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http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Chris-Carter-149701 http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=6868779 2 star recruit for both Rivals and Scout. We need good defensive backs, especially in the Big Sky Conference. We didn't have any good cover corners during the Mussman era.

Absolutely. The Twin Cities should be our #1 pipeline each and every season. There is a bunch of talent there and UND is well regarded there also.

I hope Jones stays committed to Minnesota, because it only increases the likelihood that Josh Parks commits to UND.

All three of today's commitments are solid additions and they all will likely be contributing in a couple years. Welcome to UND!

Rumors are he wants an air raid offense, so he'll have to leave the Big Ten. Texas Tech?

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Glad we got him! He's a solid quarterback prospect!

Give Studsrud a solid running game and he'd be fine in the play-action game. Throw in a few designed QB runs like NDSU did for Jenson and you've got a multidimensional offense that is tough to defend. I'd go with Studsrud.

So apparently Wilkie is the next Joe Montana. Some people need to get a grip... The kid has potential but is no sure thing. There's plenty of other capable quarterbacks in the region, and I for one am fine with Studsrud. He's listed as 6'1" and has great athleticism. Rudolph can coach ball security and fundamentals, but you can't teach athleticism. You either have it or you don't. Check out the highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/602945/ Apparently Northern Illinois and Rod Carey were semi-impressed also (he has a PWO opportunity for NIU). Hope he chooses UND.

Keaton Studsrud is a good quarterback prospect out of Minnesota and he will be visiting this weekend. I don't think there's a huge difference between Studsrud and Wilkie overall, so I'm fine with Studsrud if he decides to come to UND. He's very athletic and his highlights have him making some nice throws.

Good point

Jones will and probably should get another season. With that said, it looks like this season, which had such high expectations, is slipping away fast. I have a gut feeling that Jones isn't the guy. All of his teams have suffered countless bad losses and never seem to play the brand of team basketball that the good teams do. Also, his tirade over Ralston calling one of his games a choke job was an embarrassment in my opinion, because, well, that game last year vs. NAU was a choke job. One of many bad losses he's had - including getting blown out every time we play in Fargo. He has been able to recruit some darn good basketball players, I'll give him that. And the talent that next year's team will have is quite impressive, but I'm just not sure he'll be able to develop and coach them up to their full potential, and that's concerning.

Shanks will be a far more superior player than Wilmer.

Yep, and considering our returning starters and preseason expectations, it's infuriating. Not happy with this season because there's no excuse for it other than poor execution/poor coaching.

I do agree that this year's staff is far superior than last year's staff; at least on paper anyway. And of course it all starts at the top - I have been incredibly impressed with Coach Schweigert and how he's carried himself thus far. We're on the up swing.

Former Gopher and Mankato West quarterback Philip Nelson is leaving the Minnesota football program, according to Dan Barreiro. I'd imagine he goes to an FCS program. Would imagine NDSU is in play if they have any doubts on Wentz. Maybe even UND? @DanBarreiroKFAN: Gophers QB Philip Nelson tells us he is leaving Gophers program. Statement to follow on air.

I don't necessarily agree with that. I feel both the Schwenzfeier and Freund hirings are the most questionable of Bubba's staff. Nevertheless, I hope it works out.

Absolutely. If we can run the football and play the field position game, then our defense will be much better. It also doesn't hurt to have a new-found defensive emphasis with Bubba as the head coach.

If what you mean by conservative is we run more and use a play-action passing game rather than carelessly chucking the ball downfield out of the gun, then yes, we'll be more conservative. Did you see the style the teams played in the FCS National Championship? It certainly was no air raid offense, that's for sure. Did you see the improvement Montana made from 2012 to 2013? Well they also transitioned from the spread to a pro style. We will be much better off with the new offensive philosophy. We will emphasize the running game again finally. Also, we won't turn the ball over as much and our defense will be improved because of it.

I agree. I think it should be determined the speakers are actually the problem before there is a push to have them replaced.

I'd rather have one weak recruiting class than be stuck with leaderless Mussman for another season or two. Plus, this years recruiting will shape up nicely after the next couple recruiting weekends. Just wait and watch Bubba go to work. Oh, and the reason NDSU has a full class already is because of one little thing: they've won 3 national championships in a row! Of course they're going to be attractive to recruits. Shouldn't be that tough to figure out, unless you're an Ag school troll....

Similar to undrafted free agents - there's no signing bonus so they have to make the final roster or practice squad to get paid. That's what Dressler will have to do.

You can't have both a winning atmosphere and good speakers?

Still need a OL and WR coach. That would put us at 9 assistants, which is the number expected. Maurice is a former RB at the FBS level (UTEP) - he'll do nice things for us both in coaching the running backs and recruiting Big Ten territory.

Was Schmidt recently promoted? Anyways, we can all pencil in Kostich. That is a done deal - official announcement should be sometime this week. Same goes for Maurice at RB/recruiting coordinator. I'd imagine an outside coach will be hired for OL. WR coach could be Fruend or outside coach. I would think Rudolph coaches QBs and Schmidt takes the inside LBs. In looking at these hires as objectively as I can, this staff is far superior than last year's staff. Not gonna compare HCs because that's a no-brainer. OC - last year we had a first year OC with limited coaching experinece. This year we have a guy with many years of DII head coach and OC experience. I'll take the latter. Hard to know what to expect with Schmidt versus Kotelnicki, but I'd say that is a toss-up until I can see the defense practice and perform. If Rudolph coaches QBs, you'd have to think his experience would help out Mollberg/Bartels. Maurice is a clear upgrade over Schwenzfeier at the RB position. Gigili's experience in the Big Sky and Big Ten conference makes him look like a good candidate on paper. Schmidt and Schwenzfeier should boost the LBs, especially with the addition of Schmidt. Jury is still out on Marty Rodgers. Minnesota Gopher's staff has had nothing but good things to say about Kostich, so I'd like to think he'll be a good one at special teams. I guess we'll all have to wait and see, but so far so good in my opinion. Keep up the good work Bubba!