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big win!!!!

I am sure Coach Sather would agree with your concerns. The three lopsided home wins aren't helping him prepare his team for Summit play. As others have noted, I think we will see much better home schedules in the future.

It was recommended to Perchal that he no longer play FB - he made the decision not to continue playing ball a few weeks ago.

Freshman - made 16 of 21 FG attempts, 27 of 29 extra points, averaged 55 yards on kickoffs with 19 touchbacks. Sophomore - 11 of 19 FG, 27 of 27 EPs, 59.9 yards on kickoffs with 26 touchbacks. Probably not in the mix for punting, averaged only 35.5.

I appreciate the kinds words from many of you and will continue the Wiki recruiting pages for FB, M & W BB and VB. Hambone - I know you and others follow recruiting very closely. As you have done, please continue to post on the applicable recruiting thread or PM me whenever you have any info that isn't currently on Wiki. I think it is best that we continue to have only one person actually post on Wiki as bad things can happen if multiple people are posting - especially if they happen to be doing so at the same time.

My understanding is that Vaughn will enroll immediately wherever he ends up. It would be great to have both participate in spring ball.

Mystery solved - I was able to find one version of the '21 recruiting page in the system. I don't think it is the most recent but at least I found one version. I did learn who the "culprit" was who erased everything - surprisingly, it was one of our regulars. I would guess it happened accidentally but it is disappointing that he/she didn't step up and contact me about it! The response after I asked for feedback was not great - I will decide soon whether to continue it.

Sherrod will play at Fresno St.

Sather tried to find a PG in the off season but was not confident enough in anyone to offer a scholarship. He is going to have to pull a lot of scholarships after this season. He didn't want to have to potentially do so with someone he had just brought in.

Unfortunately, someone has erased all prospect listings and history for Wiki 2021 FB recruiting. I believe I had about 60 prospects listed for next year. I have no way of resurrecting the list. That said, I have done this for the last 10+ years. It is a lot of work and takes a lot of time (about 260 prospects were listed for 2020). I will continue doing this IF there is a strong feeling that it provides value to UND FB fans. Let me know your thoughts but please don't answer positively unless you really go to the site often.

Did not play well in second half - understatement. Lost 66-51. 29 SMU offensive rebounds killed us!

Outscored by 10 in 3rd - tie game going into 4th.

Up 29-19 at half!

We are ahead of SMU 15-11 after 1.

While this may be a great OL class, getting their commitment early doesn't relate to their quality. There are many examples of this in the past. They have to be the "right" kids!

It is amazing that we could lose a game like this by less than 10 points. UM had far better talent with much better depth. It may have even closer if it weren’t for a bunch of turnovers!

Down 7 at half. 12 TOs!

Moody not dressed. Down by 2 with 5 left in first. We have 10 TOs.

He didn’t play much - not quite ready yet to go up against other strong bigs. But I agree - he will be pretty good and may be a contributor by the end of the year.

From what I understand.... The committee made a concerted effort to find someone with ND ties but, for some reason, there were no legitimate candidates. Armacost came across very well - genuine, personable, more than capable, etc. He was not the best of an average group of finalists - he, and his credentials, were very impressive. Importantly, for those of us on this site, he is quite pro-athletics.

I hope so too and agree with your comparison with Panoam.

Good kid, works hard but didn't add much. He is being given the chance to contribute as Panoam wasn't playing well.

I attended all three of UND's games in Fort Myers (FGCU has a beautiful campus and a great BB facility) over the weekend. Some random thoughts (not necessarily in order of importance): We played pretty well other than the first half of the first game - better than we had played in the previous couple of games. We could have/should have won the last game against Campbell. Pretty much let it slip away but Campbell was a very good team with some great athletes. Rebraca is the real deal. He played against big men that had the bodies of NBA players. Rebraca really doesn't have much meat/weight on him but he more than held his own. He played a ton of minutes over the weekend and you could tell he was running out of gas against Campbell. Stewart is really good (better than I thought) when he has his head on right and isn't trying to do too much. He was up against some good-sized, very talented guards but was the best guard on the floor much of the time. As everyone knows, Brown is really struggling and Walter, although he is scoring some, isn't helping much. His TOs against Campbell really turned the game around. I am not sure why he handles the ball as much as he does and why he shoots so much. Eikens has a lot of talent but plays pretty passive so far but that will change with more experience and confidence. Moody hurt his right shoulder in the second game and didn't play much on Sunday. You could tell he was hurting. This could be bad news if he takes awhile to heal up. We really had trouble with a full court press in the last two games - a big reason we lost on Sunday. I am sure they are working on that this week. We really don't have much talent other than those mentioned above. G will be good but just isn't ready yet. I foresee a lot of turnover over the summer. That won't be much fun for Sather as a lot of these guys are good kids and good students. Cole Bergan will not be transferring to UND. I like what I am seeing in Sather. The team seems to be realizing that what he is teaching makes sense. It will take a year or two for him to get the talent he needs but I expect us to be very competitive soon. I am afraid we just don't have enough talent to do too well in the Summit this year. I hope for a .500 season.

Congrats on your engagement and thanks for the previews!

I have been at the first two games and fairly impressed. They have played much better than their previous couple of games. They are making progress. A couple of guys are a little dinged up and both teams look tired so far. We are down 10-9 right now to a good Campbell team.