2026 UND Football Season Thread

[Roger S.]

1 hour ago, 108498 said:

A few Nebraska game questions:Were any UND players on the team when they played there a few years back? 

NEB fired thei last coach the week after playing UND. Will UND be able to ahng with and get over the top in a FBS game? Neb. Is not an easy game this go round.

It was several weeks after they played us that Frost got fired

[Shawn-O]

9 hours ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

 

For any of you about to have a stroke like I just did, there are no post-season implications. 

[cowboys5xsbs]

28 minutes ago, Shawn-O said:

For any of you about to have a stroke like I just did, there are no post-season implications. 

That was my worry from the way they worded it 

[Und Princess]

7 minutes ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

That was my worry from the way they worded it 

I was worried when reading the Herald Story title.  Once I saw that there was no Post-Season implications I was able to take a deep breath. 

[Devils]

This seems like pulling someone over for going 5 mph over the speed limit while ignoring 100 cars recklessly driving.

[forksandspoons]

12 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Feb 2025
We all know Perron is going to Michigan
We all knew Boisvert and Omac were going to Boston U

But Steppes is the issue?

Not only that, the kid who reached out to Stepps was a JUCO player, not someone from another D1 school. 

[SiouxHawkGuy]

11 hours ago, Roger S. said:

It was several weeks after they played us that Frost got fired

I think it was the week after when they lost to Georgia Southern

[nodak651]

2 hours ago, Devils said:

This seems like pulling someone over for going 5 mph over the speed limit while ignoring 100 cars recklessly driving.

More like pulling over and then waiving down a cop to confess.  Stupid.  This never would have been caught by the NCAA.

[Shawn-O]

Who self-reports this stuff? What the actual f!  

[FSSD]

1 hour ago, nodak651 said:

More like pulling over and then waiving down a cop to confess.  Stupid.  This never would have been caught by the NCAA.

I agree the NCAA would have never discovered this on their own.  But the compliance office was the one that found this and notified the coaches and administration that the player was not in the transfer portal.  It was the right thing to do.  A cover up would have been worse than the crime.  And given the NCAA and UND's history.  Take the slap on the hand is the smart move.

[Oxbow6]

266 D1 FB programs. I'll set the O/U at 253 schools that have contacted a player not in the portal this offseason, and I'm betting the over.

[FSSD]

9 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

266 D1 FB programs. I'll set the O/U at 253 schools that have contacted a player not in the portal this offseason, and I'm betting the over.

I agree - take the over.  But, on the off chance the NCAA finds out about this, what are you odd on the death penalty for UND Athletics.

[Hawkster]

So does the gobc or gfhockey cover the $25,000 fine?    They could do it out of petty cash.   I doubt any of the other restrictions are going do much damage.

[Oxbow6]

31 minutes ago, FSSD said:

I agree - take the over.  But, on the off chance the NCAA finds out about this, what are you odd on the death penalty for UND Athletics.

Death penalty...for this infraction...to a FCS program...zero percent chance.

College athletics for the past few years has been a total joke...especially FB.

Even on smaller scale Texas Tech women's softball doesn't get three All-Americans from three different schools to transfer in this past season without tampering and collusion. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

17 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Feb 2025
We all know Perron is going to Michigan
We all knew Boisvert and Omac were going to Boston U

But Steppes is the issue?

Bill Chaves has built and condoned a subpar overall athletic department. We need new leadership at the athletic director role. Pure and simple. 
 

 “Doing the right thing” is actually the wrong thing, in this case, when you consider athletics is competitive and everyone else is doing it (in this case having contact with a student-athlete prior to them entering the transfer portal). 

[UND-FB-FAN]

15 hours ago, Roger S. said:

It was several weeks after they played us that Frost got fired

No. Frost was fired the next week after Nebraska lost at home to Georgia Southern. Frost would’ve been fired one week earlier after the UND vs. Nebraska game (2022) if UND had hung on and won. 
 

 

 

 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34571132/nebraska-cornhuskers-fire-coach-scott-frost-starting-season-1-2

[FSSD]

47 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Death penalty...for this infraction...to a FCS program...zero percent chance.

College athletics for the past few years has been a total joke...especially FB.

Even on smaller scale Texas Tech women's softball doesn't get three All-Americans from three different schools to transfer in this past season without tampering and collusion. 

1. Obviously, I was being hyperbolic about the death penalty. But if the NCAA had found that UND's compliance office knowingly looked the other way, that would have been a much bigger issue. There was no containment here—the player could have reported UND, and Lindenwood's athletic department could have easily become aware of the situation. What would have been the risk to them? They could have faced consequences for failing to notify the NCAA.
2. I agree that college athletics admin has become a joke.
3. I agree that tampering is a problem.

But, under those circumstances, the penalties would have been significantly stronger, and FCS playoff eligibility absolutely could have been on the table if the athletic department had ignored compliance concerns. As it stands, UND self-reported the issue, received what amounts to a slap on the wrist, and simply moved on.  Right move.

[UND-FB-FAN]

3 hours ago, FSSD said:

1. Obviously, I was being hyperbolic about the death penalty. But if the NCAA had found that UND's compliance office knowingly looked the other way, that would have been a much bigger issue. There was no containment here—the player could have reported UND, and Lindenwood's athletic department could have easily become aware of the situation. What would have been the risk to them? They could have faced consequences for failing to notify the NCAA.
2. I agree that college athletics admin has become a joke.
3. I agree that tampering is a problem.

But, under those circumstances, the penalties would have been significantly stronger, and FCS playoff eligibility absolutely could have been on the table if the athletic department had ignored compliance concerns. As it stands, UND self-reported the issue, received what amounts to a slap on the wrist, and simply moved on.  Right move.

Or don’t report it, don’t go any further with it, no one finds out, and no penalties or negative publicity at all.

That’s the right move based on probability.

Without probability, and only integrity, you end up with losing (see ‘UND Athletics’ the last several years). Once again, nice guys finish last. 

Need to learn from this on several levels, including UND Athletics Department. We all know the NCAA isn’t going to learn anything from this joke example of enforcement…

[MoSiouxFan]

Integrity is the bottom line.  The athletic department made the right decision.  Hopefully, everyone learns from this and it doesn't happen again.  Integrity matters.

[UND-FB-FAN]

33 minutes ago, MoSiouxFan said:

Integrity is the bottom line.  The athletic department made the right decision.  Hopefully, everyone learns from this and it doesn't happen again.  Integrity matters.

Does it? When you incidentally speed, do you pull over and call 911 on yourself? Or just slow down and don’t do it again? 
 

In this context, UND screwed up. 

Debating about this on a forum is pointless, though, since this subject is basically the “unwritten rules” of competition …

[Roger S.]

4 hours ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

No. Frost was fired the next week after Nebraska lost at home to Georgia Southern. Frost would’ve been fired one week earlier after the UND vs. Nebraska game (2022) if UND had hung on and won. 
 

 

 

 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34571132/nebraska-cornhuskers-fire-coach-scott-frost-starting-season-1-2

Ok. Seemed way later into the season as I became a Husker secondarily fan after that game in Lincoln that I went to with my Nebraska alumni friend. Their fans are great and never been treated so well on an away game. They were extremely respectful and friendly all weekend long. 
 

[Und Princess]

Just now, Roger S. said:

Ok. Seemed way later into the season as I became a Husker secondarily fan after that game in Lincoln that I went to with my Nebraska alumni friend. Their fans are great and never been treated so well on an away game. They were extremely respectful and friendly all weekend long. 
 

Hopefully Husker fans are friendly towards our fanbase when we play there.

[Roger S.]

22 minutes ago, Und Princess said:

Hopefully Husker fans are friendly towards our fanbase when we play there.

They were great last time

[Hawkster]

I don't think we ever heard officially, did Chaves get an extension, and for how long?

[Kab]

41 minutes ago, Hawkster said:

I don't think we ever heard officially, did Chaves get an extension, and for how long?

Ask the women’s basketball coach