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The coaches from the 2 Dakota SU’s were asking our HS coach how they could have missed on Isaac and the 2 Carrier brothers who ended up at Mn.

Isaac Cariveau and Grant Noland both on FCS Freshman All-American team.

One of the reasons this is getting worse is agents are contacting these players to “represent” them. They are telling kids and players families that they have contacts with coaches and teams at all college levels and can help guide them through the portal and get them money. I have no faith in the NCAA, but if they wanted to regain some control, they would require players leaving or the schools accepting portal transfers, to reimburse the schools whose players transfer through the portal the cost of that players scholarship (not additional funds or NIL funds unless required by legal contract). Others on this forum have stated same or similar. It can be almost intoxicating for a kid and their families to here how their son/daughter needs an agent and that agent will find them a school that will give them NIL money and better position them to get to the NFL. $50,000- $100,000 is a lot of money but usually not “life changing”. The college degree should be more life changing and few agents discuss it unless the player or parents bring it up I’m afraid we have more than Rucker and Seidel to be concerned about. Hang on, this ride can get rocky

Samuels-Parker, Keneth, Terry, Simon and Grant Romfo, Walker, and Neuberger all seniors. I think I also missed a few but all of these guys you listed, and these seniors were part of making us a better team. Some played quite a bit, others pushed the starters to get better. Neuberger, the long snapper should get some NFL tryouts. He had an outstanding career here (which is why most fans don’t know who he is).

Romfo had shoulder surgery in the off season. I’m not sure he got a fair shake last year on this forum. Warranted when he struggled, but there were a number of folks who were extremely critical and a number who continued criticism through the spring, summer and well into this season. I’d hate to see Jerry get the same treatment. The mistake last year wasn’t starting Simon, it was not getting meaningful reps for Jerry and, I would argue, how we lost Feeney. That’s done and it’s time to say thanks to Simon and wish him the best and good luck to Feeney who had a great year. Looking forward, Jerry has shown great promise and will have months to recover. He, Jack and our RS freshman will have an opportunity to develop and improve over the next 9 months. Our Oline (as long as we have no portal losses should be very good). We need help at receiver, Keep Farmer, and utilize Deng Deng and our TE’s. All of that should bode well for Jerry, Jack and other QB’s. Right now we have to protect our returning roster, improve it with any portal upgrades, and continue to develop our players. The recruiting class is one of the best I have seen in many years. We took a step forward this year. Defense was markedly improved. Depth is better. We are bigger, stronger and improving our speed. We will see if there will be coaching changes but no reason not to be optimistic about the program moving forward. Lastly, we as fans also need to step up to do our part to move the program forward. The markets are up, so it’s a good time to contribute an extra whatever we can afford to our NIL initiatives. We can’t make coaching changes, but we can contribute to provide resources to invest in keeping players or hiring coaches.

They wouldn’t take the salary cut.

Too much caffeine. I’d go through my depends too fast.

I don’t get angry. There was nothing serious in my post. I’ve said before, I come here for entertainment. However, if someone wants to rag on a UND FB player repeatedly for 2 years, when he can’t defend himself, then I may object. It’s only a fan forum but if fans want to dis others, then they shouldn’t be surprised when others give it back. I doubt bike guy is bothered by any of my responses to him nor am I bothered by his to me. Heck, I might be one of those fat kids in my Grandma’s basement, wearing a XXXL Sioux hockey jersey and XXL sweatpants, living on a diet of Cheetos and Fresca.

Yeah but when you get your bike shorts in a bundle, we can comment on you pissing on your bike horn, handle grip pompoms or the bike bell. Cool guys don’t need to give themselves a nickname.

It’s not even luke warm.

And you can keep bitchin’.

No one told our player to do that. His mistake was he was running toward the punter and jumped up to block the kick and landed on the blocker. That is also a penalty. It looked worse cuz blocker upended him. Still a penalty on us. You tend to assume every mistake by a player on special teams is a coaches fault. It isn’t. Just in case you want to blame Kostich for the fake punt, he doesn’t make that call, even if he thought it would work.

Who made that call? 2pt conversion does nothing for us.

Illinois State giving Bison fits. If the hadn’t thrown 3 picks they might be ahead at halftime

He is still 6’1” but up to 205 lbs. was 2nd team All-State as a senior. Gophers had him at CB initially cuz of his play at HS all-star game. Might be best at Safety/Nickel in our 4-2-5.

This kid is a very good athlete good speed. His younger brother Mason is a LB for the Gophers. 6’1” 190lbs. He and Mason had been at UND FB camp. Certainly worth close look.

Maybe the biggest mystery of this season. He came into his senior year as a proven RB and certainly not #3. If we want to continue to move this program forward, this should be a lesson learned for our OC and RB coaches.

You have no idea what Ralph wanted. I doubt you realize how stupid your comment is.

Riffle will have every opportunity to win the job. Apparently made one from 47 yds when he was a freshman.

That is typically what matters when coaches decide who starts. However, I would argue where it really matters is on the field on Saturdays.

Better facilities, more resources.

Whose asses are you wanting to sue and how did they breach the contract?

An opportunity to attend West Point is difficult to pass up. It is one of the best institutions of higher education in the world. At the time he committed, Army was nationally ranked. Jake is a very good athlete with good upside. It will be interesting to see where they will use him. Great get. It would be interesting to see if his brother would join him here for a year or two. He has lots of FBS interest so doubtful.

I will take a guess. One guys Viagra and it’s cheaper?

The protocols and an athletes ability to successfully navigate them determine whether or not the athlete is cleared to play. They may not know til Friday.