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I'd guess there are at least 4-5 starters next year who aren't on campus yet. Along with that, the offense hasn't had all that much time in a brand new offense. Withholding forming too much of an opinion based on yesterday.

It wasn't last summer... or doesn't Beasley (a decade removed from playing at UND) get his day in court like a current FU starter got when he was originally charged with the same thing?

Not too bad. Not sure but I would guess a little bit smaller than last year but more than I expected.

Heard Maverick Edmunds name quite a bit. Made some solid plays.

I have a hard time thinking he will considering the NCAA didn't give him a waiver to play immediately when he transferred and I think that is what he's basing his appeal on. On the other hand, Tom Miller has mentioned a few times that he thinks there is a legitimate chance but it would be a late decision. Maybe he has some additional insight.

That's fine, but those who claim that those coaches that are better than Hak because they've won a title ignore the fact that those coaches have had stretches of losing prior to and after those titles that would not be acceptable here. And maybe Sandelin wouldn't have had down seasons, maybe he would of. Your basing your arguments off of a hypothetical, mine is based off of facts. Hak has never had a single season losing close to that let alone a stretch of it. I don't care what tools you have at your disposal, that is incredibly impressive. That doesn't mean anyone, myself or Hak included, should be satisfied, but it is absurd to think he should be fired.

Not a fan of any change the moves a first round series off of campus. I would think that UND and the REA would tend to agree. Having 6 teams makes it to MSP means no home playoff games unless you end the season in 5th or 6th place. Having all 8 teams go to MSP means no home playoff games for anyone. The league may make slightly more money having all the teams or 6 of the teams make it to the Target Center, but in the long run, I think the majority of schools would lose money eliminating the possibility of 2-3 extra home games per year. Granted, only half the teams get those games a year but even if you only host once ever 2-3 years, I think you'd still come up ahead compared to the slightly higher revenue the conference would generate with an increased field size at the Target Center. While their run of hosting (and winning) first round playoff series won't last for ever, UND has had an extra 25 home games over the last 10 years because of the current format.

The one constant is that Hak hasn't had down years like all of the others have had (outside of maybe York). Sandelin wouldn't have had the opportunity to win a title at UND, he would have been fired well before that with the previous seasons he had before UMD won a title.

Makes sense. In their defense, its their 12th game and sounds like they had felt they exhausted all of their options for someone better at home so did what they could to get a 6th home game. Still, yuck.

Kupp wasn't a true freshman, he redshirted in 2012. He is however, extremely good. Having Vernon Adams under center makes him that much more dangerous

All hype? Serious? In 2012 they managed to round up a few accolades. Jameer Jackson -Named to the 2012 College Sports Journal Freshman All-America Team -Finalist for the 2012 Jerry Rice Award for FCS Freshman of the Year Greg Hardin -Named to the Sports Network All-America Third Team -Named All-Big Sky First Team -Named the College Football Performance Awards FCS Elite Wide Receiver of the Year -Named to multiple preseason teams Golladay played as a true freshman with a severe high ankle sprain the majority of the year and proved this year he had more talent that both of those guys. The talent UND's WR's had wasn't some made up hype promoted by UND fans. The talent was there, unfortunately it was not at other positions.

Is that verified or just assumed? I've seen both being claimed.

The NFL sure screws up how they draft WR's then. Just get the guy that had the most catches or most yards coming out of college. WR's can't throw the ball to themselves. You can't be serious that you think that there wouldn't be a difference in production when you go from playing with 2 senior QB's vs. 2 redshirt freshman QB's. And if you look at per game averages for Golladay/Hardin/Jackson, yards and catches per game are in line with the top 3 from EWU.

I can see why you'd put them there and have no issue with it but I think they will finish quite a bit higher. Not sure how much, hard to tell with a lot of question marks still out there. I have a feeling UND's roster isn't set for next year either, wouldn't be surprised to see another transfer. Transfers Tyler and Shanks (second half) should help fill the void along with JuCo Coleman. Also Nash getting a 6th year would make a very huge impact, his athleticism for his size is tough to match up with. I think you'll also see UND playing more fundamentally sound and consistent, things that have been missing the last two years. Not sure whether that will add up to wins, but it should at least limit the downside.

E-mail just came out with some details for the Spring Game: Definitely scaled back this year but should still be a good time regardless.

EWU had a line that was able to block and one of the best QB's in the FCS. Don't mistake production and talent. Talent-wise, they were very comparable.

Not 100% positive, but my educated guess is that the REA has a reserve fund they build up for maintenance/improvements that they tap for projects like this among others. In that sense, it is "private" money as no funds from the state are being used. The building is still held in a non-profit entity which donates a chunk of money back to UND every year.

That's odd given that you asked the questions about what I'd do in the scenarios you laid out.

No but I'd still think you were kind of an idiot for going to their message boards and trying to play off an insult as something less.

And if OSU/Wisconsin game had been earlier in the day, it would have been UND's throttling of Western Michigan that got them in. Semantics.

Considering you spend a decent amount of time belittling both Grand Forks and the GF Air Force base both here and on the FU message board, I don't think most people are willing to allow you that luxury.

He appeared to be more than competent as an OC though.

Why no details on these?

I also agree its not real fair for coaches to take off, particularly in the instances where there are sanctions coming down, but its hard to blame them for taking a different job when life changing money is offered, no different than any other profession. Not sure what the answer is, but its always why players should commit to a program/school and not a coach. It does look like they are addressing something along those lines next week though I haven't seen much detail on outside of this quote:

One that that is pretty important is that Keen has always been the interim coach. There has never been any guarantee that he would continue to be the head coach in the future at any point. As for the administration, once the price tag on this disaster comes out, I'd imagine there will be some changes. In the "real world" unless there a penalty/clause put in a contract that prevents an employee from leaving, then no, there shouldn't be consequences for breaking it. If the Dolphins didn't put a buyout clause in Saban's contract, that is their own fault. Many companies in competitive industries require employees to sign non-compete agreements or put large buyouts in the contracts to prevent that from happening. They were free to try to sue Saban if they wanted but on what grounds? And I guess the Dolphins owner feels differently than you: And you are comparing Saban to the MSU administration while darell is comparing Saban to Hoffner. Huh?