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It will be very interesting to see what Golladay can do. I don't know how fair of a comparison this is, but I keep thinking of Travis Lueck and Tracy Martin (for those who can remember that far back) as the only comparable combinations of size and speed at the receiver position at UND.

Via twitter:

If Hanson is done for the season, then I think the decision to pull a red shirt becomes much tougher. But so long as it's reasonably likely that he'll be back within a month (and Hendrickson remains healthy), they aren't going to waste a year of eligibility just so Mollberg or Bartels can play a game or two or three.

I respectfully disagree. I see Fritz at SFI agrees with me, too.

Blair Townsend threw for 30 td's his senior year at Coon Rapids, and ran for nine more. While it would be asking a lot to potentially step in at quarterback after not having played the position for four years, I think he's the best option to back up Hendrickson.

Hendrickson's best asset is arguably his ability to run. That goes out the window when you're one hit away from having to pull a redshirt.

Losing Hanson for even one game could be a big problem.

Just saw on twitter than Dom Izzo picked UND to go 4-7 this year.

http://finance.yahoo...in-america.html

Game Notes: https://www.nmnathle...DB_OEM_ID=13500

Very disturbing allegations involving MSU-Mankato head football coach Todd Hoffner, an Esmond (ND) native: http://mankatofreepress.com/local/x257412394/Update-MSU-football-coach-Todd-Hoffner-arrested

The quarterback recruiting in the five or six years after Landry signed has seemingly been cursed. I think this last recruiting class will pan out, but with Demler, Comes, Bradley and at least one year with no qb signees at all, it just hasn't worked out. If it weren't for Goska's late season emergence as a fifth-year senior, it would be even more glaring.

Hypothetically speaking, if circumstances required UND to play a third quarterback this year, which would you choose to do if you were Muss--take the redshirt off one of the true freshman, or put either Nichols or Townsend under center? I would choose Townsend, considering the depth at receiver and his high school qb career. I'd hate to waste a year of eligibility of one of the freshman.

Per a Kotelnicki tweet, it sounds like there was another commitment today.

I believe the problem is that they still desperately want to believe they are an athletic peer, and in particular a football peer of Boise State. And not that many years ago, they were. But for it to happen again would likely require Boise State to crash down to earth, as opposed to Idaho improving to the extent that would be needed to get anywhere near Boise's current level. Dropping down to FCS would be seen as acceptance of the fact that Boise State has left them behind--a bitter pill to swallow, I'm sure.

From siouxfootballinsider:

Mike Boschee is the new head coach at Bemidji State: http://www.grandfork...group/homepage/ Also, Pete Stewart has resigned at Minot State: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/240551/group/homepage/

Williams is their only returning first team all conference player (the rest were seniors).

IMO, it's an apples to oranges comparison to compare what Muss and Jones make to what long-time coaches like Stieg, Glenn and Boots make. Muss will be making about $15k more than what Meierkort made last year. Had anybody other than Glenn taken the USD job, I suspect his salary would have been less than $115k. If Stieg left and SDSU promoted an assistant, would he make more than $115k? Doubtful. A far more valid comparison would be what UND pays Brewster compared to the new hire at USD. I'm guessing Brewster is making significantly more.

Vandrovec blog on salaries of the UND coaches as compared to the other Dakota dI schools: http://terryvandrovec.tumblr.com/

Not sure if anybody's been watching the Olympic trials for swimming, but former Grand Forks resident Rex Tullius advanced to the semi's today in the 200m backstroke, finishing with the fifth-best time overall. I went to law school with his dad at UND from 1993 to 1996.

I think the argument would be that ideally you'd like to have one home court, and that Hyslop seemed like something close to the ideal size for this particular market--large enough to hold 5000 or so, but not so large as to seem cavernous when things aren't going well attendance-wise. But if it couldn't realistically be renovated in a cost-effective manner, i.e. significantly less than entirely new construction, then it's probably a moot point, anyway.

I don't know whether tearing it down would be the answer, and did not mean to give that impression. I do hope that there is a long-term plan to utilize the property in a different way from how it's currently being used. I had hoped many years ago that the arena portion could be renovated and remain as the home of UND basketball, but was told it wasn't likely to ever happen due to asbestos. I can't recall from whom I got that info, though.

If I'm not mistaken, renovating Hyslop wouldn't be feasible due in large part to the cost of asbestos abatement. But you are correct in that a modernized Hyslop would have been very nice.