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Not at all. My posts today ultimately had nothing to do with UND. It was about how weird I find it to try to spin what BU / UofM have done since August 1st into a potential negative. That's it. My original post was strictly a compliment to both those programs.

I mean Michigan was the #1 team all of last year and lost in the Frozen Four in OT. Duluth / Denver being the exceptions it seems, there could be worse things then watching high level NHL talent, win a lot of games and make Frozen Fours even if it doesn't produce a Championship. UND fans know as well as anyone, it's not easy to win a Championship.

Sure. There’s no real magic bullet for roster construction. UND has one playoff win in the past five years. Not to turn negative on UND, they’ve had good teams during that time, more making the point of why can’t people just tip their cap to other programs sometimes. There isn’t anything negative you could say about these last two weeks for Minny or BU.

Boston University and Minnesota are absolutely crushing it. There's no way to spin it to be anything other then that. There's more high end players that have not committed then have, so we'll have to have some patience. BU and UofM though are starting to build quite the lead though on top class. Eiserman is down to those two as well.

360's D-Line preview Kelly called it the deepest group on the team. Very high praise for the unit from them.

I was going to post the same thing. The talk around this team from both Miller & 360 has been different then ever before. Much more positive then usual. Now, we keep our fingers crossed about Fall camp injuries. Based on Millers write up today, they are starting to see some. He did mention that he wouldn’t go into details unless they looked to impact the regular season, so hopefully just some minor dings so far.

Destroyed, no, but "surprisingly large loss" I think would deflate it a little. For me, look at Utah State last year. That didn't help build momentum, that's for sure.

As someone who's been pretty optimistic about the O-Line, listening to 360's preview today and reading this article has me really excited for this unit. Taking from both, the highlights being. Lotysz being healthy and battling for the starting center position with Carroll Bryant has impressed (current LG starter) Kuntz / Hagen fighting for Right Tackle spot Kilty back at RG (360 feels that's his best position) https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/und-football-fall-camp-day-2-offensive-linemen-building-bodies-of-work-after-injuries

I wouldn’t call that the worst case scenario

Who started at Tackle at SDSU when Waletzko was out?

Tommy's best game last Fall and overall (given opponent, ect) I would say the offenses best game was @ South Dakota State. I do think a lot of that was attributed to Tommy running by far the most he did all year. It wasn't anything crazy, maybe four / five times, but he got decent chunks of yards, moved the chains. Completely agree, he needs to run when given the chance.

They also think Kilty is a better Guard then he is Tackle.

I'll go McInnis. Is the locker room done yet? I think these first few days have actually shaped up pretty nice for UND, especially with the majority of the big name Minnesota guys not committing right away. If they can get these guys on campus they have as good of a shot as any.

PuckPreps has Boisvert as a 5 Star recruit and the 8th ranked Canadian skater in the 2006 class.

I remember reading something regarding Law School with him not too long ago.

Initial Depth Chart thoughts. Offensive Line. Offensive Line. Kilty is staying at Right Guard (He was listed as Left Tackle on Spring Ball depth chart) One returning starter at the position they started last year Three new starters Very young O-Line Christian / Lavell who "co-starters" throughout last Fall at Guard overtaken by transfer Bryant (Great sign) Carroll Up to 285 which is a little light, but no worries Lotysz not listed as injured I'm excited. The two biggest things I was keeping my eye on was (1) Could Carroll get up to 285 (2) Could a Transfer start over a returner. What's exciting is this is kind of a foundation year. If they can improve from last year and be solid, next year this unit will be really good. Left Tackle (Senior / Sophomore) Left Guard (Sophomore / Senior) Center (R-Freshman / Sophomore) Right Guard (Sophomore / Junior) Right Tackle (Sophomore / R-Freshman)

I've never been more interested in the 2-Deep release as I am this year. The more transfers (Anderson, Bryant, Oliphant, Hembry, Wilson, Buckner, Cooper, Ogbu) that find themselves on it the better in most cases. Here's what I'm hoping for. Transfers on the Depth Chart. O-Line: 2 Starters / 1 Backup WR: 1 Backup DL: 0 (This is the biggest "most cases" example. Hoping Ogbu is more in that 3rd D-End spot, so just off the depth chart) CB: 1 Backup Safety: 1 Starter OLB: 1 Backup

Repost. Everyone is with @geaux_sioux that you'd like to see more competing offers. From an optimism standpoint though, see the post on 06/27. To me that early period will last until Fall camp. Looking at commits with no or limited competing FCS offers. Each individual will be different, but we don't know where they rank (i.e. Tier) of the other Dakota's / MVFC teams. By this point, I would think schools would be onto Tier 2 / 3 of recruits. Let's use recent offer William Paepke as an example. UND offers him after the Saturday camp (07/16). Keenan Wilson commits to NDSU later on that day (07/16). SDSU (and UND) had offers out to Wilson. SDSU offers Paepke on 07/18. That could just be a coincidence, but you get the point. We don't know where some of these guys were tiered at other schools. The next couple weeks are crucial for UND to get 2 or 3 more from the most recent offer list. What I don't want to see is a late surge like last year. At that point, I think you have really worked your way down the tiers of offers.

EJ Emery (NTDP)

Last year, this upcoming weekend was the biggest recruiting weekend of the year with Flagship Camp #2 going into hosting targeted recruits for tours, etc. Three commitments that Saturday. Hoping 360 will have a post about who will be the main targets this weekend as they’ve done in the past.

Keith McInnis (Waterloo Tender) Sacha Boisvert (Muskegon Tender) Those will be two of them.

Keep them coming! I've said before and I do mean it that either this coaching staff is above average talent evaluators or above average coaches. They seem to put very competitive products on the field without (as subjective at the FCS level as it is) winning the "recruiting rankings". My thought process has changed over the years, my hope now going into the recruiting season is they get as many commitments as they can during the early portion of the recruiting season (June / July). Guys that they see in person and offer early. Five so far in June is really solid.

Based on the article, I'm letting McFeely interpret the lawsuit, two things stick out. Issue that is being attacked is the way UND calculates the opportunities for females athletes, claiming they over report that number. Call for the court to require UND to provide equal opportunity "by sponsoring additional women's sports", in the same paragraph they do mention in a quote "particularly intercollegiate ice hockey" Unless I'm reading this wrong and as odd as this sounds, but this lawsuit might actually have more merit then the original. All UND has to do and I'm guessing they had to do it originally, but prove it out that there are equal opportunities. Done deal. Where this one differs (I believe) is if you're UND and this somehow doesn't go your way, at worst, you have to add an additional women's sport. Add back Women's Swimming and Diving. That cost about 1/4 UND Women's hockey did. My major issue with the original lawsuit was what made Women's hockey so much more special then Women's Soccer or Swimming and Diving. This one seems to take that specificity of the actual sport out of play.

Slipec playing in the Chicago Steel Development Camp All-Star Game (along with Perron and Livanavage). Would be great if he decided to play in the USHL this year instead of the BCHL.