Your all time favorite Bubba moments!

[UND-FB-FAN]

1 hour ago, wheelsup said:

and then UNI was pretty good.. I have a hard time saying the players stopped playing hard until really the very last game.  The Illinois state game was pretty bad.. quite a few drops etc.. but I think the effort was there the other games.. just turns out we arent very good.

I observed less focus and energy / enthusiasm from the team as the 5-game losing streak progressed. Hard to say the team wasn’t very good when they started 4-1 including a win vs a playoff team. Everything starting going downhill after NDSU game, and especially after Youngstown State game.

Football has been and always will be a game of momentum, and I’m afraid the current ol’ ball coach ain’t got any of that mojo left 

[F'n Hawks]

2 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

I observed less focus and energy / enthusiasm from the team as the 5-game losing streak progressed. Hard to say the team wasn’t very good when they started 4-1 including a win vs a playoff team. Everything starting going downhill after NDSU game, and especially after Youngstown State game.

Football has been and always will be a game of momentum, and I’m afraid the current ol’ ball coach ain’t got any of that mojo left 

The UNI game was so weird to me. I don’t remember playing all that well and we won 31-7

[The Sicatoka]

1 minute ago, F'n Hawks said:

The UNI game was so weird to me. I don’t remember playing all that well and we won 31-7

You mean 3-9 (1-7 MVFC) UNI? 
1-6 on the road UNI? 
Retiring Farley UNI?
That UNI? 

[UND1983]

1 minute ago, The Sicatoka said:

You mean 3-9 (1-7 MVFC) UNI? 
1-6 on the road UNI? 
Retiring Farley UNI?
That UNI? 

Well, we are 5-7 so....

[gundy1124]

1 minute ago, The Sicatoka said:

He didn't expect that fallout? Really? What was he paying attention to instead? 

The beauty of command: It's all owned by the commander, good or bad. He owns a BSC title; he owns turning 4-1 to 5-7. 

I believe Bubba had too much Bama in him to foresee the fallout.  His flaw is too much pride in the program and himself.  That's actually an admirable flaw don't you think.

[UND1983]

Interesting:

 

#FCS Prairie View A&M announced it will not renew the contract of football coach Bubba McDowell. He was 17-18 in three seasons, leading the Panthers to the SWAC championship game in 2022 and '23, then going 5-7 this year.

 

 

[gundy1124]

32 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said:

I can’t tell if this is satire or not

Not this time although given my history of joking and satire I can see why you asked the question!!

[The Sicatoka]

20 minutes ago, gundy1124 said:

I believe Bubba had too much Bama in him to foresee the fallout.  His flaw is too much pride in the program and himself.  That's actually an admirable flaw don't you think.

Pride? Sure; but I'd like objective self-reflection in a leader also. 

[wheelsup]

20 minutes ago, gundy1124 said:

I believe Bubba had too much Bama in him to foresee the fallout.  His flaw is too much pride in the program and himself.  That's actually an admirable flaw don't you think.

I think to be an even decent coach at a high level you have to believe that you can fix it.. Expecting a coach at a high level to be able to look in the mirror and give up doesn't align very well with the skills that made them the head coach to begin with.  Barring a season like this most recent collapse, I would guess most head coaches have a drive/desire to fix this.  This is also why the AD has to have a brain and it cant be a friend group at the top.

The blame for the current season is 100% on the headcoach.. His contract situation, the undeserved extension, bad buyout and him being around next year is 100% on the AD.

[Hawkster]

I may be wrong but as far as I can tell, no 7-5 team made the playoffs this year, so even if we win the YSU and ISUb games, we still come up one short.  Still no excuse for this.

[HoopsFan03]

55 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

Just a balanced take from someone with more skin in the game than most. Doesn’t have to be fire and brimstone. Still wants him to step down.

Fair. Was an honest question as I genuinely couldn’t tell if it was a serious post or sarcastic or what. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

1 hour ago, gundy1124 said:

I believe Bubba had too much Bama in him to foresee the fallout.  His flaw is too much pride in the program and himself.  That's actually an admirable flaw don't you think.

Yes, it is admirable until it is, well, not. Tough reality to embrace, I get, but it’s reality. 

[wheelsup]

44 minutes ago, Hawkster said:

I may be wrong but as far as I can tell, no 7-5 team made the playoffs this year, so even if we win the YSU and ISUb games, we still come up one short.  Still no excuse for this.

Central Connecticut (7-5).. and then a whole bunch of 8-4 teams.. starting 5-2.. this should have been easy.

[Dustin]

49 minutes ago, Hawkster said:

I may be wrong but as far as I can tell, no 7-5 team made the playoffs this year, so even if we win the YSU and ISUb games, we still come up one short.  Still no excuse for this.

If those two games had gone our way, the belief of the team may have been enough to get at least one more. 

[RhettRingers]

4 hours ago, LDL said:

is the press conference online anywhere?

UND insider on YouTube

[LeaveNoDoubt]

Is anybody else sick of the “Bubba is a nice guy” excuse? It’s got participation trophy vibes. 

[Wilbur]

Bubba resigning today....my favorite Bubba moment. 

[ChrisUND1]

On 11/25/2024 at 2:01 PM, LeaveNoDoubt said:

Is anybody else sick of the “Bubba is a nice guy” excuse? It’s got participation trophy vibes. 

YES!  Might be okay for a high school coach or D2/D3.  

[SiouxFan100]

I would like to thank Bubba for representing UND. You can tell he loves our University. I am glad he is staying on in a different role.

[TwamleyShuffle]

My favorite Bubba moment was destroying NDSU last season. Never cried after a college football game until that game. It simply meant so much to the university to end the winless drought against NDSU

[UND-FB-FAN]

8 hours ago, TwamleyShuffle said:

My favorite Bubba moment was destroying NDSU last season. Never cried after a college football game until that game. It simply meant so much to the university to end the winless drought against NDSU

Followed up with an embarrassing 27-0 loss the next week at Northern Iowa, to forfeit all momentum, and a 41-17 shellacking at NDSU in follow up in 2024. 
 

A lot went downhill in a hurry following that 2023 victory against NDSU, albeit that specific game was a good time.

[The Sicatoka]

After the 2023 NDSU win, McFeely pointed out Bubba went 8-10. 

[geaux_sioux]

2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

After the 2023 NDSU win, McFeely pointed out Bubba went 8-10. 

It was the tipping point as expected. Not the direction we envisioned though.

[Dustin]

Not a Bubba favorite moment, but I have a Roger Thomas favorite moment, based on a story I was told, but I wanted to know if someone could verify that it actually happened.

Supposedly, this is how the story goes:  a Thomas-coached team beat someone they were not expected to.  A sports reporter covering the opposing team (the one who was supposed to win but got beat) asked Thomas post-game something like "In your wildest dreams, did you ever think you would win this game?" to which Thomas replied something like "My wildest dreams don't involve football."

Anybody have specifics as to what game this was, or even that this exchange even happened?  That is such a great response to that question, I've never forgotten that story.