Sioux94

Can't say that I don't mind the other ND school doesn't have anybody on the list. That said I'm sure they will still have a talented class coming in. Nice seeing UND on the list. http://herosports.com/news/fcs-recruiting-national-top-25-commitments-fcs-football

What are the general guidelines for medical hardship, have to have played less than a 1/3 of the season or something? He only played 3 games that year.

I also thought getting screwed in the playoffs the previous year would have motivated them for 2016 to start strong.....and we didn't look good at all to start the year this year. Hopefully with more starting lineman returning next year that will help. But even Keaton look poor for a lot of the SB game. It almost seemed like they started 2016 just expecting they would be better, but that wasn't the case. The offense wasn't clicking at all. I like that Utah is our first game of the year next year though, knowing we have a really tough opener should help keep them motivated.

I'm glad Joe Williams is a senior and we don't have to go up against him......he is good!!

Wonder if the guys are watching the Utah game tonight, I would imagine many of them are.

I like that philosophy of going for guys that are also really good receivers and using them as CB's. Like GeauxSioux said...they have ball skills and will be able to make plays on the ball to pick em off, and still have the build to hit and make tackles. I can hear the Bubba and the coaches talking to those guys about the big/tough WR's in the Big Sky that they will have the opportunity to go against...guys like Kupp, and how important they will be to the team, to get the kids excited about coming and playing CB for UND. And it is true too.....they will be a huge part of our success in the Big Sky.....defending pass heavy teams like Montana and EWU.

Just like no coach worth a damn would ever choose to coach a college team over an NFL team. (Harbaugh) I would say Sabin too, but Sabin just seems to have more success in college and maybe wasn't cut out for NFL. Harbaugh had success in the NFL, almost any NFL team would have jumped at the chance to get him. Perhaps your opinion on this site is what's not worth a damn.

If it hasn't already sailed, with the big offers he's gotten.......somebody is probably at the dock loosening the lines, unfortunately.

And I don't agree with somebody who is not a fan, sitting on a fan board daily......just to sit and take pot shots at a team whenever there is an opening. But hey, maybe that is just me.

Man if that Kubenski guy is real and was serious......wow lol. I have a hard time believing he was serious, but you never know I guess.

Don't we already have 5 billion TE's on the roster and have recruited 2 more in this class? I doubt he gets moved from QB this year, like another poster said that is one of our thinnest (and most important) positions and unless Bolinski really steps it up to beat out Brad as the number 3, and even then I don't think it happens. The last thing we would want to do is burn Boltman's redshirt to play one half of football if we ran into injuries. Zimmerman seems like the perfect pickup, 3 years left so he can bridge the gap to Boltman and also enough experience to play right away if needed. Our offense dictates the QB to run a little and you hate to have the QB run completely off the table because you are so afraid of getting him hurt. Not saying Keaton should run 15 times a game, but 6-7 times a game.....yes.

Bubba's not going anywhere, at least not anytime soon. They will get it taken care of. Plus I don't ever see Bubba going to be a head coach at another FCS school. Some assistants will leave at some point for promotion opportunities at other schools......that will happen at some point guaranteed, that's just how it works. Paying well will help hold off that thought process a little longer for some of them though.

No we won't ever be able to pay him what he's worth, however give the coaches at least a little love (money) Can't remember the numbers for sure so just use some easy round numbers, attendance is up at least 1,000 per game from 2-3 years ago. Even at just $15/ticket that is 15k a game x 5 game is 75k a year in more brought in from ticket sales, and those numbers are pretty conservative. I don't think it's about money for Bubba though, he's got his dream job and I think he will stay at UND until he is ready to retire. Even if that is the case hopefully some monetary increase for him at some point will happen as he deserves it. Probably more important is keeping a guy like Schmidt around.

No doubt...congrats to them and even better they will be back next year. I'd like to see us start to get some OL on those lists. Two OL on the first team for NDSU.....that's a big reason why they have reservations for Frisco every year.

I've only been on this board for 3 years, and there is always excitement. But seems to me each of the last two years the recruiting classes do seem to be getting better. And there was an article published somewhere about how we were having a top 20 (can't remember if the number was 20 or not) recruiting class at the FCS level. And that was before we've gotten some of these new guys that really seem to have a lot of talent, plus JJ transferring. It seems like we are getting some really good skill guys, however I will agree with one of the other posters.....need some high end OL guys to really make things go.

Bubba needs a raise, and the assistant coaches as well.

Given they scored a whopping 10 points the week before at home.......and have never made it to the semi-finals in the past 40 years.....the results on Saturday weren't that surprising. Definitely one of the best trick plays I've ever seen though!

There are definitely many reasons a kid decides where to go. For the most part from what I've seen on our board when we lose a recruiting battle and a kid goes somewhere else, we are dissappointed........wish them well and hope we meet them on the field down the road. For the most part it's usually not personally ripping on the kid. From what I've heard about what people were saying on BV, that's not the case. When somebody on BV that knew is family basically had to tell somebody to F off because of what they were saying about JJ, that's not cool.

I agree. I thought when reading this earlier this morning....what about Brady at FB on occasion since he is such a bruiser. I doubt Brady would want to move to FB and I doubt they would, but would be cool to see two of our stud RB's in the backfield at the same time.

Perhaps this should be something that should be invented (but slightly different). Go 100% but only go 3/4 of the way (unless you see the punter dropped the ball or something). Call it Double Punt Safe or something so as to have no real possibility of somebody accidently running into the punter. If I was coaching I think I would have a Double Punt Safe call in the playbook for certain situations

Question, when Punt Safe is called I know that obviously means that you don't line everybody up on the line and all go after the ball, some guys hang back to watch for the fake. On Punt Safe are the main interior 3-4 guys still suppose to go pretty hard at the ball/punter because the others are watching for the fake, or are they suppose to go 3/4 speed and pull up short and not really even try. And it's an honest question, because I don't really know for sure on that what is typical.

Was that song made in 1974, with the video version then created in 1995?

I would think it would be a fair question for a reporter to ask if Bubba plans on making a change in special teams next year, or making it more of a priority since special teams had a direct impact on two thirds of our losses. Actually I kind of think it's bad reporting if somebody doesn't ask him that.

Haha that would have been awesome if they made them play that! Damn I think I'll have "Jack Attack" in my head all day now!

I actually think our combination that we wore on Saturday looked good, I had no problems with it. I believe somebody on the Richmond site commented they liked them also.