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UND has offered another 2013 grad: PF Luke Worthington, 6'8", 230 from Mequon, WI. He reportedly has no other offers but WI-Milwaukee and various IVY League schools are showing a lot of interest. It would be great to land a PF with this type of size.

Unfortunately, Jonathan Harden, the 2 star DT from Cretin-Derham Hall has verbaled to W Michigan.

Does anyone know if the Rich commitment has been confirmed?

I hesitate to provide this info as I would guess there have been some changes in the renderings since I received them. It appears to be an extremely impressive facility. Some details: [*]More than 140,000 sq ft [*]Full 100 yd FB field with separate 20 yd area working area for linemen [*]300 yd track with eight 42" lanes [*]60 ft high with videotaping towers [*]Two levels of offices, weight rooms, meeting rooms, sports medicine facilities, locker rooms, storage etc. (It is nice to see plenty of storage space after the Betty was built with "none'!) I suppose $ will determine whether this can all be done a once or if many of the items listed in the last bullet will be completed at a later date. I recommend that they formally launch a fund raising effort when the plans are announced. I think many of us will be willing to assist to complete the building "right" the first time rather than have it be an ongoing project for the next few years. Folks - it sure appears that this will be an outstanding facility. It will be a tremendous tool for recruiting and for practice/game preparation. Again - the above details may have been altered since I received my copy of the plans.

My apologies - just didn't get to it. Will try to do so soon.

I have all the drawings as of 3-4 months ago. I will try to post some of the details over the weekend.

Great info - thanks!

Well-written letter telling a heart-felt story - congrats on the progress you have made!

Not surprising based on last year's peformance. Hopefully, we can prove the prognosticators wrong!

Nice size - 6'4", 210 Interestingly, Indiana State and UND have offered two IL QBs: Bartels and Robert Tonyan from McHenry. At this point, it appears that each prospect only has these two offers.

You are correct on Rich - I thought I had corrected that earlier but I guess not!

Wow - that would be one of the earliest (if not the earliest) commitment I can remember other than a local recruit who had intentions of playing for the Sioux all along. If it is a kid from the Cities, it may be one of these that have been offered: RB Andrew Larson, 5'11, 195, 4.5, Eden Prairie (Eden Prairie), MN Has offer from SDSU TE Taj Rich, 6'2, 215, Robbinsdale (Cooper), MN DE Brett Pierce, 6'6, 250, Richfield (Holy Angels), MN Has offer from USD DT Jonathan Harden, 6', 300, St. Paul (Cretin-Derham-Hall), MN (Rivals 2 Star, Scout 2 Star) Has offers from E MI & W MI Ath Duke Anyanuwu, 6'4, 200, Blaine (Blaine), MN Has offer from Air Force Ath DJ Hebert, 6'2, 185, 4.6, Osseo (Osseo), MN Has offers from USD, SDSU & UNI We have some level of interest in another 15-16 prospects from the Cities. Whoever it is, it would be nice to get a commitment this early. It is good to land the kid but it may also get the attention of other recruits when someone makes a decision to attend UND this early - it sends a good message.

Another offer: Bennett Goff, 6'2", 210, LB from Middleton, WI. Also has offers from Air Force, UNI & SDSU.

Another QB offer: Robert Tonyan, Jr., 6'4", 180, McHenry, IL

Does anyone know the health status of Wilmer and Goodman?

Matt Baltimore (DE out of KS), who had an offer from us, has committed to N. Illinois.

I agree - great blogs and much appreciated!!

Not unless we find many more millions of $ somewhere!

We have offered Austin Farnlof, an OG from AZ. He is a Rivals 3 Star and Scout 2 Star so he must be good. His size (6'1", 260) will probably keep the big boys away from him. Rivals has his 40 time at 5.2 while Scout has him at 4.9. If it is 4.9, the kid is fast for a OL. He has offers from SDSU and Air Force.

NDSU has offered this kid - as has NAU.

Another offer: King Frazier, a 6', 205 RB from Lee's Summit, MO. He also has offers from Indiana and SDSU.

We have offered junior-to-be, Carson Shanks. He's a 7 footer from Prior Lake. He also has offers from CSU and UNI.

Another 10-11 prospects from Minnesota have been added to Wiki. As far as I know, none of them have been offered.