UND Fan

Please understand that the following is not intended to be critical of our very proactive recruiting strategy but I do need to disagree with your statement "That amount of offers is par for the course in D1 football". It certainly is the case with the major bowl-eligible D1 teams but it isn't the norm at our level. If you assume that Rivals is a reasonably good source of FB recruiting data, the following are examples that very few FCS schools are doing this. These are number of athletes (by school) being recruited who have offers from someone - not necessarily offers by that school. This means that the individual college's actual number of offers may be less than the number shown below. School Recruits UND 27 (per various sources, we know we have made at least 33 offers) Montana 2 Montana St. 1 USD 6 NDSU 1 S Illinois 1 N Arizona 2 Richmond 0 Appalachan St 1 IL St 8 SDSU 23 (appears to be the only other school with a similar recruiting model) UNI 1 Cal Poly 1 IN St 1 Sac St 0 GA Southern 7 N Colorado 0 S. F. Austin 0 UC Davis 0 W IL 1 Youngstown 0 Even some of the bowl-eligible schools have not started to actively make offers: Fresno 7 S Diego St 0 E MI 0 Bowling Green 0 Wyoming 0 Toledo 0 San Jose St 0 UTEP 0 Some are a little more active: CSU 18 Ball St 27 The above certainly is not a scientific study but I believe it does tell a story - it would appear that no one (outside of SDSU) is making offers anywhere near the number that we are handing out. I also realize that Rivals is probably more up-to-date in some geographic areas than others but if you simply compare our offers to other schools in the midwest, you should be reasonably close to comparing "apples-to-apples"! Again, I am not looking to argue about the strategy - I like it and sincerely hope it is effective!

Two more offers: OL Max Rich, 6'7", 280, Portland (Jesuit), OR DT Garrett Cary, 6'4", 265, Walwork (Bigfoot), WI As I said before, I applaud our aggressiveness and all these offers sure make it enjoyable for those of us who follow FB recruiting closely. However, I hope we aren't going overrboard. If an offered recruit goes on Rivals (as I am sure most do) and sees that UND has so many offers out there, I hope they don't ask themselves "does UND really want me when they have already have 10 offers out to defensive linemen?". I would guess that coaching staff is explaining our philosophy to these kids - I hope so!

The PR we get from Edgy Tim write-ups like this certainly can't hurt our efforts to continue to make inroads in IL.

The latest offer: RB Tre Favors, 5'10", 180, Glendale (Mountain Ridge), AZ Has offer from SDSU

All these offers are amazing - it appears we have at least 28 out there right now. I like the strategy - hope it is effective!

Three more offers: RB Omar Stover, 5'11", 195, 4.5, Bollingbrook (Bollingbrook), IL DE Evan Panfil, 6'5", 230, New Lenox (Lincoln Way Central), IL DE Logan Neitzke, 6'4", 225, Appleton (North), WI

Updater, welcome to the board. Keep the updates coming!

New offer: DE Adam Kulon Jr., 6'5", 230, Algonquin (Jacobs), IL

We lost in the 10th. Playing teams tough but just can't win any of them!

The offers to IL athletes continues: OC Tim McAuliffe, 6'2", 270, Lemont, IL Has offer from W KY

New offer: OG Pat Maloney, 6'4", 270, Park Ridge, IL Has offers from Ball St, IL St, E IL, Ohio & W KY

bsb112 - your comments were very aggressive for a thread like this - but they certainly may correct. For you to be so outspoken about the program and coach Jones, you must have ties to the program in some manner. Can you give us some insight so we have a better feel about the accuracy of your post?

I will do the same - thanks!

Anyone having any luck selling their tickets? If so, any advice? Obviously, we won't get face value at this point.

No - not the one that I am aware of, at least!

As I opened my post, I can't right now. I realize that is frustrating!

I get frustrated when others do what I am about to do - provide half a story but .... It appears one of the youngsters will not be back and at least one of the seniors-to-be will not be playing next year. That would obviously open up at least two scholarships. We are talking to a variety of recruits but no commitments yet.

Latest offer: Ath Nathan Gerry, 6'2”, 206, 4.5, Sioux Falls (Washington), SD Has offers from IA, Montana, USD & SDSU

Not at the money they can make if they continue to move up the ladder by moving to a better job at another school!

Which players do the rumors say are affected?

Thanks for the insight - keep it coming!

We are showing some level of interest in another JC power forward, Kamren Belin. He is 6'7", 225. Originally from Altanta, he has played the last two years at Cowley County CC in Kansas. I don't have his stats but he did not earn any conference post-season honors. He was in the top ten in one category - offensive rebounds. This is a large league with two divisions and nearly 20 teams so his not having top-ten stats may not be a big deal. He visited Stephen F. Austin last weekend and is only known offer is from them. I do not know if he has visited Grand Forks.

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Thanks for the info - we will add him to the "Players of Interest" list.

No. 20: DT Nick Jacobsen, 6'5", 305, Prescott, WI