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I'm done reading this thread, as I am highly doubtful about a UND W this weekend.

360 guys suggested Toivonen could be back.

This is a prediction not my hope, but … Win or lose next week, Rudy is gone and Kostich is moved to some other part of the program. I believe he's a good recruiter and has value there. Lose next week, and it's all over for this group of coaches.

Very nice work. Thank you for putting things into a proper perspective.

They spent 33 minutes on the field because they gave up gashing runs by a QB that the coordinator didn't understand was killing us until the 4th Q and the times players had a shot at him, they couldn't make a freaking tackle.

The lack of a spy on the QB is beyond belief. They had a 50% 3rd down success with ONE GUY SCRAMBLING THROUGH OUR D. Where's the spy?

I didn't see the game last week, but was the OLine this bad last week? This is a huge regression from early in the year. Kett looked out of sorts all day. Bad decisions with some bad passes. Yes he was rushed and a couple times didn't even get to look at a receiver as the D was on him so fast. Still needs to do better, though.

Wondering if he's dinged up.

Been watching the Bowl games in ND. Who are the top recruits? Feeney kid looks really good. Thorsness is committed here. Looks tentative.

Hawks 31 Them 15

I think it's noon, but in light of the lousy service at the Tavern, why wouldn't they open at 11:00?

Fighting Hawks.com list Vrede as a senior. Thought he was a junior.

Again...makes sense so long as we don't ignore a candidate's UND connections.

I appreciate your sentiment here. I replied only due to the use of the word "fair" as that is now the code word that gets my attention in this and any discussion. What's fair to one is not to another and fair is only fair if the individual thinks it is. It's subjective in a way that defies meaning.

I thought Mannasau was an Assistant AD and it was a misspelling...My bad

By the same token, lots of schools bring back former players to be in that department. Lots bring back former grads, coaches who have a familiarity with the school. Corporations do it too. Is that a bad thing really?

"some guys"???? It's a guy on a forum pretending to have influence. In the good ol' days a GOBC may have existed, but you hit the nail on the head here, money talks. However, I'd be careful to think that money influences who is hired as a HC. I do believe they want someone who will bring money to the U.

Also Williams the LB from MN is a SR.

And Dijon Murray. ST guy now, but always thought he looked like a LB.

So IF the D does not do this, is it on Schmidt? Bubba?

15. Other than the RBs, the O looks mostly intact coming back next year. Stanley and Aplin were solid though. D takes a front line hit. Not easy to replace them and these pages have already had NG discussions, but it looks like the D loses only one LB Palmborg (Williams as a backup), one CB Harris so the LB and secondary look like strengths. Getting Ott back will be huge. Which RS's do we expect to see take on larger rolls?

Someone want to list all of them. I think there's 15-16 including transfers.

What happened to JJ? Who's playing next week?

I did not see one second of yesterday's game as I was in a sports bar in Fargo (after a wedding) that had SU on all TV's. Can someone update me on injuries? Helgren, Wanzek, Maag. Who else and how serious?

FYI, I"m not saying Freund IS the answer at OC, but I think he could disagree with the O ideology but is stuck with it from above. He could see the team in a completely different light than Rudy and frankly, I believe he's a great recruiter too.