Dustin

Had to make up a position to save everybody’s face.

Agree. I don’t get the appeal of him as a candidate. I was floored when he moved up considering his less than stellar defenses here.

IIRC, Darrell passed away a couple/few years ago.

I'm holding out hope for Tupac.

The guys with the USD and SDSU connections intrigue me the most. They would know and share the frustrations of trying to beat NDSU. Eric and Luke have connections to some of the darkest days of UND football, so I am a little leery with those two.

Assuming for both ways. Keeping the guys you want, and bringing the guys you want.

If those two games had gone our way, the belief of the team may have been enough to get at least one more.

That would be some turn of events.

To be fair, he had no say in their recruitment, so he was just playing the cards dealt. Maybe none of them fit his vision for a QB. Not saying Freuchte should be the next HC, just that I am going to hold judgement until he gets his guy in the system.

I certainly was last year. He may be even more valuable now after some time at SDSU.

Of anyone on the current staff, he would be the one. Least amount of time in the program and the freshest look of outside ideas. How many UND coaches have ever had FBS and NFL experience?

It shouldn't. I hope they win for the sake of the seniors, and all players, and really, even Bubba. But Bubba shouldn't be coaching for his job this Saturday. He should be coaching the last game of his career regardless.

South Dakota (Vermillion) has the biggest advantage of the Dakota schools as far as proximity to FBS schools: Nebraska (Lincoln) - 173 miles Ames (Iowa State) - 220 miles Minnesota (Minneapolis), Kansas (Lawrence), Kansas State (Manhattan), and Iowa (Iowa CIty) - all less than 350 miles

Geography doing us no favors. The closest FBS school is 315 miles (Minnesota, obviously), then the next closest 3 are all over 500 miles away (Iowa State, Nebraska, Wisconsin). Maybe the Blue Bombers having a run of recent success will increase the football talent pool in the Winnipeg area, where we'd have geography working on our side.

I still think Tupac is a step above the later years of Pryor when one eye was out the door, and incredibly better than Tiffin. They’ve been in most sets this year. You have remember how low the program sank after the glory years. But I wouldn’t give Tupac a lifetime contract, or even an extension. The W-L record must be better next year or the leash is getting short.

I don’t agree with this, but he does seem incapable of recognizing the situation.

I think he meant most of the season. With the exception of the top two teams in FCS, the offense has put up plenty of points that a capable defense should not allow more.

Chaves started before Armacost, correct?

Then that’s what probably will happen.

So was this a good win?

As a UND fan with his eyes on the future, what is the preferred outcome? I've been thinking losses to help revamp the coaching staff. What else do we stand to lose by losing? Maybe a better question is what do we stand to gain from winning?

I see what you did there.

For most, it was at the end of last season.

I couldn't bear to hang around Sioux Sports after the last two football games, so I'm way behind. Could you bring me up to speed on "the picture"?

Just as I am sure everybody in the WCHA would have picked Minnesota.