NDSU grad

Correct. Although the country club was going bankrupt anyway. They did find buyers for it though.

It’s usually an administrative position that does little to no actual recruiting. A lot of times it’s an entry level position for guys with coaching aspirations.

I haven’t heard anything about Schepp or Bodine. I’ve seen both Bodine and Broderick(your commit from Minot High) play. I know it’s hard to compare because level of play, but to my very amateur eye Bodine seems to move so much more fluidly at a similar size. I’m surprised he doesn’t have more offers.

Yeah, I don’t follow you guys closely. I just remember Pedigo standing out. I was also impressed with the back end of your defense. I’m sure there’s a few guys who could play for either of the SU’s.

Pedigo for sure. Might be a few others but I thought he was a dude when I watched him against the Bison.

Not saying you’re wrong, but this hasn’t been NDSU’s M.O. all year. Not a lot of blitzes and we’ve run power about 10 times all year it seems.

Thanks. My kid is friends with him so I was going off that info. Should know better than to trust a 15 year old. Ha ha.

Also, Grubb is at Shattuck’s and there’s another younger kid that went to Notre Dame (the Canada version).

EPIC also has two large projects ongoing in Minot and they also run the Norsk Hostfest. Be interesting to see what happens with all that.

Have heard through the grapevine you’ve extended an offer to Griffin Broderick, lb/rb from Minot High. Looking for confirmation.

Rudy’s AD at Lewis and Clark High School. Berthold ND. Has coached football there the last 4-5 years. His wife has a very good job in the Minot Public School system so I’m guessing that’s why he never pursued another college coaching job. Don’t know about Knauf.

NDSU has filled all of its open coaching spots.

Iowa’s offense got remarkably worse after Polasek left. I don’t know if you can attribute it to him leaving but the stats don’t lie.

Agree. Didn’t seem like he was enjoying his job this year.

Sigle for sure. I could argue Eubanks as well. It doesn’t really matter where they go, what matters is they left. Sigle, Eubanks and possibly Dom Jones would have been starters this year. Kobe would have added depth to the rb room, and Pierce probably would have started as well. That puts a lot of stress on a coaching staff to either go to the portal themselves (which is a total crapshoot at this level) or put in a guy who might not be quite ready to play yet.

Does it really matter where they go when they leave? If FCS schools can’t retain their top talent it definitely becomes a problem.

I think Hayes originally went to Virginia and Cox to West Virginia as well. And the mass migration to Colorado State last year.

Off the top of my head NDSU has had 10 guys move on to FBS teams the last 3 years, and 6 just last year.

If the collective detracts from Teammakers or other charitable donations, then I agree, it won’t work long-term.

So is doing nothing.

The thing about the official portal is that it’s not accessible to the public. Sites like on3 and 247 are just scouring social media and news outlets to get the info. So if a player doesn’t make it public on social media it might take a while to know who’s officially in the portal.

To add some context to what Bison06 is alluding to, NDSU lost two All-American wrestlers to NIL last year; both to Iowa. Rumor is they’re both getting north of $100,000. Hockey schools like UM, UW, Notre Dame and maybe a few others will be able to offer kids hundreds of thousands of dollars. It’s not just a football/basketball thing.

That’s up to the individual coach/team. I don’t know UND’s stance, but Entz has said once a player enters the portal they are off the team. I agree with that. They’re essentially quitting, so why should they still be on the team.

Speculation is that’s it’s Miller, Kopp, Wisnewski, and Zabel. JMO, but I don’t think we see any guys entering until the season is over.

Pietzrak’s offer list is up to about 12 or 13 I think. Doubt he’ll be playing college football anywhere in ND. Conklin has a PWO offer from NDSU, St. Romain is committed to NDSU, and I’m pretty sure Schaffer will be getting offered. Christmann is committed to Moorhead. The one who’s really intriguing is Jordan Leininger. Not committed as far as I know. The kid stood out big time in the championship. I think he could play LB at the FCS level.