Hardcore Hawk

Just over a 1,000 rush yards in over 4 seasons, seems like he'd be a decent depth guy, but we've got a pretty crowded RB room

Also keep playing Jeffers as often as possible. He stole 4 or 5 pitches in the 9th last night, including the game winning strikeout

Losing Urweiler and Robertson sucks, but at least they transferred up. The remainder may be addition by subtraction.

Reminder too that May 1 is the last day for athletes to put their name in the transfer portal, so if there are any more defections, it will be in the next 10 days. Deep breaths everyone

Expecting one or two more before the end of the weekend

Couple new offers tonight: Brandt Rice: OT, 6’5”, 280 Jack Liwienski: DT, 6’3”, 285

He'll be a DE, he's about the same size as McNaboe and just a little lighter than Jaelen Johnson

I would think Hunter Hansen, the transfer from Northern State, might slide down too. He's listed as a safety right now, but he's got OLB size, and it'd be great to have the speed on the edge

Big question for me is center. Babak was average last year, I think largely uncomfortable playing the center spot. Is Lotysz practicing this spring? I wonder if Ben Christian can slide down from guard to center and be any better, then put another road grader at guard.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/01/19/iowa-high-school-football-cade-borud-hockey-southeast-polk-north-dakota/6563047001/ Story on new recruit Cade Borud detailing how growing up playing hockey played a role in his OL play. Pretty cool.

Instead of taking up a portion of the walkway on the end zones, and being separated by a measly curtain, I think it'd be a lot nicer and probably a lot more profitable to do something that a lot of NFL stadiums are doing now, which is putting suites on the turf level. It keeps the railings clear for SRO, and there would be that air of exclusivity to be on the field that I think people who'd be willing to pay for the Peterson Porch are shooting for. Call it the Peterson Patio if they still want naming rights

I think this is going to be this year's special teams game. In the spring against SDSU, UND had a blocked kick, blocked punt, and a fake punt converted for a first down. I'm hoping Kostich pulls a rabbit out of his ass and I'm predicting a blocked punt and a kick returned to the house. Call it the mystique of the Alerus Center, but there's always something strange that happens when UND plays a ranked opponent at home.

I like it, I don't have to go find articles about each game. MVFC blog helps summarize what happened. He does a good job.

Looked like he got his shoulder popped pretty well on his second fumble. Stayed down and held it once he walked off. I actually like Boltmann better in the role anyways. He's a significantly better runner, but a slightly worse passer. With how rare Quincy passes anyway, it seems like it would be smarter to have the better runner in there.

UND wins but doesn't cover, 35-10

I won two season tickets in a raffle, but already have season tickets. So I will be selling the set that I won much cheaper than retail, for $50. I do know that it is section 202, row D, seats 20 and 21. Anyone interested please message me.

If I predicted this game in March, I'd say UND by two scores. JMU looked very good in the first round, and their strengths play into our weaknesses. I can't see UND winning this. JMU 28, UND 21.

Admittedly, they are pretty decent. 9 sacks over 6 games, but I didn’t think VMI’s d-line was very good. On top of that, there were a number of times that the QB broke arm tackles that I don’t think our defense would allow. It also seemed that they struggled to switch on stunts and late blitzes, which our D does a lot of

"They" being JMU's board

They were trashing Tommy's size, while their QB will get knocked down by a stiff breeze

I think I heard or read somewhere that portal players need to be registered to attend in the fall by May 1st to be eligible. Not sure if that is true or not, but it would make the timeline of departure make sense.

I might take the dogs across the board, the only one I might lean favorites here is SDSU.

A field goal off

Appears to be a little more than 200 seats remaining on Ticketmaster. A few upper deck sections on the visitor's side, only end zones left on UND's side. Hope the Al is still as loud as ever on Saturday!

After 4 weeks off and almost a full year gameplanning this team, I'm expecting big things. 41-10, UND.