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I thought NDSU was the school you learned how to rip off Best Buy - thats what I heard. See how simple labels are to apply.

Do you think Minnesota can carry the Big10 at the Excel? SCSU, Duluth, UNO and UND bring a lot more fans to the Excel than Wisconsin. Plus, if Minnesota drops out early you have no back-up fan base to carry the Excel. Gophs go out early - the Excel will be a empty. The National has SCSU, Duluth, UND and UNO. It has four regional teams to help carry the attendance.

Now that the 2012 recruiting season is over I thought that it would be interesting to take a look at the 2008 class. So, a quick flash back to 2008: UND had lost coach Lennon and just started the transition. In addition to losing the head coach, UND had to finish the recruiting season with GA recruiting because of two other open positions on the staff. NDSU had just finished 10-1 with a win over Minnesota. In addition, they had been accepted into the Gateway Football conference and were going to be playoff eligible for the first time. Here is UND's draft class: Original commits still on the roster: Benjamin, Devin - NG starter Brenneman, Ross - DE 3 yr starter - All Conference HM Freshman year, 2nd Team Soph Cameron, Brett - P 2 yr starter Gillson, Caleb - OL-G starter at the end of Junior yr. Heimler, Jon - WR - reserve Hendrickson, Marcus - QB - reserve Lynch, Emmett - OL-G starter - injuried during season junior yr. Magstadt, Ethan - RB reserve solid special teams player McGurran, Ian - C - 3 yr starter Mersereau, Erik - S - reserve special teams Nichols, Seth - TE - part time starter/special teams Sutton, Mitch - Fr Yr GW Rookie of Year, Soph/Jr limited by injury Watkins, Kenny - DB - played as TFr. reserve/sp teams Soph/Jr - starter Senior yr. Wisthoff, Seth - TE - starter Soph/Jr. Walk-Ons Bickel, Spencer - special teams player Nelson, Jay - DE - starter Orginal commits not on the roster: Rosario, Ian - never attended UND and it does not look like he played football after high school. Sorensen, Brian - does not look like he made it to UND. Currently he is a 6-3 217 OLB and he has played for MSU in 2009, 2010, and 2011. NOTE: He also returns kickoffs. Late Adds: Fonseca da Silva, Filipe - not on roster - I don’t believe he ever played for UND. After leaving UND it appears that he played at Sherbrooke in Montreal He was 2010 CIS Football: All-Canadian 2nd Team LB. Member of the East team in the 9th annual CIS East West Bowl Bamba, Ismael - not on roster - WR - played as true freshman, starter as Soph After leaving UND he played for Sherbrooke in Montreal Currently ranked at the 11th top prospect for the 2012 CFL draft How about the other D1 North Dakota high school recruits? Josh Horner RB – NDSU - not on roster Austin Vetter TE – NDSU - not on roster PWO-Reed Duchscher WR - NDSU - not on roster PWO-Zach Wentz QB - NSDU - not on roster - baseball What about the recruiting drama after coach Lennon left - UND had 5 or 6 decommits how did they do? -Kyle Cavil, 6-4, 240, DL, Ashwaubenon, WI - verballed to SIU He is still with SIU - played in 6 games last year career totals - 9 tackles -Dan Edem, 6-2, 220, TE, Eastview, MN - verballed to NIU Currently not the roster but it appears that he did play special teams for two years and he played OLB. -Mitch Haugeberg, 6-3, 293, OL, Minot, ND - verballed to Minot St Starter: 2009, 2010 and 2011. -Jason Obarski, 6-0, 190, P, Apple Valley, MN - verballed to NDSU Not on roster -Chris Tracy, 6-2, 205, OLB, West Lyon, IA - verballed to SDSU He appears to be one of the leading backup at OLB. But has been injured both Soph and Junior year. -Duraney White - WR - He ended up at Bishops University (CIS) in the fall of 2009 and is thought of as one the top prospects for the 2013 CFL draft. http://www.tsn.ca/co...orde/?id=334775 What stands out to me about this class, aside from the obvious talent level, is the size of some of the top prospects. Consider that this list easily could have included Quebec receivers Junior-Seydou Haïdara (6'2", 215, Laval) and Duraney White (6'5", 215, Bishop`s), University of Virginia defensive linemen Brent Urban (6'7", 280) and Hunter Steward (6'7", 285), and offensive tackles Ryan White (6'4", 290, Bishop's), Brander Craighead (6'6", 265, Texas-El Paso) and Josh Prinsen (6'7", 290, Queen's), all of whom are very legitimate prospects.

We only have one position open from last year (RT). Other than that the entire 2-deep in back, plus UND gets a starting RG back who was out due to injury last year, plus 4 red-shirt freshman from last year. The reason for the small class is because only two scholarships opened up from last year. One was filled and Mussman said that they would be looking to sign someone by May. So, the recruiting season is not over at this time. But, it appears that the small number of signees was expected. scholarship

Absolutely, thanks for everything you have done - you made UND a better place.

Because he is a Notre Dame Alum and his son is playing at Notre Dame the next 4 years...

Doesn't this impact UND football this year with the ROOT contract. How will the viewing work for FCS and UND Insiders?

As I understand it, only local broadcasters and regional areas with MidCont (my understanding not a lot of Fargo has access to MidCont) cable subscribers will see the game. Everyone else has to go to ROOT including people who pay for UND insider.

I always like to see 2/3 O-line per class. But, O-line looks OK right now and they are young. Plus, I think the redshirts from last year are going to be pushing the 1s and 2s. The Two Deep as of USD game Left Tackle 1st String - 76 DeNeui, Darren 293 JR Left Tackle 2nd String - 74 Barton, Devin 299 SO Left Guard 1st String - 62 Kleason, Joe 290 JR Left Guard 2nd String - 55 Pecosky, Dwayne 263 SO Center 1st String - 54 McGurran, Ian 296 SR Center 2nd String - 67 Walker, Shea 305 SO Right Guard 1st String - 68 Gillson, Caleb 315 SR Right Guard 2nd String - 79 Hoerchner, Jake 271 JR Right Guard *Returning Starter was injury last year - 78 Lynch, Emmett 303 SR Right Tackle 1st String - Open Position Right Tackle 2nd String - 73 Peterson, Darren 315 SO Redshirts from last years class: Red Shirt Freshman String - 70 Windfeldt, Ross 310 RFR Red Shirt Freshman String - 63 Meehan, Sean 290 RFR Red Shirt Freshman String - 71 Brandon Anderson 290 RFR

So, a fan who pays for UND insider can't watch the cherry games that CBS Sports Network takes. Overall just frustrated, I hope the admin understands how bad this is... and other fan bases that bash UND all the time understand what they got at UND's expense.

Best of luck Tim Belmore - thanks for everything you have done for UND football and best of luck at Jamestown.

I think that the football games are limited by the ROOT sports/Big Sky deal. I wonder if the non conference games will be available. It should be noted that is has been mentioned that UND is working on a new deal post 12/13 after the FCS contract is up. So, let's see what direction they are going. The only person happy with the new deals so far is my wife - less Sioux sports to watch on TV. The other fanbases have to be execited...Duluth, Omaha and Jan Brady.

As a general rule of thumb the streaming has always worked well for me and I enjoy the service very much.

I wonder if the comment you noted was placing an emphasis on school work.

Friday - Kristo Saturday - Parks

I just picked up two yesterday locked and loaded for the season. I can not wait..

Everyone has individual reasons for choosing a school. It sounds like you liked the BSA better than UND's facility and thank you for your interest in UND Football.

Actually, the funny thing is that the Gopher radio broadcast on Friday lead off with petty shots at UND - with a later follow-up 2/3 minute segment talking about the UND series in the pregame for CC. So, you might want to check that "Obessed" comment. FYI - I live in the cities and we are a hockey family unfortunately we have a split household as far as the Sioux/Gophers go.. I take it GPL is still broken..

Has Kolpack or TV got to the bottom of the FCS Coaches Poll yet?

watching the game at the following link --- not too bad http://www.uvu.edu/uvutv/

I thought that looked OK.. I assume he got the technical for the Jacket he has on!! wow is that thing bright.

The homers in the MSP media market are epic!! which leads to the delusion that is the MSP sports fan in particular Gopher hockey. It is so bad that other media outlets are starting to call them out on it.. http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/137359463.html Today the Gophers control the WCHA media message... it is going to be funny when they start to whining about the Big 10. The Gophers had better get used to not controlling its destiny in terms of college hockey. Instead of Lucia driving the bus, he is going to be taking orders from "Red" and that is going to drive them nuts.

I saw this article on another site and I thought that it was interesting. “In three or four years, there will be three football playing conferences left in the West — the Pac-12, the Mountain West and us.”Fullerton predicts the WAC will eventually become a basketball conference. http://www.sltrib.co...lerton.html.csp Then you think about the schools playing football in the West (minus Pac12): Mountain West - SDSU - football going to Big East - Boise St - football going to Big East and moving back to WAC for all other. 1) Air Force 2) CSU 3) New Mexico 4) UNLV 5) Wyoming 6) Fresno St. 7) Nevada 8) Hawaii (football only) WAC - Seattle - no football - Denver - no football - Boise St. - no football - UT-Arlington - do they have football 1) UT-SA - FCS move up 2) Texas St - FCS move up 3) Utah St. 4) NM St. 5) Idaho 6) La. Tech 7) San Jose St.

quick question - did BWW run a promotion this year and give away tickets?

Huff's defense last night - made all the difference... SDSU/UMKC killed UND with shooting from the outside earlier this year. NDSU never got the outside shot going - great job by UND defense.