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  1. Quote my post where I asked for a pat on the back.

    All I'm asking for, if anything, is that people quit with the "NDSU football players are all criminals and UND players will all be lawyers and doctors"

    Just when you begin to think there are some reasonable posters on this board, you guys change my mind back again.

    Thanks for the reality check guys.

    I know not all FU football players are criminals. They have had players doing great things off the field for years. You don't have to post stories to prove that. It does tell a lot though that you feel the need to post one great story on this board to offset a years worth of behavior off the field. That is why you posted the story isn't it?

    UND has players that go great things for fans in the community as well. I could give you a laundry list of things done this year alone. Some very touching stories there as well. They do them because its the expectation of the program and those within our athletic dept.

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  2. Apparently Kubic has told SU last summer that he wants to be a Bison - not sure if that is still the case!

    I think that has been the direction he has been leaning for a while but "I have heard" he is more seriously considering UND. FU has recently offered, something they were pretty open about not doing early in the process. If they would have offered 6 months ago, it would have been a done deal, not necessarily the case now, but UND hasn't offered yet either. The UND coaches have been very upfront with him and he has been very impressed with that.

  3. What an asinine response.

    I feel terrible for the kid. No one that age should have to go through that. Pat on the back to current and former players for making him feel better and giving him and his family a great memory.

    However, I find your reasoning for posting the story on this board interesting. Your explanation for why you were posting says as much. Athletes all over the country do great things for kids and don't expect the pat on the back you want us to give.

  4. Many people in general do great things and don't expect a pat on the back. Tells me something when you feel the need to post something like this to try and offset the actions of other players from the program through out the year. Players doing great things off the field, court or ice happens at every program, including UND.

  5. Nice post Hambone. Jaried Combs at TE has an impressive highlight tape. Also, Clarence Smith at RB looks nice and Dirrell Clark out of IL. He has had an offer from Purdue for a whilebut hasn't committed yet. Hoping Coach Luke can keep working his magic in Illinois.

    On a side note, Jesse Kubick from Dickinson is a possibility for a PWO. He has $$ offered from Montana St. and right now has a PWO from FU and us but FU talked to him about a partial so we may have to as well. We have a decent shot as a PWO if FU's offer stays there. Big body, with good feet and strength. I think he could add to this class.

  6. So basically, right now this is the same UND team as last year, minus Mitchell and Brekke. I guess under the circumstances, the less-than-satisfactory results should not be too big of a surprise. But I have a hard time getting past the fact that with three available scholarships after last season, practically no on-court contribution was received this season from the players brought in. I'm not so sure bad luck alone completely explains that one.

    ^^^This, and besides Hooker (who seems to have potential to be a real nice player), who is coming next year?

  7. I just hope we don't get a similar message from Travis regarding Dan Bell!

    Thats what I was thinking. Its been rather quiet regarding Bell. Judging from the press he got this fall and him being open about he'd consider a D1 offer if it came along, I'm hoping it works out with him. I wonder if Travis has any news on him

  8. Just imagine last year when Travis came on here to give updates on Schobert, if we would have had users who told him to !@#$ off and that he wasn't good at his job. How can you fault a kid for wanting to play at the highest level available to him and how can you fault a reporter for doing his job and reporting it?

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  9. No, he got an offer from them and apparently told Travis (from Wissport) that he was thinking about reopening his recruiting to see what happens. Once Travis posted this some posters pretty much told him he's worthless and many bashed the MAC as a whole, saying the MVFC is a better conference.

  10. I see in a WSN headline that UND offeree and SU committed Nathan Tanguay (DE from WI) has "other options" I assume that means he received a PWO offer from UW or UM.

    He received an offer from Western Michigan and if you want some good comedy go check out Bville and read their responses to Travis from Wissports who filled them in on the news.

  11. Just a warning, but this debate is going to flare up again in a big way either in the next couple days or just after the championship game. It's not a big surprise to those who have been paying attention, but it's looking certain that Western Carolina is going to back out of next year's game at NDSU. That leaves NDSU to find at least one game to fill three possible dates: Sep 14, Sep 21, and Nov 2. Since UND has an opening on Sep 21, some fans are going to start talking, and the media is going to trot the possible matchup as a way to boost ratings/readership. It's not going to matter that UND already has 11 games scheduled or that an NDSU game would fall right in between Montana and Montana State on your schedule. People are still going to talk about it and inflict more damage on that poor horse's corpse. Joy.

    Meh, enjoy filling your schedule. I'm guessing a team holds out for $300,000+ to come to Fargo. Anyone Gene calls knows they have FU by the balls. Not getting a D1 puts them at a 10 game schedule with Kansas St. being one of those games.

  12. I wish we would have had a repeat of last year with a regular season rematch. Texas A&M was the hottest team in the country the last 4 weeks. Alabama is just impressive. I would have loved to watch those two teams go at it again.

  13. I an assuming that Stendler was the Mussman chest bump. Right.

    Hard to say. I think there is still one, possibly two from the Illinois area we don't know about. Coach Schleusner has had a few chest bumps and we only have two comitments from Illinois if you include Adams. JJ Robertson being the other. Its hard to say if we have been able to keep up on the commitments or not.

  14. Interesting note on Thurman. He held an offer from Central Michigan and from what I gathered by reading online got a commitment from someone higher on their board and that offer is no longer there. He is a must sign. Watching his highlight tape he could come in a play right away. He's physical against the run and moves pretty well.

    I'm guessing this will be a big recruiting weekend for us and I'm hoping there are a lot of chest bumps getting thrown out on Sunday and Monday. Thurman is set to visit Southern Illinois the following weekend but hopefully we get him locked up before he leaves town.

  15. Holy Cross was ranked #20 in the nation in the latest poll. That was in D-1, real D-1. Face it, North Dakota is known as a hockey school Because they won 7, that is 7 national championships at the highest level of college hockey. That's real D-1. Not some faux D-1 like Moo U has won.

    The fact is, the truth is, that the FCS championship calling itself "D-1" is a running joke. It should be called D-IAA like it was in the past. It's not the highest level of college football. But, winning it is an honor. But, it should be honored in the right context.

    Just because you don't like to hear the truth doesn't mean we shouldn't speak the truth.

    Now, continue go on how gay we are or whatever else you wish. It just says more about you than us.

    Do you not congratulate your son for winning a grade school basketball tournament because it wasn't the NBA? You play the teams on your schedule and this year FU was the best team in OUR football division. Its not worth knocking or belittling. As someone mentioned earlier, I know our players, coaches and recruits were watching and taking note. That is the level our program is expected to reach.

  16. We need to improve our RB's. Both seem like good options. Clarence Smith seems to be a big guy with some speed. Kidd appears to be smaller, but is a burner. In order for our offense to continue to improve against better competition, a running back who is consistently a threat is a must.

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  17. Recruiting has become a big part of college athletics. It now has full day coverage from ESPN and is a huge part of the All-Star games at the end of high school seasons. I'm all for the "chest bumps", the recruiting party and everything else the coaching staff does. I wish they would do more. I wish Wayne Nelson would somehow know or get tipped off immediately when a recruit committed.

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