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Seems a little harsh. some kids have a longer than average wingspan and that puts them at a significant disadvantage on the bench, some kids play 4 sports and don't have as much time to spend in the weight room. Some kids are more interested in girls than the weight room. If Bubba saw fit to offer him a PWO, and the kid is willing to take a PWO( no money) to try and make the team, I am happy as heck to have him on board. He, like almost everyone who commits out of highschool will need to get a lot stronger and we have coaches who can help with that. We have hit it big with players like this before - Jay somebody, played defensive end a couple of years ago. By the way, he hasn't accepted the PWO yet has he?

Looking at the commitments we have so far, what positions does everyone hope to see filled with the remaining commitments we get? I would like to see some good athletes in these positions. 1. Cornerback. Seems like a pretty big need to me. We don't have a lot of depth here, and even less experience. 2. QB. I think we need to get at least one or two a year. I would expect we will always have issues with guys leaving if it looks like they aren't going to get playing time, and it could be hard to maintain depth if we don't recruit this position consistently. 3. Defensive Line. We have some good athletes returning, but not a lot of depth. 4. Linebackers. Its nice to have about 8 guys ready to play at all times with the way we use our LBs. 5 Tight end. 6. Wide receiver - we need some speed.

Do FBS players typically transfer at the end of the football season, or after spring ball? Seems like we would be more likely to see an FBS transfer after spring ball and I think that is when Hinojosa (spelling) came to UND. Not sure when Tillman and Jenkins-Moore came along. Can we assume that we might sign some FBS drop downs after spring ball/over the summer, and some scholarships will need to be saved for that possibility?

with the number of recruits/transfers this year and last, is it sort of a necessity that a decent percentage of these be transfers with just a couple of years left? I would assume we wouldn't want 60 scholarships tied up for the next 4-5 years?

The Sioux winning 3 out of the last 4 against the Bison sounds about right. From 1993 to 2003 UND was 9 wins and 4 losses against NDSU. As far as a recruiting advantage, the Sioux can offer early playing time to recruits. I am not naive enough to think this balances us out against the story NDSU can tell, but it certainly helps narrow the gap.

What did you all expect? We have been hit hard with injuries, played a freshman QBS who looked horrible last week and weber is far from a bad football team. Garmen looked good for the third week in a row, and has proven just about everyone on this bord wrong about his ability to play at this level, Studsrud looked much better this week. Our D is on the field a lot and is still leading the big sky in three categories. We are getting better and will continue to do so. Saying things like this team has given up is ridiculous. so was expecting this team to make the playoffs this year. Realistic expectations and patience aren't easy when FU looks like they might win their fourth straight NC, but they help put things in the right perspective and keep everyone from jumping off the bridge when we loose a football game. There are just as many things to like and be excited about this season as there are things to bitch about. Hope we can all stay on the right side of this debate.

I counted 6 dropped passes in the first half. 3 of them would have extended the drive if they were caught. The D was weak, but it might have something to do with SUU having three weeks of tape to look at to know what our tendencies were and figure out where they could take advantage of us. the Montana schools didn't really have this and we might have been able to sneak up on them. My guess is for the rest of the season our defense is going to be somewhere in the middle of what we thought it was after the Montana games and what we saw today. Overall though, I am not too disappointed. We played well in the first and 3rd quarters (minus the dropped pitch and the dropped passes). We aren't a playoff team yet, but we are getting better and have the potential for 2 -3 more wins this year, which is much better than I expected. This year has already shown that the next few years of Sioux football should be pretty exciting. Recruiting should get much easier, the stands should start filling up again, and we can expect to be in a close game every Saturday. I'll take that after last year.

Things I heard, said, and believed up until 2 weeks ago: Our D-line is too small to get enough pressure for the 3 - 4 to work. We will be hard pressed to win another game all year. There isn't enough talent on this team to win at the FCS level. We have players who wouldn't have played at the D2 level for UND 10 years ago. We won't be competitive for 2-3 years. There is still a lot of work to be done, but I feel good about the direction this team is heading in. I gotta believe recruiting just got a whole lot easier for Bubba and crew.

Wow. UND should win this one by a couple of scores. Where can I go to place my bet?!

I had it in my head we were playing eastern Washington next week. I don't think our offense is at the point where we will pound anyone, but I would think we should at least be favored to win. It will be interesting to see if the D plays with the same fearlessness and aggressiveness In a game where we are favored.

Anyone notice the push #94 was getting today? He was causing some serious disruption! also, Norbergs is starting to do a better job of finding gaps, making cuts, and eluding tacklers. I can't wait for next week!

Bummer that we let the Montana receiver get behind us to set up the field goal. That shouldn't have happened. But, this team is on its way and getting better every week. Too bad we had to open the conference against the 3 top teams. Who knows how these games would have played out in November.

Gotta love our defense!

Anyone having more problems than usual getting the AmericaOne stream to work? Usually I have to go thru about 5login screens before I get the game, but today I can't get the stream to run for more than a play before it locks up.

I hope you're right. We'll know for sure when we get into the BSC schedule. A true freshman ran for 200 yards against us tonight though. On the bright side, we got a win, and the defense can take credit for the win, so again, I hope you're right.

Not sure that I have noticed the difference yet.

Molberg's days may be numbered.

On Shaug's carries, he didn't just run thru wide open holes, he used good vision, made cuts, showed acceleration. what isn't to like?

why on God's earth are we not getting Shaugabay in the game.

Doesn't Tillman have just one year of eligibility left?

This thread is awesome! Keep 'em coming.

I there are a lot of things to like in this year's class. I like the areas we recruited. I think the number of kids we got in each of the positions was about right. I think the class has plenty of talent. I like that there are a number of kids with strong academics. I was initially a little worried about how well Bubba would be able to recruit, but after watching his press conference, I think there is a lot to be excited about with the future of UND football.

That is not a true statement. Bartels improved considerably. Both Molberg and Bartels did as well as you could expect when given 2 seconds to get rid of the ball. O-line needs to step up.

We already have close to 40 ND and MN kids on the roster. I think a little much is being made of our "lack of local recruiting". Like or not, we will need kids from the Twin Cities, and Illinois has treated us very well lately with the likes of Cheatum, Bartels, Reyes, Kuska, Golliday, and Sharp. I think it would be great to win the recruiting battles in ND, but those 3 or 4 kids aren't going to be enough to build a successful recruiting class off of. Likewise, winning the northern half of Minnesota by dominating the recruiting scene in that hot bed of football talent otherwise known as Beltrami county isn't going to be enough. I don't think our teams have suffered from a lack of talent; the issues have been drive, desire, leadership. Kids like MdGill and Kuska have it and can be tremendous assets to the program. If we pass on those types of kids for someone more "local", we won't see the success everyone here is dreaming about.