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If you are a high school defensive standout do you want to go somewhere you can play right away or be apart of an exceptional defense?
Depends on the kid. Its not like UND has never had an exceptional defense. This is a program who has always been known for its defensive play. Just need to get more athletes on that side of the ball right now. Sounds ok to me if I thought I had the ability to contribute right away.
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Possibly, but we've already left a negative mark with Eastern Washington, Cal Poly, and Northern Arizona, 2 of which are in states we want to largely recruit. Also, we still have Montana State and we will be competing with them in recruiting also. It's tough to say how doing poor this year will ultimately affect recruiting; hopefully being simply playoff eligible and having top-tier FCS facilities and conference affiliation will be enough. There are a few other things that need to change too though...
Eastern Washington could end up winning the nat'l championship this year. We layed an egg at their house. Regarding the other teams, we have close loses to an FBS, and two other teams that are ranked near the top of most polls, not excusable but it is what it is. You can't argue where those teams are in the polls.
We have a young offense with alot of skilled guys returning but still some spots where a young player could come in and play right away. Our defense is full of opportunities to come in and get early playing time. If I'm a young kid I see a chance to get some early run on a pretty good team that has some work to do defensively but offensively is already one of the best in FCS. Doing poorly? This team still has a realistic chance to finish .500 against the argueably one of the toughest schedule in FCS this season. Its not where I wanted to be, but it isn't the end of the world either if you step away from the ledge.
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Does it really matter how or when he suspends a player, much less how we all find out about it? From what I've seen in the past from Coach Mussman, if a player has to sit, it is probably warranted. A couple guys sat out the opener this season for missing class during the first week......................
Well said bin. A month ago we are complaining how the school to the south takes no action for their players getting in trouble. Now one of ours does and coach suspends him and we are getting on him about when he announced it. In my opinion at a lunch full of booster while your talking about which players will be out tomorrow is a bad place. I don't know the whole story behind it but one thing you can't question about Mussman is his stance on team discipline.
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Man, I just can't resist, but what percentage of times do you think a player that has sholie offers from both UND and NDSU goes to UND over NDSU? It has to be close to 50% for your point to have any merit.
Depends which fanbase you ask. We already know how you'd answer and its not even February yet.
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people realize that for them to leave the ncaa, they would have to make an entirely new ncaa, right?
First, the NCAA wouldn't let them leave. They would clapse to their every demand if/when they make a push to split.
Second, you act like they couldn't pull it off. (For the record I think they eventally get in their own division, not create their own association) For the amount of money they would be making by doing it, I'm guessing their is someone else out there as bright as Mark Emmert who could lead the organization and its not like they would have to rewrite a bunch of bylaws.
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Why is this so hard for you to comprehend? Even with your explanation you are describing a situation that causes a leveling of the playing field.
Here is a less complex example. If the FBS decided they would cut scholarships across the board, some guys that would have gone to LSU or Alabama would end up at Minnesota let's say. Would Minnesota have a worse, better, or same chance of beating LSU with players that were in previous years good enough to be on LSU's roster, but due to scholarship cuts ended up at Minnesota.
Take the last nine scholarship players off the best teams and they are better than the last nine scholarship teams off of the weaker teams. So you literally take the worst nine scholarship players off of Minnesota's roster and replace them with the worst nine on LSU's roster. Who gets better and who gets worse?
Scholarship reductions hurt the best teams the most and at that point in history NDSU was head and shoulders above everyone else.
Your assuming that LSU and Alabama keep getting the most talented players every year. In your example that may be the case and that would justify your reasoning. In regards to NDSU and the scholorship reductions, they didn't.
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Congrats to Jameer.
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And d line, they got two cornerstone types in Edwards and Carrothers last year but they need more to replace the seniors. It doesn't seem like the younger D linemen seem like anything to get excited about other than the two true freshman I mentioned.
I don't disagree but i think Welch (sp?) could be a guy that could be a big DE for us if needed. I also am still big on Cummings. I think he is going to finish as a good one. Edwards from everything I have heard needs some expierence on the DL but has all the tools to be a stud next season. But I agree, we need to get some depth there and better play.
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Great post as usual Ira. In regards to the defense I really think the coaches recognized the need at LB and that is why they recuited 5 in last years class. I won't be surprised to see them get aggressive at that position again this year along with secondary. Saturday is going to be a lot of fun.
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UND has/will have #2, 4, 5, and 6 in a 5 week stretch.
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I think its a good move.
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I agree. My point was it is not like we are getting beat like we did by EWU every game. We are right in these games with top 20 teams in the country. We aren't there yet, but the team isn't as bad as people want to say they are. I suppose after 3 straight loses people get a little frustrated. All I am saying is to put things in perspective.
Never as good as it seems or as bad as it seems. I'd love for this team to win every game as well but our schedule has been brutal to say the least. There will be some decisions to be made in the offseason. The coaches now have seen first hand what the best of the Big Sky week in and week out has to offer....we have some holes to fill. The players need to make a commitment to this team. There has to be a commitment to staying in Grand Forks during the offseason and getting the most out of those workouts. The formula is there, past teams who have been successful have had 80% or better during the summer months. And we are not playing DII anymore. This should be an expectation.
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When our 1st BS schedule came out, this was the game I, and probably most UND fans, had circled on the schedule. UNd and UM have not played up to expectations, but this is still the Griz making their 1st trip to the Al. Think it will be a good crowd on Saturday. If UND loses though, the SUU crowd will be small.
I agree with this. There will be a good crowd this weekend for what is hopefully an entertaining ball game.
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kotelnicki should be worrying about the current status instead of chest bumping.... he may not have ajob after this year.
Recruiting doesn't stop in season. Also as a recruiting coordinator, it is part of his job.
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I'm shocked as well that Brian Faison doesn't respond to your correspondence. You're a taxpayer (presumably). That makes you his boss.
Really??
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Maybe Muss will throw in some formations that include both QB's out there at the same time. Why not throw a little trickery into the gameplan. Hanson throws it back to Hendrickson who hits Hardin for an 80 yard TD. It could work.
There was a college team who did that a couple weeks ago. There has obviously been a couple but I believe it was South Carolina who ran an entire series with two qbs in the backfield. Not that I want to do have an offense based on trickery but Marcus is definately athletic enough that he could be motioned around everywhere and really keep the defense on its heels.
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Because I'm skeptical this team will beat a ranked team.
Thats what you meant by that post? Could have fooled me.
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While I understand and share your irritation, I think this is true.
This post is comical. Why do you think that?
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I am worried if Benjamin is not healthy this week. As poor as our defense has played you can notice the difference of him being in the game and a backup NG being in. If we are short a starting NG and LB and a backup LB up the middle this week, it could be a long game. The thing that worried me against Poly was knowing they were going to be in 3rd and short all game long and how our defense was going to respond. We couldn't get off the field in those situations. I see NAU being in a lot of those same situations this week. How is our defense going to play on 3rd and short? That to me is the key to this game. I need to see something out of our defense this week.
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he couldn't just say 'We know who are guy is" and decline to answer whom it is?
Or he can answer it like he did and decline to say who it is.
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I see Mussman's comments as coach talk. I think he know's which qb is starting but with each having such different strengths he is forcing Northern Arizona to prepare for two completely different styles.
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Nice job ladies. Great win. Even better when its in Fargo.
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I will bet you right now this thread (or reference To the incident) will carry on with UND fans a lot longer than 2.5 years. Still trying to figure out why there hasn't been one mention of the individual not part of the team. By the way my go to has always been the lawn mower toss not Kristo As for the first part of your retort, you can't cover everything in an interview which is why there is a company handbook which they are responsible for understanding. They just don't take the time to read it.
I understand that. That is why I keep asking the question of why people in positions of power at NDSU seem quick to point the finger at the company who did the hiring when it is plain for everyone to see, except some people that the finger should be pointed at the employees and the employees only. Thanks for answering my question and just going off of history I'm guessing that something else will come up on Fargo's football team to make this go away. The past 5 years is a pretty good indicator of that.
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You are forgetting one thing. The family of the recruit. Playing teams in the Midwest allows families to drive to the games. Flying to every away game is very expensive. I would call this a disadvantage.
With the internet and being able to watch every road game on TV this is becoming less and less important. I think you are over estimating the number of families amongst the team that go to every single road game. There are some that do so and those that do have the option to fly with the team on the charter for a couple hundred dollars.
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But they didn't to all the bold above. The only thing that kept Montana in this game was us stopping ourselves with penalties and dropped passes. I saw nothing that made me leave thinking Montana should have won this game.