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His stats are a little deceiving, since his team split time at QB. His first two games he had a total of 6 passing attempts, for 5 yards.

I think this is the biggest single need on next years roster. Someone that can back up Studsrud and potentially start the next year.

Good size at 6'2", 185 lbs. Played both RB / WR as well as on Defense. Stats don't blow you away, more receiving yards than rushing. 26 Tackles and 2 INTs on defense also returned Punts and Kickoffs. I haven't seen him play, but love his size and that he played 3 different positions. Get an athlete with good size and probably pretty good wheels and coach him up!

I asked this question earlier, but does anyone know the size of class we are looking at? There were only 14 Seniors on the roster (including Arnell / Georges), so you'd think this class would be on the smaller side. Right now there are 12 players committed, not including the 2 PWO's. How many more scholarships do they have to give?

Griebel's highlights are spectacular, not only is he crazy quick, but his cuts are ridiculous.

Win it all!

How many more scholarships do they have left for this class? There were between 12 / 14 seniors (Arnell, Georges still ?), so you wouldn't think there is a lot of $$$ this year.

Here's how I look at the season so far, they are currently 9-6-3 and ranked 10 in the PWR (obviously pretty volatile right now). There has been more positives than negatives when looking overall, they've had a few bad games (Minnesota Fri, Mich State, Western Michigan), but also a lot of games where they played pretty well (Denver, UMD Sat, Minny Sat), but came up short. They've done pretty well, without (1) Healthy Boeser (2) Gardner / Poganski significantly underperforming (3) Injuries on defense Get Boeser back, Gardner / Poganski get back to their late season form and the freshman dman will have now a half year under their belts. There's no reason they can't win it all again.

Anymore information on Olsgaard or any other JUCO QB's? This is one of the biggest needs for next years team.

I've been saying this for years, just copy the teams that have an effective PP.

This. It's just not tonight, their special teams are awful and have been all year. 31st PP and 46th PK in the nation, that is completely unacceptable, but will we see them try anything differently? Based on the past decade the answer is no. Cost them another game tonight.

After watching their runs the past five years, it's really easy to find the moment when the game is over. The 3rd and 25 was that moment. To beat NDSU in the playoffs, it's like you almost need the inside straight draw. There needs to be a team that is (1) Better (2) Plays their best game of the season. If you are on par with them, you have no shot, because although there have been close games, they always make the play that counts.

James Madison is the only team left, EWU will get smoked if they meet in Frisco. This isn't the regular season (see today).

James Madison is the only team that has a shot.

I said it back during that possession, but that was the ball game. Everything that happens after doesn't matter. Game was over when NDSU was down 10-7.

Only a team that has a truly great defense will be able to beat NDSU in the playoffs. SDSU doesn't even have close to that. NDSU might not win by 30, but SDSU is bleeding out right now and has no chance to stop it. Today, it could be 3rd and 2 or 3rd and 25, doesn't matter, they'll get the first down.

Down 10-7 in the 2nd and you can already turn it off. The reason NDSU will win this one and march to #6 is coaching. I'm at a loss for words for how poor SDSU's game plan is on defense. Someone explain why on 3rd and 25 you only rush 3 and then have the rest of your guys 50 yards down field.

NYC is a destination, Sioux Falls is Sioux Falls. I'm going to concede this discussion since we won't know until it happens. My original statement was I preferred Fargo over Sioux Falls, because I thought it offered a better home ice advantage. I think financially, it's tough for a lot of people to make 3 possible trips in a row work. The Frozen Faceoff is well attended by UND fans, then a lot would attend the Frozen Four if UND makes it. The regional works well in Fargo, since it's a non-hotel trip for most who will attend. I could be wrong and 10K show up, I'm just not as optimistic as others and would put it at 5K.

When the time comes there won't be close to 10K UND fans at the Sioux Falls regional if they are the host school. I guess we'll have to wait a few years and see.

I think you are strongly overestimating the amount of UND fans that would show up in Sioux Falls for the regional. This is based on every Regional that has ever been in St. Paul (same distance) that UND has been in (Sioux / Gophers could barely sell out the lower bowl and that was to go to the Frozen Four). The attendance isn't great and that's in one of the largest alumni centers for UND. Regionals being in-between the Frozen Faceoff and Frozen Four (which are well attended) hurt attendance. I'd say more 5000 UND fans (100% capacity) compared to 5 / 6K fans (maybe 70% capacity w/ opposing fans).

When it comes to UND bidding on a regional, I would prefer Fargo over Sioux Falls every time. Makes for a much tougher ticket, but gives them a better home ice advantage.

As far as this weekend goes, UND at 8-5-3 is at this point where they need to really start putting some separation between their W's and L's. 10-5-3 going into Christmas break looks a lot better than 9-6-3. Need a home sweep this weekend.

Didn't Chicago offer to sign Luke Johnson after his sophomore year, which was very middle of the road. He signed after his Junior year and he wasn't close from being a star at the college level at that time either. Teams are willing to sign players to an ELC just to get them in their system and see if they have what it takes (most of them don't). I wouldn't doubt that the three BroncoHeard mentioned could sign if they wanted to. It's far from a guarantee that they'll make the show. Both the player and the teams might think they could develop better in the minors.

Same question on the SRO. Wouldn't that be nice this time around if they only sold enough for the risers and those had numbers on them. My guess it'll be the same as last time though.

Why don't they do a home / home with SDSU or USD also?