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Thursday 8/29 Southern Utah @ S. Alabama Valparaiso @ North Dakota Monmouth @ Montana State Sac State @ San Jose State E. Oregon @ Portland St Friday 8/30 NAU @ Arizona Saturday 8/31 UC Davis @ South Dakota Langston @ Northern Colorado Eastern Washington @ Oregon St. San Diego at Cal Poly SFA @ Weber Stat App St. @ Montana Same as most above except I'll take EWU with the upset and Montana over App St. at home.

Didn't Bohl say suspensions are only needed if it involved alcohol, fighting or drugs? Hasn't the kid suffered enough?

I agree with the post above. Hardin dropped way to many easy ones last year. Hard for scouts to overlook that if it doesn't improve.

Offense: Dustin Adams- (OL needs to be better this year) AJ Stockwell- (Coaches have him as a TE right now for a reason and position is wide open) Defense: Taj Rich/Dayo Idowu- (our OLBs really underperformed last season. They didn't look athletic enough to play at this level. I think both these guys have the chance to get some reps this year) Rumeal Harris- (Kid has the size we need at CB and it is a position that is wide open for reps) Javen Butler- (hoping the ability he has when we signed him shows up on the field this year, we need improved play there this year) Special Teams: Casey Young- (taking over long snapping duties)

Good one

Thank you Travis.

Not sure if anyone saw but Danny Freund is coaching at the Manning Passing Academy right now. Congrats Danny on the great experience. Our young coaching staff has had some great experiences in the past couple year. Freund with this opportunity, Kotelnicki participated in the NCAA-NFL Coaching Academy in February and Benny Boyd working with the Pittsburgh Steelers a couple years ago with the Bill Walsh NFL Coaching Program. I am always impressed with the opportunities these young coaches get.

Is there a bad one to pick from. No D2's on there so what is there to complain about. Its tough to choose between SDSU, UM, MSU or EW they all present a unique challenge. Also, Valpo will be our first look at the team and our freshmen QB's so I am excited about that. Its a great home schedule.

Dan you spend more time trying to run down UND sports than you do posting about FU sports.

This is a great addition by Jones. This guy has legit D1 experience and more importantly knows how to recruit/coach at this level. Even if he stays for two or three years, he is going to open some connections we didn't have before. Nice job Coach Jones and welcome Coach Shay.

This, injuries happen. Any team would be affected with an injury to their best player.

Dan, you need to explain to your president that if you intend to save an e-mail you don't put it in the trash folder. Maybe the IT at FU can come up with some big pictures or something he can tape to his computer so he better understands how things work.

You seem thrilled about this game Dan. Excited for those first two home games of DII and Deleware St?

Haha, classic post. So scheduling a D2 is now acceptable Dan? I think MSU screwed FU over with the late cancellation but Dan's post above can only be rivaled the the guy on BVille who said the NCAA changed the D2 counter rule specifically for FU. It must be fun in the world some of those guys live in.

What strike is this for Beck? You would have thought he would have learned his lesson when he got punished for running from the law last time. Those extra wind sprints after practice must not have been enough.

Haven't these guys suffered enough??? Oh wait, they aren't part of the team anymore....nevermind.

It will be a challenge but its going to be an exciting non conference match up with a chance to turn some heads. We know what their offensive philosophy is going to be. Our offense could also help our defense out tremendously by scoring points. If we get behind, with a defense needing improvement and a young QB under center, it could be a long game. The SDSU, Montana and Montana St. stretch of home games is going to be fun.

Because Coah Bohl is standing up for his team, similar to what Coach Jones was doing. While I'm disappointed with the entire situation, I would have been very disappointed if Jones would have not stuck up for his team in that situation. Did the team let one slip, yes. Is that a reason for a coach to throw his team under the bus in a live interview? Not in my opinion.

Its a coaches job to stick up for his players. You would never hear Scott Miller talk to Coach Bohl or Coach Phillips that way and if he did Coach Bohl would be as defensive. I think back to Coach Bohl correcting a TV announcer when the team was called "North Dakota" instead of Fargo University. Coach Bohl got defensive and stood up for his team, which he should as the team leader. I look at this situation it the other way and think about what the players on the team would have thought if they would have heard their coach agreeing with the choke job statement on air. All I needed to hear was other people who are actually in the profession agreeing with the punishment. You can spin it as Rolston pleading for his job but I think he actually realized he made mistake. TV announcers are supposed to be objective but there is also a line they don't cross. There have been many choke jobs over time in sports but I don't think I have heard any brought up in the post game interview.

I thought they both looked good in the spring. We were running very vanilla stuff and they both made good throws and protected the ball well. There is a lot of room to adjust some things on the offense next season fit each ones strengths and both guys are open about pushing each other which will only make them better. There is a lot to be excited about with both.

17 schools in the last 20 years have choosen another conference over the Summit and left. How is that suddenly going to change? I don't think anyone can name a conference but if an offer comes, history says a Summit school is going to accept.

The MVFC commish is on record saying USD's invitation only came after UND was in the BSC and they found out they weren't a package deal. She made it pretty clear that both were not getting in.

From the same article mentioned above. Well Tom, probably because there is a new school leaving every year. No one in that conference is committed. When schools are bailing to the WAC, something is going on.

You sound bitter that FU isn't in the Big Sky?

The Summit offers UND no form of stability. The risk of UND leaving the Big Sky for the Summit, only to have a couple more members bolt for a new conference is to great. The strength of the Big Sky is the numbers and geography, it can afford to lose a member or two but I don't know where they will go. I see it as the Summit will always be waiting for UND if it needs it. The history of that league has given no reason to believe they will not always be looking for members.