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Thats a nice writeup. I enjoyed the read.

Excited for tonight. Looking forward to seeing all the new faces on the field for the first time tonight.

#buttFootball....I knew that response was coming. I thought you wanted to argue about the womens sports you listed. Two of our women's homes basketball games get as many fans as the entire seasons of the women's sports you listed.

Well, if your happy with the direction of your women's volleyball and basketball programs.......who am I to argue? I'm not going to lie, UND doesn't put much money into the sports above. I mean you have the Summit's leagues best and how many fans do you figure came out last season to support those sports?

Offenseive MVPs- Golloday, Garmen Leading rusher- Garmen Leading passer- Bartels Leading receiver- Golloday Breakout star- Bartels Defensive MVPs- Goodman, Mackey Leading tackler- Goodman Leading Sacker- Idowu Breakout star- Idowu

Its a win that counts towards the end of the year playoff total and that is the goal.

Yeah, having 3 teams ranked in the top 10 in the country come to the Alerus and another couple ranked in the top 25 either at home or on the road the rest of the year is about what every other program in FCS college football hopes to have their schedule look like.

And the fans are waiting in line to see those teams in action. At least you'll have your past success to fall back on when you WBB and VB teams are struggling through this year. Have you filled the rosters of those teams yet? When are open tryouts? Face the facts Dan, besides Women's T&F and a softball team who choked last season your women's athletic department is a hot mess.

I would agree that schools each hold their student athletes to different standards. Hell, even players from different teams from the same school get treated different. For example- a softball player may get suspended right away, 10-11 football players get their day in court or get 3-4 strikes.

So prior incidents should be taken into account for suspensions/dismissals?

I'm torn on playing time for Thursday. On one hand, Bartels earned the job and I would like to see him get some game time to develop rhythm with the offense. On the other hand I would like to see Molberg get equal reps and run a different type of offense to get something else on tape for SDSU to prepare for. A coach like Stig has seen everything but forcing their defense to prepare for two different types of QBs can only help us the following week.

UND- 62 Valpo- 10 I want to see the offense have no turnovers and play a clean football game. Have to control the ball this year. On defense I want to see us get pressure only sending 4 guys and create some turnovers. Coach Kotelnicki has said that has been the focus since spring and it needs to start on Thursday night. I don't remember any turnovers last season against SD Mines and that carried out throughout the season. Also, the tackling this week will hopefully be improved from what we saw last year. Special teams- A couple blocked kicks. Attendance 9800 (1,000 more than last years season opener) My attendance prediction for the game will be

Your women's programs are certainly something to brag about. Our last place teams in the big sky are still much better than yours, minus softball. Add to that a women's swimming team in a new conference and a national tournament hockey team and you can have you middle of the road summit league women's programs.

We return an All American and a freshman All American and neither of those two may be the most talented WR on the team. Like someone mentioned above its hard to compare across conferences but to me, our group has proven themselves on the field.

UND volleyball has been better than FU for a couple years now. Our basketball team isn't great but is much, much better than FU right now. I don't know if I'd hang my hat on a new facility. All the money at FU right now is being pumped into football and men's hoops right now. It will take years for the women's programs to get back on track.

Its been a couple seasons since we have had only one QB take meaningful snaps during a season. I feel its a little premature to talk about transferring already. All eyes have been focusing on the QB battle all last spring and this fall. One thing that has impressed me over that time is the maturity of both guys. Both were pretty passionate about running the offense and making themselves better, which made the other better. I'm confident in both going into the season.

You must be delivering a lot with the students moving back to town. It's nice if you to follow up with you customers. At least they teach you FU grads that.

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.