UND92,96

Not sure if this has been mentioned in another thread or not, but according to a news report on WDAZ last week the Alerus will be getting new turf prior to next season.

The new emphasis on the state of Illinois appears to be paying big dividends. I wonder if Benny Boyd is handling Illinois recruiting? I believe he's from the state.

As if missing on Woodside wasn't bad enough, now Minnesota has to wonder what may have been with Wolters...

http://www.grandfork...ticle/id/224165 I find the Belotti allegation especially disappointing given the fact I believe he was named to the AllState Good Works team for his community service work.

None of us probably knows the whole story. It does appear that UND has extended offers to at least eight receivers from the class of 2012, and most, if not all, were extended many months ago. Woods was apparently not one of them. Now granted, maybe Woods blew up so much this year that he's risen above some of the receivers already offered. Or maybe not. We'll see in four or five years. I like UND's existing receiving corps, and I like the recruiting class UND has put together so far. I'm sure NDSU fans feel the same about their class.

Great win. Hopefully the team has learned a few things from what happened after the Montana win and doesn't suffer a big letdown in the next few games.

UND up 30-16. Mitchell and Huff both have two fouls.

Brekke out tonight with an injury. Wilmer starting in his place.

It was before my time, but for those who were around in the 1960's, wasn't Butch Lince considered the Kleinsasser of his day in terms of being a standout in football, basketball and track?

He was certainly a talent. Like Greg Mask, another tremendous athlete from Central, he unfortunately didn't manage to fufill his full potential at UND.

Article on running back Josh Williams from Downers Grove (IL) South, who UND is apparently recruiting: http://woodridge.pat...ete-of-the-year

Brooks started for GFC's state title winning basketball team in 1996 as a sophomore, and was certainly good, but I don't think he was ever all state in hoops. Not sure he was even all conference, but may have been. I think he ran track early on (maybe 9th grade), but didn't place in an open event as far as I can remember. I'm sure he would have had he stuck with track throughout high school.

Brooks was a good basketball player, but not great by any means. I think he would be the first to admit that.

Good example, although I was only referring to high school athletes, and I don't recall much about Erstad as a high school football player. He may have been really good, I just don't remember. I will say Erstad was probably the best four-sport athlete in recent memory, as he was also a very good hurdler in track. Kleinsasser was just such a freak of nature--huge, powerful, fast and he could jump out of the gym despite being like 240 pounds.

Has there ever been a better three-sport athlete in North Dakota history? I can't think of any, at least not in the past 30 years.

SFI has also confirmed the Nordby commitment.

Juco DL E.J. Welch from Mesabi Range CTC has committed to UND, per SFI.

Listed at 6'2" 200. AP 2nd team all state selection this season.

http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/Notebook_Jim_Kleinsasser_not_saying_but_retirement_seems_likely121411

From the recent interview of Larson I read on gopherhole, it sounds like he'll go Ivy League if the Gophers don't offer. He didn't list any of the Dakota schools as one of his probable official visits.

My understanding is that SDSU's best player (Wolters) has a high ankle sprain and may be pretty limited, if he plays at all.

He may develop in time, but Antwi has not done much so far (total of 7 points scored in 7 games played), particularly compared to what Huff, Webb and Anderson did as true freshmen last year. IMO, UND needs some help on the inside, AND more quality depth on the perimeter.

It's not an either/or proposition. If Arvidson comes to UND, it will be as a walk on. Nobody is disputing that whatever scholarships are made available for next season, they need to go to a couple of bigs. A case could be made that Arvidson's offensive potential is better than any current UND bench player aside from perhaps Schuler (and he's definitely more athletic than Josh). If you can get him to walk on, why not?

He's 6'2" and plays shooting guard. Good athlete. My feeling is that if UND can get him as a walk-on, he could possibly help down the road. I believe he's more skilled offensively than some current scholarship players.

I was told UND has interest in Red River sr. Mack Arvidson, although with the scholarship situation I suspect it may be as a walk on. Kroeplin would presumably also be on UND's radar. The interesting thing to me is that as I understand it, both Arvidson and Kroeplin may be better than Shanley jr. A.J. Jacobson, who has garnered far more attention as a potential dI prospect.