2026 UND Football Season Thread

[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.

[USELESS Poll]

Greetings from the hot and humid suburbs of Atlanta. 

I'm a sports editor and the former beat writer for Georgia Southern. I have always loved college football and have taken up doing a half-satire/half-serious weekly poll on my substack.

Each season I come up with a random item to include in each week's poll and this season I'm going with tailgate food or local establishments that a random visitor to your school would remember if they ever came to town for a game. The vast majority of my poll focuses on FBS and most of my subscribers are in the southeast, so with more FCS than FBS games on the docket this week, I wanted to find a place where my FBS friends would never find themselves.

If you want to pitch a popular food/location at UND, I'm all ears... even better if there's any backstory behind it.

Here's a link to one of last season's posts: https://substack.com/home/post/p-178302341 Not trying to self-promote. It's free for everyone and just wanted to show that I at least back up my weird love of college football with a few thousand words each week. Feel free to leave your suggestions and good luck this season!

[CMSioux]

13 hours 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.  

Low class to come to our fan site and use a derogatory name - be better.

[CMSioux]

1 hour ago, USELESS Poll said:

Greetings from the hot and humid suburbs of Atlanta. 

I'm a sports editor and the former beat writer for Georgia Southern. I have always loved college football and have taken up doing a half-satire/half-serious weekly poll on my substack.

Each season I come up with a random item to include in each week's poll and this season I'm going with tailgate food or local establishments that a random visitor to your school would remember if they ever came to town for a game. The vast majority of my poll focuses on FBS and most of my subscribers are in the southeast, so with more FCS than FBS games on the docket this week, I wanted to find a place where my FBS friends would never find themselves.

If you want to pitch a popular food/location at UND, I'm all ears... even better if there's any backstory behind it.

Here's a link to one of last season's posts: https://substack.com/home/post/p-178302341 Not trying to self-promote. It's free for everyone and just wanted to show that I at least back up my weird love of college football with a few thousand words each week. Feel free to leave your suggestions and good luck this season!

welcome, is there a way to send you ideas without cluttering up this season thread? 

[USELESS Poll]

I don't see a DM option here, but feel free to email me at mike.anthony24@gmail.com

Same goes to anyone else. Like I said. I just want this to be a fun new angle this season. And no pressure, but I've also reached out to SDSU to make sure I get a solid FCS representation for this week's poll. 

[CMSioux]

17 hours ago, Mama Sue said:

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

I deleted my comment as I realized it was off topic for this thread. 

[Undertherock]

1 hour ago, CMSioux said:

Low class to come to our fan site and use a derogatory name - be better.

JSD is offensive to you?  

[Shawn-O]

These NFL guys that are getting cut. If I’m the FCS I say “welcome to campus young man!”

[CMSioux]

10 hours ago, Undertherock said:

JSD is offensive to you?  

Not sure where you got your education but it was not UND . So you think coming here and using "Whioux" is appropriate? 

 

[Undertherock]

1 hour ago, CMSioux said:

Not sure where you got your education but it was not UND . So you think coming here and using "Whioux" is appropriate? 

 

Whioux cares?

[Sioux94]

1 hour ago, Undertherock said:

Whioux cares?

With NDSU gone, we will need a rival to hate. I think most UND fans hate Montana, but we don't play them often enough. The SDSU player laughing on the sideline after a targeting call when he delivered a hit to the head of our WR, while he was still laying on the turf was a good start. 

[geaux_sioux]

On 8/26/2026 at 7:40 AM, USELESS Poll said:

Greetings from the hot and humid suburbs of Atlanta. 

I'm a sports editor and the former beat writer for Georgia Southern. I have always loved college football and have taken up doing a half-satire/half-serious weekly poll on my substack.

Each season I come up with a random item to include in each week's poll and this season I'm going with tailgate food or local establishments that a random visitor to your school would remember if they ever came to town for a game. The vast majority of my poll focuses on FBS and most of my subscribers are in the southeast, so with more FCS than FBS games on the docket this week, I wanted to find a place where my FBS friends would never find themselves.

If you want to pitch a popular food/location at UND, I'm all ears... even better if there's any backstory behind it.

Here's a link to one of last season's posts: https://substack.com/home/post/p-178302341 Not trying to self-promote. It's free for everyone and just wanted to show that I at least back up my weird love of college football with a few thousand words each week. Feel free to leave your suggestions and good luck this season!

Circle K on 40th has too notch roller dogs

[AJS]

What would be the long term ROI on an extra million a year to the FB budget? Or you might be able to make it work with an extra $500 to $600k. Everything is in place and we’ll see this program improve year after year.  It’s critical that this administration realizes that the only thing stopping that is Schmidt leaving before the program is a well oiled machine (think Jacks). We need him through 2030. It should be the athletic departments #1 priority to lock him up long term. I would think between 600 and 700k, 8 years with huge buyouts for these first handful of years. Extra $ on top of that, give assistants a raise as well. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

15 minutes ago, AJS said:

What would be the long term ROI on an extra million a year to the FB budget? Or you might be able to make it work with an extra $500 to $600k. Everything is in place and we’ll see this program improve year after year.  It’s critical that this administration realizes that the only thing stopping that is Schmidt leaving before the program is a well oiled machine (think Jacks). We need him through 2030. It should be the athletic departments #1 priority to lock him up long term. I would think between 600 and 700k, 8 years with huge buyouts for these first handful of years. Extra $ on top of that, give assistants a raise as well. 

Anyone competent and who truly wants UND athletics to succeed and take the next step knows this needs to be priority #1…

Lockdown the UND football coaching staff, namely the head coach. 

They extended the hockey coach already (figures), but now we’ll see if Armacost and Chaves truly have foresight and awareness of collegiate athletics or not …

[NDRA]

It's probably a matter of available funds, and like it or not, we all know which program will get the money.

[UND-FB-FAN]

13 minutes ago, NDRA said:

It's probably a matter of available funds, and like it or not, we all know which program will get the money.

Bring on the status quo then, cause that said program is maxed out and can’t bring UND anymore publicity or advancement … hard reality for many to swallow unless you’re a visionary … 

As for funds, UND has the funds; it’s just a matter of if they’ll do the right thing and allocate to advance a very important DI collegiate athletic program or not …

[SIOUXFAN97]

On 8/26/2026 at 8:57 PM, CMSioux said:

Not sure where you got your education but it was not UND . So you think coming here and using "Whioux" is appropriate? 

 

depends on whioux is asking...

[NDRA]

29 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Bring on the status quo then, cause that said program is maxed out and can’t bring UND anymore publicity or advancement … hard reality for many to swallow unless you’re a visionary … 

As for funds, UND has the funds; it’s just a matter of if they’ll do the right thing and allocate to advance a very important DI collegiate athletic program or not …

Just curious....how do you  know the funds are  there?

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 minute ago, NDRA said:

Just curious....how do you  know the funds are  there?

accounting books....

the REA deal 

[NDRA]

1 minute ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

accounting books....

the REA deal 

Then why don't the higher ups allocate those funds to the FB program?

[SIOUXFAN97]

4 minutes ago, NDRA said:

Then why don't the higher ups allocate those funds to the FB program?

 

[AJS]

2 minutes ago, NDRA said:

Then why don't the higher ups allocate those funds to the FB program?

They have been. Spending a lot more once Schmidt was hired, cutting into Hockey. Chavez also has an extra $500k open up with cutting M-Tennis. Even more open by cutting W-Tennis.

$ is there to get it done. Needs to be top priority.