2023 Football Season

[Siouxperfan7]

1 hour ago, iramurphy said:

Might stop taping over shoes. Smith tapes over both shoes. Doesn’t do anything for ankles but 2-3 inches of bottom of his shoes are covered with adhesive tape. 

[shep]

23 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

The aTm HC is $75M alone.
The staff is another $50M-ish. 

Jimbo gets $26,000 a day for life

[The Sicatoka]

38 minutes ago, shep said:

Jimbo gets $26,000 a day for life

Does that come with a big poster check? 

[Oxbow6]

Does a 6-5 season with another year without a playoff game warrant another contract extension?

 

......asking for Dabo.

[UND1983]

11 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Does a 6-5 season with another year without a playoff game warrant another contract extension?

 

......asking for Dabo.

You're a winner.  Pissin' it all day

[Oxbow6]

39 minutes ago, UND1983 said:

You're a winner.  Pissin' it all day

Figured a tool like you would take the bait.  That was too easy. Carry on Stuart......

[CMSioux]

Just about time for the geniuses to turn their focus on how unhappy they are with the basketball programs. 

[AJS]

23 hours ago, nodak651 said:

I seriously think the news guys in Fargo are a huge part of that.  They bash the FCS constantly, and ironically, they sound like UND hockey fans from 10-15 years ago, when they were comparing hockey and fcs football.  They'd say the FCS was JV, that it wasn't the best competition, nobody cares, no casual interest nationally, etc.  All a pointless argument really.  It's pretty crazy the Fargo media bashes the product that they invest so much time and money in to cover.  Especially when an FBS invite doesn't seem to be coming, and because if NDSU did go FBS, WDAY would lose their TV rights.

I've had the same type of thought. I understand pushing for the FBS move, but it could be done in a way that doesn't completely bash the FCS. McFeely is by far the worst, Izzo toes the line a bit better. I've thought multiple times listening to them how bizarre it is to bash the product you cover. 

[AJS]

I'm a huge fan of handling the Covid year this way.

UND football viewing Illinois State game as a playoff matchup - Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, East Grand Forks news, weather & sports

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"We might be doing it different than other people," Schweigert said. "We are going to honor all of the guys listed as seniors on our roster including the guys who are academic seniors. We don't know about our roster moving forward, and we're going to honor those guys. If we honor them this year and next year, so be it."

 

[UND1983]

1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:

Figured a tool like you would take the bait.  That was too easy. Carry on Stuart......

Say something stupid then act like it was bait.  Carry on loser...oh wait I mean winner

[UND1983]

1 hour ago, CMSioux said:

Just about time for the geniuses to turn their focus on how unhappy they are with the basketball programs. 

Ralphie and the clowns are getting pretty tiresome

[Oxbow6]

9 minutes ago, UND1983 said:

Say something stupid then act like it was bait.  Carry on loser...oh wait I mean winner

Hahaha.......pretty sure throwing out Dabo and Bubba in the same sentence awhile back to give some justification to the last 10 years of UND FB was stupid. We can agree there. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

On 11/13/2023 at 4:47 PM, Sioux>Bison said:

Lots of farmers still trying to get corn out of their fields and deer hunting have a big impact on attendance this time of year

would having night games help since you can't hunt after dark......unless you own a lifted f150 with flood lights and have a bac of .26?

[The Sicatoka]

16 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

would having night games help since you can't hunt after dark......unless you own a lifted f150 with flood lights and have a bac of .26?

We don’t need details of your Saturday nights. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

22 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

We don’t need details of your Saturday nights. 

u mean @gfhockey ?

[Siouxperman8]

Hunter Pinke's take on Kostich as special teams coach. 

https://x.com/hunter_pinke/status/1723402985328550200?s=20 

 

When is Shawn Kostich going to get the recognition he deserves? All his ST units do is help win games. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, he’s one of the best ST coaches in the country regardless of level!

[fightingsioux4life]

1 hour ago, Siouxperman8 said:

Hunter Pinke's take on Kostich as special teams coach. 

https://x.com/hunter_pinke/status/1723402985328550200?s=20 

When is Shawn Kostich going to get the recognition he deserves? All his ST units do is help win games. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, he’s one of the best ST coaches in the country regardless of level!

So maybe Kostich should take over when Bubba retires? 

[iramurphy]

Hunter’s perspective comes from a guy who played FB at UND and played on special teams. This is from a man of character who has tackled adversity with courage and distinction. (This will not sit well with those who are not in the “arena”.  Those “who point out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better”).

Hunter’s place “shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat”.  (Apologies to Teddy Roosevelt). 

 Hunter’s perspective comes from his personal experience.  It is different than the perspective of those whose experience is from the outside looking in.  

[UND-FB-FAN]

10 hours ago, Siouxperman8 said:

Hunter Pinke's take on Kostich as special teams coach. 

https://x.com/hunter_pinke/status/1723402985328550200?s=20 

 

When is Shawn Kostich going to get the recognition he deserves? All his ST units do is help win games. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, he’s one of the best ST coaches in the country regardless of level!

Shawn Kostich is a good coach. He’s not the issue with the program.
 

The “leaders” of this program aren’t getting the job done, so we all know who’s been deficient in that regard. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

8 hours ago, iramurphy said:

Hunter’s perspective comes from a guy who played FB at UND and played on special teams. This is from a man of character who has tackled adversity with courage and distinction. (This will not sit well with those who are not in the “arena”.  Those “who point out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better”).

Hunter’s place “shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat”.  (Apologies to Teddy Roosevelt). 

 Hunter’s perspective comes from his personal experience.  It is different than the perspective of those whose experience is from the outside looking in.  

You hit an obvious (but good) point. When the season is over, what will the current players say is the reason this team failed to capture the momentum and capitalize after the NDSU win? That inside perspective will be most valuable for Chaves … 

A debrief, or end-of-season review, as you’d say. 

[iramurphy]

1 hour ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

You hit an obvious (but good) point. When the season is over, what will the current players say is the reason this team failed to capture the momentum and capitalize after the NDSU win? That inside perspective will be most valuable for Chaves … 

A debrief, or end-of-season review, as you’d say. 

You are correct. Every organization must do a self reflection on a regular basis regarding what went well and why, and then how to improve on the strengths of the organization moving forward. They must also review where goals weren’t met, where the organization failed and why. 
The administration, the coaches and especially the players must do an honest self reflection.  Players need to hold themselves accountable and along with the coaching staff outline a plan to improve in every facet of their game on the field, off the field, on the practice field, the film room and in the classroom. 
The coaching staff as a team and individually need to do the same. 
Admin also must self reflect. Do these coaches and players have the necessary resources to be Champions?  If not admin needs to move the program forward. They have to continue to improve what we do well and strengthen our weaknesses. 
Every year they must evaluate and decide if we not only have the necessary resources but do we have the right people in place to manage those resources to move the program to the conference and national championship level we all want for UND. That will require the tough decisions regarding personnel. If and when changes are made that change must be managed to minimize disruption to the University, to staff, to players, to the program and to us as fans. It’s complicated and difficult. 

I believe we have the talent to have won the USD game and it’s a game we should have won. There are no excuses for UNI and USD and I know they are good teams. If we play mistake free, we can compete with SDSU ( on any given day).
It’s frustrating when we are so close, but are inconsistent.  If we can win Saturday, and are fortunate enough to make the playoffs, we are good enough to be competitive against even the best.  At this point in the season nothing matters except Saturday’s game. The rest (including my opinion) is just noise from the outside looking in.  We can sort out blame and accountability after the season. 

[Kab]

Hoping the students show up 

need a lot of fans and noise on Saturday 

[gfhockey]

3 minutes ago, Kab said:

Hoping the students show up 

need a lot of fans and noise on Saturday 

Doubt it. Team lost all traction in iowa

[gfhockey]

1 minute ago, HoopsFan03 said:

Plus there is home hockey. All the students will be getting ready for that

And hunting

[Irish]

56 minutes ago, iramurphy said:

You are correct. Every organization must do a self reflection on a regular basis regarding what went well and why, and then how to improve on the strengths of the organization moving forward. They must also review where goals weren’t met, where the organization failed and why. 
The administration, the coaches and especially the players must do an honest self reflection.  Players need to hold themselves accountable and along with the coaching staff outline a plan to improve in every facet of their game on the field, off the field, on the practice field, the film room and in the classroom. 
The coaching staff as a team and individually need to do the same. 
Admin also must self reflect. Do these coaches and players have the necessary resources to be Champions?  If not admin needs to move the program forward. They have to continue to improve what we do well and strengthen our weaknesses. 
Every year they must evaluate and decide if we not only have the necessary resources but do we have the right people in place to manage those resources to move the program to the conference and national championship level we all want for UND. That will require the tough decisions regarding personnel. If and when changes are made that change must be managed to minimize disruption to the University, to staff, to players, to the program and to us as fans. It’s complicated and difficult. 

I believe we have the talent to have won the USD game and it’s a game we should have won. There are no excuses for UNI and USD and I know they are good teams. If we play mistake free, we can compete with SDSU ( on any given day).
It’s frustrating when we are so close, but are inconsistent.  If we can win Saturday, and are fortunate enough to make the playoffs, we are good enough to be competitive against even the best.  At this point in the season nothing matters except Saturday’s game. The rest (including my opinion) is just noise from the outside looking in.  We can sort out blame and accountability after the season. 

You are 100% correct that this is the process every team (and organization) needs to do.  The main issue with us is that we have the same group doing the review that did it in 2021 (after a 5-6 season and the Bison game debacle) and concluded that even though Bubba's contract wasn't up that the best thing to do was give him an extension.