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Not certain exactly which NDSU official he's quoting, but Schlossman just tweeted this quote from the press conference: "It helps us fill 2015. It helps us start 2019. That's the way we're looking at it...I wouldn't look into it further than that."

For some reason, the "quote" feature is not working for me anymore.

Anybody listen to the press conference? Schlossman described it in a tweet as "strange, strange".

Per Dom Izzo, Johannesson has committed to Minnesota.

Putting aside the issue of whether it's ever acceptable to sign a two-game, road-only contract with an FCS program (which I strongly oppose), isn't a 2015 game a bit premature given how much work Bubba has in front of him to get the program back to its pre-Muss level? I would have actually felt better about signing a one-game deal for 2019 if a home-and-home absolutely was not going to happen.

Is Dan Bell injured? Just wondering if there are any healthy non-true freshman OL not listed on the 2-deep.

Given how much last year's secondary struggled, and all the new players added in the offseason, is anybody else a bit surprised that last year's fourth or fifth corner is starting this year?

Here's the full SFI update: http://siouxfb.areavoices.com So apparently now both Carter AND Harris are probably not going to red-shirt, plus Montague sounds like he may play some right away at safety. While I think it's great that they are playing well enough to have their shirts pulled, does this mean that none of the juco transfer db's are ready to play right now? Right now only Tillman, Carter, Brown and Harris are being mentioned as the primary contributors at corner.

Based upon a Gigli tweet, I'm thinking Oliveira may have committed to UND today. Also, Carl Engwall has reportedly committed to UND. EDIT: Both commitments have been confirmed by SFI.

No personal attacks, defamation or libel. No trolling. These are just a couple of the rules that seem to be broken repeatedly by certain posters, particularly in this thread. Does anybody actually get banned anymore? Some of these threads are virtually unreadable, even if a person does have the usual offenders on the "ignore" list, since their posts keep getting quoted. And yes, I understand that attempting to read anything in a thread with "NDSU" or "Bison" in the title is an "enter at your own risk" situation, but this nonsense is getting prevalent in a lot of other threads, too. It's getting really old.

UND opens as a 23-point underdog, per SFI.

Per Tom Miller, true freshman Jacob Francis is taking snaps at center with the number one OL today.

Per SFI, UND is still awaiting word from the NCAA clearinghouse regarding Hannible.

I am just hoping for at least one starter who either was not on the roster last year, or who red-shirted. I like Anderson and Barton, but I'm not sure it's realistic to expect to put together a solid starting o-line from just incumbents and converted defensive linemen.

It would be pretty surprising if Henson could crack the starting lineup as a fifth-year senior who hasn't played OL in a game since high school.

Her name was Lori Knetter. I don't remember her as a player, and I don't know exactly when she played.

Thanks.

Based upon a Kevin Maurice tweet, somebody from Louisville has apparently committed to UND today, although I don't know whether it's a last-minute addition to the 2014 class, or an early 2015 commit.

Not yet confirmed, but SFI tweeted that this guy may be headed to UND: http://cjonline.com/...e-will-transfer

I will speculate that a big part of the difference is the fact that you can almost count on a Fargo team being in the AAA championship game virtually every year, generally against Bismarck High. Aside from GFC in 1996, 2004 and 2005, GF schools just haven't had much success in football in the past 25 years or so. And without that local team in the title game, attendance is bound to suffer. With regard to the other classes (9-man, A and AA), I doubt the difference in attendance between the two venues is very large, but I have no numbers to back that up.

I have to think Anderson may be the best option at this point. I wonder who was the last true freshman OL to play? Maybe Chuck Clairmont? That was about 30 years ago. But given the current lack of numbers, it may have to happen this year.

Sounds like Grady from New Town has committed to UND.

I remember a Bryan Smeltzer from Devils Lake who played at UND in the 1980's. I assume Jake may be a relative?

Here's the complete schedule: http://www.undsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=13500&SPID=6389&SPSID=58571

Gprep has Boike ranked 16th among Minnesota class of 2015 prospects. UND recruit Jill Morton is ranked 19th. http://gprep.net