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It certainly cured Darnell Jefferson of his fumbling problem.

I believe there were actually seven fumbles. I haven't looked at the box score, but I recall at least six, and the just-posted SFI blog entry said there were seven.

Although I like Seibel as a player, I'm just not sure he's the answer as a punt returner. Through two games, he's got 10 yards on five returns, and about a dozen fair catches, some of which were seemingly unnecessary.

UND is up 40-25 at the half in the final game of the Euro trip.

I certainly wasn't expecting that kind of production from McDermott this early on.

Tom Miller just confirmed that Hinojosa is transferring closer to home for personal reasons.

I also think Cieslak could be an option at NG. He's apparently up to 280.

I assume Woodsmall and Harris will compete for the starting job. I don't know Woodsmall's health status, though.

I think Mortel actually projects as an OL. He'll obviously have to put on a lot of weight, but he has a nice frame.

UNI playing at UND on November 28.

One of my favorite of the many misadventures of Gerry Groenewold over the years: http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/ag-asked-to-investigate-eerc-director/article_0192b760-fab6-5513-a112-188f6c3d94a3.html

Shanks, Crandall and Seales.

RT had his shortcomings as an AD, but I do have to give him credit for having the guts to actually conduct a search for his successor rather than simply promoting from the within, and thereby avoiding the necessity of the infamous "process" we've come to know and hate. Opening up the job to outside applicants when the program is already successful is becoming increasingly rare, thanks in large part to the aforementioned "process". Had it not been for that decision, who knows if UND would have won it all in 2001, and had all the other success it did from 1999 to 2007?

Didn't UND contribute towards the costs of replacing the turf in the Alerus? I don't recall for certain, but if so I imagine it could similarly contribute towards the costs of improvements to the Betty.

A few results today from the state track meet--Grady and Heidlebaugh go 1-2 in the B discus, and Blackwell had the best time, A or B, in the 300m hurdles prelims.

1963. Of course, that was the season before Huff, et al. arrived. UND finished 8-23 that season, and was 1-10 at the time that game was played. A loss to Mayville St. a few weeks earlier didn't exactly help attendance, either.

As to the second example, that should probably be prefaced with a "usually" or "generally", thanks to the "release" requirement. Prior to a few months ago, I suspect most probably assumed that was just a formality.

Just curious--who on the 2014-15 roster do you think opposing teams actually feared as 3-point shooters? I would say maybe Lauck, and that's probably it. Yes, Dyer and Szabla can knock down 3's, but I believe opposing defenses will give them those shots because they are better penetrators than shooters. I think we need to get a few more shooters like Youngblut or Bagaason were.

I'm going to disagree with you a little bit on that one. The past two years with Evers and Wall (2013-14 only), UND had a total of just three players with 30 or more 3's. The highest total was Buck with 43 in 2013-14. In 2006-07 and 2007-08 when UND had Langan and Kimbrough, there were a total of nine players with 30 or more, with a high of 51. Was UND making MORE of an effort to get the ball inside the past two years than in the Langen-Kimbrough era? I would say probably not. It will be interesting to see whether next year's team might have to be more like 2009-10, when there was no big scoring threat in the post. That year, the top three shooters combined for 214 made 3's.

Were they picked too high this past year? Maybe. The loss of Buck was huge. But UND returned six of its top eight players from 2013-14, plus got Lauck back after missing all of 2013-14. Anyway, not winning the league again wasn't really the issue. Midway through the conference season UND appeared poised for a second or third place finish. And that would have been fine. But instead they lost seven of the last eight games against Big Sky opponents, and finished in a tie for fifth, with a one-and-done in the tournament. That seemed like a collapse.

No, I haven't talked to him. I just think he's recruited too many players who scored 10-14 ppg, and sometimes even less, in high school. Sometimes they've worked out, such as Evers. But more often than not, if a kid isn't much of a scorer in high school, she's probably not going to be an effective division I player, unless maybe she's a pure point guard or a defensive stopper. And I don't think too many players on last year's roster fit into the latter two categories. It's also been frustrating to me for years that UND hasn't recruited more 3-point shooters. This has been a fairly consistent weakness going at least all the way back to the Langen-Kimbrough years. This has not been entirely Brew's fault, of course, but he did play a role in recruiting going back several years before he took over for Roebuck. None of this is meant to imply that Brewster is not, or can not be a good coach. I certainly think he can be. But considering where they were picked pre-season, last year was a big disappointment. I don't think too many people would dispute that.

I don't know the circumstances surrounding the departures, but frankly it is Brewster's fault that he's recruited a lot of players who simply aren't/weren't good enough to play at this level. That was abundantly clear last season. You can only carry so many scholarship players like that on a roster and still be remotely competitive. He needs to do a better job with his evaluation of talent. There will always be a few mistakes, but he's just had far too many IMO.

Buckley was coming off a serious injury as a high school senior. It may have just been a case of her being physically unable to play.

Looks like several players won't be returning: http://www.undsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=58573&SPID=6389&DB_OEM_ID_COUNT_=2&DB_OEM_ID_1_=13500&DB_OEM_ID=13500&DB_OEM_ID_0_=13500&Q_SEASON=2015

Yes.