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SFI final write up: To sum it up: Positions we are content with: Defensive Line, Tight End, Cornerback, Wide Receiver, Quarterback, Running Back, Outside Linebacker. Positions we are concerned about: Offensive Line, Inside Linebacker, Safety. They clarified the OL concern saying it needed to go from good to great, which you can't argue. Grady back in the mix, all the returning starting, plus solid RS Freshman class, they should be as deep as they've ever been. In all reality, the only "true" concern I see is with Safety. They need a transfer that can step in and be the 2/3 guy behind Reyes.

Going back and reading what SFI had to say about the LB unit after Spring ball: A freshman could be starting opposite Jade Lawrence at outside linebacker. Lawrence is pretty much a lock to start on the weakside but the emergence of Jaxson Turner and Ray Haas make it interesting (those positions are somewhat interchangeable). Right now, I would slate Tanner Palmborg as the starter heading into the summer but Haas will push him hard. The inside linebacker position is one big question mark (?). Donnell Rodgersshould be a starter-we are high on him. But after that it is a bunch of inexperienced players battling it out. Jake Disterhaupt is a senior, yes, but he has never played ILB. After those two there are two freshmen in Jake Rastas and Jake Geier, to go along with Oscar Nevermann, who played RB last year. They need Dijon Murray to stay healthy and finally get out on the field after being on campus now for over a year. Cam Hunt could be a wild card but he missed the entire spring and valuable reps. Mildly worried about the ILB position. Circling back to the Poole situation and depth at LB, he wasn't mentioned at all by SFI who talked about 11 other LB's in their write up. The LB unit will be young and a lot of inexperience in the two deep, but Poole doesn't appear to be a huge missing piece to what they have next year. Also nice to have a Freshman like Larson who could be in the mix too.

What's exciting with Ketteringham is he's a proven FCS QB, starting the past two seasons and putting up ok numbers behind an atrocious OL. Great size and athleticism, we don't know his ceiling, based on the terrible teams he's been on, but we do know his floor, which is much more important. Until you see what a guy can do at this level, you don't really know (i.e. Zimmerman, Boltmann), but it's comforting having Ketteringham in the fold, who is proven. Will be exciting to see what he can do with massive talent upgrades around him at all positions. Great get by the coaching staff!

Great news!! IMO he'll be the guy in '18 / '19

Lots of offers today: QB, SS Owen Goldsberry, 6'1" 192, Arlington Heights (Hersey), IL Offers from Southern Illinois, SDSU, Western Illinois, USD, Indiana State

New offers: QB, RB Eric Mooney, 6'1", 185, 4.43, Huntley, IL Offers from Wofford, UNI, USD and Butler QB, SB Deion McShane, 5'9" 155, Freeport, IL, 1st Offer CB Jontae Dobson, 5'9", 165, Indianapolis (Ben Davis HS), IN Offers from Indiana State, Army & Eastern Kentucky

Another CO offer: T Florian McCann III, 6'5", 270, Denver (Mullen), CO Has offers from Montana, Weber State and UNC Nice having the FCOA in your back pocket when you recruit against a handful of Big Sky schools

You think the coaching staff is looking at bring in a drop down / graduate Senior to backfill spots at Safety / LB, or are they good with what they have on roster?

Trying to be a half glass full guy with regards to Poole / Flowers (& O'Brien). Three players that were expected to be on the team that aren't, causing a need for 2 LB & 1 Safety. O'Brien (starter) and Pooler / Flowers more depth guys. My hope is everything happened early enough, to give them enough time to look for players looking for the one year Graduate route. Glass half full being with O'Brien / Flowers being Seniors, you only need a one year Band-Aid with them. Poole, would have been a depth guy anyway this year, with little experience, so a one year Band-Aid for him shouldn't be difficult. Replacing O'Brien is tough, but my hope is the coaching staff can find comparable replacements for Flowers / Poole.

The real question is if they'll have enough defensive players to even fill out a 2 Deep Chart. Starting with Arnell, this has been a nightmare offseason defensively.

I really do think there is a silver lining to this situation. Poole was dealing before he got caught and would still be doing it if he didn't get caught. Obviously you would rather not have this situation, but given the choice of him (1) Getting caught, kicked off the team / school (2) Continue dealing, I'd choose (1) every single time. It isn't a good look for UND Football, but him getting out of the locker room / school, is much more positive than the negative press his arrest brought. It's unfair to speculate, so I'm trying to really watch my words, but just in general, this will be a wake up call to everyone on the team that they better really think about their actions (even if it's not to the extent of what Poole was doing). I'm happy he got caught, negative press today, but will be a positive overall.

I've been trying to dig for information on him as well, I'm sure UND is in the mix, know Wisconsin is also after him. Probably the #1 '01 uncommitted recruit. Ryan O'Reilly decommitted from Omaha yesterday, looks to be another really good prospect.

Absolutely, getting in first and building a relationship is crucial when a player ends with multiple scholarship offers. UND offered 2nd, now Enz is up to 7 offers. Along with the UNI and Western Illinois, also Indiana State, Illinois State, SDSU and NDSU

Now has offers from Northern Iowa, SDSU & Montana State along w/ UND

That's how I see it as well. A 5-8 of Johnson, Bast, Kierstad and Rieger is considerably deeper and better than Johnson, Bast, Rieger and Chartrand. With injuries, switching guys in, UND usually has the "7th guy" play 25+ games, so you need to be able to roll 7 deep. This also clears future years with Tychonick being the only '18 commit being able to step in for Wolanin who will most likely turn pro after next year. Excited for the dcore next year and for years to come.

Looks like Jake Braccini is on the UND coaches radar. He won the Bantam POTY award and noticed the UND coaches Twitter (@NodakTradition) retweeted the link. He also follows the UND coaches. Would be nice to make it 3 Bantam POTY in a row. http://www.youthhockeyhub.com/news_article/show/789396?referrer_id=967184

They are eligible next year to win conference titles, once Basketball moves to the Summit, the Football team isn't eligible to win the conference title the two years following (which wouldn't matter, because if they win the league, they are getting an at large).

NDSU offered a few days after

If you wanted UND to get nailed for something, you can start the parade. I'm stunned by this list of requests, I would have never thought they'd be going back that far. Like someone else mentioned, I believe this will be a case of them digging until they find something. One thing I'm really interested in seeing is how much steam this has gained / lost since the report first came out (Apr 21). It's still early, but 50 minutes after he posted it, there is 1 RT, compared to 85 with his original Investigation post on Apr 21. I'll look after a day to see what it's at. Why I'm interested, is we all know there will be a small group that wants to destroy UND and will take this anger to their grave. I just have a feeling there was a larger group that wanted to see this investigated, but, after a couple more weeks of cooling off and seeing all that they are asking, there are backing off. I think you'll see more and more people turn on the Women's hockey team, as this OCR investigation continue.

I thought it was absolutely pathetic the way they handled it, but that's me. There were 5 sports cut in the past two years and no one acted like they did (& the rest of the Women's team).

I think this is best for everyone involved. Tomek needs minutes and they just aren't here, as for UND, I'd rather have Thome back up Johnson this year (hopefully splitting some time).

So, a complaint was filed on April 1st, we first heard about it on April 21st, does anyone know what the kind of time table there is for this OCR investigation?

Well there it is, also, it's not the pinned post, which is the one where Annelese is suing her dad (along with 18 others) for $240 million, but a little further down.

Is he fully healthy now?