jdub27

Correct, women's hockey has had an issue with it more than once. I don't know off the top of my head, but guessing it has to do with a different education system and the equivalencies to ensure that they meet minimum standards.

Clearinghouse can be a nightmare.

Pretty sweet system though. If he's wrong when he "breaks" something it's because he was using reverse psychology. If he isn't the first to bring something up, it's because he was withholding it. Can't lose.

Heard it was being discussed over horseracing this weekend, but there were no inside scoops at the time.

People proclaim the Big Sky's complete media package (Big Sky TV) as being superior to what the MVFC/Summit have, where all football, men's basketball, women's basketball and volleyball games are available for free over the internet (minus the weekly football game airing on Root). Feel free to elaborate how it isn't.

Odd that NDSU very badly wanted Hooker just a year ago. Not sure how much I'd read into numbers of a true freshman playing in a senior dominated rotation. He looked pretty good when he was called on. Definitely more than Dupree, who NDSU will be counting on next year. Tyler had decent numbers in a terrible offense at UMKC, I think he'll be just fine. Not sure where you get the castoff part, he very much left on his own terms.

Correct. UND has 63 scholarships that can be split up among 85 players Going into fall camp, there is a limit of 30 new players receiving financial aid.

Glad you are able to prove your point with hypotheticals instead of actual proof.

Just because UND's won in everything they've competed against NDSU this year doesn't mean the teams are satisfied. Pretty easy to dismiss head to head victories when you don't have any recent ones to hang your hat on. Pretty sure it was legendary FU coach Rocky Hager who was the one that said a season was a failure if they lost to UND.

Staff wasn't completely new. Richman was very familiar with the kid.

What does football have to do with any of this? If NDSU wouldn't have got beaten out on Shanks by UND, they wouldn't have to poach kids from D2 schools at the last minute.

Why would he have been looking for a better situation? And doubtful he thought he was going to come in and play as a true freshman and if he had that illusion, its on the staff. Guessing if he wanted to play right away he could have held out for an offer that would have provided him that instead of signing with NDSU so early. Wonder how that "mutual" decision was reached since as of two weeks ago, he was still a solid commit.

They compete and fund hockey at the D1 level. Does your NCAA basketball win mean less since you fund football at the FCS level instead of the FBS level?

Not arguing that, Hendrickson had some key runs in that game and built on a record setting performance from the week before. Just pointing out that Hanson didn't play against San Diego St.

Hanson didn't play against San Diego State, he was injured and Hendrickson played. He had a great game outside of the pick-6 he threw in UND's first offensive play of the game.

That is some interesting spin. Why would NDSU offer and then sign a kid that early if they had concerns about him still developing? And the kid had a very good senior year, curious what he didn't progress on. I guess its a win/win for NDSU. If the kid ends up blowing up his senior season, he's already locked in at NDSU. If not, tell him he won't play and release him from his NLI. I understand the offer aspect of it, those get pulled all the time for various reasons. What I don't get is the part where they were confident enough that they had him sign his NLI early in his senior year and it prevented him from being recruited by other schools. It would make a little more sense if the coaching staff was completely new, but from what I was understand, Richman was the one the recruited him.

I found it interesting that they released a player from his NLI who, from what I understand, Richman was key in recruiting originally. Also found it entertaining that the experts they have talked him up for over a year on how he was such a steal and NDSU was lucky to get him to commit early and then promptly dismissed him being released as a positive for both parties like it was no big deal, especially after recently stating that all 4 players were still committed despite the coaching change.

Seems like there are quite a few players facing adversity for the first time as it relates to football and taking the way out and not dealing with it. Unfortunate but will be exciting to get some players who are hungry and want a chance to prove themselves.

I assume another Shay connection.

Also of note, it was his first career start for UND.

But Gomez did throw a fit because Cole called him out and then turned around to walk back to the mound. If Cole wants to chirp Gomez, all Gomez has to do is stand on third and smirk. He doesn't have to lose his head. Players trash talk all the time, Gomez took it to another level, like he has a history of doing.

Punter Brett Cameron (2008-2012) and LB Curtis Deblanko (2006-2010) were probably the last two big contributors outside of Bamba (2008-2009). Donovan Alexander (2003-2007) was also a pretty solid get out of Winnipeg.

Not in UND's favor: He's already experienced missing almost a full year already because of injury and he isn't exactly a giant out there, especially with how physical his play was as the season wore on.

I think I have a better handle on it than assuming that it will be exactly how a high school did it or that one person has the power to arbitrarily pick whatever they want.