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UND has offered Frank Ryder. Lists himself as a 6'10" Center on his twitter.

UND has also offered Nick Pallas from San Juan Capistrano (Juniper Serra HS), CA. Multiple offers. http://verbalcommits.com/players/nick-pallas

CAS - as a lawyer you should know the difference between fact and opinion.......

With the roster now online, I thought I'd take a stab at the 2-deep. With this pass, I'm assuming all freshmen will redshirt (although I'd assume that won't happen). Offense: LT: Devin Barton - AJ Stockwell LG: Brandon Anderson - Brandon Miller C: Colton Boas - Jace Hellman RG: Sean Meehan - Dan Bell RT: Brendan Slaight - AJ Stockwell TE: Zach Adler - Tucker Norby RB: Cedric Simmons - Patrick Sharp FB: Dustin Iverson - Dwayne Pecosky WR: RJ McGill - Aeron Carr - Ramon Bridges WR: Casey Young - Miguel Cerriteno - Tyrhe Ivery QB: Joe Mollberg/Ryan Bartles (toss up) K: Reid Taubenheim - Mitch Meindel (to keep RS on Fluegge) Defense: DE: Spencer Cummings - Alec Carrothers NG: Shea Walker - Marcus Cheatom DE: Jordan Hinojosa - Kyle Woodsmall OLB: Dayo Idowu - Alex Hickel ILB: Ben Peters - Kyle Norberg ILB: Will Ratelle - Dylan Bakker OLB: Javen Butler - Brian Labatt CB: Alex Tillman - Charles Flowers S: Baylee Carr - Chris Hannible S: Cole Reyes - Devin Coyle CB: Dominique Blackmon - Chris Brown P: Mitch Meindel - Connor Bolduc (although might be Peters or Taubenheim if they want to keep redshirt on Bolduc)

I'm smelling a rebirth of the Fire Jones thread...... In seriousness, while I wish there were at least 3 or so non-conf D1 home games, it is what it is. As noted, there's not much money available to get better teams in, and I'm expecting that some of the away games will garner a return trip in the future. As for the non-D1 games, I believe that you can play 2 and they won't count against your RPI or something to that affect, and most mid-major teams do this.

All depends on how the team comes together. So many new faces and unknowns. If everything comes together we could surprise some people. If not, 1-6 is entirely possible.

Also, I know it's been discussed before, but I'm wondering which freshmen have the potential to have their shirts pulled. Fully expecting Taubenheim to be one. Wonder if Tank Harris or Drew Greeley or even Ceislak would be possibilities on the DL. Not sure if any linebackers are ready, but Chris Carter at DB seems like a possibility as well. On the offensive side, thinking that Jake Francis has a shot on the OL, although that is one position that I'd love to be able to redshirt the guys so they can get stronger before being thrown in. I think that maybe Dev Ferguson at WR would be another potential, although with McGill, Ivery, Carr, Cerriteno, Bridges (who I think has some promise), and Casey Young we may be okay there, unless of course Ferguson (or even Brandon Walker) perform better than them and earn some playing time.

I'm expecting big things from Ratelle this year. I think Idowu will have a good year as well. Wild cards are Bakker (who after doing some research I've heard/seen some positive things), Butler and Norberg. I think that Rich, Labatt, Hickel and Reineke could be solid contributors for a down here and there, but the I'm hoping that the three wild cards I've mentioned can really make some things happen this year. On the DL, Walker should be a pretty good force. I think Cummings has the size, now he just needs that mean streak. Not sure what to expect from Hinojosa, to be honest, although I think a line of Cummings, Walker and Hinojosa could be good. Rotate in Cheatom and Carrothers and it may have the potential to be a solid (but not spectacular) line this year.

I also think that Alex Tillman will be a leader on the defense, although he is new so you don't really know about his personality (although I'm not sure they would have taken him if he didn't at least have some leadership characteristics). Seems to have a little bit of that veteran presence. On offense, I'm thinking that RJ McGill will definitely be a leader, as well as Brandon Anderson. Would love one of the QB's to snatch the job and really grow into the leadership role as well.

So the only non conf home games are Dickinson, mayville and Omaha?

Not sure about the current players that stuck around, but a lot of the freshman/transfers I believe are in Grand Forks already. The ones I know are: Dylan Harmston Dev Ferguson Reid Taubenheim Drew Greeley Tank Harris Tahje Hartley Chris Carter Brandon Walker Luke Fiedler Cedric Simmons Colton Boas Dylan Bakker Demon Taylor Also, it appears that they are playing 7 on 7 a lot and the QB's are there, so it would appear that a decent group is there.

Someone must be keeping tabs on SS

I can't think of anyone that really deserves to be on the list based on prior years performance. Maybe Brandon Anderson? I suppose one of our QB's might make it since they give 10 spots and there are only 13 teams. But way too many unknowns for anyone else to get on there this pre-season.

I thought some of the position changes are interesting. AJ Stockwell was moved from #98 and TE to #78 and OL (where I always thought he would be). Cieslak was noted as coming in as a possible H-Back, but he's coming in as a DL, Mat Cox has moved from DE to OL, Jake Disterhaupt is now listed as a LB again, Javen Butler is again listed as a DB........should be an interesting year EDIT: Also just noticed that Shea Walker is listed as OL. Wonder if some of the changes just weren't made or if they are actually moving him back to OL. Thought he looked good at NG during the spring.......

Would have been a heck of a clog up the middle.

Not sure if this offer is accurate. Looked through his twitter and it noted every offer and we weren't one.

He is on campus based on what I heard.

Two offers from camp today I know of. Elijah Grady from New Town and Carl Engwall from Lakeville North.

Good question.

He's referring to Mary with that quote. He doesn't have a UND offer.

only one open spot - we got a JUCO WR late last week.

UND has offered a couple LBs - Tristyn Hanson out of Lakeville North and Dexavier Kelly out of Nazareth Illinois. Kelly could also possibly play Safety. Hanson has an offer from Air Force and Kelly has an offer from Illinois State. http://www.hudl.com/athlete/489427/tristyn-hanson http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2503914/decxavier-kelly-martin

UND has also offered CB Jerry Powe out of Illinois. http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2203179/jerry-powe

Another offer - Steven Lee a WR out of IL. Received offers from Wyoming and SIU today. http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3382300/steven-lee

UND has also offered Steve Greer, OL out of MO. http://www.hudl.com/athlete/567319/steve-greer