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Kene Anene, 6'5" 265 lbs OT out of Woodbury. Offers from Colorado St, UNI, Army, NDSU, USD

Tyshon King, 5'11", 211 transfer out of NMU. Leading rusher in GLIAC. 1 season of eligibility remaining.

Unless I missed something, UST is a private institution and does not have an open record of salaried employees. What we can all agree on though is that position coaches at UND do not make enough to keep the best coaches around. That, to me, is the biggest problem facing UND football.

First Junior Day this weekend, lots of good athletes came to campus! One offer given out, all-time name, Grey Rumohr, a 6'5", 290 OT. Won a state championship last fall with Kettle Moraine in Wisconsin. He's holding a bunch of MVFC offers, Northern Illinois, Ivy League, and service academies. Wiki has been updated with those who visited this weekend, feel free to check it out!

With Spring Ball starting March 1st, I wanted to make sure this gets up and going before the Junior Days. We have three offers out right now, one to Riley Sunram out of Kindred who is almost certainly going P5. Nate Tastad is a 6'5" 260 pound offensive lineman from Rolette, ND with an offer from NDSU and Wyoming. Tono Cornell is a 6'2" 280 OL/DL from Iowa City, IA, he was offered last summer during prospect camps. He also has an offer from Northern Iowa.

This will probably push back the first Junior Day visit a week. Initial plan was to have one next Friday. Still a chance that an additional Junior Day gets scheduled later this spring. Still four left on the schedule starting in March.

Certainly a possibility. Tough to find really good info about him, but his Hudl shows both RB and CB highlights. Looks to be a decent ballhawk.

PWO running back out of Chicagoland

Over/Under 1.5 for the number of times Kaup's shoulder pops out

Safety commit Tyler Erkman, from Chicagoland, named All-State in 7A, second-highest class in Illinois

It's too bad we got down so quickly against SIU, I think we would've been able to run all over them if we didn't need to play catch up

looks like a lot of pollsters are falling for UC Davis. 6-4 right now, play Sac State this weekend... will the committee put in a 6-5 Davis over a 7-4 team?

Coach K helping us out with some recruiting. Jerry and Grant crossed paths in the recruiting/camp circuits

Wiki updated, we're at 20 commits now, still only one skill guy

Color Flush

Looks like Tucker Kraft is coming back for the Dakota Marker game, fortunate boost for the SDSU offense

Yeah, needs to stop standing over the opposing receiver and flexing in his face, that's going to get him sometime soon if he doesn't stop

Big moment of the game too was Ocansey knocking away the 2-point conversion attempt, forcing YSU to need a touchdown to win it instead of a field goal to tie it. I think Ocansey has been playing a lot better, and is especially good when playing man coverages. He's very instinctual and always stays tight to the receiver.

He's second in MVFC and 14 in the country in average return yards, he's been valuable putting us into good field position consistently. I think he'll bust one sooner rather than later

NDSU played an extremely sloppy game, they could've had 3 interceptions and just didn't hold on to the ball. Their offense kept committing penalties too, with holdings and false starts. That'll be an emphasis for our guys up front too, having a 3 yard loss on isn't as bad as getting set back 10 yards with a penalty.

He did, took a handoff out of the backfield after Smith got an ankle twisted and Hoosman had a helmet pop almost all the way off

Presnap motions can also help the qb understand what formation the defense is in, like man or different types of zones, based on if a player follows Red out or if they shift their secondary over to account for the extra man

Watched the film from all but their FBS game against Kentucky, and here's what I saw: Offense Look for Hoosman to have another big game. He should get a lot of opportunities again and should be able to churn out some big plays Besides YSU’s game against Kentucky, we have the best passing game they’ve seen so far. Duquesne and Dayton have bad offenses altogether, and NDSU can’t/won’t pass at all Tough to really judge their defense so far, they looked okay/decent against some bad FCS teams, stacked 8-9 in the box against NDSU, and got worked over by Kentucky Defense/Special Teams Their rb McGlauglin will get his yards. He is small in stature, 5’9”, 180, but he is strong and slippery. He consistently got yardage after contact against all teams so far but Kentucky. Speaking of McGlauglin, they run a ton of screens to him to get him in space. He’ll produce 70-80 percent of their offense They run most of their offense through zone reads, so ends and linebackers need to know their assignments Expect an interception by our defense this week. Both their qbs stink at throwing the ball Wouldn’t be surprised to see Siegel return one this week, he’s been close nearly every game, I think he can bust one this week

Yeah, if we win out we'd beat the number 2 team at home and the number 1 team in their place. We'd probably be top 2, since those two will play each other too. One week at a time, though, all attention should be on the Pens

Re-watched the game last night too, and I'll repeat what's been said a hundred times, adding Hoosman has been a godsend. He consistently churns 3-4 more yards after initial contact, always falls forward, and finds holes where there doesn't appear to be any. In addition, Isaiah Smith catching out of the backfield has been huge. He was our second leading receiver Saturday, and while he may struggle at times to run between the tackles, in the open field off of screens and slip routes, he is so dangerous. Our backfield, including Tommy, has been incredible so far for us.