Very true. A few different sources had him signing here, but nothing official, especially from him. Seeing the papers come in and it being official was nice.
Only surprise (good or bad) was PWO Ted Nelson signing.
Excellent job digging up information by those who spend their time keeping the rest of us informed. Very much appreciated!
I believe Knauf actually touched on this during his live interview. UND did have offers out to some kids that they didn't get (Wiki confirms). After that, they thought they could get better talent elsewhere and they are hoping to get some guys from their next year. With Knauf on this staff, Wisconsin won't be an afterthought and will continue to be recruited hard. This year, the chips just didn't fall their way in Wisconsin.
I know you're being facetious but from the talk about them competing with the MAC in recruiting, I only saw 1 of their commits that had an offer from one of those schools (Kent State). Outside of that and Ellefson from Hawley who reported a Purdue offer, the rest of the FBS offers were exclusively Wyoming, New Mexico or one of the service academies. They did get a few with some impressive FCS offer lists, no arguing that. But they also spent the last couple weeks pillaging the NSIC.
Webb and Poole are the only two remaining. Should be rounded out later today.
News station down in CO were at Poole's signing this morning and show him going to UND.
Webb's school is having a signing at 2:30 this afternoon.
Webb has an "official" signing this afternoon at his school and it looks like Poole signed his papers this morning. Both of those guys should be in, just a matter of them getting the NLI's.
Only ones I haven't seen an update on is the Hartness twins but expect both of them to be in.
Here's the breakdown I have so far (mid-year transfers not included). Will update as the rest come in.
In
Smith
Rooney
Greer
Blair
Dulin
Santiago
Engwall
Lawrence
Merz
Blackwell
Grady
Alm - PWO
Keller - PWO
Gordon - PWO
Palmborg - PWO
Nelson - PWO
Carter
Hilton
Rodgers
Williams
Oliveira
Bennett
Heidlebaugh
Hansen
A. Hartness - PWO
T. Hartness - PWO
Poole
Webb
Anticipated to Sign
All have signed!
Looks like the Brainerd Dispatch even had an article yesterday saying he was going to be signing with UND. That's the kind of surprise that is just fine with me.