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Congrats to Hak! I was always a fan and glad to see he is getting another opportunity. I'll pull for him, as long as it isn't against The Wild!

Bummer, I was really hoping for Altepeter. Hope we get Luna and 1 more.

Love the Teiken commitment! Now what about Altepeter?!?

Still hope we have a decent target at QB. Never know when someone will get injured or when a kid may enter the transfer portal. It is pretty easy to lose your depth quickly these days.

My wish list: RB - Gilman or Johnson WR - Hegerle & Parrish DE - Azure & Teiken LB - Altepeter & Larson Landing even half of these guys would be phenomenal. Glad to see us targeting high end talent. Hopefully these kids see the direction of the program and want to come contribute. It would be nice to see us balance out regional recruiting against some of the Dakota schools.

Did I read correctly that Xavier Trevino is transferring? That seems like quite the blow to our OL depth. Not a ton of experience, but he seemed to have a lot of potential. If I recall, he left Nebraska because he wanted a scholarship opportunity to make life easier on his family. Can't imagine why he would be looking to transfer again. Says in his note he is willing to play anything, primarily OL or DL. Would it be possible this kid just wasn't going to cut it here? Could it be a coaches suggestion that he look for opportunities? It seems strange to my, but I'd be interested to hear if anyone else know what is up, or has any thoughts here. Or, is this a kid that just isn't happy anywhere he goes? College is a big adjustment for some kids; maybe that is where the struggle is?

JOPRO! Best FB to ever put on a pair of cleats!

NDSU?? Or it doesn't matter, right??

You would think they would be moving on altogether. As the deadline passed for transferring to FBS, I don't know what program these guys would want to leave UND for at the FCS level, given where UND's program is currently at. Unless someone was transferring to a different FCS level school due to specific educational programs not offered at UND.

Any big fat guys who can clog up the middle?

Does anyone with more knowledge than myself know the likelihood of Nguon getting drafted at some point? Hoping he will have a nice fall, but it will be interesting to see what kind of attention he will get after that.

The Jankes burned us.

My best guess: At Idaho State - Win At Utah State - Win Vs. Drake - Win Vs NDSU - Loss : UND is really good at home, but until we beat the Bison, its tough to pick against them. At South Dakota - Loss : UND is the better team here, but UND/USD games get weird, and playing in Vermillion can be tough. It is the kind of game we should win if we want to continue moving towards being a dominant program. At Southern Illinois - Win : This one will be interesting. Beating SIU on the road would be a really nice win. Not sure what to expect from them next year, as they have been so hot or cold this season. Vs Western Illinois - Win At Missouri State - Win Vs Youngstown - Win Vs Illinois State - Win At South Dakota State - Loss : The SDSU win was huge this season, but playing them on the road is a bit different. If my other guesses are correct and UND can head into this game on a 5 game win streak, potentially fighting for a Valley Championship, then who knows what happens here. Have to limit the Janke bros. 8-3 with an FBS win. Does this get you a seed with the playoff field going back to normal? The biggest issue I see with my predictions is, I don't see us getting swept by the Dakota schools and still having this good of a record, BUT until this team proves they can win on the road, some of these will be tough. I could maybe swap the USD and SIU predictions. Can't wait to watch.

I just want to see this team take the next step forward. Can't take a step back and miss the playoffs next year (No losing to Idaho St!) ... this is a playoff caliber team, but that is not guarantee. I also get sick of hearing that we are a different team on the road, but it will continue to be a conversation until we prove otherwise ... which I think we will. I will be very interested to see how some of the new kids contribute, who stays, and who we can pickup via the portal; hopefully a safety and a speedy receiver, maybe a kicker/punter. We should certainly be a more attractive spot for transfers than we were a few years ago.

I would take Studsrud over Ketteringham and his stupid corn rows. I also got sick of watching Kett try to fit the ball into a window that wasn't there. Studs may not have had the most talent, but he seemed like a good team guy and he played tough.

Some more back shoulder throws outside. Those seemed to work when called, but was underutilized.

How does he compare to this Mushila guy? and do we still have any openings?

My sources say he is still just trying to get further away from Canada.

Seems pretty spot on to me.

That was the best O-Line in this program in like 20 years; lost an experienced player right before the playoffs and plugged in a Freshman. Even with the Freshman, I don't think there was much of a drop off. If you want to run on programs like NDSU and JMU, it isn't simply the O-Line needs to be better .... O-Line was fine, but you need to be able to stretch the field. If we have a threat over the top, the run game will open up against the good teams, and the floodgates will open against the mediocre ones. D-Line is talented, just undersized.

Also had another long pass early in the season to either Maag or Richter which should have been caught.

All of the trash talking about Tommy is a bit surprising considering the overachievement of this team over a strange season. New conference, new QB, new RB, some new receivers. Tommy has beat Sam Houston, Southern Illinois, South Dakota State, Western Illinois and Missouri State. That’s pretty impressive for a young kid who is still developing. Now I have been vocal about getting Quincy some reps, but not because I think he should jump up the depth chart. I just think you want your second guy ready to go (and maybe he won’t miss snaps in a big game). I think Tommy has proven he is the guy, and I only expect him to get better. He is clearly a smart QB and doesn’t turn the ball over much (1st turnover was not on Tommy, the other one was a bad decision and should have been 6pts the other way). Tommy may not be a huge downfield passer, but he has shown that he can do it when needed. If we want to see more downfield shots, we need some burners he can beat the secondary (as @geauxsioux has previously mentioned). Now he does need to make some better decision on when to pull the ball down and run, which he has shown he can do effectively at times. For those who think Tommy can’t be the guy, we could certainly get a bigger, stronger, faster guy; but then we might be having the same conversation complaining about the poor decision making. Tommy still has a ton of time to clean up other areas of the game, but at this point he isn’t typically going to lose one for you. Put some extra pieces around Tommy and he will thrive.

I'd rather pick up a good transfer over Galvin. Other than his INT last week, he just hasn't impressed me. Maybe it is because I'm not an expert at safety, but he seems to get beat quite a bit. Had some horrible tackle attempts yesterday, though a lot of guy did.

With the right player, yes! JJ was never that player; he stood to straight when he ran, and despite his size, he just never really got any push, and he seemed slow. Give me an Oliveira over a JJ any day. I still remember watching Brady take on a DL straight up and send him flying.

Tough loss, but it was a fun Spring season. Lots of potential with these guys. O-Line has improved so much, now we just need to get bigger on the D-Line. I was a little disappointed in our secondary giving up a few of those long pass plays, without that maybe we have a chance. I'll take JMU to win over SHSU, but I'm sure that will be a good game.