fightingsioux4life

What is your major malfunction son? This whole fiasco has affected the student-athletes more than it will ever affect any of us. I suppose you think YOUR opinion is more important than this young man's. Guess again.....it is not. If anyone is whining here, it is YOU. So stick a sock in it.

Okay, that is fair enough.

This program is really not that far away from being a national contender. Just win those non-conference games and they'll be there.

I wasn't really talking about student attitudes; I was referring to what the athletic department and, just as importantly, the Office of President thinks our goals and expectations should be. And unless you are working to be a national title contender in FCS and an annual contender to make the NCAA basketball tournament in both men's and women's basketball, then you are a mid-major Division I school for all the wrong reasons. And I didn't leave hockey out on purpose; those programs already have those expectations ingrained into their cultures. Winning solves a lot of problems, so we just need to sit back and be patient.

NO to Nodaks and NO to Sundogs. Any of the other options I could live with.

Those should be our expectations regardless of what the Ag College does or doesn't do.

We must remember that this generation of students knows only losing and losing badly. They have no concept of a UND football program as a national contender playing and beating good teams at home. It will come with time.

Well, they did have two big-time concerts this past summer (The Eagles and Def Leppard). But yes, they need to start treating UND football better.

My point was Ira is clearly not able to be objective about a position battle if one of the candidates is from Detroit Lakes. That has been a pattern I have noticed over the years, I just haven't commented on it until now. Otherwise, I think Ira brings a good perspective on the program that the rest of us cannot provide. I guess I am just sick of people acting like we are 0-5 and struggling instead of 4-1 and improving day by day, week by week. Let's just roll with the punches (good and bad) and enjoy the ride. I actually like the process of building a program as I do the results when the pieces are in place for a title run.

Go start your own thread so you can slobber over Minnehaha Dix some more.

It is a fact that certain posters on this forum defend certain players from certain towns all the time, whether it is warranted or not.

And I also remember Chris Bellmore rallying us from behind against GVSU at home in the 2004 Division II playoff quarterfinals with two touchdown drives. Both Bellmore and Manke were good, solid (but not great) QBs who were more than good enough to win us games with the kind of defenses we had back then. Which is what Bubba wants us to get back to. And I think we are on our way to doing that. People need to stop acting like we are 0-5 and at least try to enjoy the success we have had so far this year. This is a process and it won't happen overnight. The wait will be well worth it.

Based on the fact that we are 4-1 in Bubba's second season and he has exactly one recruiting class of his own to work with, I think he has earned our trust. Two years from now.....we will have to wait and see what happens.

Just stating facts. Facts that a lot of people on here don't seem to have the guts to state.

Sorry, but I don't think Mollberg has proven he can play at this level and I am not afraid to come out and say so. I am mocking the people that are so fixated on having Studsrud replaced when we are freaking 4-1 and are close to being nationally ranked for the first time in a long time. I have faith in this coaching staff and if they think a change needs to be made at QB, they will make it. By the way, you are hardly an impartial voice on this topic, since you vociferously back any and every player that has ever come out of Detroit Lakes. Back in 2004, you and a couple of others on here (don't remember who they were) complained non-stop about how bad Chris Bellmore was at QB and that Reed Manke should have the job handed to him because he's a "born winner" and whatever else you guys said. Once he got in there, he was a good QB, but not the world-beater you guys were claiming. Unlike the previous staff, I trust Bubba and company to make good decisions regarding this program. With the progress we have made the last two years, I don't see why they shouldn't be trusted.

Well, when you are so fixated on one particular player (cough, cough, Mollberg, cough, cough) playing again, that is what happens. People also have to understand that the area of the team that was hit the hardest with defections after the coaching change was the offense, more specifically, the WR position. That will take a couple of years to fix. And the O-line is still a work in progress; although it is light years ahead of where it was even last year.

This franchise is going in the right direction for the first time in as long as I can remember (pre Denny Green era). Doesn't mean I'm not ticked off about how today ended, though.

%$#&@! .500 here we come.

23-20 Broncos with less than 2 minutes left. It's Teddy Time!

B.S. PI call on Rhodes. I call that the "Help Peyton Manning win" paradigm!

Because a bunch of people are all bent out of shape because Mollberg isn't starting at QB.

ummm, I guess we'll find out as the season progresses.

Oh, so you miss Mollberg dancing around for 5 seconds after the ball is snapped and then throwing off his back foot? I sure don't. The kid is just too inconsistent and too unpredictable for my taste.

Idaho State sounds like us two years ago. I really like being on the other side of that for a change!

I believe some people on here are absolutely obsessed with getting Mollberg back onto the field at QB. I don't see that happening. If the coaches want to make a change at QB, Bartels probably would get the nod. But he isn't all that mobile and with our O-line issues, that isn't a good combination. Let's just enjoy the 4-1 start and get pumped up for Homecoming next Saturday.