The Sicatoka

When ( ... if? ... ) we ever get back to football in the fall, will a 1-3 team with a bunch of dinged up players be able to shut down their fall season too?

I still see a roster needing 5F/4D/2G. Seems Portz and Schmaltz are (local consensus) 2 of the 5 F. Connor Ford as a portal makes 3. Need 2. Defense? Need 4. Luke Bast by age makes sense. The other recruits would all still be 18 at season start (Morrow and Benoit would be basically the same age as Frisch when he came in). And then Gabe Bast and Josh Rieger still have Covid years. Honestly, we're looking for 3 names here still. Goalie? Need two. Kasey Johnson is the recruit and the age. There are options in the portal (Thome, Driscoll). We are looking for a name here also. PS - Goehring spoke highly of Harrison Feeney during the season. How good is he? Could he be a viable number two goalie and Johnson is the third?

UNH throws in the towel. https://unhwildcats.com/news/2021/4/6/UNHSpring2021.aspx

What if two of the four were crossbars?

PCM texted to me during the UMD/UND game that it was the National Championship. At this rate ... it was.

Iacocca. (Look it up if it doesn't make sense.)

UND needs five forwards. Portz and Schmaltz seem more than likely based on DOB; Montgomery seems probable. If Ford is true, yes, a fifth (Cruikshank or recruit) is needed, and five would be needed again a year from now.

Cake eaters. Signed, Former Walsh RA

Best three goalies available in the portal are Thome, Driscoll (BSU), and the Gopher Moe.

And Notre Dame goalie St. Cyr is going to Q'pac.

C'mon man, this is just the new normal.

I've been figuring Portz, Schmaltz (turns 20 this month), probably Montgomery, and then the coaches earn their money. Defensively it's Luke Bast and then the coaches earn their money. Goaltending? Um, Thome returns? Maybe? Probably? And then the coaches earn their money. See a theme? Like I said before, I've never been this unsure about a fall roster at season's end in a couple decades plus of following it closely.

I'm sorry, I don't speak Hughes. I only speak Upson and Witmer in a Walsh dialect.

Jacks/Yotes. Dead.

The opt-outs (pre- or in- season): https://herosports.com/fcs-football-teams-not-playing-spring-2021-bzbz/

Wofford. Done.

Notre Dame Jr D Nate Clurman signs with Colorado.

@AJSWhy was Dane Montgomery not on your list?

Summer Construction: http://blogs.und.edu/und-today/2021/04/summer-construction-augurs-major-campus-improvements/ Updates: http://blogs.und.edu/campus-renewal/

Mi-smash-ville?

Um ...

If the NCHC had done a true crossover tourney (1E v 4W style) I'm quite sure 2W (Omaha) wanted no part of 3E (WMU). Crossover brackets would've been: UND / Miami Omaha / WMU DU / UMD CC / SCSU

Do any of the potential freshman play center? Besides Weatherby, Senden, and Jamernik*, is there another responsible center on the existing roster? That's where I see the biggest problem. The roster could use a fourth (and maybe fifth) center. *Yes, I just called Jamernik, a guy with 19 career games, a responsible center at this level.

The standard didn't get much easier for Sanderson, but it did a bit.