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Have you heard any rumors about which FCS school UND is apparently talking to about the Sept. 12 date?

Just speculation on my part, but I tend to think it's more a plus than a minus. I suspect Terry still has a lot of friends in Grand Forks, plus presumably UND would be very open to a home-and-home, whereas NDSU apparently would not.

I don't mean to pile onto Stroup, but if you search his name here, it looks like he has a trial coming up in Fargo for a different incident (simple assault).

The thing that seems strange about the turnover problem is that despite conventional wisdom that you'd expect the point guard to lead the team in turnovers, that's not the case at UND. Jossy Bergan has only turned the ball over 35 times in 23 games. It's the posts and wings who have the vast majority of the turnovers.

The class of 2004 was exceptional. Obviously Dressler was the best player from that class, but you also had all-conference or at least all-conference caliber players in Trenbeath, Freund, Troen, Manke, Grover, Holinka and Otto, and solid starters in Nicholas, Caufield, Moe, DeMontigny, Malner, Bodoh and Giles, plus juco transfer Enger who also earned all-conference honors. Perhaps the post season accomplishments weren't as good as some earlier classes, but overall this was among the best classes I can recall.

My best guess for the starting offensive line next year is Bondy and McKendry at tackle; Keller and Schroyer at guard; and Koelln at center.

Somebody voted the class of 2009 as "most disappointing"?

Kind of a disappointment, but UND should get two more shots at Seattle--both in Grand Forks (assuming the two meet in the tournament in March).

Wayne Nelson had a little bit about UND football scheduling in his blog today: link

I'm sure you're corrrect with regard to UND doing everything possible to find an opponent for Sept. 12. I guess what I'm curious about is whether a) there simply aren't any FCS opponents looking for another road game at this point, or b) there just aren't any FCS opponents looking for a road game for the guarantee UND is offering (and I have no idea what that amount is).

According to the link from earlier in this thread regarding schedule openings, Maine still apparently has September 12 open. Even if it means "overpaying" in terms of a guarantee, that would seem to be the best option in terms of getting a recognizable name for a Potato Bowl opponent.

Not sure why they don't know that. They do have Nicole Smart as UND signee, though.

According to ESPN, Carly is the sixth-best college prospect in Minnesota this year: link

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I'm not big on moral victories by any means, but I am pleased that UND appeared to be far more competitive in Vermillion than last week in Grand Forks. Let's be honest--USD is considerably more talented than we are this year, and that advantage was increased when they didn't red-shirt their top recruit, while we are red-shirting all of our freshmen. I have a feeling things may even out a bit the next couple of seasons, but obviously time will tell.

In the rematch: 68 UND 55 USD final

This was in Wayne Nelson's blog yesterday:

88 Ball State 80 UND final-OT

65 UND 68 Ball State 3:05 to go.

61 UND 61 Ball State 6:30 to go.

39 UND 36 Ball State halftime

With Privatsky out, I have a feeling Jossy Bergan playing as many as 39 minutes in a game, as she did against USD, will now be the norm. She certainly had a nice game against the Coyotes.

It's about time. You have no idea how much sleep I've lost worrying about the fact that Joe has been forced to suffer the indignity of NOT having a bodyguard for so long.

According to Wayne Nelson, she's done for the year.

98 USD 77 UND Not an impressive performance by the Sioux. USD is pretty good, although I'll be very interested to watch how they fare the next few years now that getting transfers (besides an occasional juco) will likely no longer happen.