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Yeah- when I saw the "offensive weapon" tweet from UND FB recruiting i was hoping it was him so I checked out Griebel's twitter & he had just posted his commitment. He had quite a few other offers too & Montana State was at his house last week (I believe his brother plays or did play there). This is a big commitment.

Per his twitter the other commit is Mikey Griebel... huge get - the offensive weapon

FWIW, his dad is from Edinburgh ND & I believe he played HS hoops with Scott Guldseth. Not sure if his parents went to UND or not though

Bubble & tunnel screens with Stanley & Toivonen out in front of him. Wow.

Very solid pick-up. You can never have too much talent at RB, these guys take a beating. Add in the fact that he's a year behind Oliveira& Santiago and we lost our RB recruit from last years class and it is a great move for the next 3 years.

Beau Baldwin w/ 5 year extension at EWU http://www.krem.com/sports/football/beau-baldwin-signs-5-year-extension-with-ewu/367544432

Murray had a season-ending injury that required surgery. Doubt he is very far up on the depth chart at this point. McKinney is a current HS verbal commit (RB/WR) out of Seattle. Some connected posters here & SFI have mentioned that Grady is probably not an option to be back.

John Santiago had 9 (yes, NINE) catches in 2016. This needs to change in 2017.

http://millersports.areavoices.com/2016/12/05/und-football-what-returns-in-2017/ Tom Miler's thoughts on 2017

They're stuck on an "island" in their own conference

Offer out to Emmanuel Flowers (Chuck Flowers' brother) https://mobile.twitter.com/KingEJ34/status/805605265982656512 http://www.hudl.com/video/3/4759900/582e83c35b3cda166c5c1d36

But... #8 seed SDSU was given a 2pm start time. Of course, they could've been given an earlier start time based on being an outdoor game in a colder climate. I would hope, if given the choice, that Faison would've chosen the 2:00 start over the 5:00 on a day where UND plays a hockey game with such high interest. You would think the NCAA wouldn't want a home UND football game conflicting with our hockey game just based on attendance $. Like most NCAA matters, these start times are clear as mud.

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I find it embarrassing that YOUR bizuns have to bribe YOUR students with $5 tickets as well.... How far they have sunk. http://www.gobison.com/news/2016/11/20/football-ticket-information-for-second-round-fcs-playoff-game.aspx

From the SFI blog... no hosting recruits during playoffs. http://siouxfb.areavoices.com/2016/11/30/a-few-thoughts-richmond-week/

Or anyone interested in donating could just call the student ticket office themselves... less hassle for you. If the football fans on here could each donate $25, $50, $100 or more (whatever amount you are comfortable with) that student section could be filled up pretty fast.

I'm guessing you could just call the student ticket office to set up the donation & they would handle the distribution of tickets. I have been thinking about doing the same & putting in a donation for student tickets.

Hero Sports game preview http://herosports.com/news/fcs-playoffs-2016-preview-richmond-north-dakota-brian-brown-john-santiago?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=FCSFootball

No doubt. Surprised WIU & UNI were snubbed.

Absolutely. It's one non-conference game. Sure, in an awesome venue, but watching it on tv makes no difference if it's in MSG or Purpur. This weekends series against St. Cloud has more impact on the hockey season than one non-conference game. First FCS playoff game in UND history trumps any non-conference, beginning of December hockey game.

6-5 Illinois st gets in

Weber is in. Vs chatty

Craig Haley/STATS projected bracket released last night... UND #8, facing Villanova - St. Francis winner. https://mobile.twitter.com/FCS_STATS/status/800214371582382081 All I know about Villanova is they have a great basketball program & Howie Long played football there. All I know about St. Francis is that they must be really $h!tty this year cuz they lost to Montana.

& maybe they should've won more than 2 of those home games

http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20161117104721004269704 SFI just tweeted this article out... Supposedly less regionalization & will put conference teams in different bracket sides this year. .