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Interesting. Is the thought process that this player will drop down to say a Concordia and play this year? When Romfo was announced QB1, almost seemed a certainty that Trey would portal out after the year. There's no way all three were going to return. This might be an all-time spin zone, but it might not be the worst thing for it to happen now.

My uneducated, initial 2-deep thoughts. Excited Tackle - Thaden had a lot of steam after Spring camp, the fact that Becher (6'6" - 310) won the spot, bodes well. Thaden (6-7" - 285) and Teeter (6'6" -300) backing up, seems like a potential position of strength. Teeter has collegiate experience. Anderson returning starter. D-End - IMO, last year, low ceiling / experienced group. Teiken, who was one of the highest ranked recruits, right on schedule starting as a sophomore. Mohr has been a talker since Spring ball. Like those two transfers are backing up. Excited as well for Vig / Schultz. Young, talented group. CB - Deep talented group. Per Tom Miller, best unit on the team Disappointed OLB - Pending... the fact that Boecker is still in competition for a starting spot is worrisome. Listening to Tom Miller, it seems like Rucker might be the best Defensive player (or at least highest ceiling). My hope was that you'd see Rucker and Navratil start with the two transfers backing up. Hoping Boecker has improved, but this positional group was a nightmare last year. Besides Rucker (obviously) and Navratil, wanted them to essentially start over with anyone else that played significantly. Two other things I'll be watching closely (1) Center position - really hope Buxa wins. Based on recent history, they've had pretty good luck with young Centers. (2) Davis injury. Need him healthy for depth purposes at a critical position

If I were to rank the games currently with 10 being the highest probability to win and 1 being lowest. 10 - Murray State, San Diego 9 - Idaho State 8 - 7 -@ Indiana State 6 - Northern Iowa, USD 5 - @Youngstown State, @ Illinois State 4 - Montana 3 - 2 - SDSU 1 - @Iowa State, @ North Dakota State

I really don't think he's necessarily anti-UND, but that projection is complete garbage. I would have the worst possible scenario be 5-7. That would be essentially losing almost every 50 / 50 game.

Anybody else starting to feel a bit optimistic about this team defensively this year? I'm talking could they be a decent MVFC (4th or 5th ranked) unit? I like what I'm reading.

Borud / Hagen would have stayed without the coaching changes. Hagen was on Izzo's show and said as much. Pretty easy math with those two given they didn't leave after Fall camp. Kilty did leave for $. Nobody will disagree with your premise; I just don't believe for Football it has to be as prevalent for FCS schools that invest in their programs. Look no further than the other Dakota schools / Montana this past year.

To some extent, yes, but how many key players transferred from NDSU, SDSU, USD this offseason? Two from NDSU, were there any from the South Dakota schools? Without the Coaching changes at UND you see two less key players and the outlook is completely different. Take out the 5th year transfers now, and it'll be even less. I don't think it's unrealistic to think that schools like the Montana / Dakota's who are investing in Athletics can keep the "key" player losses to 3 or less each year. Some years you might see more, some less.

Most likely something he “retweeted” at one time.

McNeal really at 220? That would be down 15 pounds.

Only 16 combined SRs / GRs / 5th Year

- No Lucas Schweigert (was noted before) - No Max Gunderson

Preseason ratings and who those teams don't play. 3. USD (Missouri State / ISU-R) 4. SIU (UND / UNI) 5. UND (SIU / Missouri State) 6. ISU-R (SDSU / USD) 7. YSU (NDSU / Murray State) 8. UNI (SIU / Murray State) With this unbalanced schedule, who you play matters. Based on preseason rankings, ISU-R has by far the best "misses" with the #1 / #3 rated teams.

That is big time.

I saw that. More of a cheap shot at St. Cloud from me. Cheap shot, but still a lot of truth behind it. I hope it doesn’t seem like he has offers from all D1 schools and the favorites from that list includes SCSU.

If this is true, then what you’re saying is Siegert’s only two offers on 08/01 will be SCSU & Maine.

2010 & Jost (2016)

Usually about a week before they can start committing.

Did a bit of a deep dive into the current offers. There are a lot of current offers, varying in competing offers. A pretty even mix between a lot, a few and none. Below is my wish list. The grade is based on competing offers and corelates to my excitement level. As always, a disclaimer of just because the player has a lot of competing offers does not mean they'll pan out at the collegiate level and vice versa. *This is not all of the offers* *Likely I missed a few exciting ones as well* A Devine (OLB) - MN Wagner (OL) - MN Rehberg (DE) - NE McGregor (OL) - IA Kramlich (DB) - ND Bindel (OL) - MO Collins (ATH) - MO B+ Ackerman (DE) - NE McCarty (OL) - MN B Kies (LB) - IA Bates (WR) - IL Arnold (DB) - KS Grace (LB) - MO Broderick (ATH) - ND