2024 UND Football

[McBuckets]

1 minute ago, HoopsFan03 said:

This one hurts.....

I’m going to miss Stevens

[shep]

Now can someone put a list of the replacements for all of the transfers?

To see it in writing makes the OL situation look really disconcerting.

[The Sicatoka]

42 minutes ago, AJS said:

29 total

Glass half full: That's about a big recruiting class. That's about what you should lose annually. 

[AJS]

I know we don't do optimism here very well but let's try. At the very least, I have questions that I don't know the answers to. Concentrating exclusively on the offense. I would make the argument that things went perfectly this off-season with the QB, RB, WR, TE positional groups. if I was the GM, everything would have happened according to plan. I believe the portal exits of Schuster and Wright were mutual. We'll see if that was the right call on Schuster, but I'm happy they did it. Turnover in general is healthy (there's an ideal amount). Those four positional groups had the ideal amount. Key Covid year returners in Belquist and Vaughn. 

 

Offensive-Line. There's a huge difference as well between Graduates / Portal exits in the Fall vs Spring. 

1. How did the Coaching staff feel about the O-Line following Spring ball.
   • Starting 5
   • Two-Deep
2. Was Egunjobi part of the two-deep following Spring ball, or was his exit directly tied with his "rank" within the group
3. Do they feel confident they have a starting 5 as things stand right now.
   • Are the guys they are offering in the portal right now players that they NEED to start? Or are they more key reserves?

I really have no idea on any of those O-Line questions. All very important.

[shep]

When I talked to the OC in February he mentioned Hagen as a starting G and Borud was in the mic at C

[geaux_sioux]

21 hours ago, McBuckets said:

I’m going to miss Stevens

Miss is the word i associate with Steven’s too

[The Sicatoka]

6 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

Miss is the word i associate with Steven’s too

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a @geaux_sioux sighting. 

[gundy1124]

39 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a @geaux_sioux sighting. 

Welcome aboard the UND Football Titanic, iceberg ahead.

[sioux24/7]

53 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

Miss is the word i associate with Steven’s too

Seeing you return is like smelling the fresh cut grass. Football is back baby. 

[Siouxperfan7]

23 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Glass half full: That's about a big recruiting class. That's about what you should lose annually. 

Also "Covid year" guys add to that total.  

[SiouxHawkGuy]

Montana - night game

[F'n Hawks]

3 minutes ago, SiouxHawkGuy said:

Montana - night game

Will be a long day of tailgating!

[ND1]

2 minutes ago, F'n Hawks said:

Will be a long day of tailgating!

I believe the Alerus/UND are planning big things that day.  I have heard they are looking at a live band/concert in the parking lot that afternoon 

[F'n Hawks]

5 minutes ago, ND1 said:

I believe the Alerus/UND are planning big things that day.  I have heard they are looking at a live band/concert in the parking lot that afternoon 

Good to hear. The tailgate deck thing for the NDSU game was nice last year.

[forksandspoons]

1 hour ago, ND1 said:

I believe the Alerus/UND are planning big things that day.  I have heard they are looking at a live band/concert in the parking lot that afternoon 

That would be awesome 

[Sioux94]

3 hours ago, SiouxHawkGuy said:

Montana - night game

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. 

[fightingsioux4life]

7 hours ago, SiouxHawkGuy said:

Montana - night game

If Dale Lennon was still here, he would insist that the game be played at 1pm. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

13 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

If Dale Lennon was still here, he would insist that the game be played at 1pm. 

If Dale Lennon was still here, the program would be able to win playoff games.

[UND-FB-FAN]

22 hours ago, gundy1124 said:

Welcome aboard the UND Football Titanic, iceberg ahead.

Sure seems that way. Will Bubba’s buddies ever see the light? Nice guy, but can’t compete at the highest level. Too nice; nervous guy vibes rub off on his teams, and he just wont retire…

[siouxfan512]

12 hours ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Sure seems that way. Will Bubba’s buddies ever see the light? Nice guy, but can’t compete at the highest level. Too nice; nervous guy vibes rub off on his teams, and he just wont retire…

I guess I wouldn't retire either if they were going to keep paying me to do the same thing. Not going to bash to the level of saying he does nothing, but he isn't taking us to the next level. But as a guy who enjoys a paycheck, I'd take the money if they kept giving it to me too.

[SIOUXFAN97]

20 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said:

I guess I wouldn't retire either if they were going to keep paying me to do the same thing. Not going to bash to the level of saying he does nothing, but he isn't taking us to the next level. But as a guy who enjoys a paycheck, I'd take the money if they kept giving it to me too.

exactly....this idea that bubba was just going to voluntarily say...."i don't need this money...this is your team now danny".....

[SiouxHawkGuy]

29 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

exactly....this idea that bubba was just going to voluntarily say...."i don't need this money...this is your team now danny".....

Shoulda been canned after sac state

[Irish]

13 hours ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Sure seems that way. Will Bubba’s buddies ever see the light? Nice guy, but can’t compete at the highest level. Too nice; nervous guy vibes rub off on his teams, and he just wont retire…

Bubba's buddies are partially responsible for the current state of the program and will never see the light (but hey, he bleeds Sioux green).  The main responsibility however is the AD who thinks so highly of Bubba and is so happy with our program he has extended him twice.  Nothing will change here.

 

[Parkers Pros]

I don’t think Danny is or was going to be “the guy”.  He thought they all would be fired after one more average season and didn’t have the belief that they would be able to deliver a better season. I liked Danny personally thought he was a nice man. And although I understand the opportunity, abandoning the kids you recruited to coach a division rival is a s$!tty  thing to do. 
 

Bubba got extended for 3 reasons. He had a playoff run, he beat NDSU, and the new OC. Mostly the third. They want to see what they have there. Remember this, the games we lost were as much about downright poor or lackluster offense as defense and that is Danny. UNI for instance. 
 

Let’s see what kind of juice the new OC can bring.

[shep]

32 minutes ago, Parkers Pros said:

I don’t think Danny is or was going to be “the guy”.  He thought they all would be fired after one more average season and didn’t have the belief that they would be able to deliver a better season. I liked Danny personally thought he was a nice man. And although I understand the opportunity, abandoning the kids you recruited to coach a division rival is a s$!tty  thing to do. 
 

Bubba got extended for 3 reasons. He had a playoff run, he beat NDSU, and the new OC. Mostly the third. They want to see what they have there. Remember this, the games we lost were as much about downright poor or lackluster offense as defense and that is Danny. UNI for instance. 
 

Let’s see what kind of juice the new OC can bring.

In today's football world, there's a lot of abandonment going on. Danny was named Associate Coach a year ago. Unless the title is completely meaningless, most thought he was the heir to Bubba. He left when it became apparent that the heir wouldn't be taking over for quite awhile.

I highly disagree with the notion that the O was as bad as the D. Did you see the playoff game? The D had 2 stops all day.

I met the OC and he seems like a good guy and from what I read from Tom Miller he may have a more intense style that is needed at UND.

Whatever happens this year, the one who needs to take responsibility if things go bad is the AD as Irish pointed out above.