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Rob is not unhappy at UND. Bemidji contacted him and asked him to interview for the job. He said as he owes it to his family to take a look at any option made available to him. Going through the interview process is also good for him - good experience for future jobs - at UND or elsewhere. I doubt Rob will move unless he is offered the job at a huge increase in salary. Living near the lakes is appealing to him but "home" is UND - at least for now! Again, he is not unhappy at UND.

This is a great recruiting tool for UND with parents of prospective recruits!

Plz keep the updates coming!!

I fully agree with your assessment. However, it should be noted that, due to SU's move up, they are not recruiting some ND and NW MN athletes expected to be very good DII athletes who they would have recruited in the past. That means it is a little easier to get these kids to come to UND as SU is no longer after them. This certainly does not offset your point to any large degree. Last year, we got a lot of talented kids SU wanted. This certainly doesn't appear to be the case this year. The FB coaching staff is very frustrated by this. This is one reason that the DI issue is on the front burner. Recruits (and our coaches) don't know whether we will be playing DI FB or not in the next few years. SU (and I don't blame them) is obviously now using the potential probationary period to their advantage. Kids they are recruiting today will be able to play in post-season action in DIA - our recruits would not!

There is no question that the Betty was planned too quickly and various issues have arisen. As 92/96 appropriately pointed out in his initial post, some of these were quite obvious oversites. Another problem that I don't believe has been noted is the lack of storage in the building - it simply doesn't exist. The bottom line was that as soon as the Betty became a possibility (funding was available), the top priority was to get it built prior to the World Juniors. The Athletic Department understands some of these shortcomings. Solutions have been discussed. Of course, there are not easy nor inexpensive ways to address some of them. Bottom line - despite a few problems, this is a great building. Recruiting young, talented athletes to it (as opposed to Hyslop) should be much easier. The recent addition of a weight room will also assist as, until now, all athletes had to jump into a cold car after practice and drive back to Hyslop to lift.

Winning the first couple of conference games surely doesn't mean we are going to be a contender, but it does make you wonder what this team woulod have been like if Koenig would have been healthy and Phillips would have stayed in school. Two very talented individuals would have helped the team a bunch. Not making any excuses - we still shouldn't be losing to many of the teams we have lost to - especially at home!

We win 69-62. Nice surprise!

UND 55 UNO 49 with a minute and 1/2 left!

I think that is a great idea! Many years ago, when there was an odd number of teams (maybe when UNI left, not sure), the NCC would invite a different DII team each year to participate. That seemed to work quite well. I think these teams enjoyed and almost felt honored to be invited. I remember Gunther and others weren't crazy about having both holiday and post-season tourneys (played these teams too many times!) but it may be a necessity now! Rotating the tourney may or may not be a challenge - you need to make sure the local community supports the tourney (it is over the holidays when students are out of town, etc.). Crowds were usually quite good during all the years when it was in Sioux Falls.

Let's reserve this to UND recruiting!!! Does anyone know if we are bringing in recruits this weekend? We usually try to do so when there are either BB or hockey games at home. The women do play hockey against Wisconsin but the small crowd won't be nearly as impressive as it is when we are playing against NCC BB foes or have a hockey rival in town. Another factor that really comes into play with some kids is the weather in GF when they are in for their visits. Opposing coaches really sell against UND because of its distance from many recruits home towns and the "terrible" winters GF has. In actuality, I suppose GF winters are greatly different than Mpls or Wisconsin winters but kids don't know that. If they visit during very cold or stormy weather, many assume that it is that way in GF all the time. I know we have lost recruits due to this. I partially bring this up because I know it has been a great winter up there so far. I hope it lasts through recruiting season. We have also lost a lot of kids through the years because they weren't able to get to GF on their scheduled weekend due to weather but I suppose that could happen to any schools in the NCC.

I certainly had hoped that all the debating, arguing, smack (whatever you want to call it) between SU an UND fans would have subsided by now. In my opinion, it serves no purpose. NDSU (right or wrong) has taken the bold step to move up a division. Soon, UND will decide whether that same step is in our future. If you guys want to continue this discussion, I respectfully ask that you start a new thread solely for that purpose. This thread was started to discuss recruiting AT UND!!! Thanks!

I can't get the internet broadcast tonight. If someone could tell me how the ladies did as well as an update now and then on the guys, it would be appreciated.

We also lost the Vandal kid from Rolla. It has to be a very disappointing week for Lennon and his staff - losing three of the top kids they wanted - all to SU! As a previous poster noted, we better get used to it - it will likely continue to happen!

SiouxMeNow - You make a good point, it is amazing that an SEC team would shoot that poorly but, as Bison Pride pointed out, it is also pretty amazing that a team from North Dakota would kick the crap out of the University of Alabama in a major sport.

I have read with interest all the posts regarding lacrosse becoming a sport at UND. To be honest, I have little knowledge, appreciation or interest in the sport but that doesn't mean it is not a good idea. However, with most of North Dakota and NW Minnesota probably having the same attitude (partially because it is not played in HS in the area), do you really think this could become a sport that would pay for itself at UND? In answering my question, please don't compare it to baseball, golf, hockey many years ago, etc. Just try to convince me that it could produce revenue - especially when you consider that all players would come from out of the area which means higher recruiting costs and higher tuition costs. Don't take my post as negative, I just naive when it comes to lacrosse (I do know that it is a rough game and its participants are true athletes) and need more information to understand how it could possibly be a profitable venture.

You would certainly think our recruiting efforts should be greatly aided by all the All-American honors and NFL attention many of our seniors are receiving! I hope so!

I agree with your comments. As I noted, it is good that there will be some tough games throughout the season. Beating a few of these teams, especially on the road, will not be easy. That will better prepare us for the playoffs.

We are all very excited about our ladies' team this year. They are talented, young, exciting to watch and definitiely have the ability to go a long ways into the playoffs. However, it appears the conference will be tougher than I had originally thought. Duluth took it to NDSU in Fargo and St. Clould appears to be very good with Augie, UNO and USd more than respectable. This is good though, you wouldn't want UND to "walk" through the league and then have to step it up for the playoffs.

As you may remember, there was another committee about two years ago that also studied a move to DI. This committee was much smaller and had no real clout but they did talk to Maine, New Hampshire, Montana, etc. (schools similar to us). Rob and Rich Glas were on that committee - I don't remember who else. I suppose that may be one reason Rob isn't on this one. However, I bet he will have plenty of input - he has some strong feelings on the subject! By the way, Brooks had a nice day yesterday, didn't he!

Apparently Kimbrough didin't play today. Anyone know why?

Per the Forum this morning, Landon Smith (Dickinson Trinity), is going to play FB at SU. Unfortunate, his brother, Lee, played for us a few years ago!

OK - I have been in the Betty but will not see my first game there until January - live in Florida. While I do agree a center-hung scoreboard is preferred, I am afraid there are much higher priorities right now for the Athletic Department. You mentioned many of them but they first need to balance the budget - not an easy task! I think it would be great if a site like this could assist UND with some of its financial needs but I don't think we could raise the thousands of dollars needed for that type of scoreboard. That's why I thought you were talking about the soccer field - that might be doable!

If we are serious about this, I have $25! We are talking about a scoreboard for the soccer field, right?

I think the opposite is more likely the case. A lot of very talented hockey players prefer a small school where hockey is obviously the No. 1 sport on campus. For the most part, I think our NCAA division is a non-issue for potential recruits.