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Not all season. They should both get reps against Iowa State unless the starter is playing well and we are in the game. They are similar in many ways. Normally if it’s this close you start with the guy who has game experience. Unless Kaminski separates himself, there would be no reason to start his career at Iowa State. Start Feeney and give Kaminski the 2nd half. If they start Kaminski give Feeney the 2nd quarter unless we are staying in the game. I believe you always start the upperclassman unless the younger guy is clearly the better player. They need to play both of them early if it’s that close.

Bubba made it clear this past week: They haven’t made a decision yet on starting QB.

Fall depth charts elsewhere: Kilty listed as starting left tackle for Kansas State, Jack Wright listed as starting wide receiver at Tulsa and Tommy Schuster listed as #2 QB at Michigan State.

Admin, Alumni staff and athletic staff personnel at gatherings in DL Wed, Thur, and tonight. Bubba, FB staff guys, Chaves, Martinson, NIL guys, and Champions club staff did a great presentation at annual FB alumni gathering Sunday/Monday. Lots of excitement about the campus and athletic facility changes. Bubba has been going back and forth between his FB camps and DL this week. Yesterday he said they got 5 commitments out of the 6 guys they offered and the 6th was still considering. I don’t know names etc. but I suspect that will be coming out over next few days. Campus and facility changes are making a difference. These folks are hustling to get the word out. Armacost will be at tonight’s Alumni gathering at Poolman’s on Pelican. They believe UND will have record numbers for incoming freshmen and also record enrollment of over 15,000.

So we should believe a moron who regurgitates the false narrative from the antivax websites rather than the former patient who states clearly how he was injured and subsequently developed a DVT? You have no knowledge of the different vaccines, a basic working knowledge of our immune system nor a clue as to risks and benefits of the vaccine. You also seem unaware there were different vaccines for COVID and not all of them increased the risk of blood clots. You also don’t seem to understand that none of the vaccines do anything to our DNA and therefore your stupid claim that Brock received “an experimental gene therapy shot” is dishonest. Every doctor “worth a damn” utilizes evidence based medicine as a foundation for their medical practice and a standard of care consistent with what is in the best interest of each individual patient. There are reasons that virtually every competent, board certified physician would have recommended a patient like Brock be vaccinated. He would be at increased risk because of his frequent travel as well as increased exposure to many people whose Covid status is unknown. Although as a healthy young adult who would likely survive a Covid infection, he would decrease his chance of becoming infected which decreases the chance he would spread the disease to others including teammates. That decreases the risk of players missing games cuz they are sick. Vaccinated people are less likely to develop serious illness or die from Covid. For Brock he also should have been vaccinated to protect his immunocompromised father who had multiple risk factors. Failure by medical personnel to have reviewed those recommendations would be a failure of the physician to provide the appropriate standard of care for this individual. None of the other athletes you mentioned have reported clots related to vaccines. It has been known for a number of years that professional athletes have a higher risk of blood clots than the average patient. Montreals Howie Morenz died of a pulmonary embolus in 1937. Tbs Andrei Vasilevsky (2015), Penguins Tomar Vokoun (2013-14), Rangers Jed Ortmayer (2006), Panthers Tomar Fleishman (2011), Flyers Kimmo Timonen (2014), Penguins Pascal Dupuis (2013), Cleveland Cavaliers Anderson Varejao and Browns Jason Pinkton all developed DVT’s or Pulmonary emboli long before COVID or Covid vaccines. Sports Illustrated did an article in December 2014 about the increased risk of blood clots in athletes. Your ignorant Big Pharma comment has nothing to do with this topic. Take that discussion up with the morons and conspiracy nut jobs on a different website. Your continued attempt to push a false narrative regarding a former player and others shows ignorance, dishonesty, immaturity and a lack of character.

It took very little effort to view a replay of Brock’s interview where he explained the cause of his blood clot. He was struck on his calf by a puck which initially caused a superficial clot and subsequently a deep venous thrombosis. What made you think you had the faintest idea what caused his DVT? To post a photo of a different athlete with band aids on his shoulder after a vaccination, is a deliberate attempt to mislead others. Billy Price (former NFL lineman) issued a statement relating his saddle pulmonary embolus was “spontaneous with no medical cause”. Reading something on the side of a bottle like you claim you did is not a substitute for years of training, years of experience, a thorough review of the medical literature and an honest evaluation and discussion regarding risks and benefits of a vaccine . That is why people should make an informed decision after discussing medical recommendations with their physicians. It would be the same as claiming everyone who rides a bike will develop diminished cognitive skills because of one known case where a guy morphed into a pathetic, ignorant moron from riding a bike with his head so far up his ass he has to brush his teeth every time he takes a dump.

Too late now, but UND Hall of Fame BB player has a daughter Makena Gardner, who signed with Stephan F Austin last fall. Scored over 1200 pt and over 1000 rebounds for Newark Valley, NY. 6’4”, athletic, also played VB. I would hope UND would have at least been aware. Considering, our need for an athletic big we may have missed an opportunity. Anyone know anything else about her?

Yup and that means speed, quickness and strength, more than height and weight listed in a program. Hopefully, those traits and appropriate weight gain will improve with the speed and strength training program.

4/5 DE’s taken in yesterday’s NFL first round weighed between 245 and 260lbs. Other guy weighed 285lbs.

You miss my point. How big do you think they need to be? My point is how important speed/strength/quickness is. Slow big guys aren’t very effective. I agree that when combined with size it is even better. Small slow guys are worse.

Key point to our struggles has been the absence of our TE’s in our passing schemes. If anyone listened to Nick Saban last night he discussed how involving athletic TE’s as an integral part of an offense makes things much more difficult for defenses. It can force your corners into more single coverages. It also creates the challenge of committing safety help vs LB’s athletic/quick enough to cover the TE in man coverage. I recently discussed the use of TE’s in the passing game with 3 of our former coaches and their opinions were all similar to Saban’s. On a related note some of you may be surprised at the actual size of some of the defensive linemen and LB’s in the draft. The idea that DL have to weigh 260lbs or more and LB’s need to be over 230lbs is not an opinion shared by those same coaches. (They all coached at the FBS level). Speed, quickness, intelligence and athletic ability are more important that the extra 20-30 lbs, especially for LB’s and DE’s. Slot receivers, athletic TE’s, running QB’s have put a premium on speed and quickness and athletic ability for LB’s and DL. In looking at 40 times for WR I was surprised at how so many ran 4.45 or greater. We have and have had guys who can do that. I read a lot of comments about how our WR’s lack enough speed to be a deep threat. The majority of deep throws are 20-45yds. Most of the time the receiver is already open in the first 20-25yds from LOS and if they catch the ball when they break open a lot of the long pass plays are after the catch. To me, the key to 2024 for us is the OL, accuracy of QB, and whether or not we are smart enough to scheme our TE’s into our offense and speed, quickness and intelligence on defense. It starts with OL or else the other key components won’t be as effective. On defense it is speed, strength, quickness and intelligence more than size. Yes, a bigger guy with speed quickness and intelligence is preferable but it starts with speed strength and quickness.

I think it’s more accurate to say “Jerry’s World” (stadium, practice facilities, golf course, post game amenities for players and their families) is flashy. The organization takes very good care of players and their families. There was nothing flashy about a number of there players that were drafted or signed as free agents over the years but the Cowboys and the stadium bring in a lot of fans in a FB crazy state who want to experience “Jerry’s World”. He is all about winning, but I believe his ego sometimes gets in the way of team success.

Jake Starcevic commits to Army. Good for him. Beat Navy!

UND has worked very hard for donations at virtually every giving level. I think over time they have recognized gifts of $100 and up. What I was discussing was your comment regarding what “influential donors” demand. My reference to the 6 and 7 figure donors pertained to that statement. My opinion is that the best institutions don’t respond to boosters “demands”. They will listen to 7-8 figure donors and their ideas or opinions as to how best to utilize that donation. No institution should succumb to demands of a booster based on a monetary donation that would compromise the integrity of the institution. It would be an egregious mistake to set a precedent by allowing boosters to demand specific decisions based solely on a monetary donation. .

I was referring to the level of donation where an administrator or coach would spend much time listening to the “demands” of a donor. They will take time to interact and listen to fans who don’t necessarily donate more than time and buying tickets. Very few donors approach admin or coaches with demands, and those that do are a pain in the butt for multiple reasons. There is a better approach. It works in trying to overcome almost all challenges and starts with a simple question. How can I help?

6 figures doesn’t cut it. It will get you invited to social functions, name in publications and certainly is appreciated. The 3,4, and five figure donations are also recognized, appreciated and added together these donations make a big difference. For 7 or 8 figures you may be able influence some decisions. (Speed up new business college construction, new softball field, Sports Med contract). Your second paragraph is kind of the same sentiment you have expressed many times.

Define influential donor. 4 figures? 5 figures? 6, 7, 8 figures? In my experience, most donors give to organizations as a sign of gratitude for how they have benefited from their previous relationships with an organization or support for future success of an organization that they feel is important to them or their community. Very few major donors give with the idea that recipients will respond to their demands. They don’t tend to “demand” anything, even a handshake. It can happen, as it recently did, with billionaire donors pulling donations from a number of our nation’s universities but only after said universities were garnering negative coverage by major media outlets. I believe rather than trying to dictate how should interact with our athletic department staff, we should become influential donors ourselves then make an appointment with the decision makers to express our concerns. I can tell you it’s going to take donations more than 6 figures to get the kind of attention we think that should get us.

He must stay healthy this year. They are high on him but worried about injuries.

Eddie Balfour was probably the best, but he was a different one and done. Johannes injury showed how important he was to this team.

What is Phizer?

That was the false narrative pushed by some of the media personalities and a small handful of self serving researchers and doctors. All case mortality in multiple studies was less in the vaccinated groups. There was a slight increase in cardiac complications and young adult males were at a higher risk. The studies from Italy and Australia didn’t show a lower risk in the vaccinated groups but a compilation of studies referenced by the CDC did find a slight increase in cardiac complications in healthy vaccinated subjects when compared with healthy unvaccinated subjects who had not contracted COVID. The studies showed a significant decrease in serious illness and death in vaccinated subjects. However, otherwise healthy subjects who contracted Covid had a significantly higher cardiac complication rate and a much higher death rate than those who had complications following the vaccine. People were much less likely to develop cardiac complications and die from the vaccine than to contract Covid and develop cardiac complications and die from Covid. That is why the vast majority of physicians and cardiologists recommended their patients get vaccinated.

No he isn’t, he died. He died 1 1/2 yrs after receiving the vaccine. He claimed the vaccine caused myocarditis. Whether or not he developed myocarditis from the vaccine or previous Covid infection was never determined. Normally deaths related to vaccines occur within the first 2 weeks of receiving a vaccine. Virtually all deaths related to the mRNA vaccines were due to anaphylactic allergic reactions. Having been a young male increased his risk of contracting myocarditis from the vaccine. I couldn’t find confirmation that he had myocarditis but it seems likely based on information available. Any athlete who develops myocarditis whether from the vaccine or from Covid should have had his/her physical activity restricted until they have gone through an approved return to play protocol. It was reported that he died during a stress test. Normally, follow up testing for myocarditis would be an echocardiogram as opposed to an EKG or stress test. The information available wasn’t complete enough to determine cause of death. It wasn’t determined that he died from the COVID vaccine. However, I don’t believe there was enough information to state it couldn’t have been an indirect cause. The other multiple cases listed showed no evidence those deaths were related to any vaccine.

That would be zero. In reviewing obituaries that were available, of the deaths listed, none were found due to the vaccine. The handful of deaths related to Covid vaccines were almost all due to allergic reactions that caused anaphylaxis.

This kid is the real deal. Offer him now. Sheds blockers quickly and gets to ball carrier quickly. No reason to delay an offer. Gophers should be interested.

At their indoor conf meet this week this kid won the 60 meters (7.33 sec), the 200 meters (23.8 sec), and placed 2nd in the 60 m hurdles (9.11). For a kid that size that’s pretty impressive. It will be interesting to see how these times improve in the outdoor season in the 110m, 200m and high hurdles. Good get to start 2025 recruiting.