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Did I read that Joe and Landry coached together at some point?

63 tackles, 2 INT, and 5 passes defended. 2 and 5 seams low, no? I really don't know. Is there a ratio to expect for DB's or is that not really a thing? (I literally don't have a clue) If that is low, was that a player issue or scheme issue?

lol. My wife thinks we should move to GF because I seem to like it so much (I annoy her with random facts). This would actually make me consider that offer...

UNI game this year?

Did he pass away?

That was a FUN Series to watch! Love Geno Parish. Love the "student broadcast" talk in the beginning, which was obviously in defense of screwing up NDSU/UND (lol). Thought they were gonna address that specifically for a second.

I think Miami has a commitment issue and they should be kicked out of the league. Fiscal 2022 they somehow had a lower overall budget and lower travel budget than they did in 2016. Their NCHC.TV broadcast is probably a good indication of their current commitment level. Just kinda guessing, but pair that with the comments from their AD, and I don't think changing the coach will fix anything.

If you dig deeper there are some pretty nasty looking stats.

Is there any chance at all of Freund to St. Thomas?

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/und-expected-to-name-grand-forks-native-jake-landry-as-offensive-coordinator?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

Jake Landry, a former player for Rod Carey at North Dakota, joined the Temple Football staff in 2019 as an analyst following one season as the running backs coach at NIU. He was promoted to quarterbacks coach in 2021. Pretty sure he was only the QB coach at Temple for the 2021 season. Their offense wasn't good, to say the least. They scored 10 points or less in 6 games that season.

I see Pike, Bemidji OC was actually with Iowa western CC college for some time before becoming a hs head coach for a couple years, so he knows what talent looks like. https://www.goreivers.com/sports/fball/former Also, given that he was at a quality CC, he may have some contacts that would help in the transfer portal. I think I'd take him, between the two.

I do like that he has FBS experience. I want a guy who has experience around some better athletes. Not mandatory, but that is a plus vs a D2 guy without any D1 experience. At the same time, D2 is probably better FB than the Pioneer, and having a high scoring offense out of Bemidji is impressive. I'd take the one with the more bubbly personality, to offset Bubba, who has the energy of Bert from Seseme Street.

https://tommiesports.com/sports/football/stats/2023 Meh

Griz landed a QB transfer https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4605998/logan-fife

Danny could choose to retain the OC. Given that UND was trying to pay Danny more money to stay and remain the OC at UND, I don't think people will view it like that (UND hiring an FCS position coach). It's not like he was demoted. The more I think about it, the more I think he plans to come back.

Also, it's gotta be tough if you're an OC when the head coach doesn't want to retire, and you want, and are ready, to be head coach for the same team. Danny being successful would have increased the likelihood of a Bubba extension, blocking his path to the head coaching job. A dilemma.

Searching his name on this forum and going back to the oldest posts is fairly interesting... helps to provide some of that context to the decision at the time.

WOW! I just found the best thing ever. Click here -> https://www.midmajormadness.com/2019/11/4/20946421/ncaa-basketball-head-coach-contract-salary-database-mid-major-2019-20 Database of like 150 D1 contracts, including Sathers. It doesn't seem to have the extended version of the contract, though.

Not sure if this includes bonuses, but it looks possible that Danny made more at UND than Lujan did at SDSU. I think he expected Bubba to hand over the reigns, and he left because that didn't happen. Just a guess. Kinda think the move was more about UND than SDSU. https://openpayrolls.com/zachary-d-lujan-120421082

SDSU head coach!

I never said in cash "reserves", specifically. Some if it is in reserve funds and a lot of it isn't. And I'm not saying that there is a boogeyman. I don't think anyone is being swindled. My speculation is that there could be some disagreement with how some of the money could be spent, so it just isn't spent at all. Their liabilities are mostly either payables to UND for various reasons or deferred revenue. From what I can tell, they don't have lenders either. My overall point isn't that anyone is stealing money or anything like that. It's that there is money that can be better utilized to help other programs, and money doesn't necessarily need to be taken away from hockey in order to do it.

Don't leave out poaching some of their talent! One can dream lol.

I like both sports as well. I started out as a hockey fan, mainly, because I grew up playing and because I knew some people on the team. The reason I became a big FB fan was because I could never get my friends to go to games with me, because "we suck" (Mussman days).. One of the friends grew up in Fargo and would even follow Bison FB. I want the FB program to get better so that my friends are interested enough to watch both sports. FB could absolutely have one of the best fan bases in the country - the potential is there! That's why I harp so much on the usage agreement with the REA. I think it's important to note, however, that the weight room renovation and locker room were paid for, entirely, by a donation from the Engelstad Foundation. REA/UND money was not used for those projects. The scoreboard was 4 million Engelstad Foundation money and 2 Million REA money. This differentiation is important because the money for the weight room and locker room renovations, specifically, could not have gone to other programs. There IS a bunch of money sitting over there, but from what I can tell, it isn't really being re invested in athletics. My point is that reworking the usage agreement wouldn't necessarily hurt the hockey program at all. I get that the usage agreement will not be changed until 2030, but if there are funding issues for FB or any of the sports at the Betty, I will bring this up. The REA needs to be more transparent with their planning process if they aren't going to distribute more money to UND at the end of the year. If they are holding excess cash than what is needed for day to day operations, and if they are not distributing it to UND at the end of the year, and if they are not putting it in their restricted improvements fund (where UND has more oversight as to how it is spent), then that is a problem, imo.