you were down on Roger Thomas in the late 1980's when they weren't unbeatable right away?

The only bad loss of the two was the Stoney Brook game. The Bowling Green game is an FBS money game, where winning is a bonus. The schedule is much easier from here on out. And I think Bubba, his staff and the players are well aware of the hole they have dug themselves. I think they will come out flying against USD next Saturday.

This doesn't surprise me that much. It is much harder to go from bad to good than it is to go from good to great. It took Roger Thomas six years to make the playoffs and seven to win a playoff game. And he started out with a similar mess to what Bubba started out with. Now, I don't think it is going to take Bubba six years to make the playoffs, as we have better facilities than we had in the late 1980's. But people should not be surprised that the team is still trying to learn how to win games, especially close games. That isn't going to happen as quickly as most of us would want. That next step is tricky and it might not happen until next season. But if Bubba continues to recruit well, we'll get there.

If the wind sticks around, I think any FGs are going to be difficult unless they are 20 yards or closer.

I didn't necessarily expect a win today......but I expected better than this. If this is what we will watch next week in the Potato Bowl, it's going to be a long season. Maybe Bubba needs to sit some guys and pull some redshirts to wake the team up.

Now it's time for our patented 3rd down pass.

So much for the pre-season buzz.

I don't care how good the defense is (and it is really good), but if they are on the field too much, they will wear down.

Way too predictable on offense. Run, Run, Pass, Punt. Rinse. Repeat. I could game plan against our offense because it's the same old crap week after week. And why are we always starting over on the O-Line every year? We better start hanging onto players or it will always be in a rebuilding phase.

But that's because of the tropical climate in Montana, right? At least that is what we have heard from some people on this forum.

One slight correction here.....Bubba wants this program to eventually get beyond winning conference championships....if you get my drift.

So SDSU can build a program that has reached the point where they won't hit the road for non-conference games, in a town much smaller than Grand Forks (Brookings), but we just can't do it? I say we hold Jones responsible for the on-court product and hold Faison responsible for the scheduling of our opponents. If MBB isn't getting the resources to do the job right, then that needs to change. If we want to be serious about being a Division I mid-major institution, the MBB program must be elevated to a similar level as NDSU and SDSU. At the rate we are going, USD will make the Big Dance before UND does.