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UND gets another big WR, 6’4” 215lbs, grad transfer, Jake Richter from Detroit Lakes via MSUM. Was All Conf and All District at MSUM. Also was on ESPN plays of day. Was team Capt. Already on campus. Eligible this spring and next fall. Nice addition.

I believe we have a very good recruiting class lined up. I believe Trey Feeney has the ability to make other players better and can lift this program to be one of the elite FCS programs in the country as long as we continue to upgrade our line play both sides of the ball. Hopefully we get all of these kids signed Wed.

I’m not criticizing the “helmet pads”, but I don’t think we have conclusive evidence that the “helmet pads”, with or without the hair, reduce concussions. We can reduce head trauma by stopping the stupid helmet to helmet celebratory head banging. No studies on what effect that has.

With strict discipline and adherence to guidelines, they might do ok. Masks, minimizing any close contacts, no booze (people get careless, alcohol in moderation doesn’t hurt), etc. No socializing with former teammates from other teams, media etc. It also requires all coaches, support staff, media etc to stay out of bars. Team meals should be isolated from public etc. If these kids want a season they will need to be disciplined. Anyone who doesn’t feel perfectly healthy needs to be isolated until they are tested etc. The coaches and support staff will also need to be disciplined. It only takes one to screw things up.

Yup. Hard to believe he isn’t on big 10 radars. Hope we can keep him.

Who gives a rat’s behind who is on pre-season posters? It’s a team game. Teammates are on the posters. Best for players to make their mark on the FB field not a poster.

RIP. Quite a career. I never liked not subbing early and often when way ahead, but he did it his way. Kids bought into it, parents didn’t interfere, it worked. Thanks for the update.

Not sure why anyone wants to debate this. The young man played for us and did his best. Great kid. He showed promise and was hopefully going to continue to improve. Now he will play elsewhere. I hope he does well. None of us knows how well he will do. The coaches try to play the players they think give them the best chance to win. They don’t always get it right. There is no reason to doubt what someone can accomplish. So what if someone thinks he can get to the NFL. More power to him and hose who believe in him. The best response is good luck, I hope he is successful. To doubt or criticize does nothing for our program.

Not even close.

Biden didn’t say he would close down McDonalds. He made a false statement that McDonalds which makes billions and billions of dollars forced their employees to sign a non-compete clause which would prevent them from taking a job a Burger King or similar. McDonalds does not do that. It seems Biden is going to make as many false or misleading statements as the current President.

Hockey should be workable. Players will need to adjust. Refs will have to call a tight game. No taunting, no post whistle confrontations, no clearing players from in front of the net after the whistle. Players wear shields. Anyone who gets involved in pushing matches, fights, post whistle “clutching”, face to face jawing etc gets either 5 min major or game misconduct. Anyone who spits on another player is done for the year. Masks can be worn, especially on bench or penalty box. It’s drastic but if done I believe they can drastically decrease the risks enough to get the NCAA to sanction college hockey. Obviously there would need to be protocols for screening, testing, and protocols for positive cases. The chance of passing the virus to another person skating past them or near them during play is minimal. Minimize close contact time and it can be done. Initial thoughts and needs to be fine tuned.

Don’t you mean “ we wanted to play but everyone else is afraid to play us” ?

Baloney. You wouldn’t say that if you knew him or had spoken with him.

We know that? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? If we aren’t sure I prefer no guessing related to Covid. Next thing there will be no TP in the dorms.

If booked through UND, I would guess you can either get a refund or maintain your reservation for next year.

Not sure about the charter flights. I booked the Allegiant charter out of Fargo. There hadn’t been any notices regarding the flight. I would think they would cancel the flight. I went on line yesterday and canceled. They gave a credit similar to major airlines. Hopefully they will survive the Covid crisis. Ticketmaster will credit credit cards but it will take about 30 days for ticket cancellations.

Nothing good will come from a discussion on this issue on this forum. These discussions go south quickly.

Is the McDonald kid related to the BB McDonald family from Chisum?

Didn’t say I voted for him. Other people’s dishonesty is no excuse for you to lack integrity and be an ignorant moron.

Fact check states this false info started from Sudafed seen on office shelf. Was determined to be false. Falsely accusing someone of drug addiction can cost a person their job or get the accuser sued. In this case, neither will happen. I may not care for Trump, but I find this type of dishonesty despicable. What the hell is the matter with you?

Ok, thanks for clarifying.

Don’t put a name to examples. It will soon be reported as fact.

Do you know how long it takes to stop a semi traveling at highway speeds? The amended reports indicated he was on the highway legally and closing time was moved up to 5pm on short notice. I’m not sure how someone was supposed to know there were people massing on the interstate. He reportedly hit the horn and slowed down to 30 mph by the time he got to the crowd. He didn’t hit anyone and unless he states otherwise, nothing in the video indicated he was trying to injure anyone. You have no idea of what “he figured” nor his intentions. Let the authorities sort it out before we judge.

It took WCCO a long time to clear up the confusion about the truck being on the interstate before closure. He hit the horn and was able to stop. The scheduled time to close the interstate was 8pm and changed to 5pm with little notice. The road cleared and he started up again before people jumped on his truck, pulled him from the truck and attacked him. Driver was arrested. Whomever assaulted him should have been arrested. The video doesn’t appear to show the driver trying to deliberately run into protesters. Someone needs to figure out why he was driving there. Authorities will need to sort out the facts.

You hit the nail on the head. Maybe biggest key to making the step to competing for a National Championship. Both sides of line of scrimmage must get much better.