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3 minutes ago, AJS said:
Here's what I got. There were a few teams that really were hit hard by graduation / portal (ISU-B, Youngstown, UNI). Some that weren't.
- 4 - Win or season over - Idaho St at home, San Diego at home, Murray St. at home, at ISU-B
- 4 - Tossup games - UNI at home, at Youngstown, USD at home, at Illinois State
- 1 - Not Likely - Montana at Home
- 3 - No past indicators of Victory games - Iowa St on the Road, NDSU on the Road, Jacks at Home
We are close!!
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17 minutes ago, Sioux94 said:
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 not do..... and do not matter.
A few categories to consider on the path to 6-6.
3 - Win or shoot yourself in the head games - Idaho St at Home, San Diego at Home, Murray St. at Home.
1 - Tossup game - Indiana State on the Road
4 - Not likely but need 2 games - Griz at Home, UNI at Home, Coyotes at Home, Ill St. on the Road.
4 - No past indicators of a Victory games - Iowa St on the Road, NDSU on the Road, Youngstown on the Road, Jacks at Home.
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1 minute ago, fightingsioux4life said:
You are assuming a lot about what will happen to these players in the future. Most of them will turn out just fine.
I guess man-crush is a trigger and some here need a coloring book and safe space. I think most can see my posts are laced with humor and sarcasm. On a completely serious note, I am saddened with the direction of college FB and UND being one of the have-nots that can't compete in this environment.
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31 minutes ago, UND1983 said:
Just gonna sit back and watch college athletics implode into something unrecognizable. Then have idiots blame the NCAA and AD's for it. But at least the kids got their bag for a few years.
Apparently young men that are left behind by their man-crush coach now have the right to do whatever they want. Newsflash, successful bosses and CEOs (most times) are not your friend. I don't think these man crushes are healthy. Man-crush Pawlak but fall into Danny's arms, got it.
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1 hour ago, UND08 said:
It's a new world...the kids won the battle...but they may end up losing the war as fans lose interest and choose not to donate to for-profit NIL collectives.
I think this ages well. Unless you are a major player, maybe 10-15% of programs are, it's an awfully rough journey ahead and more athletes will be hurt than helped by the Wild West footings college football is on.
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17 hours ago, NDRA said:Listened to Hagen's interview with Izzo today. Sounds like he was offered by Montana and Coastal Carolina in addition to Jacks. Said Pawlak leaving bothered him. Also noted that he liked the small town and Agriculture feel to the SDSU campus.
Imagine UND pulling a starting O-lineman from the Jacks or Montana.........it's not even on my list of possibilities.
Imagine being on a team for a few years, being a starter, then abandoning that team for another in conference team........wasn't on my list of possibilities, but is now I guess.
Sad thing is UND players probably had a going away party for him and they hugged and cried it out, 25 years ago probably throwing fists.
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3 hours ago, sioux24/7 said:
Idk the validity to it but I had heard Bubba had told Sam that his family partied too hard during tailgate.
That would be in the plus category for me.......
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39 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a @geaux_sioux sighting.
Welcome aboard the UND Football Titanic, iceberg ahead.
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20 hours ago, SiouxBundy said:
Spoke too soon ....Donny Ventrelli, NORTH DAKOTA, offensive lineman, has been invited to the Bears rookie camp! Congrats Donny!
That's the only one I was thinking.........
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9 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:and he’s gone
No rules NIL and the Portal has made a mockery of college football.
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13 minutes ago, CMSioux said:
Where are you placing the blame?
Mostly the NCAA. We can't babysit every single player 8 days a week to make sure they feel appreciated enough and compensated enough to stay at UND.
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1 hour ago, GoHawks said:
Its really sad isnt it. Is he going to Montana or SDSU?
I haven't tapped any of my sources but I would bet on SDSU or $50,000 NLI from an FBS school.
edit: I didn't think Pawlek was O-line coach at Griz, thought it was TE and Tackles, something hybrid with another coach that was Center/Guards. It appears now he is full O-line coach so Griz makes more sense to me now.
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7 minutes ago, GoHawks said:Startign RG Sam Hagen is in the portal
We can't keep a kid from Fordville, ND on the roster, holy crap.
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2 hours ago, Siouxperman8 said:
Is geaux_sioux ever coming back? Nothing since January 12?
If UND Football was a movie it would be Ground Hog's Day, some ups and downs and nuances throughout but we are stuck, over and over again we enter another off season with underwhelming talent, development, and coaching. On top of that when UND does develop a player that is recognized nationally the new normal is another school gives him $150,000 to transfer, edging out his next offer of $50,000 and pick of any truck on the lot. College football is lawless and declining. Big name Coaches are leaving. Soon FCS will be a pure development league for FBS. I understand the frustration with UND and with college football in general, hanging by a thread myself.
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14 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
Ridiculous proposition, although Chaves went with it, because as Tom Miller wrote in his article, Bubba won’t be here forever to save that ridiculous budgeting plan, if indeed true. The cold hard truth is UND football is not appropriately emphasized at UND. Money talks. If you also read Miller’s article, he makes perhaps the best point of all; it’s not what the head coach’s salary is that is correlated with success, but rather what the assistant coaches make that is in fact correlated with success. UND’s assistant coaches - namely coordinators - are not compensated like a championship program within the MVFC. SDSU and NDSU on the other hand…
It's true, have heard this, and the numbers show it. As hard as some have been on Bubba, would all of you do the same?? Our coordinators are better paid than Bubba.
The average of the top 3 HC's made $368,046. Bubba made 69.3% of this amount.
The average of the top 3 OC's made $120,381. Danny made 86.4% of this amount. (If Bubba was at 86.4% like Danny, that would be another $63,000)
The average of the top 3 DC's made $117,402. Joel made 75.3% of this amount. (not unreasonable for a 1st year DC)
Is it a good long-term strategy to expect the HC to take less money AND pass all increases onto assistants?? Nope!!
This is MVFC.
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33 minutes ago, UND08 said:
That's why my hopes are tempered here...he's a classic "tweener"...not big enough to play DE at the D1 level...not sure if he's quick enough to be an every-down MVFC OLB. If he was coming in as an 18 year old kid I'd be thrilled...but he's got one year. That's not a developmental signing...it's an impact signing. I really hope I'm wrong because by all accounts he's a great kid and a college grad...but we need help on D, and I'm not sure we're going to get much here.
Good observation that I agree with but I think this is a shot we take, agree with the attempt.
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1 minute ago, The Sicatoka said:
You got the job?
Close!! I am skinnier and my strength coach resume is not good and my beard has some red, but not the shaved head. 3 out of 4 isn't bad!!
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22 minutes ago, UND1983 said:
Speaking of our AD clown show, I saw yesterday its' been over 40 days since they fired the strength coach. Who is the new guy?
I have $20.00 that says he has a shaved head, is a little skinnier than Baukol, mostly red beard, and his resume is not impressive.
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Heading into last season there was a false narrative that our Jets (uncoverable) along with 5th year gun Slinger Tommy Gun along with the O-line whisperer Pawlak were going to be impossible to stop. (except for big games on the road of course, Boise, UNI, USD, SDSU) The O-line couldn't pass protect that well and maybe it was lack of talent but I tend to believe it was more on the OC's system, Danny 'new Jack hustler' Freund where if it wasn't a dink-n-dunk you needed a 5 second pocket. Center snaps sucked all season too, didn't help. So all the hype wasn't lived up to.
The 2024 narrative is currently the Titanic hit by a Nuke. If, and it's an (IMPORTANT IF) all the current players stick around and pull together it probably isn't as bad as it seems. With an administration lacking it's up to the new OC and players sticking together to give this thing we call 2024-25 UND football a chance.
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2 hours ago, Goon said:
Joe is gone. Kelly is in the know.
I pretty much announced this a week ago.........(on the 24th)
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College FB F'n sucks now. 1 year left to follow for family reasons then I am not wasting my time with this crap. Player and coach carousels is all it is. The FBS 12 team tournament will be interesting but besides that, CFB can burn itself down to the ground then only have themselves to blame.
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42 minutes ago, ND1 said:
Joe is going to Montana, unsure what role
Taking Rob Phenicie's position(most likely), who left for Bucknell to be OC. Griz position historically has been TE and Tackles.
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I researched. Pronounced "Fricktee" (Fruechte) Everyone is Welcome!!
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9 hours ago, siouxfan512 said:I'm not one to usually hope someone fails, but I really hope Landry fails and fails big. You just took a jump moving from the Pioneer League to the MVFC with UND and had a solid opportunity to make a mark in your hometown and your alma mater. That wasn't good enough, so you jump to your rival school within a week. I get wanting more money and a solid opportunity, but this move absolutely exposed a major character flaw. My exact words when I read about this was "F*$% this guy". I'd take Danny back in a second, but Jake can F*%& off for good. Don't ever step a foot back on campus. Pretty damn pathetic. And I really REALLY hope he flops for multiple reasons.
I don't know much about the new guy, but best of luck to him. He accepted a job in a bad situation. Maybe he shows some serious potential, but I have no idea what could be next for him. God willing, Bubba is gone after next season, and we find a solid replacement. If so, best of luck to Fruechte, whether he be retained or not. Can't have any less integrity than Landry. My hope is that he is our "Pat Shurmur of the Vikings" ... Understand what your best tools are and play to their strengths ... Don't ask your offense to be something they aren't.
UND should be embarrassed they let this happen.
NDSU should be embarrassed they are poaching unproven coaches from a rival school.
Landry should be embarrassed for being a POS, but in my experience POS people are never embarrassed.
To take this job right now means the guy has a ton of confidence and that's a good thing. Not to pile on Jake........on 2nd thought why not. I was concerned with Jake because my sources also said he was a real dumb dumb in school, barely eligible type dumb dumb. I wonder about his confidence level in his home town, his alma mater, the fear of everything imploding on him and lots people saying, ya, we knew he was a dumb dumb.(6 dumbs in a post, might be a record)
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The answer is obvious, this is a downgrade. Labels going into college(FBS/FCS) don't matter but with a few years development/game action the portal is placing guys at the right level. UND O-line is going to suck.