AJS

Ahead of schedule from a talent / on field performance. I get it, you have to win games. They will. This is a good team.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/north-dakota/und-breaks-enrollment-record-with-nearly-16-000-students

New era. Clearly for the program, but I also feel it from the fanbase. Will they win this upcoming Saturday? Maybe. On the road in an elite atmosphere against a very good FCS team. Call UND slight underdogs. Also feel this is a good weekend to play them. UND w/ an extra game (including FBS opponent), Montana only playing one (against D2 opponent). Win or lose, they'll look like they belong. What an opportunity though. Get the feeling "nationally" people are buying into this new era. Win and things go into overdrive.

Seems to be.

I have a question regarding dorm availability. Fall 2024, the #1 topic was the increase in size of the freshman class and the availability of dorm space. Fall 2025, 14% increase in Freshman class (based on the photo, clearly more on-campus as well vs Fall 2024). Nothing on trouble with dorm availability. Two-part question. (1) Can someone explain this? Were there dorms for example not being utilized that are now open? How close are they actually to being 100% capacity? (2) Is there any plan for new dorms if they are near capacity? Funny thing with momentum, it can change. UND appears to be in the zone right now. Hate to see it being limited by dorm availability. (X2 as it seems likely the full-time on-line subsidies will be looked at by the state).

Some numbers from last year. Seeing how it compares to this year. 1st Day (Fall 2024) Freshman: 2,221 Overall: 14,724 Official (Fall 2024) Freshman: 2,205 Official: 15,019 If 15.5K is correct, that's over a 5% increase over the 1st day total last year. If the number being thrown around for Freshman (2,500) is correct, that's over 12% increase over last year.

Noticed NDSU released a high-level day 1 enrollment. @Teeder11 any insight to when UND will release / what it's going to look like?

All about the FTE's. I've said it before, but up until last year, it all seemed like smoke and mirrors. There was a 7% increase in FTE's between Fall of 2024 and 2023, led by the huge upswing in on-campus full time students. Enrollment increased by 5.9%. What are we hoping for between 2025 and 2024? Enrollment increased by 3.5% with FTE's 4%?

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/north-dakota/und-expands-programs-as-student-numbers-reach-new-high

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/local/biggest-freshman-class-in-und-history-to-move-in-saturday

@SpudsSioux great post! It's along the lines of the question I posed earlier. The fatal flaw with recruiting from a social media perspective, is everyone is treated by the fanbases / media like they are 5-star recruit. It's universal. I get it. There's no reason to be a wet blanket. If you compared two recruiting classes. One has one 5-star and the other has three 4-star and two 3.5 star commits a few weeks into August; I'll tell you which one I'd want UND to be and which one the social media hype will tell you is better. Echoing what @SpudsSioux said, I love the calculated approach (what I perceive to be). I'm hoping they are only offering guys they feel are legit "big-time" recruits in this early portion (August / September).

Genuine question, since I really don't know. Gunnar Conboy, Brooks Cullen, Wyatt Cullen, Luka Jarvis. At this time, are any / all blue-chip type recruits? High-end? High upside? Are we talking 4.5 / 5-star guys?

Taking a closer look at the NTDP players last year that could commit and the time frame they committed. 08/01/2024 to 08/05/2024: 7 08/06/2024 to 08/10/2024: 2 08/11/2024 to 08/19/2024: 2 08/20/2024 to 08/31/2024: 2 September 2024: 1 October 2024: 1 2025: 2