nd1sufan

Well, I think you said in your 2014 posts that in 10 - 15 years Williston would be in the 400,000 range. Since then in 5 years, WIlliston has actually lost population. And even though oil prices are down, April was very close to a record of oil production in ND. Williston could double in the next 5 years (which won't happen) and still lose ground to Fargo.

They reportedly have half of the $37,5 Million raised for the practice facility. A couple of phone calls to Mr. Wentz and Mr. Turner may close that gap.

SiouxVolley with another of his incredibly accurate predictions. The Fargo Metro has added just about 20,000 people since these posts, almost as much as todays population of Williston,

Not a bad contract extension for Mr. Wentz. 4 years at $32 million a year with $107 Million guaranteed.

So far there has been one D1 commit from ND that both schools have offered...

Not worried, Just wondering who will be the next number 1 recruit in the state this year. First Lotysz, now Klein. Who will the next North Dakotan be to commit to UND and claim the "best player in the State" title.

Have to agree. He may have been extremely athletic but had no obvious basketball skills. He also needed to add at least 30 to 40 pounds to be a D1 BB player. Wouldn't be surprised if Sather didn't try very hard to retain him,

No, every time UND gets a commit Miller will put any other offers the kid may have had in his story.

Trust me, if NDSU even had interest in him Miller would have put "he chose UND over interest from NDSU" in his story.

Yep, everybody at NDSU is roided up, just like Bakken claimed in the 80's. I guess when you can't beat them you just cry "cheaters". One positive test for a substance in a supplement in hundreds if not thousands of tests in the championship run and they are all cheaters.

No, playing 2-4 games wouldn't have made a difference if he was also practicing all year. But with his issues coming in, and they were issue the staff was aware of, It may have been best to keep him away from all football activities and concentrate only on getting his studies and study habit in order for the first year, It may have saved him a year of eligibility by being able to be academically this year. He may have been a little behind football wise, but he could have made that up in the spring and this fall.

When is the last time they criticized a UND team or coach? Especially Nelson. And why did Izzo have to "break" the Weah story? Where were Nelson and Miller? I can guarantee you somebody called Izzo and tipped him off. My guess is Miller and Nelson had heard from someone also.

Not everybody can be as hard on the hometown program as Tom Miller and Wayne Nelson... They are truly pit bulls...

So if the Satter kid is academically ineligible Izzo will not report it? OK

Not celebrating anybody failing. I hope the UND360 guys are right and he comes back and gets is academics in order and succeeds. I just think in the long run it would have been better for the kid if the staff had told him he needed to concentrate strictly on academics his first year to get him on the correct path to getting an education and a degree. It would have saved the kid the publicity and a year of eligibility. And I know in this case all of the warning signs were very evident.

It is partially on the coaches in the recruiting process. I live in Moorhead and heard that the NDSU staff thought he may be one of the kids like Marcus Williams and Crockett that come to college and focus ONLY on academics for a year (like WIlliams) or even two years (like Crockett). It may have been in both the program and Weah's best interest to redshirt him last year, not even practice, and get his grades in line and him used to college life. Easier to do when the kid agrees to it, and maybe Weah wouldn't agree to it.

This is from Izzo's story. I haven't seen anyone confirm it other than him.

I have no idea if it is true. Just wondering if anyone with inside info knew? It seems odd that Izzo would break this story and since it has been several hours Ihought Tom Miller or the 360 guys would have confirmed by now. I don't think Izzo would have gone public with it if it wasn't true, but you never know.

I had heard when he was being recruited that there were too many red flags with him academically and NDSU wasn't interested because of it.

Dom Izzo tweeted about it. Surprised I haven't seen anything from Miller or UNDFOOTBALL360 yet. Academics. Future with the team in unknown.

Anybody know there is truth the the Weah off the team news?

Funny that the UNDFOOTBALL360 guys would say the son of a former UND football player that UND will obviously sign would say he is the best OL in the state...

They only signed one rookie (Shepherd) from their mini camp. The CB they signed after mini camp is a second year player the Eagles let go.

Wasn't it you that claimed UND's backs "crushed" NDSU's at Pro Day. I guess the scouts didn't think so. At least one team decided to give an NDSU back a contract, some money and a spot on the 90 man roster, and another got a camp invite. UND had 2 at Pro Day and one got a camp invite and nothing for the other. I guess we all can't be as informed as you... And your 1st or 2nd round CB is relegated to a camp invite while an NDSU CB got a UDFA contract.

Getting an opportunity but very much a long shot. It is much better to be an un-drafted free agent than a training camp invitee. All an invitee gets is his expenses paid and a day or two to impress enough to get an UDFA contract. Less than 10% of rookie mini-camp invitees get a contract after the two days.