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@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

They’ve made the announcement a bit later the last few years. • 2024 - August 16 • 2023 - August 18 • 2022 - September 1

His hometown is 3 hours from Grand Forks. You’d think that’ll help.

13/14F. Love the addition. If you can't land a whale, this is the route I was hoping they'd go. Opens up another F spot for freshman class of 2026. Throw everything you can at Desnoyers, if you can't land him, I hope they go this route 1 more time.

Head Coach x Defense It's hard to emphasize how bad both have been for years. New era. It's going to be fun to watch.

With this new talent pool, roster spots are incredibly valuable. If you're not able to get a high-end guy, I would (1) Add someone from the Portal w/ only one year of eligibility left. Essentially, punt. Have them as your 14/15F. This also frees up a spot in the 2026 F class. (2) Bring in one of the current recruits a year earlier than you expected. Probably Schultz. Frees another spot in the 2026 F class. Important for Schultz is he's at worst 13F since you already have two-depth guys behind him.

Complete agreement. The 2026 class is the best class UND has ever had, like others said, it's not close. I follow recruiting in the Dakota's fairly closely. NDSU / SDSU have these classes that I would consider FCS "elite". Too big to fail. Not only the top end guys, but the depth. It's a process and it takes years, but you start to stack those classes and you become an elite program. Competing offers is the name of the game. How close is this class to "elite" status? Mason Beaver (Kearney, MO): Lindenwood, SEMO, WIU, Missouri State, ISU-Red, SIU, SDSU, UNI, UND, TN-Martin 10 Isaac Beaver (Kearney, MO): Lindenwood, WIU, Missouri State, ISU-Red, SIU, SDSU, UNI, UND, TN-Martin, NDSU 10 Nate Appleget (Lincoln, NE): NIU, UND, SDSU, Lindenwood, Air Force, Navy, Penn 7 Aiden Wunderlich (Casselton, ND): UND, Montana, NDSU, Dartmouth, Washington State, UNI 6 Delvin Cook Jr (Dallas, TX): SHSU, Tulsa, Miami of Ohio, Oklahoma, UND, Sac State 6 Jackson Stein (Lake Mills, WI): CMU, NIU, Illinois State, UND 4 Ethan Headings (Iowa City, IA): UND, UNI, Army, Air Force 4 Blake Buhr (Sheboygan, WI): UND, Cornell, Central Michigan, SDSU 4 Tyler Zdon (Fox Lake, IL): SEMO, NDSU, UND, SIU 4 Tavian White (Waukee, IA): Lindenwood, UNI, UND, Western Illinois 4 Jack Vylhalek (Seward, NE): Yale, Air Force, UND 3 George Rohl (Ellsworth, WI): UNI, UND 2 Brooks Hendrickson (Mount Horeb, WI): UND 1 Brody Woods (Cold Spring, MN): UND 1 Brady Goihl (Melrose, MN): UND 1 Marial Deng : UND 1

Offers from Yale & Air Force

What social media told me this past weekend (Holth, 1883, remaining coaches) is that UND is going all in on Beaver x 2, Farr and Wright. Beaver x 2 are in, Wright and / or Farr would also be massive. Both also have 10+ offers (G5, xDSU's, ect).

Mason Beaver (Kearney, MO): Lindenwood, SEMO, WIU, Missouri State, Illinois State, SIU, SDSU, UNI, UND, TN-Martin Isaac Beaver (Kearney, MO): Lindenwood, WIU, Missouri State, Illinois State, SIU, SDSU, UNI, UND, TN-Martin, NDSU

Yes! Both had 10+ offers.

Completely different operation this current coaching staff is running.

My first thought was commits in all three phases, but just special teams given the recent offer to Sawyer Riffle would be the most likely.