I am quite sure we won't be signing anyone during the early signing period. We will somehow have a scholarship or two available for next year. I understand we are looking for a JC power forward or center. Hopefully, we will get some good news in April. We definitely need help down low!
Two new offers:
LB Drake Michaelson, Eden Prairie, 6'1", 205 Has offers from SDSU & Wyoming
DE Ross Dzuris, Plattsmouth, NE 6'3", 230 No other known offers
Ira - great write-up. I didn't know Murph well but fully agree that he was a class act, a true Fighing Sioux, cared about his players as well as all UND alums & fans. I had always hoped that he would come back to UND in some capacity.
He will be missed!
It was good to see Edwards on the list of top senior OLs - even though it appears he will play defense for us.
We have offers out to at least two other WI players who are in the top 5-6 in their positions: S Holcomb from Germantown and LB Goff from Middletown. I know we have interest in some of the others but do not know if they have offers.
Wisconsin Rapids' Brady Goska is listed as one of the top DBs. He must be Brent's brother. I don't know if we are recruiting him or not. He is 6'1", 185 and wants to go into business - would appear to be a good fit!
You make a very good point, I should have acknowledged that. There is no question that UND has really been proactive in their efforts to help Minot - I would guess more so than any other North Dakota university!
As many of you know, Sunday's game with Minot was scheduled to assist the city in raising flood relief funds. One of the ways to help is to purchase a "virtual ticket"" to the game. They cost $10 each and all the $ go to flood recovery.
I purchased a couple of tickets yesterday. They were numbered XXXXXX09 and XXXXXX10. I don't know but I am afraid that this means only 10 tickets of this type had been sold. If so, it won't help the cause much and it could be a little embarrassing for UND that more fans didn't "step up".
If you can afford to do so, I strongly recommend going to fightingsioux.com or Ticketmaster and make a purchase. I am quite sure it is tax deductible and there is no service fee.
This is pasted from the fs.com website (I think this link works):
Support Minot - Virtual Tickets
Help support the Minot Area Community Foundation! Purchase your "virtual" ticket for the game on October 30th in Minot. All the proceeds from this ticket go to help Minot in their flood recovery. ***Please note that this is a virtual ticket and is not valid for entry to the game.***
Virtual Tickets
Very nice to see a couple more commitments. I agree that Edwards appears to have gotten a lot of attention as an OL but he will have very nice size for a NG. Glad to see that the Rich verbal was firmed up.
I truly hate to see a quality HS athlete miss any games in his senior year but I would guess that Mollberg having another injury helps our cause!
While I make it a practice of not getting into a dialogue with an SU fan, I will inform Sioux fans that we have (or had) two other offers out to QBs besides Tonyan. One is a 2 Star with Scout.
Regarding my first comment above, there are some Bison fans on here who are respectful and rational in their comments and I respect that. However, I do not visit any SU boards and I wish no SU fans visited ours. The ongoing pissing matches get very old!!!
Robert Tonyan, a QB from McHenry, IL who we had offered, verbaled to Indiana State today. It is likely that we withdrew the offer after the Mollberg commitment.
This does really hurt - I understand that the staff thought we had a decent chance of landing him!! He had a good visit here and got along with the other players well.
How in the heck does SDSU offer 193 scholarships (UND has 183) - they must a lot more kids on equestrian scholarships than we have in men's and women's hockey!!!
They also have wrestling and men's tennis but I wouldn't think that the overall total would be higher than ours!