CMSioux

How about WE take the high road on Otis. We still have a connection to Moorhead that we are benefitting from.

Gotta believe our coaching staff will take the high road and offer him advice, whether he takes it is up to him. Really hope he finds a path.

Five posts total - all on the same subject.

We can assume his teammate knew.

Wish him the best but perhaps the reason he has chosen to test the waters is because there was only one set of rules.

Agreed, I am thinking it was the situation with Erweiler tranfering to play with his brother - probably something he didn't just drop on the staff.

I guess if you don't believe in science you can suddenly "find religion" to try and save your job.

Isn't it possible that not all of the players entering the portal are a surprise to the coaches? If they have a good relationship it could go both ways. The player shares they want to move for various reasons or the coach shares the realities of team depth and playing time. This situation speaks to that.

Don't schools like Minnesota have higher academic standards? Seem to have read they have to pass on kids who don't have the grades ( unless you are in SEC).

Some of these are more athlete than student plus when the bill is being paid by a scholarship credits don't mean that much. However a vast majority of student athletes that enter the portal will end up not finding a home or at least one with a scholarship

Need to take a deep breath, there are hundreds of student athletes going into the portal, we will have scholarship money to spend. We want student athletes that are all in. It's not pretty but it's the new normal.

We have a nice stable of running backs in place. Really hope that Otis gets his life straightened out and isn't listening to empty promises.

Wasn't it reported last year that there were hundreds, even thousands, more going into the portal than received scholarship offers?

WBB

Doesn't seem like they learned much, if you look at the most recent hiring for WBB.

With their unbalanced schedule it's tough to gauge, it's not a given, but Vigen walked into a football first school with great facilities, all he has to do is not screw it up.

No agenda here....

You're stirring the pot right? N Iowa was last in, finished sixth in MVFC and held EW (third in BS) to 25 points below season average, weren't both Missouri State (which played another MVFC team) and SD the lower seed? SDSU pummeling UCD was impressive.

Talk about an emotionally exhausting situation for coaches. You invest years in a player, develop a relationship with them, become their life advisor and in some cases like a parent and then after a couple of years they walk away from you. And if you are a position coach you think you have finally recruited and developed a solid core group and someone jumps the ship. I can give a pass to some grad transfers, if they have finished their undergrad and UND doesn't offer what they need at the next level.

If UND was hosting a football playoff game this Saturday wouldn't there be hand-wringing about low attendance and justification that "everyone is focused on the hockey game and has to choose"?

Let's go Siouxfan97!

What about the other 45 plays in those games?

Several starting QBs in MVFC came in through the portal, amazing how many teams went all in with transfers. UND has gotten some, but not the number that other schools have. Jury still out on whether the portal is the way to build for the future - maybe it is the new normal.

Actually there were several times the crowd noise was pretty loud, no off side created but still a good atmosphere. There were some recruits there.

You really believe one play can change a season?