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For you to even try compare those players to any on your team is a joke. Both have been good contributors to a top FCS team and King Frazier was recruited hard by NDSU a few years ago so we knew all about him. How many all conference players you have this year? First team? Second team? Third? Tells you what the rest of the BSC thinks of your players.
What he is comparing is the comments made by fu fans here and on your own board about UND bringing in transfers. You guys criticize UND but do it yourself. I really don't care where they come from or what relationships there are, you can't change the definition of transfer.
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UND may bus to Macomb, but NDSU flies. They flew to UNI this year. The only bus trips are USD or SDSU.
I hear NDSU got a commitment from a California kid today. I thought that was UND Big Sky territory. Although he is a high school kid. Bubba seems to be putting all of his baskets in the JUCO/FBS transfer basket.
How many carries do you suppose King Frazier gets tonight? Just curious
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any word on where the ol' big snacks is leaning towards or has he already signed?? just curious?
He was committed to Memphis
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UAB has some good looking wr as well. It'd be nice to grab one. It will be interesting where their rb #7 jordan Howard ends up. He had a very good year as a true fr and has nice size.
He will have a good list of schools to choose from . Wisconsin, Michigan St., Notre Dame and a list of SEC schools are interested and/or offering.
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And I did verify that 2 of these signings count against last years numbers. So, we still have spots open for 29 more players......might help a little.
I imagine this staff will have to fill each one of them. I was wondering about that and thanks for the update.
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I don't have a problem with the ball screen offense but you have to change it up on occasion and if the other team adjusts to it you need to counter.
NDSU just turned the screener loose and doubled the ball since the screener wasn't a credible threat to score. After a while I was happy that Calcaterra just traveled or threw up a brick rather than swallowing his tongue. I have never seen a guy so uncomfortable with a basketball in his hands.....adjustments that should have and could have been made would have been to have someone who can score at the rim(Nash) or on a pick and pop(Tyler, Antwi) set the pick and make NDSU play straight up. Another option would have been to set the screen higher so you could maintain space and keep your angle to pass to the opposite corner and prevent the weakside defender from setting up in the lane. We could have also cleared the lane and attempted to break them down 1 on 1 with dishes to the help defenders man. Also with Nash being guarded by Brown we could have posted Nash and used dribble entry to the wing and ran the ball through Nash for offense down low or easy kick outs when they double him....I am no basketball genius but these were all things I pointed out to the person I was at the game with at the first media timeout.....we didn't make any adjustments, not one.
Can't argue with any of this. Nice post.
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If you don't hear about a guy for an entire semester, there is probably a pretty good chance he won't come back the next semester. We will see but it's obviously a grades issue with Stefan because he is still on the roster.
Also, I really hope we see more ball screens at the top of the key. That worked really well vs. NDSU.
Here is a thought: Have a secondary play/motion/screen that is happening while that stupid ball screen is being set that they run every single time down the floor. Or run an actual offense. Either or.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I couldn't agree more. It was frustrating to watch on Saturday. I have seen city league teams that have more motion in their offense. We do nothing to force any defenders to move besides the players guarding the ball and the post setting the screen.
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When is the last time UND beat NDSU on an ND recruit? Weston Dressler is the last player I can think of.
About 3 months ago but don't let facts get in the way of a good story.
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Why even play Hooker and De Rouen until they are healthy? Putting them out there to struggle through games is not doing any good.
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They scheduled 2 FBS games, a game vs something called Simon Fraser, and finished with 4 losses. If the UND admin set the football program up to fail like that we would be calling for Faison's head (more than some here already are). Or, there's also no law against doing what some other FCS schools have done-win a game vs an FBS opponent.
They most certainly did do it wrong.
They turned around from a bottom dweller in the conference to being in playoff discussion. Since the NCAA changed the rule that D2 games now count for playoff consideration, you can't argue against Simon Fraser, there biggest fault was scheduling two D2 games. You could just as easily substitute Incarnate Word in there, get your W and call it good as an FCS win. As far as scheduling 2 FBS games, more than just Idaho did it this year.
However from the standpoint of turning a program around, getting to 7 wins and showing the improvement they did certainly won't hurt anything.
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You make a good point. With the expanded playoff field, if you aren't one of the top 24 teams in FCS you are doing it wrong.
Idaho st. would argue with you. They seem to be doing something right and weren't i. The committees top 24
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UND coaches can promise the recruits families that they will be home every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but they hear NDSU coaches make their kids practice during the holidays? That may work.
Well, it took fu getting away from UND to have the opportunity to experience the holidays as a team.
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Do you guys think UM is the only FBS school that recruits Minnesota or something ? Every Big 10 school recruits Minnesota. If UM missed out on guys like Billy Turner, so did Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan State etc.
A lot of these guys that went to NDSU and went on to play in the NFL were not even close to the same quality player their senior year as freshman. NDSU does a better job of developing players than perhaps any college program in the nation. Who knows. Billy Turner could have went to Minnesota, sat behind more talented players, never developed under coach Kramer and Fuchs, started his senior year and been half the player he was at Minnesota as he was at NDSU.
Someone mentioned Paul Cornick. Paul was a walk on at NDSU for christ sakes. NDSU could have even missed out by not offering a scholarship. Again, clearly he was not Big 10 talent coming into his freshman year. NDSU developed him into an NFL player.
Only guy on this run that was a Big 10 player out of high school was Crockett. He had every Big 10 school after him, but his grades were atrocious due to being homeless.
Up until these last few years, I never saw NDSU winning recruiting battles over quality FBS teams. Last year, QB recruit picked NDSU over a full ride at Rutgers. This year it appears Ben Ellefson is staying at NDSU rather than going to Purdue. They have been getting better at recruiting, not worse. When it comes to ND, these young kids are growing up watching NDSU on Saturdays, watching NDSU on ESPN etc. NDSU will dominate recruiting in ND and western Minnesota for years to come.
Paul Cornick has developed more in his years after FU than he did while there. He will tell you that. Most players don't have the perseverance he had to keep going to camps, spending a few weeks on a practice squad, getting cut and than repeating. His hard work finally paid off for him this year.
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FU does a good job developing talent but to say they are the beat in the country is laughable. You want a high five for having a player in the professional football ranks.Do you guys think UM is the only FBS school that recruits Minnesota or something ? Every Big 10 school recruits Minnesota. If UM missed out on guys like Billy Turner, so did Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan State etc.
A lot of these guys that went to NDSU and went on to play in the NFL were not even close to the same quality player their senior year as freshman. NDSU does a better job of developing players than perhaps any college program in the nation. Who knows. Billy Turner could have went to Minnesota, sat behind more talented players, never developed under coach Kramer and Fuchs, started his senior year and been half the player he was at Minnesota as he was at NDSU.
Their strength the last few years has been their coaching staff compared to their competition and the early investments they made in facilities, etc.
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Gotta beat EWU, Montana, etc. first. Winning the big sky is our biggest concern.
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Transfers don't excite me at all. I'd rather get them out of high school and besides, it certainly hasn't been working out for the basketball team. Bubba has free reign on rebuilding over a couple years, do it right.
I think we need to bring in a couple transfers for a number of reasons-
- if the opportunity for immediate help is there, you go after it. The previous staff did a poor job recruiting at the safety and OL positions and we don't have the depth we need to compete there next season. I have no problem bringing in a 20 year old instead of a 18 year old to attempt to help fill those positions.
- We need to space out scholorships. We can't make a habbit of bringing in the max of 30 new bodies every year and can't have two classes in a row that have 30 freshmen in them.
- I know this staff will not make a habbit out of this and are doing what they feel they need to do now to stay competitive next season. This staff knows that player development needs to be the number one improvement from the prior staff.
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Scary thought for you guys, isn't it?
On paper, most talented I have seen.
We didn't have a quarterback picking NDSU over Big 10 teams in 2008 and 2009.
So games are played on paper?
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All UND fans want for Christmas is a Bison loss. Still living vicariously through NDSU's success and failure rather than supporting and focussing on your own team.
Definition of a loser fan base.
Ironic coming from a fu fan who trolls a UND fan site constantly.
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You sure it wasn't the whole class? You guys bitch about the MBB team that is full of transfers but the FB team is doing the same thing right? I think the consensus on this board that after graduating 23 seniors last year this year would be a down year.
The whole board said that. Care to link that discussion?
The football team will bring in a couple transfers. Currently we have two or three safeties on the roster, I would be concerned if we didn't look for immediate help there. Same can be said for WR and OL.
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That is a big hire for Youngstown and one that signals the Penguins are planning on moving elsewhere (FBS).
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Considering the mayor of Frisco was in Fargo for a game this season the place has become a second home for the Bison.
Really, he just came up on his own for a visit? Tell me more.
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I expect about 5 signings on Wednesday with a couple safeties from the JUCO ranks.........just guessing. So far so good is the word on this recruiting class thus far.
Is there a chance the other safety is McCabe?
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That's the matchup everyone wants to see and proof that the Valley is the toughest conference in the FCS and it isn't even close.
They both have to win this weekend first.
Pretty fortunate those two teams didn't play this regular season.
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You get what you pay for. I can't search on my phone for the actual numbers, but Jones is one of the lowest paid coaches in the Big Sky. So, should anyone be surprised by the products of his tenure?
It's not lack or recruiting. There is talent on our team.
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Chris Rabb tweeted he enjoyed his visit. Hopefully enough to get him up here.