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He's kind of a mystery man to me. Came in with some decent credentials, but couldn't get on the field last year despite the total lack of depth that existed.

Has Cox bulked up enough to be a viable option? He needs to add about 30-40 pounds from last season IMO.

I would imagine you could say the same thing about coaches in any conference. But moving up is quite possible, as shown by Tad Boyle and Wayne Tinkle in recent years. Boyle managed to parlay one good season at UNC after three or four mediocre ones into the head coaching job at Colorado. I also don't believe having a low-paid men's basketball coach is something that will persist much longer. It's simply been a function of Jones having been hired with no head coaching experience at a then-dII school, and not having won at a high enough rate to earn a big raise, whether at UND or elsewhere. Either Jones will show in the next year or two that he's worth the $150k-plus that other coaches at regional peer programs get, or else the next guy will get that kind of salary.

Ditto. IMO the overall body of work hasn't been poor enough to be let go, nor has it been good enough for any other school to try poach him away. Next year is crucial, however.

Point taken, but the Weber loss at home really bothered me. Weber lost at SUU and at Idaho, both of whom UND beat on the road. That was simply a game UND can't lose at home.

I can't figure this team out. UND is the only Big Sky team with a losing record at home while having a winning record on the road in conference play so far. And it wouldn't even be so maddening if all the home losses had been to really good teams. But Weber St. and Portland St.? Those are the losses that may very well keep UND out of the Big Sky tournament.

I was just looking at the state track results from last year, to refresh my memory on Grady and Heidlebaugh. Especially interesting was the discus results: 1. Grady 2. Cieslak 3. Heidlebaugh Heidlebaugh is not only a very good quarterback and 6'5", but he also is one of the favorites for Mr. Basketball this year, finished in the top 3 at the state meet in the discus, triple jump and long jump (what an unusual combination) AND is fast enough to run a leg on Rugby's 800m relay. In terms of multi-sport athletes in ND this year, I don't think you'll find many better than Grady and Heidlebaugh.

Hartness twins are in.

Hansen caps off an incredible year for UND recruiting in Canada. Hard to imagine a better group of Canadians in one class anywhere in FCS.

Greer's twitter account still shows him as a UND commit. I think he's still very much on board.

Austin Gordon has committed to UND.

UND is down two games to Montana in the standings, still has to go to Missoula and Montana doesn't have to go to Sac. St. this year. It's not looking good for a repeat title.

That loss at Portland St. is looking worse every week. It's their only Big Sky win thus far.

I believe there are still five spots open, and two of those will likely be saved in case there are FBS transfers over the spring and summer who may be good fits. So we may still see two or three more signees beyond those that are already known commitments.

One recruiting scenario where it might be difficult to portray it as a cause for celebration is when your program is reduced to having to poach verbal commits from a lower-division program or programs in the last two weeks before signing day just to fill out a class. This is purely a hypothetical, mind you.

For those who follow ND AAA football pretty closely, how would you compare the abilities/potential of Carter Blackwell and Tristan Hartness?

I just asked SFI, and they indicated they believe UND still has a good shot at him, barring a late FBS offer.

I interpreted it as the former, and not the latter.

Has anybody heard anything about whether UND is still in the running for Troy Hansen? I haven't found anything to suggest that he's committed anywhere yet.

Apparently the hope is that LB Keelan Poole out of Colorado could potentially take Momoh's place in UND's recruiting class, per SFI: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1463610/keelan-poole

Smith just committed to UND, per his tweet.

Momoh is now committed to Wyoming, per SFI.

I believe he's projected as a corner, although he apparently played a lot at safety in high school.

And one who wasn't really a highly-publicized recruit. I think it's safe to say Brewster saw something in her few other division I coaches did, and it paid off big time.

Not sure about records, but this was the worst second half of the year in terms of score differential (-28). Previous worst was (-26) vs. Utah.