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Based on all reports teams moving up from to the WAC for football would be all Southeastern schools. This could be something to make scheduling easier for Idaho and NMSU for those sports. Save them from Independence.

Well, was our offense that bad this year in the scrimmages I saw in the spring or was our defense that good? And with the secondary we had last year the guys coming back have a lot to prove. I saw some talent but not much production. This year is our chance to begin to prove ourselves at this level. Lets not get a head of ourselves until at least two weeks from now when the boys put all the pads on for the first time.

I don't think its conversation worth having until after the season. Buzzkill or not it sounds real silly to have this conversation before fall camp even starts. There is plent of conversation to be had. Freshmen report in less than a week. Camp starts in a week. Where is Fafita and what is our secondary going to look like? How is the turf coming along at the Al? Crowning anyone anything before the season has even started is a joke. They are big boys, they will have their chance to prove it in about a month.

They haven't even played a game yet

LOL..... well, any other questions.

I'm confident if he is not at UND, he won't be in the state of North Dakota next season. I guess we'll find out in a couple weeks though.

Yes you did. It was reported last week by Travis of Wissports and the UND areavoices guys.

You wrote 5 posts quesitoning why UND was so excited to get this kid as a preferred walk on but never once questioned why your own coaching staff decided to make an half scholorship offer 2 weeks before camp. NDSU has done very well recruiting and there is no question what they have done works but its a UND board and I'll stick up for the UND staff and players everytime. You try to pretend your not stirring the pot but you keep asking a question and don't listen to the answers or look at the current facts of the situation. The big one being the kid turned down a ndsu scholorship to walk on at UND. He also has talked to the UW coaching staff in the past couple weeks along with another FBS school, if it was a ndsu recruit in the same situation you and all the other fans of your school would rightfully be singing the kids praises and you know it.

You are not taking into consideration where UND coaches had him in their rankings. If they got the player or players ranked higher than him than there was no need to offer a scholorship. I guess the more obvious question is what does it say for NDSU's recruiting class when you come in two weeks before camp to offer a half scholorship to a kid that is only a preferred walk on elsewhere? And when 2 FBS schools and one other local FCS call the UND coaching staff to let them know they are going to talk to Joe and may offer a scholorship why did ndsu not have the courtesy to do the same? I think the kid is going to be a very good player and it sounds like he has great head on his shoulders as it sounds as though he has been very honest with the coaching staff throughout the last couple weeks after the all star game.

I love going and reading the recruiting threads here and Bisonville. Seeing guys like you, BisonDan and others ripping UND's recruiting class saying it lacked talent. Now a few months later, your bison are offering scholorships to one of our preferred walk ons. New low no matter how you look at it.

One guess where he's from.

I think UNC will get at least 3 conference wins this year.

Push- I'm as interested to see if there is any improvement to this stat as I am to see if there is any improvement to our DB play on the football field. Both will be keys to our success this season in both sports. How many games did this cost us last season?

That is more what I meant. Everytime I start to get real excited about next year I think about the DB's and that tempers my expectations. The potential is there. They are very good against the run but I need to see improvement from last year against the pass. I'm just ready to see what we have.

Good ones. I forgot about Goodman. Also, excited to see Nichols this year. And our entire defensive backfield.

Spencer Cummings

Scream Yellow. I think ndsu already used that a few years back.

Come on Sic. Don't let facts get in the way of a good story trying to prove a point. He thought he had a good thing going there.

replace Crown college or Presentation college with a home game vs. USD or UNO and that is a good looking schedule. I'm glad we are finally in a conference that gives us something to be excited about.

Two very solid teams at the top who deserve to be there based on what they have coming back from last year. Its a 1A & 1B thing if you ask me. After all the games are played that top 10 will look very different. Can't wait for the season to start.

I think its a good idea. The papers in Dickinson, Minot and sometimes Bismarck already cover the Big Sky conference as much or more than they cover other conferences so fans west of the Missouri are very familiar with these teams. A traveling trophy tied to both states would be great idea with a team we are playing on a yearly basis.

I agree with you on this.

Its a preseason poll. Doesn't mean a whole lot. Lets wait until the final one comes out and see how each conference finishes up.

Nope. Man it must have hurt Terry to write this column. http://terryvandrovec.tumblr.com/ That number for UND is only going to grow. I have heard football season ticket sales had a nice bump this offseason. And hopefully with the women's and men's basketball teams finally being in a conference thier attendance will increase. Also, every women's volleyball game seemed to have more and more people at it last year as the season went a long. Huge number and still a lot of room for improvement, without having to spend any money on new facilities.

Offense Breakout- Ivery Breakout- Shea Walker- (both on the line and special teams) MVP- Miller Defense Breakout- Spencer Cummings- (I can't wait to see this kid this year) MVP- Devin Benjamin- (Our defense will only be as good against the run as our NG play) MVP 2- Dom Bennet (Kid will have an all conference year this year if he stays healthy) Special Teams Breakout- Will Ratelle MVP- Cameron and Miller (we are solid in the kicking game)