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I am gonna say at least three shirts get pulled. MussmN isn't going to leave anyone who can help this team off the roster. D line is a good choice, so is safety. O line wouldn't surprise me.

Schobert???

Three were from the same guy. The record will need an asterisk.

I don't see how anyone can blame UND for not playing NDSU when the playing field wasn't level. that point has been brought up several times here and IMHO it is indisputable. when the FU Boosters decide they want to play UND, the game will happen in short order. But right now they have nothing to gain and everything to loose by playing the game. It just doesn't make sense for them at this time. If the status of the UND and SU teams was switched I wouldn't want to play the game either. this game doesn't make a lot of sense for UND right now either. with the conference we play in, making the playoffs will never be a given, no matter how well our program develops. a loss outside of the conference schedule could easily knock us out of the playoffs most years. I think this same argument applies to NDSU, the MVFC will never be a cake walk... So, as much I liked the games between FU and UND, I would rather we gave ourselves a better shot at making the playoffs and then play the game there.

I gotta think that if we pick up Thurman, we look at seeing of one of the Illinois safeties can play OLB.

Luke's bump could be Thurman?

I can't remember a back that was as good at evading tacklers and making something out of nothing. His shiftiness reminds me of a few of the backs we saw in the big sky this year.

I can't remember a back that was as good at evading tacklers and making something out of nothing. His shiftiness reminds me of a few of the backs we saw in the big sky this year.

Only downside I see is speed. Looks like a great pickup! should help our small but speedy RBs on the edge.

Are we still talking about football recruits?

I liked Riddle's running ability, especially his ability to break tackles. Maybe he is interested in developing into a RB

this looks like a great class so far. Hope we can still pick up a big RB, a TE, a couple of LBs (although I could see either of the safeties who just committed having a shot a playing LB, Kuska could put on some bulk when he stops growing...) and a good corner.

I see he is interested in law enforcement. good thing FU wasn't aware of his talents... They could have offered him a lot of experience in this area...

Agree that the Bison have a nice run going. Congrats to them, and I am not going to rip their team because they are only the best in D1-AA. They are the best 2 years running in the same level UND plays in. But I don't agree that we can't compete with them from a recruiting standpoint. We have, and will continue to. That was the point of my post. We have a good group of early verbal commits this year, and will approach the next season with a much more realistic idea of what the team needs to do to win than we did this year. There's plenty to be optimistic about.

OK. Let me rephrase. We can and do compete with that, especially with kids who consider academics and avoiding a first hand experience with the criminal justice system.

UND is in the midst of what looks like a very good recruiting class at this point. NDSU isn't the best college football team in the country. On a high school recruits list, NDSU ranks about 120th, behind the FBS schools. We can and do compete with that, especially with kids who consider academics and a higher moral standard.

SHSU is outplaying the bison, but getting screwed by the refs. Two holds that shouldn't have been called and negated big runs; two missed PIs that would have resulted in great scoring opportunities.

wtf guys? What would your suggestion be for making sure the recruits had an enjoyable time during their visit?

This kid should be an exciting player! Looks like we are picking up some kids with a lot of potential again this year.

let's not forget that without the blown call at the end of the UNC game, we likely end the season in 5th place in the big sky, behind 4 teams that were playoff caliber. The defense came up with stops at Sac St, Montana, SUU, and UNC, but needs to improve and will almost certainly be better next year. I think there is a lot to be hopeful about over the next few years; definitely NOT a bleak future for UND football.

If we we want to get to the point where we can shoot for a BSC championship, we need to pick up 4-6 players each year that can flat out play. We didn't do this during the transition, but it looks like we might have achieved that last year with Goliday, Edwards, one of the quarterbacks, Labat, Rich, maybe another WR. Do we look like we are on track to do that again this year?

Gotta like what Luke S brings to the table from a recruiting standpoint!

While several of your points are true, the season wasn't an epic failure. This team came close to saying their only losses were to ranked teams. They handled Sac State. They beat Montana when Montana was in a must win situation. They came very close to beating a good FBS team. They had good chances to beat to Cal Poly and NAU late in the game. I don't have a lot of confidence in Mussman after today and have to really question whether he is the right guy for the job. I would like to see some leadership with more intensity. But to say the season was an epic failure is way off base and doesn't give credit where credit is due.

I just can't believe that I saw such absolutely poor play calling at this level of football. What a disappointment.

The last two play calls of that came were both individually the worst and second worst calls in the history of UND football. What in the world?