2026 UND Football Season Thread

[UND69er]

9 minutes ago, Mama Sue said:

They are predicted to be 8-4 or 7-5.

I think that's about right. Possibly 9-3 with some luck. Schedule is pretty soft. 

[UND1983]

47 minutes ago, Mama Sue said:

Well, checking out some FBS social media pages and it seems the Bison fan base has been rather arrogant (?) about dominating the FBS their first year. Planning a bowl game right away. Time will tell….

Not real hard to get in one, 5-7 will do it

[Hawkster]

24 minutes ago, Mama Sue said:

They are predicted to be 8-4 or 7-5.

This has nothing to do with UND football.   We don't play 'em, We don't care.

[Undertherock]

5 hours ago, FSSD said:

I believe his comment was in jest as was mine.  I fully expect that USD will be at home next year.  He is talking about the following:

In 2024 the Dakota schools and the MVFC worked on a scheduling agreement that would balance out the schedules.  As an example:  SDSU would play UND/USD at home one year and then play NDSU at home the next year.  This change was implemented in 2025 which cause some schools to travel to same school twice.  In this case, SDSU had to travel to UND in both 2024 and 2025.  UND was scheduled to play at Brookings in 2026 and then rotate going forward.

Then NDSU ran away to FBS and it presented the same problem for the remaining Dakota schools.  So to balance the schedules again, SDSU is traveling to Grand Forks for the third year in a row and SDSU fans have been grousing at the situation. 

Yes, in jest.  I'm positive that SDSU admin volunteered to go to GF notwithstanding it being something of a house of horrors for SDSU over the years.  I can see wanting UND and JSD coming to town in alternating years, the theory being going forward they will be the biggest draw on the calendar.  I have no idea if the Whioux will draw - it's been so long - but not even parents and boyfriends watch JSD in Vermillion and as of now, only ISUb, in late November, has fewer tickets sold than a Halloween game with JSD.  Meanwhile, we already have 19k tickets sold for Stetson, New Haven and Eastern Illinois, 18k for Murray State, which will sell out for Hobo Day, and 17k for the penguins, which, being early season, and Dairy Drive promo, will eventually sell out.  I assume JSD will sell out if the Jacks perform as expected and/or JSD surprises, eventually.  But there hasn't been a lot of red at DJD even with JSD improved last few years.  

[FSSD]

44 minutes ago, Undertherock said:

Yes, in jest.  I'm positive that SDSU admin volunteered to go to GF notwithstanding it being something of a house of horrors for SDSU over the years.  I can see wanting UND and JSD coming to town in alternating years, the theory being going forward they will be the biggest draw on the calendar.  I have no idea if the Whioux will draw - it's been so long - but not even parents and boyfriends watch JSD in Vermillion and as of now, only ISUb, in late November, has fewer tickets sold than a Halloween game with JSD.  Meanwhile, we already have 19k tickets sold for Stetson, New Haven and Eastern Illinois, 18k for Murray State, which will sell out for Hobo Day, and 17k for the penguins, which, being early season, and Dairy Drive promo, will eventually sell out.  I assume JSD will sell out if the Jacks perform as expected and/or JSD surprises, eventually.  But there hasn't been a lot of red at DJD even with JSD improved last few years.  

I’ve got tickets for the SDSU/USD game on Halloween—it should be a really good game. I think the USD quarterback is going to surprise quite a few teams in the MVFC this year. If they can retool the offensive line, USD’s offense is going to be a handful.

SDSU always sells a lot of tickets early in the season. It’s the harvest, pheasant, deer, and cold-weather weekends that tend to hurt SDSU attendance.