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On 12/17/2023 at 11:54 AM, forksandspoons said:
Louisville transfer
Twitter bio now says @undfootball safety
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2 hours ago, DL Sioux said:
R E C R U I T I N G !
That would be nice if there was actual recruiting news to talk about.
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1 hour ago, TheFlop said:
Communications, Hospitality Management, Recreation Sports.....plenty of those degrees paths can be found on any big times college sports rosters.
This was the main risk of bringing him in early. The fact he was so young and maybe/maybe not the most disciplined student (which the public wouldn't know). Skill wise I don't think bringing him in early was an issue. He can play.
For many majors in all colleges, the only reason one would become academically ineligible is strictly effort. Frustrating for Duluth.
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21 hours ago, GoHawks said:
Tom Miller potential defensive starters for 2024
DE- Shultz, Mohr
NG- Orlando, Beach
OLB- Rucker, Navratil
ILB- Pedigo, McNeal, Kelley
CB- Hembry, Bluiett, Avery Scott (Transfer)
S- Davis, Erkman, Jy Martin (Transfer)
This list scares me! Of this list I only feel comfortable at the ILB and Corner spots.
DE- Not much experience and undersized at 240 and 245 pounds. Would like to see Teiken step up at this position.
NG- Plenty of experience just need more help and a big boy like Griffin was.
OLB- Rucker gained some experience and looks to have a nice future. Need this position to step up.
S- Biggest question mark for this defense. I am guessing that Fort is not returning or Miller would have him listed? Erkman has zero experience and what I saw from Davis does not look good.
Need to hit the Portal hard for some DL, OLB and safety help before spring ball preferably.
I will say this, it's exciting to see those five names listed. Bluiett expected, not surprised with Schultz / Rucker either. Mohr / Erkman, rave reviews for both.
S - #1 most nervous spot with a bullet. Minimum you need one more from the portal.
D-Line: Three from the portal
OLB - Unless Boecker takes this huge step, there's nobody behind the two starters. Need from the portal.
How's this for optimism. I don't think you could get worse than last year at 2 of the 6 positions listed (OLB / DE). As it stands now, this group could be rough. Get a handful of quality transfers and that can change quickly.
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Feeling good about this one. Joel’s been liking all his tweets.
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16 minutes ago, GoHawks said:
Fargo media not reporting the truth? NO WAY.....
I would more say, reporting what they were told. I just highly question what they were told.
I'm not saying a player or two turning down big time $ would be unheard of. What I am saying is everyone turning down that type of money doesn't compute with me. This goes two-fold that the players choice was not picked as Coach.
I would be interested though if the Fargo media actually ever believed it. Or if they were skeptical, but hey, just reporting what you were told.
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On 12/17/2023 at 1:28 PM, Wilbur said:
If #4 is (reportedly) getting 6 figure offers how does he not leave? Playing safety at an FBS school while securing your financial future for a few years down the line.
If he comes back with "I love this place too much to leave" then I may doubt an offer like that was on the table.
Let's circle back to this. I also was very skeptical of the numbers that were being tossed around. Originally, multiple players were reported to have 6 figure NIL deals. McFeeley reported 250K that one had, Izzo said 1/2 million this week on his show. Those numbers were clearly not accurate. Are we thinking they were reported 2X, 3X, 10X the actual number? I also don't believe as many players that were reported had them. Kudos to the Coaching staff / players. I'm sure the collective is still pretty modest, but boy did they get the ball moving by completely exaggerating what was happening.
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23 hours ago, jdub27 said:
Top kids are going to get picked over by the P5 real quick and then down the pecking order.
Literally thousands of kids in the transfer portal. Plenty of time to weed through that and find some new talent.
Would seem most of the ones offered right away were ones you could connect a few dots to see some sort of connection.
No one disagrees that there is a need to bring in some talent, but adding bodies just to add bodies that can't help isn't going to do any good.All accurate. A few things though, that give me pause. S / OLB / D-line are the positions of need. Last year, OLB was also a position of need and they didn't bring anybody in from the portal. They continually struck out on the RB offers as well. Flat out, they did not do well in the portal last year. They need to nail it this year.
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None of them a surprise after Miller's most recent breakdown of the roster.
Any reason to hold out hope that Fort will be back?
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Besides the two that committed to ULM, I have not seen any of the other transfer offers commit / sign anywhere else. Until we see otherwise, you can hope for the best.
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13 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:No reason to get bummed over transfers, guys are transfers for a reason, especially if they started out at a Juco. More worried about high school recruits right now
IF this team doesn't hit the portal hard and get quality guys at S, OLB, D-Line (multiple guys at each of those positions), this team potentially could be extremely average next year. You want those guys signed and in school for Spring camp. There's absolutely urgency with this. If they have 0 sign at those positions today, I would consider that a complete fail.
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Embarrassing.
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4 hours ago, siouxweet said:
Has the mass exodus started in Fargo yet?
Only players that don’t see the field. It’s good to be them. I said it earlier this week, things will never snowball negatively for that program. Too big to fail.
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16 minutes ago, GoHawks said:
Should we be worried about just the 1 transfer commit so far? (not counting the QB). Have seen a few offers on twitter (maybe 3-4) but was hoping for more of those and more commits by now.
Agree to both of those. Few important notes, last year we didn’t find out about two of the portal additions until NLI signing day. To my knowledge nobody that’s been offered has committed elsewhere. I’ve been keeping a close eye on Schwenzfeier’s Twitter account. It has fluctuated through this process. There are some intriguing names that he follows that are in the portal that there’s no activity. There was also some intriguing names that he followed at the beginning he no longer does.
My guess is we see 2 to 4 “surprises” tomorrow. Guys that signed that didn’t make it public beforehand. Including guys that never announced offers publicly.
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7 minutes ago, UND1983 said:
Who is Bunce?
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6 minutes ago, SiouxBoys said:
You think Miller is better than Gronowski?
Close. I’ll say I think Miller is one of the best QB’s in FCS.
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9 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:
I could see Eli Green getting some big offers. Other than the other known NIL offer guys I’m not sure who would get plucked from above.
True. I’m not sure who all of the known ones are. I’m just hoping for two of these. Anything less, complete reload. Anything more, some questions.
My dream portal entries.
1. Miller (think best QB in FCS)
2. Zabel (All-Conference lineman)
3. Green (Future All-American)
4. Wisniewski
5. Kopp
6. Mostaert
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Really hoping we see an offer for Jonathan Bunce & a few others today. UND getting those (most likely) last official visits.
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53 minutes ago, forksandspoons said:
I meant starters
I’m always in wait and see mode when it comes to NDSU. Until I see it, I’ll assume every key player w/ eligibility returns. They’ve had minor speed bumps over the last decade plus, but it never truly compounds on each other. They lose a playoff game they were the better team, in unconventional fashion (penalties / ST’s). So hard for me to believe they’d now lose 3 to 4 key players to the portal as well.
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2 minutes ago, ChrisUND1 said:
Griz Qb…yuck.
I’ll never get over this. He’s an all time bad QB.
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You have the world’s worst QB and you throw on 4th & 2. Montana doesn’t deserve to win. FCS is such a joke.
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Hope Montana’s QB is back next year. Man is he bad.
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Will be a fun second half. Absolutely stunning that NDSU only has 6. They seem to be the better team, but penalties have really cost them.
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6 hours ago, NDRA said:I'm always hesitant about a guy that didn't have the right stuff to make it a service academy.
Really hate this post.
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Based on Schwenzfeier's twitter, I think the only offer out that would potentially be accepted is Gabe Duffy. The other offer's that were out, he no longer follows. He does follow two NAIA All-Americans. Not sure how that would translate. Appears to be pretty bare right now. Would have been nice to have at least one LB / DL transfer here for Spring Ball. I still strongly feel to give this team a chance next year, they need 2 Safety's (check), 2 OLB's, 2 DL's from the portal.