mg2009 Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 The bottom line is that NDSU was aggressively recruiting Mollbeg and offered him a full ride. NDSU apparently didn't have a problem with his ankle sprain before he made his choice. I guess you can twist it however you want but I am just happy he chose UND over NDSU. It really bruises egos to the South when a kid choses UND over NDSU though. it seems to me that they had been recruiting their qb commit out of nebraska longer and harder than mollberg. both sound pretty good. UND frankly had alot more to offer him in terms of playing time. He probably would have redshirted at either school, but mollberg will probably be starter as rs freshman, while having to wait for his RSsophomore year to even compete for a spot at ndsu. He made a smart choice on the circumstances and we needed him much more than they do. We don't know what schwartzkopf was offered at NDSU Quote
Westside Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 I wonder if the comment you noted was placing an emphasis on school work. That's what I took it to mean... getting the grades up this semester for some. Quote
mg2009 Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 SDSU has two players from the same team just off the top of my head. Edit: Although both players are from Circle Pines, MN, which is a suburb just north of the Twin Cities. I'd still think that counts though. i checked bisonville a few days ago and someone was saying you guys have loaded class. NDSU lost a couple recruitment battles to you from what it looked like. Quote
PhillySioux Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 vames on GopherHole has posed an update on some Minnesota kids. Not much news for UND. Still hoping they can land Bungum, Ben McDonald and Sam Sura, although I don't know if they're talking to the latter two. http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?35865-Minnesota-Class-of-2012-Update Bungum verbals to Army. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Adam-Bungum-124205 Quote
UND92,96 Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 it seems to me that they had been recruiting their qb commit out of nebraska longer and harder than mollberg. both sound pretty good. UND frankly had alot more to offer him in terms of playing time. He probably would have redshirted at either school, but mollberg will probably be starter as rs freshman, while having to wait for his RSsophomore year to even compete for a spot at ndsu. He made a smart choice on the circumstances and we needed him much more than they do. We don't know what schwartzkopf was offered at NDSU Not that it particularly matters at this point, but NDSU reportedly offered Mollberg back in April (per a tweet by Kolpack). I would be very surprised if they had offered McGinnis before then. Quote
Risky Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 it seems to me that they had been recruiting their qb commit out of nebraska longer and harder than mollberg. both sound pretty good. UND frankly had alot more to offer him in terms of playing time. He probably would have redshirted at either school, but mollberg will probably be starter as rs freshman, while having to wait for his RSsophomore year to even compete for a spot at ndsu. He made a smart choice on the circumstances and we needed him much more than they do. We don't know what schwartzkopf was offered at NDSU Schwartzopf is a walk on at UND. I am not sure how much money NDSU offered him but, he chose UND over NDSU. There are always reasons a kid picks one school over another. Mollberg picked UND over NDSU and we are just happy he did. NDSU obviously wanted him or they wouldn't have offered him a full ride. Bison fans are just going to have to accept it. Quote
Bison Dan Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 Schwartzopf is a walk on at UND. I am not sure how much money NDSU offered him but, he chose UND over NDSU. There are always reasons a kid picks one school over another. Mollberg picked UND over NDSU and we are just happy he did. NDSU obviously wanted him or they wouldn't have offered him a full ride. Bison fans are just going to have to accept it. Yeah you got Molberg over us - seems like a good get. Quote
homer Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 it seems to me that they had been recruiting their qb commit out of nebraska longer and harder than mollberg. both sound pretty good. UND frankly had alot more to offer him in terms of playing time. He probably would have redshirted at either school, but mollberg will probably be starter as rs freshman, while having to wait for his RSsophomore year to even compete for a spot at ndsu. He made a smart choice on the circumstances and we needed him much more than they do. We don't know what schwartzkopf was offered at NDSU I'm sure you guys are happy with the qb you guys got. Us UND fans are very happy to get both Molberg and Bartels. The coach at Indiana St. has done a good job turning that program very quickly the last couple of years by recruiting very well. Obviously Bartels is a very good qb and caught his eye in order to get an early offer from the Sycamores. I'm sure the qb you guys got from Nebraska will be a fine player for you but we are very happy with the guys we got and our recruiting class. 1 Quote
homer Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 We don't know what schwartzkopf was offered at NDSU As far as Schwartzkopf, the guys on the football blog, a few posters here and I believe one newspaper article said he was a preferred walk on at UND. I'm not sure what you guys offered him but don't really know why it matters? Quote
sioux24/7 Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 So do you guys think we have heard of all the commits? Or will there be some unknown ones that show up on Wednesday? Quote
UND92,96 Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 So do you guys think we have heard of all the commits? Or will there be some unknown ones that show up on Wednesday? Judging by today's Herald article, which said there should be 20-23 including the transfers, there should be four to seven more. Quote
Westside Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 SFI has tweeted tonight that they are hearing at least 2 more preferred walk-ons from ND. https://twitter.com/#!/SiouxFootball Quote
Westside Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 http://recruiting.scout.com/2/1153431.html http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=5612677 Nic Henson committed to Air Force over offers from UND & Montana. Quote
UNDvince97-01 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 There's a little Twitter battle/disagreement going on between Travis from wissports.net and Dom Izzo at WDAY regarding a supposed "soft verbal" from Marcus Horne to ndsu, who just committed to Michigan State. First Mollberg, then Horne. Quote
Hambone Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 http://recruiting.sc.../2/1153431.html http://recruiting.sc...c=1&nid=5612677 Nic Henson committed to Air Force over offers from UND & Montana. Do you have a membership? The article also discusses Joey Counts (whom I believe UND had some interest in) and Stephen Arnold (who UND has an offer out to), so I was wondering what the article said about them. Quote
UND-1 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 There's a little Twitter battle/disagreement going on between Travis from wissports.net and Dom Izzo at WDAY regarding a supposed "soft verbal" from Marcus Horne to ndsu, who just committed to Michigan State. First Mollberg, then Horne. The Wisconsin sports guy flat out states that Horne told him he never committed to NDSU at any time but somehow Kolpack and Dom say he did. And now he ends up at Michigan State. Hmmmm......who to believe? Priceless. Quote
UND-1 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 it seems to me that they had been recruiting their qb commit out of nebraska longer and harder than mollberg. both sound pretty good. UND frankly had alot more to offer him in terms of playing time. He probably would have redshirted at either school, but mollberg will probably be starter as rs freshman, while having to wait for his RSsophomore year to even compete for a spot at ndsu. He made a smart choice on the circumstances and we needed him much more than they do. We don't know what schwartzkopf was offered at NDSU NDSU was on Mollberg from Day 1 and even after he committed to UND they told him they are not going to stop recruiting him. They eventually did and that's when they took the Nebraska kid. Schwarzkopf was offered a preferred walk on spot at UND. So NDSU had to have offered somethng equal or more (PWO or money), there is no way possible they could have offered less. Justin Arp from Forman will be the same situation as Schwarzkopf (offers from both schools). Quote
Johnny Five Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 There's a little Twitter battle/disagreement going on between Travis from wissports.net and Dom Izzo at WDAY regarding a supposed "soft verbal" from Marcus Horne to ndsu, who just committed to Michigan State. First Mollberg, then Horne. So two tweets is a twitter battle? Lol! Izzo has said all along that horne's coach told him ndsu awhile back. 99% of bison fans knew he wasn't going to end up on campus. Mollberg made the best decision for him, no doubt. But the bison are just fine at RB and qb for quite awhile anyway. Mollberg is a great get for you guys no doubt about it. Quote
GeauxSioux Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 What is the story on Caleb Belknap from Menasha? I see on Rivals he has an offer from Air Force and Minnesota was looking at him. His junior video is on Youtube, where he had an impressive 22 TDs. Quote
Hambone Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 What is the story on Caleb Belknap from Menasha? I see on Rivals he has an offer from Air Force and Minnesota was looking at him. His junior video is on Youtube, where he had an impressive 22 TDs. I believe he committed to Duluth. Can't remember where I saw that. Quote
UND Fan Posted January 30, 2012 Author Posted January 30, 2012 I believe he committed to Duluth. Can't remember where I saw that. You are correct - he did verbal to UMD. Quote
GeauxSioux Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 With all of the Division I interest, surprising that he went Division II. Quote
UNDvince97-01 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 So two tweets is a twitter battle? Lol! Izzo has said all along that horne's coach told him ndsu awhile back. 99% of bison fans knew he wasn't going to end up on campus. Mollberg made the best decision for him, no doubt. But the bison are just fine at RB and qb for quite awhile anyway. Mollberg is a great get for you guys no doubt about it. You missed the point. Dom Izzo said Marcus Horne soft verballed to ndsu, supposedly per Horne's HS coach....as of yesterday, Horne himself told Travis at WSN firsthand that he NEVER did soft verbal to ndsu. This fall, Dom or Kolpack (can't remember which) reported that Mollberg had given ndsu his "FCS verbal" if he didn't go to the Big 10. A couple days later that was refuted by Mollberg himself in the paper....we know the end result. I can't remember what the source was for the Mollberg to ndsu "FCS verbal" in the article. This is my point. It's one thing to have a kid change his mind and decommit to another school, which happens a lot nowadays, but it is entirely another to be flat-out wrong about your initial report. At best, it's irresponsible journalism......at worst, it's ndsu propaganda from the Fargo Forum and WDAY Sorry, I'm back on topic now. 1 Quote
Risky Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Maybe NDSU stretches the truth a little. It could be a strategy to make the kid feel an obligation to sign with NDSU when he really hasn'tmade up his mind. It could be as type of pressure strategy. That type of recruiting could backfire on you at some point. Quote
Johnny Five Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 I think you guys are putting way too much into how Izzo thinks he can affect a recruit. And I am confident that the best reporter in GF (schlossman) would say the same thing and tell you izzo does a darn nice job. Good luck on Wednesday. I'm just hoping Izzo is in Beach right now. Quote
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