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I remember years ago, Minnesota always had much higher rated recruiting classes than UND. In the end UND held their own, and then some against Minnesota. Rankings give you a better feeling about your team, but in the end it doesn't measure all of the intangibles a player or recruiting class has.

Anyone hear if there are new concessions or other changes for game day at the Ralph?

I suppose you are always going to get guys that follow the money, but maybe a lot of the elite players won't be as concerned about the short term gain, and want to train and develop in a pro-type atmosphere that UND has to offer. As long as we get our fair share of guys that are of the 2-3 year college route elite players we should be fine. Will be interesting to see if the NCAA makes some major tweaks to NIL.

Considering how much money he is poised to make down the road, this would make more sense.

Part of me thinks that if super talented players like Eiserman are jumping ship for $100,000, how cautious will they be in playing their one year in college hockey to make sure they aren’t injured and get the really big payday.

I wouldn’t get too giddy at Minnesota’s misfortune because if NIL continues to play a big role, they are better positioned with all the major companies and money floating around than we are. We can only hope that Schlossman is right and that the NCAA will be forced to take a closer look at NIL to prevent college sports from being a farce. Personally, I prefer the academic rewards slant that UND is taking.

What about Travis Kelce dating Taylor Swift? Can he be successful?

They were speculating that Nick Oliver, who coached Gruba in Fargo and is now at Wisconsin, might have recruited him when he was at St. Cloud.

The Big Ten helped ruin traditional College Hockey, now NIL is helping to destroy it even more.

Berg, Schmaltz, Jamernik and OMac have all played center, but with the 9-3 mindset you mentioned do you put either Schmaltz or OMac at a different position to have them at a spot higher in the lineup? The way it sounds, I wouldn't be surprised to see Albrecht and possibly a few other players split time early, so maybe Emerson could be splitting time early. If Albrecht is looking good early like Schlossman said, I would guess he might see some more time in the big games where a veteran presence could help. So with the competition level both at defense and forward, what position do you use to fill the extra spot in the lineup each night? If Berg is centering Blake and Gaber, is line 2 either Schmaltz or OMac, centering Perron and James?

Is P.J. Fleck’s job safe?

But he is in the "If you build it, they will come" mode!

Mitchell Mattson, and of course Mitchell Miller, although the latter made it to campus.

Brendan Lemieux is another one that bolted.

Agree, because just like parents, coaches can't know what's going on with their kids 100% of the time. Many times they can only react properly once issues arise.

So Hakstol was culpable for this? https://thehockeynews.com/news/pro-prospects-must-play-with-caution

To me, if you can’t stretch the field with your wide receivers, you have to keep the defense honest every once in a while by quarterback runs when the pocket is collapsing. Having to deal with a quarterback that takes those 5 yards or many times a lot more gives the defense one more thing to worry about. Some teams make a living from their quarterbacks scrambling for first downs.

To take the next step, they need to beat one of the Big three on our schedule. Two more chances.

Thankfully, the postgame interview says there are a lot of correctable mistakes. But in the same token, they have been correctable for years.

Taking timeouts, really Bubba! Can’t wait to hear his postgame, saying we can’t make those mistakes.

Well, if we are allowed to make 15 or so mistakes, I think the refs should have a little room for error as well.

At least with the early start, we still have some Saturday afternoon for less frustrating leisure.

Bubba going to make it look like he still wants to win by going on fourth down, but clock management suggests otherwise.

UND happy just to stay with 3 scores. Really?

Exactly! A long field goal anyway, and even if they make it, you are still within two touchdowns. Mistake after mistake. You don’t win big games with a half dozen or more big mistakes and missed opportunities.