Hambone

The problem with figuring out the placement of UNI is the fact that they lost to the number 5 and 6 teams by the slimmest of margins in the last minute. I know, I know, quality losses, but those are two very good teams that they are comparable to. I don't believe them to be a top 10 team at the moment, but I have them in my top 15 - mainly looking at who is/isn't playing in the Spring, and the fact that some of those teams have only played 1 or 2 games. After the top 10 it's a pretty big crapshoot.....

People might not pay close attention to this poll this year, but the AGS poll (which I've always found to be one of the most accurate) has our boys number 1 after this week. The thing I like the most is that there isn't as much "Slot voting" and results matter. AGS Poll Results - WEEK 4 POLL - 2021 SPRING SEASON (anygivensaturday.com) 3/9/2021 Rank Team: Total Points First Place Votes 1 North Dakota Fighting Hawks 1217 29 2 Weber State Wildcats 1171 3 3 James Madison Dukes 1149 18 4 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1037 5 Nicholls State Colonels 1004 6 Southern Illinois Salukis 936 7 Northern Iowa Panthers 932 8 North Dakota State Bison 875 9 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 795 10 Sam Houston State Bearkats 789 11 Villanova Wildcats 774 12 Kennesaw State Owls 767 13 Albany Great Danes 624 14 Chattanooga Mocs 509 15 Eastern Washington Eagles 371 16 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 369 17 Incarnate Word Cardinals 363 18 South Dakota Coyotes 362 19 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 353 20 UC Davis Aggies 271 21 Furman Paladins 202 22 Virginia Military Institute Keydets 181 23 Wofford Terriers 160 24 New Hampshire Wildcats 152 25 Monmouth Hawks 151 ORV: 26 Murray State Racers 144 27 Idaho Vandals 133 28 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 132 29 Illinois State Redbirds 98 30 East Tennessee State Buccaneers 76 31 Richmond Spiders 31 32 Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs 23 33 Austin Peay Governors 18 34 Jackson State Tigers 17 35 Elon Phoenix 11 36T Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 10 36T Cal Poly Mustangs 10 38 Holy Cross Crusaders 9 39 Delaware State Hornets 5 40 NAU Lumberjacks/ISU Bengals 4

And most are fair, even the Bison ones, when it comes to UND. Not sure if I'm the only SS regular who votes in that poll - anyone else? This one was a crapshoot.....

I see us at number 3. Are you looking at PODs ballot?

South Dakota vs North Dakota Prediction, Preview: FCS Spring Football (collegefootballnews.com)

Trey Feeney (@FeeneyTrey) / Twitter I believe the one in the ND Sweatshirt is Altepeter. Teiken might be the one next to him in white shirt. EDIT: This is based on their 247 profile pictures. Jack Teiken, Moorhead, Strong-Side Defensive End (247sports.com) Austin Altepeter, Moorhead, Outside Linebacker (247sports.com)

Very true. But SDSU is a very good team so I think the 11 point spread makes sense as I would still consider the Hawks unknown at this point to a lot of people (although last weekend definitely opened some eyes). While I'm encouraged by last weekends results UND does have a tendency to crap the bed after nice wins like that. If our lines can play like they did last week, and we can get more out of the passing game I think UND has a good shot. I think that SDSU will be a lot tougher in the trenches, and I'm still a little worried about our run defense although they did very well last weekend. I'm very much looking forward to what should be a good battle of two good teams.

I'm in.

First Two Deep in the notes - surprised how many True Freshman are in there on offense....three OL and two WR......and of course one QB Week 1 SIU (PDF) - University of North Dakota Athletics (fightinghawks.com)

Got a commitment from Simon Romfo - guessing a PWO but not sure on position. Simon Romfo on Twitter: "Super excited to announce my commitment to the University of North Dakota!! Thank you for the opportunity! @BubbaSchweigert @dfreund7 @SamKing10 https://t.co/BjXI8F5whT" / Twitter

Schmelzle accepted a PWO at K-State. Drew Schmelzle on Twitter: "Finally home! Huge thanks to @spedbraet @CoachBuddyWyatt @CoachKli @CoachMessingham Excited to be a Wildcat! -COMMITTED- https://t.co/PsMpoGq56Q" / Twitter

UCA is going to end up in the ASUN I believe, along with Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State. Report: Eastern Kentucky, Central Arkansas, Jacksonville State to join ASUN (naplesnews.com) Depending on what happens with the WAC and Big Sky, I wonder if we're looking at a time when the Dakota schools and the Montanas / Idahos end up together. Could some of the MVFC play football in the Southland (Mo State, UNI, WIU) and some of the Summit schools join them in basketball (WIU, UMKC, ORU - I know that they were there for a cup of tea recently)? Then have Denver/UNC, Montana/MSU, Idaho/ISU, UND/NDSU, USD/SDSU, St Thomas/Omaha (9 football schools, 12 basketball) complete the new conference? Then you have EWU, Weber, Cali schools, NAU, etc join the WAC? Might make the WAC too big. Just some brain storming, as I'm sure it would be unlikely......

Very sought after in 2017, although I don't believe we offered back then. HS teammate of Jalen Morrison if I'm not mistaken.

UND has offered a transfer safety. Has four offers today after entering the portal last week.

I don't believe Harvey will be announced today as he is still awaiting admittance to the school. But he is still expected.

Feterl is official

Richter from MSU-Moorhead is in

Add Kupfer and DeMontagnac

Who could have guessed that Coastal Carolina vs BYU would have serious national playoff implications?

Tight End

Another PWO from Century.

Yep. While there are always irregularities, I don't think that there is anything out there that will make a difference. The fringe groups on the D side are going to drive Biden nuts I think, so we'll see what happens. As it relates to the short term loss, I like a good chunk of what Trump has done, but his constant outlandish claims really is a turn off. I think he actually would have been more effective as president if he had done the exact same thing as it relates to policy, but shut up everywhere else. But as long as the Senate stays red I'm fine with Trump losing, although I fear he'll run again in 2024. Although, if the Senate stays red and the House turns red in 2022, I'd prefer a red president and one of the chambers turning back blue in 2024. I just prefer not all branches the same - although I'd love if that meant that they actually had to work together. I'm no fan of one side just being able to ram everything and anything through......

Sather tweeted this and stated "More to come" so I'd assume we'll see a few more.

Olson ended up joining her sister and signing with NDSU as well.

Offer out to a SD athlete who recently was offered by both SD schools.