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For what it's worth. Tom Miller's latest tweet: "Hate to rip on a young guy at a student newspaper, but rough timing kid. Huff has been one of Big Sky's best http://t.co/HmhdVUrq Football by tommillergf on Feb 8, 2013 01:51:16 PM"

Gabe, We couldn't afford a move to DI at the time NDSU moved up. That is why Kuppy et. al. held their ground. I don't think we were quite ready to do it when we did but our back was finally against the proverbial wall with the complete and utter collapse of the NCC.

Was he the one who interrupted Kotelnicki with a text/call right in the middle of his interview with Matt Schill on UND Sports TV?

About a month old but here's a nice sports profile from KFYR-TV in Bismarck about Dustin Iverson. http://www.kfyrtv.com/Video_News.asp?news=61245

Sorry to derail things for a bit. But it gets to a point where it's just plain obnoxious. Now back to talk about what seems to be a pretty darn good recruiting class -- on paper.

Don't mistake bitterness or pettiness for born-and-bred hatred. It usually goes both ways in this state. You're an anomaly who sits on the sidelines and does not get to enjoy the rivalry as much as the rest of us who have marked our territory and taken a side -- whether its UND or NDSU. You live in this nebulous murkiness of boring objectivity and you value your impartiality as somehow righteous and holier than the rest of us rubes who bleed the colors of one or the other. IMHO, that kind of stand is both extremely boring and gutless. Take a stand; pick a side and join the fight. The rest of us will continue to be fanatics of the team we love -- UND or NDSU or whatever -- and drink the Kool-aid of that program and tell the others that their flavor tastes like crap It's fun; try it sometime.

Mat Cox, Olympia, Wash., article between his junior and senior years: http://www.northwest...a-de-mat-cox-3/ This publication put Cox at #61 for Top 140 juniors in the State of Washington in 2011: http://northwestelit...1/watop140.html This publication has Cox as a top college recruit in Washington: http://www.northwest...2013-washington "First team athlete from Olympia. A really nice big frame and he moves well too. His film is really nice and he is going to be a guy we follow as the season gets going!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RHwZa3QCq4

You mean like these guys, who all hail from the Big Sky footprint. They were all recruited by UND or UND had interest in them at some point: (this is only what has been confirmed): QB Sam Riddle, 6'2”, 200, 4.8, Hillsboro (Century). OR TE Dustin Iverson, 6'3”, 230, Elgin (Grant County), ND TE Kyle Ruhe, 6'6”, 230, 5.0, Temecula (Great Oaks), CA OL Dustin Adams, 6'3”, 305, Minot (Minot), ND Transfer from NIU Ath Aeron Carr, 5'10”, 165, Mesa (Red Mountain), AZ (2 Star - Scout) Had offers from USD, SDSU, UC-Davis, W IL & UNC QB Kado Brown, 6', 185, Oxnard (Rio Mesa), CA Has offer from Army QB Tyler Rogers, 6'2”, 175, Peoria (Liberty), AZ Has offers from Air Force and SDSU RB Frankie Felix, 5'10”, 185, Chandler (Hamilton), AZ (2 Star - Rivals & Scout) WR Kendrick Bourne, 6'2”, 185, 4.5, Milwaukie (Milwaukie Arts Academy), OR has offers from Idaho and others TE Tony Gumina, 6'3”, 225, Sussex (Hamilton), WI (2 Star - Scout) Has offers from USD, NDSU, UNI & Ball St OT Mitch Wehrli, 6'4”, 275, 5.2, Phoenix (Desert Vista), AZ RB Kani Benoit, 6', 200. 4.5, Phoenix (Thunderbird), AZ (2 Star - Scout) Verbal to UNLV RB Tre Favors, 5'10”, 180, Glendale (Mountain Ridge), AZ (2 Star - Scout) Verbal to Montana RB Clarence Smith, 6'3”, 215, Buckeye (Buckeye), AZ (2 Star - Scout) Verbal to Utah TE Patrick Baldenegro, 6'5”, 210, Chandler (Chandler), AZ (2 Star - Rivals & Scout) Verbal to NAU OL Ely Anderson, 6'6”, 285, Windsor (Santa Rosa JC), CA Verbal to Old Dominion LB DeAndre Miller, 6'2”, 230, Buckeye (Buckeye), AZ (3 Star - Rivals & Scout) Verbal to Arizona LB Robert Relf, 6'1”, 210, 4.5, Phoenix (Brophy Prep), AZ (2 Star - Rivals & Scout) Verbal to FL Atl CB Armond Hawkins, 5'10”, 175, Rancho Cucamonga (Rancho Cucamonga), CA Verbal to Idaho DB Ryan McKinley, 5' 11”, 170, 4.8, Anthem (Boulder Creek), AZ (2 Star - Scout) Verbal to Montana DB Domenic Toliver, 5'9”, 165, Gardenia (Gardenia), CA Verbal to ID St S Connor Strahm, 6'1”, 210, 4.5, Eugene (Sheldon), OR Verbal to Montana Ath Nate Phillips, 5'10”, 175, 4.5, Chandler (Basha), AZ (2 Star - Scout) Verbal to Arizona QB Justin Adams, 6'6”, 205, Sandy (Sandy), OR QB/DB Eric Bockmeier, 6'4”, 180, Kindred (Kindred), ND QB Edin Kovac, 6'1”, 200, 4.8, Tuscon (Northland CC), AZ QB Kaimana Nacua, 6'2”, 180, 4.7, Henderson (Liberty), NV Verbal to Brigham Young QB Tyler Rogers, 6'3”, 190, 4.7, Peoria (Liberty), AZ Has offers from SDSU & Air Force RB Niko Kapeli, 5'9”, 180, 4.7, Henderson (Liberty), NV (2 Star - Rivals) Verbal to UNLV RB/S Layne Johs, 5'11”, 210, Bismarck (Bismarck), ND Has offer from NDSU WR Elroy Masters, 6'3”, 205, Peoria (Sunrise Mountain), AZ Verbal to CSU WR Chris Seisay, 6'2”, 175, 4.5, American Canyon (American Canyon), CA (3 Star - Rivals) Verbal to Boise St WR Tanner Shipley, 6'2”, 190, 4.5, Wilsonville (Wilsonville), OR (2 Star - Rivals) WR Deshawn Stephens, 6'3”, 190, 4.5, Milwaukie (Putnam), OR (2 Star - Rivals) OL Bryan Bjerk 6'4, 260, Grand Forks (Red River), ND OL Jesse Kubick, 6'7”, 290, Dickinson (Trinity), ND Verbal to NDSU DE Jabari Mathieu, 6'3”, 235, 4.6, Torrence (El Camino CC), CA (2 Star - Rivals) Has offer from Youngstown LB Devin Haxton, 6'2”, 205, 4.6, Harvey (Harvey), ND LB Johnny Ragin, 6'2”, 210, Wilsonville (Wilsonville), OR (2 Star - Scout) Has offers from BYU & Portland St S Michael Greer, 6'2”, 195, Palm Springs (Palm Springs), CA Has offer from IL St Ath Isaiah Huston, 6', 175, 4.5, Anthem (Boulder Creek), AZ Ath Spencer Payne, 5'9”, 195, 4.6, McMinnville (McMinnville), OR

Wow... I know that recruiting hopes always spring eternal, but this O'Brien kid looks like the real deal. I hope that tenacity and that Dan Hendrickson and Digger Anderson-esque style of play translates at the college level. He explodes through the line and doesn't give up on plays. I have a hunch this could be a real diamond in the rough in this recruiting class.

Concordia? Very good school academically. Congrats!

I think we are something like 62.5% from the line right now. WSU does not need that kind of help from us tonight, nor do they need the refs' help.

Good defense tonight. Gotta get Huff and Anderson clicking on O.

Brekke played 2 minutes solid defense. Makes a difference for Wilmer to have his help side defense out there

Brekke is in!!!!

Archer out with bum ankle. Brekke dresses. Very very iffy that he'll step on the court after warm ups.

Do we dare press him and try to flip him to play Division I? It's being done to us. Just wondering.

He just had a strange tweet, saying "committed to Minnesota State Mankato." Assumed it was a joke.

I know Dickinson quite intimately...and it's always been a very pro-NDSU town, much to my chagrin. Dickinson-Trinity had been an exception as that school piped in some pretty good UND guys in the 1980s when it was Class A. That may have turned now, too. There is a strong but small pro-UND base in Dickinson among the varsity hockey and park and rec hockey communities, but, that's about it. Getting UND guys out of Dickinson is like drawing blood from a turnip. It's not like Bismark, Minot and Devils Lake.

We are inconsistently very good.

because our bigs can't get set in time.

He's got the finesse and touch of the Incredible Hulk.

Found this little nugget buried in the game notes on UNDsports.com today. It must be true, but wow, just wow. "With one more win, head coach Brian Jones will tie Bill Fitch on the all-time career wins list at UND with 94. Fitch went 94-45 from 1963-67."

How can you call a foul after the shot clock has expired?

Keep it going and stop a run by the bad guys.

Word is out. Full-court trap UND!