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Tweet from Travis Wilson of wissports.net says that UND offered two Wisco lineman. Don't know who. Anyone have the info? You need access to the site to be able to see the article. http://www.wissports...22829&sportID=3 Edit: Found one on Rivals. OL Hayden Biegel 6'6" 240 Wisconsin Rapids (Lincoln), WI http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Hayden-Biegel-133191

Yes, I was unclear in my post. He's in the "Interest" area but now has an offer, per the link in my post. So he needs to be moved from Interest to Offer

Also, both Ramesh and Rucker have added offers from Iowa and Iowa State.

Also need to add this young man to offer from interest: OL Vinny Ross 6'3" 260 Grant Nebraska (Perkins County) http://rivals.yahoo....d.3unVSRtBIPZB4

Also, regarding Malik Rucker, an interview with him on gopherhole stated that the Gophers, Nebraska and Iowa are likely to offer him, and SDSU and UND already have. Doubt we have a shot with this kid (both his dad and brother played at Nebraska, and he noted it would be a dream to play at the UofM, so....).

SFI tweeted an article about Jester Weah, a 6'3" (6'5" on basketball roster) WR out of Madison, recently receiving his first offer. I can't read the article, but I would assume that since SFI tweeted it he must have been offered by UND. Anyone help a brother out??

So do I, as a person of Scandanavian descent, have the right to have the UND sports teams named after me? Are my rights not being violated because they are not knows as the Fighting Norse? Should I start a petition to get that nickname in the constitution? I guess what I'm saying is I don't understand how anyone's rights are being violated because a team will not have their heritage as a nickname. Someone please explain to me how their rights are being violated......Thank you in advance.

According to Vic Ames on Gopherhole (thread linked, with some offers in first post and some noted throughout thread), UND has offers out to: Mikias Alipate, 6'1" 205, LB, Holy Angels Jack Cottrell, 6'4" 215, LB, Eden Prairie Malik Rucker, 6'0" 170, Robbinsdale Cooper (I'm assuming DB) Tyson Reinke, 6'3" 260, Eden Prairie (I believe a DT) http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?36459-Minnesota-Preps-with-Gopher-Junior-Day-Invites Also noted the offers to Wipson and Tusler within the thread. Haven't seen anything on Hein, other than he is attending/attended Jr Day. Sounds like Rucker, Cottrell and Wipson are all expected to get Gopher offers (at least according to the fans), so it might be an uphill battle for them. Another name on the list I hope we get after is Michael Sales from Champlin Park. I live right by the HS and, although limited by injury, he is the real deal in my opinion. UND seems to be hitting the Cities hard this year after not having much luck last year.

I had heard about the crash yesterday on my way to MSP airport - very sad. Thoughts and prayers to the families and friends.....

FWIW, I've heard SDSU may buy out the FB game at the Al in 2013 if UND still has the nickname under sanctions. That may mean they wouldn't schedule us in other sports as well. I think they would honor the games for this current sports year (played twice in basketball, think there are a couple baseball games scheduled, etc), but not starting in Fall 2012. Not sure if it's accurate, however, as I never saw anything official come out of it.

Per EdgyTim on twitter, UND has offered Jesse Bobbit, a Safety out of Illinois. Here is his rivals profile. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Jesse-Bobbit-131850;_ylt=Am76aHV9U2FyYRB4l8n0B.NIPZB4

Can watch the game here: http://www.ihigh.com/longwoodlancers/broadcast_188438.html?silverlight=1

Ruh Roh......

Summit only includes the top 8 teams, so not everyone makes that one either.

This I can dig. I would prefer an every other year arrangement. I would also like to see different FCS teams come to UND rather than only having 2 games with differing opponents every year. I want to see teams from the MVFC, Southland, CAA, SoCon come to UND if possible. With only two OOC games to schedule, one would likely be an FBS and the other would be a purchased tomato can (which isn't a bad thing). I'd just like some flexibility with the last one (NDSU, SDSU, USD, UNI, Southern Ill, Sam Houston, SFA, JMU, ODU, GSU, UNH, Maine, Towson, etc) - and yes I know that most of that wouold not be possible, but at least we could get some action with the other MVFC and Southland teams I would suspect. I know my opinion is of the minority, but I like different teams.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/villanova/football/recruiting/player-Austin-Ramesh-133001

Isn't it also because the policy's at Minn and Wisco are to not play a team that is on the NCAA sanctions list, which Florida State is not on? I thought that this was part of the discussion......

While I see what you're saying here, the truth of the matter is home playoff football games normally increase the likelihood of a team winning a championship (see NDSU this year, UND in 2001, etc). In addition to education, recurits want to win championships. If they know that they will never have a home field advantage in the playoffs, they might think that their chances at a championship will be diminished. This in turn could cause them to go elsewhere. Also, if there is a possibility year after year of getting kicked out of the conference (think autobid), and they are going to have to recruits go elsewhere out of uncertainty of conference affiliation. Would it happen - who knows - but I would rather not take the chance to find out. That is how football recruiting can be affected.

Won't be able to listen - hopefully someone can give those of us that aren't available to listen a recap.

This. I think Carlson is basically saying that although the law is now back again, UND will not be penalized by not following it and appears to almost be telling UND to do just that.

Is he also a QB on offense? Speaking of the Hein's, I was surprised we wouldn't get Jess Hein in as PWO, unless they tried and he decided he wanted to go to Bemidji on whatever type of scholarship they have.

Well, with 2012 essentially done, I thought we could just as well start the listing of 2013 interest. I know that there have been three additions to Wiki based on a rivals search, so I thought I'd check scout for more. So, without further ado, here we go for next year WR/RB Trever Ryen, 5'9" 157, Ida Grove (Battle Creek-Ida Grove Senior), IA http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=5085113 Yes, I've only found one more thus far.....

I also have a roku - the most expensive model. Had it for over a year now. I really do like it, but I pretty much only use Netflix with it (although it does have a lot of different capabilities).

Well, that was earlier. Now there is a UNC QB with a playoff victory under his belt. Our QB was that QB's backup. That means he must be good In all seriousness, I hope that we do get a consistent passing attack this year. I think our offense could be very tough if the playbook opens up a little and our key players make some plays.

So, since it appears that we are looking for a LB and one more OL, here's a list of people I can't find any commitment info on. LB Bennett Goff - found an article stating he didn't sign yesterday and is taking a visit this coming weekend before deciding. Could visit be to UND? LB Tyler Fahey LB Grant Taylor (although he suffered a very bad concussion/seizure in a game last October - maybe isn't playing FB anymore) OL James Anderson (read an article that it appears that he had a torn hamstring around the championship game time - maybe not an option) OL Ryan Dahl - don't know much about him but has size (6'9" 280). Can't find that he signed anywhere, although maybe he is going to be a BB player. Can't really find any other offensive lineman that didn't sign anywhere or have us in the finalists.