Dustin

If it is indeed Landry, here's what the write up from the Herald said about him: Like King, Landry is a Grand Forks native who played quarterback at a local high school and has a respected dad in prep coaching circles. Landry was a state champion quarterback at Grand Forks Central (a star baseball and basketball player, too) before starting at UND following ... you guessed it: Freund. Landry, who has connections to offensive line coach Joe Pawlak and played at UND with defensive coordinator Joel Schwenzfeier, has a desirable resumé for this role, as he has experience at the FBS levels with time spent alongside former UND offensive line coach Rod Carey at Northern Illinois and Temple. Landry has two seasons under his belt calling plays at St. Thomas and two more years experience calling plays in a successful stint at Division III Wisconsin-La Crosse. Landry has also coached for two seasons at Minnesota-Duluth. The connection to Pawlak seems like a nice upside. That maybe can keep him at UND a while longer.

Who knows, maybe this is our Belichick-Brady combo. You don't know until you try.

Can't remember - did he state a reason (on record) for entering transfer portal? Any chance he winds up at UND again? Just can't remember the specifics of this move.

All I can say (besides congrats to Tommy) is that Trey or Jerry better be lighting it up next year. Otherwise, UND got duped B1G time.

Congrats to Team USA! Only bummer is no UND player gets to celebrate a gold medal.

Is a link going to be shared so I can watch at work? Yesterday I was at home and watched on NHL Network.

I assume you mean quarterfinals?

Thanks for putting this together.

Kind of a random question, but with the U-18 team coming to GF and WJC going on, I began to wonder about how common (or rare) is it for an individual to be on one of rosters but not the other? For instance, how many players on the current USA WJC roster were on the USA U-18 roster 1-2 years ago?

I doubt that they are ok with status quo. More likely scenario is that they can't snag the players that would make a difference there.

Sounds awesome to me.

So looking at this list, would we say our defensive needs are being addressed?

Today is early signing day, is it not?

This is the trend for college hockey conferences. Not sure why 3 weekends are needed, however.

Just a curiosity question, and I know opinions will vary, but if you were wanting to hire a Defensive Coordinator, what defensive position coach(es) (not looking for coaches names, but the position they coach) would you be looking at? Defensive line? Linebackers? Does it matter?

I've read mixed opinions on Baukol over the years here. Looks like the naysayers knew what they were talking about. Hopefully this change brings a positive result.

Possibly not the best, just the most likely. You never know how Danny would be as HC until he actually is one.

Come on, Bubba, get out of the way so Danny can hire Pawlek as OC.

I’m sure Jacks fans already had tickets will fill the place. I would think Griz fans would also be eager to go. First time in a generation they get to play for a championship.

One thing I noticed Kelly especially does is when there is an inexcusable blunder (like 4th and 24 at Murray State) he places blame squarely on the players for not understanding the situation. Now, would he have turned at least some of the blame to coaches for not preparing players for the situation on the coaching staff had Shannon not been in the room? Not sure, but it would be a more authentic if the participants didn't have to speak in front of the coach's brother. On another topic of discussion, is it too much to ask for two Schweigerts to hang it up when it comes to UND football??!!

Not saying this defend Danny, because I’m not a big fan of short passes, but the more FBS and NFL games I watch, passing short of the line to gain is very common.

My hope is that NDSU can’t win back to back to back road games. That would be impressive for any team at any level, plus I still don’t believe NDSU is good enough to overcome a 3 game road trip through seeded teams to get to the championship. Hopefully.

Some good stuff on here the last couple of days.

"Leave no doubt" was initiated after the 2015 playoff selection committee did not choose them and the part they were to "leave no doubt" about was whether they should be in the playoffs the next season. In 2016 UND won the Big Sky auto-bid, so, technically, they did "leave no doubt" the next season after implementing that saying.

No insider information here, just basing this on things I've heard, seen, and read, but I would say Bubba's UND culture is based on academics, school pride, responsibility, and compassion. But throat slitting doesn't appear to part of it (unless you're beating NDSU). Keeps way too many way too close.