EternalOptimist

Yes - Fall schedule (full time) practices started this week. I'm looking forward to see how this team does and how they gel. There are a lot of new parts.

So can someone explain to me what happened in that game? What changed in the 4th quarter. I get up early for work, so after JJ threw his 1st NFL touchdown to the Chicago Bears, I went to bed. On the way into work I hear on the radio we won. We didn't look like we could win - what changed?

Nice to see all the home games as well as some solid opponents. There must be some type of tournament or jamboree in Macomb IL, since we play Costal Carolina and Western IL on back to back days there.

University of Winnipeg (2x) and University of Manitoba

I wonder what the returns are for St Thomas in this deal. It can't hurt the metro recruiting to having their games live on the local Fox channel in the metro area, but I wonder to what extent it helps them (if any) with recruiting or just income from the station? Link: https://tommiesports.com/news/2025/8/21/general-tommie-athletics-extends-broadcast-partnership-with-fox9

Looks like the men are in Canada to get some game experience, which is a very good idea since most haven’t played much at the D1 level. The overwhelming thought on the forum seems to be that we won’t be very good - for several reasons. Even as an optimist, I must agree wins will be challenging to come by, but I’m still really looking forward to the season and trying to keep perspective. I have a few things I’m looking forward to seeing this year. 1) How well can this team gel together and function as a unit? 2) What did we get with all the transfers and how will they fit at the D1 level? 3) Have the red shirts made enough progress to contribute. A couple of them have gained some weight, which is a good sign. 4) What changes may we see from our defense or offense?

Man, this is incredibly sad. Hug your loved ones - tomorrow is not promised to anyone. So young.

Do you think he would have the gall to move the team?

Welp - this isn't good

I don't think that is accurate for NIL $$. players do get stipends for cost of living and food, as well as the alstead money, which does add up, but players have been getting that for years (before NIL), and it's similar for all D1s. I'm talking about straight up NIL funds.

It's extremely close

This is interesting - and similar to what I am hearing for St Thomas. Total NIL $ for the UND squad is less than $10K

Yup... crazy I know.

I like the sounds of that. Hopefully, they are working at it with the bigger donors, that's really where it will make the biggest difference.

You might be right - but they did get one of our guys (Deng Mayor) that had several starts for us last year, and was in the main rotation. I believe the rumor was he was given $30K. He may sit the bench, who knows. UND will replace that player in the rotation with either a red-shirt with no playing experience, a true freshman, or a D2 transfer - either way no D1 experience.