fightingsioux4life

Okay wise guy, do you think it's vital that Bubba be locked into a long-term deal? That is the issue here. And it is totally reasonable to make keeping our successful coaches a vital part of Faison's job. We should only lose coaches to FBS schools.....period. And if Kennedy meant what he said earlier this year about athletics being an important component of UND's overall mission and about how he wants to put together teams that compete for championships, he'll give Faison what he needs to accomplish those goals.

I honestly cannot feel sorry for them.

Well, with the omnipresence of social media, it really doesn't matter if it is announced or not, people will hear about it.

So announcing scores from around the Big Sky Conference wouldn't be acceptable either?

Wouldn't surprise me if it was his idea to not announce it. I suppose it would have been just fine to announce it if the Bison had won. That would have been the "classy" thing to do, right? Cripes, I miss the old days when rubbing the Bison's nose in a loss was not only acceptable, but expected. All this being nice to everybody all the time is truly nauseating.

Like I posted elsewhere, letting Bubba walk because he costs too much is unacceptable and shouldn't even be on the table. Faison and Kennedy better figure out how to keep our successful coaches or we'll be treading water instead of winning titles.

They must have forgotten about the butt-whopping we put on them 10 short days ago. This is why I will never tip my cap to them for anything.

Enough of the cap tipping around here; I for one am overjoyed at FU going down in flames at home on national cable television. Since most of their fan base wouldn't give us the time of day for anything, I will not tip my cap to them for anything. Ever. And now, to celebrate this most joyous occasion, is AC/DC......

And NDSU will face the same problems with paying their coaches. Unless they have some big wad of cash saved someplace that I don't know about.

Ask yourself this question: Do you think in a MILLION YEARS the FU faithful would EVER cheer for UND in the FCS playoffs if their team wasn't in it? Or, to put it another way, if both North Dakota schools were in the playoffs at the same time, would the FU faithful cheer for us if we were in the playoffs playing someone else? I'll answer both of them in two simple words: HECK NO. So I will be returning the favor to them and be cheering for every single team that plays them. That is not low class. That is how rivalries work. I don't think Auburn fans will be cheering for Alabama in the CFP just because "it's good for the whole state". So it is for UND and NDSU.

Agree 100% with this. Letting Bubba walk because he costs too much is not acceptable and should not even be discussed. We'll just end up where we were three years ago, with our team getting blown out at home and the visitor's section in The Al becoming a party zone. I don't want to go back to that. Do you? Faison and Kennedy need to figure out how to keep coaches that meet and exceed their job expectations or we'll just keep treading water.

I don't like how he left in the middle of a season......but I don't hate him or anything.

I suspect that is where he will end up when his NHL dreams don't come true.

Adam Tambellini http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=139582 Doesn't look like it paid off for him either.

"We didn't want him anyway." Gopher hockey fans have used that one for years, so expect something similar.

I imagine the quality of athletes being recruited is part of it. Also, the fact we are going head to head with schools like Montana State and winning recruiting battles is another reason for optimism.

The question now is, who will replace him? Another question is, will he miss the rest of the season with North Dakota?

Generally, they are considered the default favorite by a lot of people (not all of them Canadians either).

Didn't know you supported FU football. Oh, that's right, it's a cheap shot at me. Nice, really nice. Not that I give a rat's arse........

Canada is always considered the clear favorite every single year, so let them have that label if they want it. I think Team USA will benefit not having an entire nation follow their every move for two weeks.

Really? You think our fan base is going to cheer for the Blundering Turds? Come on, you should know better than that.

Don't feed him Goon, that is what he wants.

I don't think we are at the beginning of a long-term down period for this program. Just too many young guys and not enough established players.

Easy people, let's not turn on each other here. The team still has time to figure it out. But they better do that before the end of January.