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I don't know all about that, but I do remember an AD and President dumping on an entire conference on short notice forcing everyone to reschedule games only months prior to a season that's about the start shortly.

2026: LIU, StT, @Portland St, @Nebraska 2027: @LIU, Idaho, @Iowa, (TBD) - home game needed 2028: @Min, Morehead St, @Idaho, (TBD) - home game needed. 2029: Idaho St @Iowa St 2030: @Min 2031: @Idaho St. These are the game I know about and I am not sure should they be nervious about needing home games in 2027 and 2028 at this point.

New rules changes in D-1 Football it allows for ajoint practice during the spring time period between 4 years schools. Do UND and NDSU schedule a joint practice every spring ie a Spring Game - another revenue source?

Looks like a RB commit last night!!

The schedule is great for H-F-H weekends this year. I have been attending those games for around 15 years now and I have never seen 4 in a season. Typical season is 1 or 2. I know 10/17 is in books right now, but I am working on 11/7 or 11/21.

Oh, dang - let's go!!!

NDSU had $29 million in athletic projects approved. The funding was entirely privately raised and appears to have been a straightforward pass-through. In addition, $43 million was approved for residence hall projects at various campus locations. The largest request was an $80 million state / $68 million other funding proposal for a Medical Facility Addition at UND. The state did not approve that project this time. It was already considered a low priority, and overall the legislature did not appear to be in a big spending mood during this session.

In general, the high school recruiting and rating system has not fully penetrated the Dakotas, northern and western Minnesota, and parts of Nebraska. Typically, there are one or two standout players in each class who earn three- or four-star ratings and sign with FBS programs, but overall these regions remain under-recruited by FBS schools. As a result, many talented athletes do not receive the same level of exposure they would in other parts of the country. USD recruited very successfully in the Sioux Falls area when O'Gorman was the dominant high school football program. UND and NDSU would occasionally land a player or two from the area as well. That changed when the Sioux Falls public schools and Brandon Valley emerged as major football powers around the same time SDSU moved to the FCS level and began making significant investments in its athletic facilities. SDSU quickly became the primary destination for recruits from those programs, particularly Brandon Valley. The one area that USD has always had an advantage on all the Dakota schools has been in Florida in particular the Miami area. It has always been a strong area for USD because of Joe Robbie. He was USD alumnus and founder of the Miami Dolphins and served as the national fundraising chairman for the DakotaDome project in the early 1970s. I can see that dynamic beginning to level out as USD continues to establish itself within the FCS landscape and expands its facilities. The university is planning the Gassen Family Fieldhouse, a state-of-the-art indoor track and field facility expected to cost between $45 million and $50 million. The project is anticipated to be completed around 2028 or 2029 and will pave the way for a major renovation of the DakotaDome, including converting it into a football-only venue and completely rebuilding the east side of the facility. NDSU continues to recruit South Dakota very effectively, especially in the Pierre area and the northeastern part of the state. UND, on the other hand, has had less success recruiting South Dakota in recent years, although it still signs a handful of players from the state each recruiting cycle. As for the head-to-head recruiting battles between USD and SDSU, you're correct that there are quite a few. However, I think the dynamic differs from what exists in North Dakota, which makes those battles somewhat less frequent and less intense than the recruiting wars between UND and NDSU. The primary difference is that USD does not offer the same breadth of engineering and STEM programs that are major draws at SDSU, UND, and NDSU. For many in-state student-athletes interested in those fields, the alternatives are South Dakota Mines and Dakota State. Both are excellent academic institutions, but neither competes at the FCS level athletically, which significantly alters the recruiting landscape. Now that NDSU has moved up to the FBS level, I think UND and SDSU may start crossing paths more frequently in recruiting battles for FCS-level talent in the region. It will be interesting to see how those dynamics change over the next few years.

Looking forward to seeing him develop. I've had a couple of interactions with his dad. Great guy.

Great insight - welcome to the board.

Last couple of days have been bad for me also.

Can UND still offer partial and NDSU can only offer full or does that change with the opt in.

For Luke Grube North Dakota has received a commitment from 2027 IOL Luke Grube of West Salem HS, WI. Rated 2.5 ⭐ (#3953 NATL, #362 IOL, #40 WI). DI offers from St. Thomas and Drake.

Do you seriously believe that? MSU went viral across online communities as people tried to see whether they could turn the program into a college football powerhouse as a challenge. Even with that level of attention, they finished around 70th out of 140 schools in usage and received about $100,000. That doesn't come close to covering the increased cost of moving to FBS—let alone the head coach's salary increase, which could rise from roughly $300,000 to $1 million.

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