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Freshman added to roster: http://www.undsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&SPID=6399&SPSID=58641

There's no doubt, but I'm with the person who wouldn't want UND to go after him. I just think it'd be a bad look.

http://mytoba.ca/sports/15-year-old-football-star-rain-slater-may-be-the-next-big-thing/ Story from last year that mentions UND: https://www.canadafootballchat.com/ol-slaters-lofty-gridiron-dreams-video/

That 2013 UND team went 3-8, what would have their record been if they played a top FCS team that first game? They just weren't a very good team, period. Why do so many P5 teams schedule games against lower level of competition? I just don't see the reason to have a gauntlet of a non-conference schedule before you get into conference play. Would you be better prepared, probably, but you'd also be more beaten up going into conference play, with a better probability of having more losses. With UND being a night and day better team today than they were back then, I'd be less concerned about them regressing because of one or two games, or not being able to match a better conference opponent following a Valpo like opponent.

I'm a huge fan of the recent additions of MVSU & Valpo to the non-conference schedule. Simply put, I don't think there's enough incentive given (from playoff committee) for UND to try to stack their non-conference schedule with an FBS game and 2 FCS powers. I look at the non-conference schedule as a place to build momentum going into conference play. I prefer they play their non-conference schedule more conservative. Edit: By conservative, I'm talking one big FBS game for a check and other two home games against lower level FCS programs.

Adidas basketball uniforms, at least a few years ago were terrible. Not sure if they've went away from this style.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4285552-unds-geno-crandall-arrested-suspicion-dui Let this dumpster fire of an off season roll on.

Care to give a guess on where he'll end up?

I'm really excited to see what the coaching staff can do this year, with the success last year and the hype coming into the season (Pre-season Top 5, couple Pre-season All Americans), we are in uncharted territory as far as what the coaching staff can sell from a hype standpoint.

With the UofM sniffing around, would like to see him get locked up sooner than later.

Saw he took an unofficial visit to the UofM today. Clearly one of the Top Bantam players in the upper midwest, was a finalist for Youth Hockey Hub's bantam POY. Quick social media search, it appears 1/2 the people he follows on twitter are either UND players / UND affiliated handles, so it's a safe assumption he's a UND fan. You'd think the coaches would want to see him play HS hockey, but with the way recruiting is these days, they might offer before that. Edit

Just to clarify, UND didn't offer either of NDSU's two early commitments. Not saying they would have committed to UND if offered or that they aren't going to be great players, but they didn't offer.

Correct, not only keeping the likes of Butcher an extra year, but finding the "tweener" players that need that extra year. I think it's generally accepted that if a player is ready and will play in the NHL the following year, it's time to go. Of the 8 players that have left UND the following two season, 6 will have played (counting Poolman) in the NHL. Let's compare Borgstrom / Terry to Jost / Boeser. Denver will get an extra year, where UND does not, but I believe both Jost / Boeser are better prepared to play in the NHL (& they will) this upcoming year. Comparable players in college, but UND's duo is more prepared to step into the NHL. BU & Wisconsin are currently making waves recruiting tons of top end talent, which is exciting when you are comparing recruits, but having that much turnover year after year (thinking in future for Wisconsin based on new coaches philosophy), won't get the job done in the tournament when you have so much turnover year and year. You need the top end guys (which UND has), but also a nice balance of 3 & 4 year guys with experience. UND making the playoffs for the past 15 years is enough evidence that they are doing things the right way, the philosophy the coaching staff has works.

Good info! This team really needs Flowers depth at safety.

In general, over the past decade everyone is recruiting younger and younger. It's just how things are these days, UND (like rest of the top programs) are getting verbals from the best 15 / 16 year old prospects. Problem being when you recruit so young, it turns into kind of a crapshoot, those players don't necessarily keep up with their projected trajectory. I find it hard to really get excited for a recruit that is years away from enrolling at UND. That being said, you can look at the flip side and enjoy watching the players mature as they enter different leagues. I don't think anything has changed with their philosophy and this years class should be Top 5 in the country.

Not JoJo in particular, since I know that wasn't happening, but I really hope that we get another Safety in the next couple months for next year.

My response was to why opposing fan bases don't give UND the respect everyone here thinks they deserve. My long winded point was there were definitely question marks, especially if you watched select games. USD for example was brought up, UND was terrible for 3/4 of that game, it's not crazy to think USD fans think they had a better team given that game. It was also during the first 5 game stretch, where UND was finding its offense. I'm ready to bury this conversation though.

Everything I said was accurate, no need to get defensive. It's ok to objective you know.

I think UND's offense in 2017 will be the best in the history of UND Football and will truly be "Championship" caliber. The way they play, I'm not saying they'll average 50 points a game, but they will be balanced with incredible depth. This will be the fist time ever they have a true 2 deep. I have zero concerns about them offensively, my worries are at LB and Safety. It really is incredible where Bubba has taken this program.

As unflattering as it is, there is a lot of truth to what other teams fan bases said (are saying) about UND and their 2016 season. Does everyone remember how truly awful UND's offense was through the first 5 games? We all know the reasoning (brand new O-Line, WR core), but the fact was they were flat out atrocious. Now, they got better throughout the year and I thought were solid by the end of the year, but it took time. UND did have an easy schedule, not only who they played, but where. They played bad teams closer than they should have. The defense was opportunistic, but at times it was like the opposing offense could throw at will. At the end of the day, it was definitely a success, but I think some of the questions other people (& some of us here) have are valid.

I imagine this would be slim to none, but I also hope that since the options for the PAC 12 are so few in ND / SD, that they might allow Midco to pick up the feed. Doubt it though. A day later and I'm still mad about this situation. It's insane that 2 out of the last 3 FBS games UND has played in have either (1) No stream / ways to watch (2) Basically No stream / ways to watch, based on the PAC 12 being an embarrassment of a network

"However, Engelstad’s donation came at a price. He was known to throw parties on Adolf Hitler’s birthday, and he seemed to go out of his way to insult the Sioux tribes, whose name North Dakota used to use as its nickname." In what way?

I think the problem this year is you need Sling tv to stream it online, so it's not like 99.9% of the other sporting options where you can just pay $10 to see the feed. Bars won't have Sling tv -- this is really disappointing.

From the little research I did, at least in ND, the only way you can get PAC12 is if you have Dish Network. What a disaster of a network to not be on Directv, I doubt there's any bars that use Dish Network. It's 2017 and a lot of people will be stuck listening to it on the radio.

I'll never understand the need to get defensive in situations like this. Are they guaranteed the title? Obviously not, but there's really no argument that if things break like they seem to be, they'll have by far the most talent in the country. I would say being #1 all year and winning the title that they were pretty dominant this past year, they'll be better next year.