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Anderson got a lot of looks from DI schools but they felt he was too small!

A few items that might be of interest: Aaron Austin is to be back with the team after the first of the year. He left school due to persnal problems - it is hoped that they are behind him. Keith Parks will have surgery after the first of the year. It was a serious injury so rehab will be extensive. It is hoped that he will be ready for next year. Caros Nobles should be practicing again soon; however, his injury is the type that may reoccur at any time and then he would likely need surgery. The team may be getting a walk-on from the football team to help fill out the depleted roster. A potential JC transfer that would create a great deal of name recognition will be in for a visit in the next couple of weeks. If he signs, he would not play this year. A 6'6" power forward. A talented 6'6'-6'7" HS prospect out of WS is visiting this upcoming weekend.

Verk - Although I don't overly disagree with your statements that most awards are more of a popularity contest than anything else but I would think that, in this case, the coaching staff's credibility with the players would be affected if there wasn't some credence to their selections each week. My main point in bringing up the Scout Team award was that it was the only mention of how redshirt freshmen were doing. I fully agree that watching practice is the only way to know for sure.

92,96 - You seem to have good info regarding our program. Do you know who really stood out among our redshirt freshmen? In the past, the Herald used to mention who the Scout Team Players of the Week were but they didn't do so this week. Do you know if we have any recruiting commitments yet?

RoyalBlue - we appreciate your comments. It is too bad that a few jerks from both colleges act in that manner at games or on these websites - it negatively impacts what everyone thinks about the school. You guys had a great team - too bad we can't meet in the finals again next year!

Did it explain why it isn't considered a DII conference?

My apologies! I missed your post - it was the last one on the previous page.

Corella - why don't you "fess up" and tell us what is likely to happen.

92,96 - You are probably right. If he completely dropped out of all his classes before the cutoff date, he wouldn't have any incompletes, etc. so he would likely be eligible. I will try to find out this afternoon what is going on. They certainly are likely to be looking for other second-semester transfers. I know they do not want to take the red-shirt off of any of the freshmen.

Austin is the only one that I can think of unless it is someone like Gottfried transferring out of DI - I don't think that is happening. I thought that Austin had dropped out of school. If so, I wouldn't think he would be eligible.

7-3?

A heck of a drive - we did a good job of holding them to a FG.

LakerSam - You made your point quite well and I agree with you. I hope the rest of the Sioux fans will as well! Good luck tomorrow - I think it will be a great game!

That would be great if we could land this talented running back out of SD! Has anyone else heard anything about UND recruiting and how it is going? I know that the top two kids in ND, West Fargo's Roehl and Fargo South's Wurzhacher, have both supposedly commited to the Bison.

UNA - Thanks for posting the articles. Please continue to do so through Sunday!

I live in Jacksonville, FL. Unfortunately, we are supposed to be having a XMas party at our house Saturday night. I am trying to get it changed. If so, I will be there!

booty - I agree that holding you under 7 points is extremely unlikely - especially when we have averaged giving up 20+ per game. I think our defense is much better than the statistics show but holding you to a touchdown or less probably won't happen! I hope I'm wrong!

Well, who is going to win? UND 20 GVS 18

Bubba is a great coach and even a greater guy but the reason that he hasn't gotten a head job yet may be that he isn't as polished as some ADs might like. He is truly a small-town, down-to-earth guy. Please don't take my post wrong, this is a compliment to Bubba, not a criticism. It just may be that he doesn't impress ADs from bigger programs! Some may think he wouldn't be able to shmooze (sp) well with boosters and/or impress recruits.

RinkRat - Read the first sentence and the last sentence of my post. My point was simply debating your comment about "never" getting any good players. We have had lots of good players - just not much success! For the most part, you and I are on the same page!

As I have said many times, if we simply ignore the SU posters whose only purpose here is to antagonize us, they will go away. Why argue with them - I don't even read their posts.

RinkRat -- While I share your disappointment in UND men's success in recent years, I am not sure how you feel that Glas "never" lands a highly regarded recruit. Beasley was one of the 2-3 best players ever at UND. All the major DII schools were after Myron Allen - none of them knew about his brief pro stint. Keith Parks was recruited by a bunch of the successful DII schools. We do have trouble getting good freshmen in but it is difficult to convince a kid to come to the frozen tundra of ND. We all know that there aren't many NCC quality BB players developed in ND/NW MN. There have been numerous talented kids who decided to walk on at various DI schools. Had they gone DII, they would have gone to UND and been great ballplayers. We have made some strides these with Gutter and Doyle last year and Harkins this year. All should be very good DII players. REA and the new REA for BB should continue make recuriting somewhat easier. Lindahl could have gone quite a few places but we got him due to his dad's going to UND and our working hard to get him over NDSU. SU did some odd things to try to persuade him to come to Fargo. Behrens certainly was a dandy and Mustard wasn't bad either. Take a look at the NCC MVP over the last few years - more UND players than any other. Two of the five best players in the NCC today basically "flipped a coin" between UND or their current school when signing their Letter of Intent. Bottom line - I wish we could get more talented kids at UND but it is not like we haven't had some great talent in recent years. I think a better arguement is "why haven't we been able to win more with the talent we have had"!

Give it a rest and go back to the Bison board and chat about wrestling!

UND 27 UNA 24 GVS 24 TAMUK 20 GVS is a class act - it would be great to play them again!

Glad to hear that will we be hearing Eddie no longer. I assume Dan Hammer will take over for him. Hammer is much better than he used to be - I don't know who else in the GF/Fargo market may be considered.