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It's a bad look for UND, no doubt. I don't think you'll see either side get too excited (NDSU) or disappointed (UND) about the actual player when evaluating their freshman classes. Always need to put up the disclaimer that he might turn out to be an All-American, but forgettable with his current offers. A nice PWO for NDSU though, congrats!

His dad played at NDSU. He doesn't have any P5 offers currently, but I think it's fair to assume that is the hold up in him announcing. Wait and see mode if any come.

No inside source here, Canady posted on his Instagram a picture of his Medical Referral Form.

Looks like it’s a go for Jordan Canady. It’ll be interesting to see how they bring him along now that he’s available for full activity.

Yes.

1/3 of their recruits also had a UND offer and picked NDSU, so there's that. I hope UND wasn't recruiting bad players. I think the fairest way to judge a recruit originally is based on other offers. Recruiting is such an inexact science, but the more schools that offer the better. Compared to other years, the "other" offer category has been way down for them. Only a handful have G5 offers, only a few others have multiple high level FCS offers. I wouldn't say not good, because it resembles a lot how UND's usually looks, but definitely different than what they've been accustomed too.

https://undfootball360.com/news/huge-recruiting-weekend-nets-four-commitments/ Of the active offers listed at the bottom of the article, Gillman, Hegerle and Larson would be true "A" type recruits. Based on opposing offers, ect, they would fall into any Top 15 list of recruits that UND would have gotten in the D1 era. Teiken is in that class as well.

Yes, his UND was his second D1 Offer (1st being Valpo), also has a PWO from Virginia. Great question, I've always wondered the inner workings as there's only so many spots. I think ultimately it depends on the player. There are certain ones that you make room for. I'm not sure if he's one of them. I do have a feeling you'll start to see some dominos fall though this week.

Hard to disagree. That being said, this year does feel different to me. I think it's most likely the local angle. Two out of Six recruits with offers from both have picked UND. That is progress, with at least three others that hold offers from both that are uncommitted. It'll be an interesting next couple of weeks.

Agreed. NDSU doesn’t offer if they didn’t think they had a chance.

I would be surprised if one wasn’t Dixon based on some Tweets I’ve seen.

Tommy Hamann commits to SDSU Caden Schmidt commits to UNI

Gillman has the following offers, Central Michigan, Dartmouth, Georgetown, UND, UNI, USD and Montana. These are the type of recruiting battles that are so important.

Right on, it's still very early and overall, when you look at the total offers handed out, only a small portion have committed. July 17th is final single day camp You would think sooner than later it would start to pick up. Let's get Larson and Dixon and really pick up some momentum!

Will UND go 0-fer against NDSU after the Teiken commit? They are starting to pick them off one by one.

Talk about things heating up with Schweigert / Dixon. You would think that UND has the inside track with the family connections, but on the other hand, I don't think NDSU offers unless they think they have a good chance. We'll see how it plays out. Edit: Assumed Schweigert was related to Bubba, but guess that is not the case.

NDSU has now offered Dixon.

NDSU Offered yesterday.

Very disappointing for sure, both with Altepeter and Staehling. Looking at it through the lens of reality, this was never a situation where UND was all of a sudden going to win every recruiting battle with NDSU. At the same time, the Teiken news was so surprising and unexplainably felt a little different, that a part of me really thought there might be some momentum that came with that. There's still a handful of more head to head battles this class. I'm not feeling as optimistic today as I did yesterday, but momentum can shift.

I was going over Luna's offers and basically they fit into two categories. Ivy League Lower Level FBS (CMU, EMU, Buffalo, Air Force) You never know about the Ivy League, but I really think UND would have the advantage over the lower level FBS schools. Very interested to see the feel of commitment #3. Teiken really bucked the trend of the usual early commitments that UND gets.

I cannot. What makes this feel unique is (1) How early this commitment is (2) Local angle. Let's use Sammy Fort as an example, he had a huge list of offers, but given when he committed it's tough to tell how many were still current. This commitment feels different than anyone I can ever remember.

UND comes in at #7 in the Athlon Preseason Top 25 https://athlonsports.com/college-football/athlon-sports-preseason-fcs-top-25-2021

Some notes. Trevino is gone, Helgren was a Senior and will not be returning. Finke and Gee graduated and will not be returning, Richter will be back this Fall. Add Beach to that list. I believe he was injured this Spring or he would have been the #2 NT. That offensive line. We feel great with the starting tackles (Waletzko, Ventrelli). Like that Kilty got two playoff starts and held his own. It's almost a necessity that Baba is a guy that can start. There's a lot of hype surrounding that soon to be RS-Freshman O-Line class, but having three starters would be something. If Baba is the real deal, I think you look at Lotysz and Fenton, whoever is more ready starts at that position (Lotysz - Center, Fenton - Guard). Baba shuffles and starts at whichever RS-FR needs more time. Do we know if the Coaching staff is still actively looking for an O-Line transfer or do they feel good with the group they have?