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Watching the 2027 O-Line offers go 0-fer has been painful.

Saw a UND fan account mention it, but is that commit Carson Wilson's brother? Same town. But yes, would be a massive get.

UND trying to do anything during the Bill Chavez era.

Doesn’t feel like. I don’t think the infraction or penalty are really anything. What it will be is an exhausting issue to hear forever from other fan bases. Scarlet letter. Maybe someday UND won’t be the butt of the joke (non-hockey). Feel that day won’t come until there’s leadership in the AD office.

Really bad weekend for O-Line prospects as they are flying off the board after starting OV's last weekend. Schmidt, Diehl, Moranski, Blohm.

701 Day I received an email yesterday from the UND Alumni Association and today from the Champions Club promoting the 701 award. Included is a video, information, ect. This has been a point of frustration for me in the past that they've rectified! Push is for July 1st. Love to see it.

Bennett Stecker? Got the random 360 post, definite jump in following / followers. Would be a hell of a get.

Clearly, they wouldn't. Where I do think it can have an effect is it does two things. Helps build the hype among the fanbase / donors at the same time causing additional stress on the administration to get something done. Those three were relentless.

Disagree completely with your McFeely take. He knows exactly what he’s doing and it’s what @FSSD is talking about. We just witnessed it for the last 5 years with although calling it a “moon shot”, his non-stop FBS talk. Add this to the list of things I’m incredibly jealous of NDSU for. Reporters that go to work for the best interests of the University. It matters.

This is an example of something I would worry about for UND. Another example. They are going to leave the Summit with zero notice once they can fund other sports at MW level. The more pain they can cause to other schools the better. Again, NDSU plays to win. This can come in different ways, but what I'm really looking for is an example moving forward where UND has a pulse. Ambition. An example for athletics I've used is being the first FCS team to add scholarships above 63. Academic / Enrollment - things are going well, but they can change quickly. I really hope UND is looking into how NDSU matching the State of Minnesota's North Star program has worked out. Clearly, NDSU is still treading water, but how many students are choosing NDSU > UND simply because of that? Could UND really cause some pain if they also followed and matched the North Star program? UND has this incredible advantage with its Aviation program. 66% of its students are from ND / MN while 90% of NDSUs are. They could really cripple NDSU if they played to win in MN (things are fairly even in ND).

Parlay FB success into increased notoriety for the school, increased exposure meaning increased donations. Move all-sports to MW. Have your athletic department become a real player on the national scene (see Boise State). Move to the Pac 12. I believe their goal is to be a mid-major power. If they really catch lightning in a bottle, the academic side (enrollment, donations) will follow.

I’m looking at this through a lens of overall University health (both athletics & academics) and to me what it indicates moving forward. The schools you mentioned aren’t in direct competition with UND in every aspect. NDSU seems to be the school that realizes they are in a competition and they want to win. Going back to changing the funding model which is going to hurt UND. We know what NDSU wants to be, which if successful will hurt UND. If the past repeats itself, there will be no pushback from UND.

I don't want this to read as everything is perfect at NDSU / Fargo or the wheels are coming off at UND / Grand Forks. That isn't the case. What I will say is unless UND / Grand Forks changes course (unlikely), I know which University I would bet on in the next decade. It's the one that is loud, aggressive, thinks big. Too many parallels between the cities and the Universities. NDSU raising 25 million and counting, probably raise a few more on July 1st. Turn into millions more from the state. Jokes on them though I guess reading these comments? Think they'd be better off not raising millions and instead cutting sports. Think small be small, it's the only way GF / UND knows. Note: As you can tell, there's a lot of frustration with a few things. UND's lack of response to Funding model / FBS move. It's been this way for decades, two most recent examples. NDSU leads / dictates, every time. I'm pushing my chips in the middle betting that this FBS move will be a huge success. Not only for fundraising for athletics, but it will turn this around on the enrollment side.