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100% - fairly broken logic from segments of this fanbase. What we know so far. They are close, but not there yet to beat an average P4 team or high level FCS team on the road. Very close. How does this translate to an average FCS team at home? High level FCS team at home? Elite FCS team at home? Above average / average FCS team on the road? I’m looking for a level of consistency and steady improvement. IF that happens, every game is winnable on the schedule. I understand the disappointment, but I don’t understand the negativity after 3 games from the product we’ve seen on the field.

I’d argue it could. Let’s reevaluate after Oct 18. We’ll know then where the 2025 version stands. If they continue to be 10-14 points better than last year. They could be a Tier 2 FCS team. No reason they couldn’t legitimate complete for the Championship next year.

Year 1 of the new era (3 games in). I’m looking at continued consistency moving forward. Is this team 14-17 pts better than previous 3 years? Wins will come & anyone who wouldn’t be happy with that is completely disingenuous. Let’s enjoy the ride. Time to double down on support, NIL. Everything is in place for this program to be one of the very few “haves” in FCS.

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

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