AJS

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.

Sometimes Twitter makes it pretty obvious if you see a spike in Following / Followers. Nothing obvious this time. My guess though is Jareth Navarro.

Here's my thought. This weekend being a Holiday weekend will be slow. Starting the last weekend in May, it's Official Visit season. Maybe not for UND, but for other school's OV's seem to be kicking off that weekend. The only prospective recruit that actually tweeted out a date was Schmidt who will be visiting the weekend of the 18th. My guess is UND's two big weekends will be aligned with their two major camps (11th and 18th). So far, I've seen Hammell, Schmidt, Steger, Stecker, Wooden, Armuster & Mueller tweet out the official visit graphic. I know for example Schmidt has visits the two prior weekends as well. Two things will be key (1) Get those guys on campus one of those two weekends. Don't have them commit somewhere else before (2) Add to that #. There's a bunch of other offers to guys I hope they get in for OV's (Felton, Singler, Diehl, Mathis, Moranksi, ect).

At this point, although possible, I would think it would be highly unlikely. There was a level of pageantry put into the Carels commitment that I've never seen before from UND. It's safe to assume that Carels mind is made up, UND believes that Carels mind is made up. I don't think the commitment happens if Carels goal would be pushing for a spot in the Fall. It wouldn't make sense that a team would be so opposed to the college route for a year.

Not following. Leading in what way? Outside of writing the checks.

He said on last weeks pod that he had some vacation time coming up.

Is Michigan State going to win it all next year? Probably not. That also goes for every other team in the country. Only one can win and it probably won't be your team. They are going to win a lot of games and put themselves in as good of position as any. How much fun will those fans have though watching all that talent, not only next year, but following those careers moving forward in the NHL?

Looks like Reschny, Verhoeff, Zellers, Zakreski, Engel, Sandy, Menghini from guys on last years team

Not sure what to make of the caption. Seemed to be open for interpretation if that was a good bye or not.

For reference, there was 26 that signed last December in the 2026 class. Not just for UND, but it seems to be a bit slower overall than last year. Overall, there seems to be a bit of a holding pattern right now. A couple every week will commit elsewhere (last week, Wallace to UofM and Robinson to Iowa State) and we'll see a few offers, but mainly the same offers as we've had. Which I think is a good thing. Tells us the coaching staff thinks they are in the mix for these guys. Would love to see a weekend coming up (this weekend or next) where they try to get a handful of their top prospects on campus. Guys with offers. Current commits. All in.

# behind last year. 13 (mid-May) vs 9. Quality is there for sure. Last year UND went on a heater starting w/ Wunderlich (think was 6) thru Cook (#13). Stay hot 2027!