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Somebody should make a 2 deep projection chart. We should be as good as we've ever been a 2 deep CB with Holm coming back this year.

It’s a lot different this time of year now, with the early signing period.

Yep, other than fans of FCS schools nobody cares about FCS football. Just like none of us care too much about what happens in DII now. It's not going to happen, but if NDSU and UND moved up to FBS, we'd go back to not caring about FCS football, although we'd still recognize the games when we see them roll across Sports Center. Growing up I knew there was a Division I-AA, a gap between the big schools and UND/NDSU. I grew up in Western ND and have always loved football, and had not much of a clue that Montana was a top team in I-AA. I remember after graduating I worked at place in mid 90's and he was from Montana and telling me about how good the Grizzlies were in football. I had no clue if they were Montana or Montana State. That's where I find it funny about NDSU fans. Not all, but some really think the football world revolves around Fargo ND. That Iowa reporter that mocked them was spot on.

1000% all of this post, totally agree...particular the end result of competitive gap widening significantly.

I'd say 7-4 is the most probably best case scenario also. However I'd say 8-3 could happen if everything went near perfect. Loss to K State, Loss to NDSU, one other loss. If we did that, that would be a great year.....assuming we didn't then follow it up with a loss in playoffs.

Even going back to the glory DII days.....there are times where we lost to teams we shouldn't have, or had really close games with teams we were much better than. But actually I think this happens to 95% of teams out there. Heck even NDSU lost to USD when USD wasn't very good. I remember Weber taking NDSU into the 4th quarter within 7 points, and that was when they were still bottom of the Big Sky in around 2013 or something like that. It happens in football, it will happen continue to happen to UND on occasion. I just hope we don't find that one crappy team in the MVFC that gives us fits every year....like Idaho State.

Hopefully we don’t find an Idaho State in the MVFC.

We do, and so does everybody else or NDSU will continue to win it all, 8 out of 9 years, or whatever it is. I'd say realistically it's probably 75% chance they win at least 2 out of the next 3. This was the year they were supposed to be vulnerable, and ended up undefeated. Hell, even with how good JMU supposedly is, NDSU beats them at least 3 out of 4 times.

Hopefully Bubba wasn't watching how the JMU coach handled the game. The clock management the last drive was piss poor. How about that double pass play on the last drive, reminiscent of our double reverse except the overcame it and got the first down. I only watched the last few minutes of the game, I guess there was a fake field goal, also NDSU QB ran for a TD on 3rd and 23. We'd be calling for a coaches heads if all of those things happened in one game.

Perhaps we need to start a new thread called 3-4 vs 4-3

I agree with this, we weren't going to get some big splash of a coach. If they felt confident in him, hire him and don't give any new recruits to have any doubts. Really hope he can step up and be solid!

He also got out of his comfort zone and hired Danny as OC, and got up with the times. I think if he finds somebody who he thinks will be really really good, if that guy's style is 4-3 I think he'd go with it. Bubba is head coach right, he's not calling the defensive plays. I get your point though, but I think Bubba would be smart enough to catch on the ways of the 4-3 as long as he isn't the primary implementer of if. All that said....I could be totally wrong lol

Condolences for the Schweigert family. This sure hasn't been a very good Christmas break for UND Athletics

Wow seeing that pic really brings it home and makes it more real, best wishes Hunter!

Yeah I am waiting for when NDSU starts losing a few games and goes two straight years without winning it all, then we will see what they are like. I’m so sick of NDSU fans thanking other teams for putting up a good effort and making the game close, acting all friendly and stuff. Wait until they lose a couple, many will become unhinged. It’s easy to be nice when every other fan base has to kiss your a$$. Although the way things are going that will be a while. With Lance only being a freshman, can almost pencil him in for playing in three Championship games.

We held MSU to 12 points with a lot of reserves starting on the DL. NDSU will have no trouble containing them when needed. NDSU’s offense will likely wake up this week. I’ll say 31-17 NDSU. That is giving MSU benefit of the doubt, could be down 21 by halftime.

And also playoff games

Let's hope he gets more than 10 catches a year. We still didn't utilize TE much this year. I think Danny and the new QB's will end up throwing to him, hopefully he can end up being a pretty reliable weapon. Maybe can put him on punt rush team too....like Cloyd....get those long arms in there and get a block!

For whatever reason seems like hardly anybody has mentioned the new OL coach or called him out. I'm sure this was his idea, he needs to take some responsibility for that bonehead move. We all thought we were getting an upgrade at OL coach, opposite results on the field this year however. If we can get a running game with this passing game, then we've got something. OL coach better show his worth this next year or he needs to be gone. I guess we all thought he was good because he came from Iowa, he needs to show something.

Heck ya, with Boltmann at QB.......Skokna and McKinney in backfield with McKinney as the option back.

I agree with your version more. I don't see SDSU as a Push....unless they are graduating a LOT. Losing Rodgers is going to be a big loss for us, obviously Bennett too but I think our biggest lost will be Rodgers.

No doubt, not one part of today's game was fun to watch. And honestly, by mid 3rd quarter I stopped yelling at the TV and getting worked up, just felt like we had nothing today. By the end of the game I wasn't even pissed anymore.....I was over it...in a sense. Don't get me wrong, I am pissed in general, but not like pissed when you lose at the end of the game. It's sad when by the end of the game your emotions are already gone because you are so use to this.

So who does Bubba let go to try and show he is making a change. Six years in and no playoff wins. Should be written in stone in contract, if you coach six years and have zero playoff wins, you are let go.

This game wasn’t fun to watch, not at all. Really no part of the game seemed fun to watch or did it look like we were going to win. The whole game we kept waiting for something to happen, but it never did. Nicholls controlled the game from start to finish.

Yeah that was ridiculous but sums things up!