Sioux94

A couple of things..... We lost in the first round last year at home. We had both important coaches and players leave. Other than our NDSU win we continually sh*t the bed in playoff games or big games. Many on this board think we will barely go 6-6 this year. So it's no surprise we are not rated on top 25, seems like should at least be getting some votes though. As someone else mentioned....pollsters are figuring out who and what we are. Frustrating as hell we are not at least a lock to be in Top 25 to start every year, that should be the minimum.... especially when a few of the teams on there....I've barely heard of. Preseason polls don't matter, but they also do matter. It's a lot harder to climb up in the rankings when you don't even start being ranked. After 6 games....and if a team goes 4-2 but one started out preseason at #10 and that same team started out not even ranked, if they played the exact same teams.....the team who started out ranked number 10 will undoubtedly be ranked higher after 6 weeks than the unranked team. That is why I continually say preseason rankings do..... and do not matter.

Reminds me a little of Weah, short/stocky with some power and elusiveness.

SIU might be the new UNI? Big, fast athletes that look like dudes....and knock off FBS teams therefore get a high ranking....but can't put it all together for a full season.

https://herosports.com/fcs-football-2024-most-likely-fbs-wins-bzbz/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1o5TRBf7CSwU_RjkStQKaKwUm8um6NoPz0dFzU2Kf1hBP_2lrhPt8ustE_aem_AT5IrlIxdgqSee89Ey_u0wm0fEmNuEEMfrbvtMIAJzEtX4DBSSXXGdr_YQ6KdkuguEwn9YntJ3n9FnXvSti6pxjA Probably need a 2024 Non UND FCS thread but thought I'd put this here.

I hate to be too positive on here, but with a night game and a full crowd that is pumped it's possible that we catch lightning in a bottle for 3 hours and pull off an upset. Could be a three score loss though too, but I'm not going to write this one off as a loss quite yet. May change after seeing how we look against Iowa State the week before.

So we covered the cost of his tuition for a semester and got nothing out of it. If the coaches told him he wouldn't play that is one thing, but given our need to find safeties...what is the likelihood of that?

I know other schools will lose guys too, we are not alone. Still sucks though. A good OL guy is probably the worst to lose, but a good OL probably has the most opportunities in the portal as every school is always looking for another good OL player.

Hopefully we'll see Matt on the field some this fall.

Crap....here we go... hopefully not too many.

Most of us do understand that things do take some time, but they don't always have to take an eternity. Weber State was the doormat of the Big Sky when Jay Hill took over. In his 4th season he won the Big Sky, well tied for 1st, and made the quarterfinals that year. They won or tied for Big Sky the next three years after that and made it to the semi finals in his 6th year. His first year when he took over a crap team they were not very good but Weber came into the Alerus and beat us. That and the continued horrible road record and so often not showing up in big games or playoff games, and not being able to decide when to go for 2 or not are basic, but still having blunders after 10 years........is the reason why many are not happy about an extension.

Thanks, not sure why I thought it was last weekend.

Wasn't the spring wrap up on Friday, any revelations or news from that?

Yes it would make a difference IMO. But all of the resources in the world wouldn't have prevented the dumb fake punt against NDSU or poor two point conversion choices. Or the ability to get your team up for games. We crushed NDSU at home, so we just have some talent....but we were flat the rest of the year.

Oh I totally get it....that's why I said I agree with what he said, how you finish the season is the only thing that really matters. But can you honestly even fathom the thought of UND football bring ranked #1 at any point during the season. I can't.

Yep. Although UND football would sure love to even just be ranked the #1 team in the country at some point during the season. Football team hasn't even sniffed that in two decades.

I am too, not only the new wrinkles but also to see the impact of having a different QB. You would think the QB battle would be some that everyone would be talking about right now, but haven't heard much of anything. I did see Miller had an article not too long ago but I was unable to read it. I had an online subscription last fall so I could read the football articles, but then cancelled it in January. Which even before without a subscription I could read one or two periodically but now I can't read any without paying for subscriptions. So not being able to read any articles probably makes me feel more out of the loop, but has also been little to no discussion on here. Think I saw the spring wrap up thing is today?

This has got to be as dead on here as it's ever been during spring ball

I guess his son is their DL coach.....which obviously has a lot to do with it.

Pretty impressive get for the Griz

After firing Mussman, yes the initial goal was to be competitive, which Bubba has done that. But we really have taken very few strides since 2016. Our playoff games have been for the most part pretty embarrassing. I felt embarrassed during the first half of that Weber State playoff game. Score ended up being a lot closer than the game really was. Got steam rolled by Nicholls.........yes Nicholls State. Embarrassing.

I apologize in advance if I become a pessimistic dick at times over the next four years. Come game time I'll still be rooting hard, but if things go south it's going to be hard to stay positive.....at all.

Bubba had two more years left on his contract already, we weren't ditching him. Bubba has hit his ceiling, I'd rather risk it on a guy with a lower floor but higher ceiling. Since 2016 UND football has not progressed at all really. While the new coach may not consistently beat the SU's.....we already know Bubba can't. It's nice to have hope, now we already know what we are going to be getting the next 4 years. Mediocre football, with one regular season win at home against a slightly better than average team. But zero big wins. NDSU win last was the exception to the rule last year. Likely a 20 point NDSU win this fall.

His kickoff will definitely be remembered for a long time. Not quite as big as the Mooney strip and score...but that kickoff was electric!!

I'm guessing he meant it as in his current job he does work hard ....and has good results. But if mediocrity is acceptable and you get promoted.....he should stop working as hard so he only gets average results.....so he could get an extension like Bubba.......and make a million dollars over the next four years. I for one thing Bubba does work hard. He is just not the guy to get us to the top of the mountain.

Danny could have taken over after the 2025 season, no need to wait until 2027. Or even someone else other than Danny. Sure Bubba will get us our 6-7 wins and there is no guarantee what the next coach will do. But I'd rather risk seeing what someone else can do....even if it means the new guy sucks and is canned after 3 years. I'd rather risk it for the chance the new coach could be better and make us a contender. It's been 10 freaking years of mediocrity.....now we have to sit on our hands and watch another 4 years of the same predictable thing......F that. Ok the funny part about my comment above is me saying a UND coach would get canned after 3 years. We know that would never happen...unless he went 0-11 for three straight years.