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Agreed, preferably with some experience, because didn't we hear than a few of our incoming freshman have a good chance at playing right away?

Cuz the world is soft

If you're not going to flat out share what you know, could you at least hint at what you are hearing? New name? Familiar name? Timeline for hearing something? Or just DM me because I need some football news! haha

Any potentials listed for the OC role?

Apart from the obvious (Seidl, Olagbaju, Bluiett, Fleming) are we overly concerned about any of these losses or are most of these due to the fact that the staff will want to continue bringing in more and better talent. A little disappointing to see so many big boys leaving the OL group, but were any of these guys going to see the field? Not asking if they would start, but from a depth perspective? OL doesn't typically seem much in the way of transfers in, so not sure how that is shaping up for next year. Schmitt seemed to make a lot happen, without a lot of time last year. That being said, it would be nice to start seeing some more names committing via the portal. I'm sure I'm just being impatient, but looking forward to seeing what happens.

I really used to like Motzko, but he has aged out. The guy is clown. We should be surprised at questionable decisions being made by a guy that has the Gophers where they are at despite being loaded with talent. I love to hate the Gophers but they are more fun to hate when they are either good or maybe slightly struggling ... seeing them sit at 8-10-1 and unranked is just sad .... especially since we dropped a game to them. Whomever said Carle is better for this age group is spot on. But USA hockey makes a lot of dumb decisions.

If you had to guess, where does this compare to what some of our current DL are in terms of strength and lifting. The crazy part is they will only get stronger once they get on campus, but I'm excited to see these guys play.

You expected Schmidt to compete the way we did this year? I thought we did a fantastic job overall FOR THE FIRST YEAR UNDER A NEW COACH. To be clear, I expect a sizeable step each year under Schmidt, but we took a great step from last year and Jerry was a part of that. That being said, I would also expect a full season out of the kid, but we don't know if there were other factors that led to the decline in place we saw. Compare this season as it played out to what would have happened if Bubba was coaching. Jerry may not have even played, and we would have had Simon going. We don't compete in Manhattan or Montana. We certainly don't win as many games on the road. Our defense doesn't getter better. We don't hold the Bison to 15 and compete there. Can't fix it all with the snap of the fingers. There is a process, and Schmidt was also working with plenty of what was already here, then filled in with some of his own guys... It SHOULD only get better. My expectations are plenty high for this team and program. But I'm also going to be realistic with a timeline for improvement when competing in the Valley. Jerry was a stud early in the year ... if he can't get back to that then you move on, but I'm hopefully he returns to form and don't see any reason to think he won't (at this point).

Overall, I was really happy with Jerry this season. He put us in a position we were not expecting after everything that happened in the offseason. That being said, he clearly regressed as the year went on. Could be injury, could be burnout, could be something else. I'm sure he will come back strong next season and hopefully with some better tools. Appreciate all of the effort Dennis gave us over the years, but I'm looking forward to seeing what some of these incoming receivers from FL and TX can do ... more Hromadka and hopefully a strong stable of RB despite SS leaving. All that being said, if Hendrickson or a transfer can come in and push for the job .... then great. Competition is the key to success, and I want whoever will win. Biggest offseason question for me is OC. Does Fruechte stay or go?

I wouldn't quite go there ... I heard rumors they might by signing Uncle Rico and that boy can throw the pigskin over them there mountains!!! Watch out NFC North!!!

I was looking at that too. His brother appears to be big time ... but good to make that connection now, because you never know if a kid will transfer down or not.

Any chance Sawyer Riffle will be ready to take over at kicker next year? Nobody we have has proven they can own the job ... if our freshman can't unseat someone, do we look at some sort of transfer? There has to be a handful of D2 or community college kids that could outperform what we have seen this year. Given how close many of our games have been, this could be the difference in a few wins vs losses.

So we can all exhale on the Beaver boys then .... Now for the fun stuff ... these kids are like new draft picks. Its all fun, speculation and potential until they get on campus on prove it. So who is going to be the early impact guys? Who can contribute right away? Who loses their redshirt?

Unfortunately, this team is at a far different place than they were earlier this season; they looked almost unstoppable. Then we get swept by the Dakota schools, all of which could have been wins. I don't know what the issue was at the end of the season .... injuries? playcalling? burn out? We definitely saw Jerry stumble a bit but can't put everything on him either; still love what I have seen from this kid. Some strange playcalling at times (kind of like the Vikings). Schmidt wasn't going to get it all done in year one, though I was hoping with where we were at that he would have finished a bit better than we did. Regardless it's a new season, so let's see what we can do. Positives: - The potential is there. - If they start clicking again, they could upset a team or two - This team is still far better than last year and looks to be moving in the right direction. Negatives: - Injuries may just be too much to overcome.

Anything less than a sweep is unacceptable!