SiouxScore Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 39 minutes ago, Big Lubowski said: Gophers’ linebacker recruit Bryson Jackson flipped his oral commitment to Baylor on Sunday, he said on Twitter. Does this late change affect Ott's situation with UM at all? Were they looking at him as a LB? Probably not, Gophers have a lot of very good depth at LB I don't think they will look to add another one and I think they were looking at Ott as more of a DE who would need to put on some weight. Quote
UND Fan Posted January 22, 2017 Author Posted January 22, 2017 I don't know if we still had our offer out to Noah Harvey, LB from Hartland, WI. He verballed to Bowling Green today Quote
siouxfan512 Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Glad to hear Adeoti committed, and the new still sounds positive on Ott, though I'll feel better on signing day. A little nervous that we haven't heard from any of the OL yet. Obviously Bull is a long shot, as he was committed to Fresno State, but he still took a visit this weekend, which had to mean there was an outside chance. Rousemiller is a bit curious, as UND seems to be his only offer, other than a PWO at MN. I wonder if we'll hear something today or tomorrow. Maybe they kid just wanted to digest his visit and talk with his family. Getting this one would make me feel a little better though. Quote
UND Fan Posted January 23, 2017 Author Posted January 23, 2017 Two prospects with offers (we may or may not have pulled the offers) have made their decisions: TE Alex Oelsner Northwestern S Matt Anderson Air Force Quote
UND-1 Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Ott is this year's hot recruit. He was in last weekend and it went very well, but he has had FBS and FCS offers in the past week. Not sure what teams but I do see Washington State and Western Michigan are following him on Twitter now. Let's hope the work the staff put in building a relationship with him since early last spring will pay off. Quote
ND1 Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 1 hour ago, UND-1 said: Ott is this year's hot recruit. He was in last weekend and it went very well, but he has had FBS and FCS offers in the past week. Not sure what teams but I do see Washington State and Western Michigan are following him on Twitter now. Let's hope the work the staff put in building a relationship with him since early last spring will pay off. Heard he was offered by Washington State but passed and reconfirmed his commitment this weekend on an official visit Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Wondering about how recruiting goes. I imagine there was a time that we had to "settle" on a recruit because we ran out of time and couldn't get those we really wanted. Hopefully, we are past that now but I don't know. Can anyone chime in as to if we still offer because we need a body. Are there any in this recruiting class that we are just settling on or do they all have the potential to succeed? Not looking for names but just overall. Hopefully this doesn't offend - like I said - just wondering? Quote
ND1 Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 I suspect Ott will be persued very heavily in the next week by FCS and FBS teams. Could be one of the FCS steals if he commits to us on the first!! Quote
homer Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 7 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said: Wondering about how recruiting goes. I imagine there was a time that we had to "settle" on a recruit because we ran out of time and couldn't get those we really wanted. Hopefully, we are past that now but I don't know. Can anyone chime in as to if we still offer because we need a body. Are there any in this recruiting class that we are just settling on or do they all have the potential to succeed? Not looking for names but just overall. Hopefully this doesn't offend - like I said - just wondering? I can't tell if your serious 1 1 Quote
SiouxScore Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 33 minutes ago, ND1 said: Heard he was offered by Washington State but passed and reconfirmed his commitment this weekend on an official visit Hadn't heard that but could be as Washington State hired Minnesota's former DL coach. Quote
ND1 Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 Just now, SiouxScore said: Hadn't heard that but could be as Washington State hired Minnesota's former DL coach. Yup... you hit it! Quote
UND-FB-FAN Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 4 hours ago, SiouxScore said: Hadn't heard that but could be as Washington State hired Minnesota's former DL coach. Makes complete sense. Hope Ott maintains his commitment to UND, where championships are the future. Quote
UNDBIZ Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 Hopefully the conference announcement doesn't result in the loss of any committed recruits. Can we start recruiting short, slow DBs again now that we only have to worry about mvfc offenses? 4 Quote
UND-FB-FAN Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 30 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said: Hopefully the conference announcement doesn't result in the loss of any committed recruits. Can we start recruiting short, slow DBs again now that we only have to worry about mvfc offenses? No, but we may have to recruit better linemen across the board. 1 Quote
Longtime fan Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 6 hours ago, UNDBIZ said: Hopefully the conference announcement doesn't result in the loss of any committed recruits. Can we start recruiting short, slow DBs again now that we only have to worry about mvfc offenses? They committed to bubba and UND. Same coach, same school, different conference in three years. Doubt it would be a factor. Big sky does have some great destination cities to see, but to not commit because of 4-5 games or 4-5 days a year would be very questionable. They loved bubba, UND and the upward swing that the football team currently is in. 2 Quote
UND-1 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 On 1/23/2017 at 3:42 PM, UND-1 said: Ott is this year's hot recruit. He was in last weekend and it went very well, but he has had FBS and FCS offers in the past week. Not sure what teams but I do see Washington State and Western Michigan are following him on Twitter now. Let's hope the work the staff put in building a relationship with him since early last spring will pay off. Besides Washington State offering, NDSU and UNI both came in with full rides in the past two weeks. He turned them both down. Gotta hold on for a couple more days. 4 Quote
homer Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 31 minutes ago, UND-1 said: Besides Washington State offering, NDSU and UNI both came in with full rides in the past two weeks. He turned them both down. Gotta hold on for a couple more days. I knew NDSU came at him. They want/wanted him very bad. Didn't know UNI had offered but knew they have been in contact. Final push is here. Quote
Hardcore Hawk Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 53 minutes ago, UND-1 said: Besides Washington State offering, NDSU and UNI both came in with full rides in the past two weeks. He turned them both down. Gotta hold on for a couple more days. Gotta commend the kid for sticking to his original commitment. After losing Seguin already, I'm sure this coaching staff and recruiters have done all they can to hold on to Ott. Quote
siouxfan512 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 4 minutes ago, Hardcore Hawk said: Gotta commend the kid for sticking to his original commitment. After losing Seguin already, I'm sure this coaching staff and recruiters have done all they can to hold on to Ott. Every time this thread pops up, I hope that we have received some OL committs. Getting a little nervous in that area. Also pretty bummed about Seguin. Anyone know what the story was on him? Quote
UND-1 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 7 minutes ago, Hardcore Hawk said: Gotta commend the kid for sticking to his original commitment. After losing Seguin already, I'm sure this coaching staff and recruiters have done all they can to hold on to Ott. Not out of the woods yet. Still 6 more days and teams are starting to really panic now. Lets hope for the best! Quote
UNDBIZ Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 5 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said: Also pretty bummed about Seguin. Anyone know what the story was on him? I'm assuming it was something academic-related (not that he's a bad student necessarily, but that he didn't meet course requirements or something of that nature for admission to UND or for ncaa clearinghouse). 247 still has him committed to us, so apparently he hasn't chosen another school at this point. Quote
UND-1 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 1 minute ago, UNDBIZ said: I'm assuming it was something academic-related (not that he's a bad student necessarily, but that he didn't meet course requirements or something of that nature for admission to UND or for ncaa clearinghouse). 247 still has him committed to us, so apparently he hasn't chosen another school at this point. I think he kind of waffled a bit when it came down to it and we moved on. Possibly some bad advice mixed in. Haven't seen him with any other offers so it may not turn out too well. We'll see. Quote
Ozzie82 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 I see a lot of folks disappointed that we have so few commitments from OLs. I'm not sure they are as big of a priority as others do because of the numbers we already have in the program. As it currently stands UND has the following players for next season: Senior: Miller, Cox, Bell, Stockwell Junior: Aplin, Stiner, Taylor Sophomore: Rooney, Blair Redshirt Freshmen: Tobin, Hunt, Nuon, Russo, Helgren, Mortel Freshmen: Prine, Kruse That's a total of 17 players. I randomly looked at some other top FCS programs. This is how many OLs they have on the roster: YSU: 15 NDSU: 20 Eastern Washington: 14 SDSU: 15 James Madison: 17 We certainly don't want to turn down someone who Coach Knopf really wants, but as it stands we have healthy OL numbers compared to the other programs I looked at. 2 Quote
VMeister Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 2 hours ago, UND-1 said: NDSU and UNI both came in with full rides in the past two weeks. He turned them both down. NDSU never loses a recruiting battle to UND. Didn't you get the memo? Quote
77iceman Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 23 hours ago, UNDBIZ said: Hopefully the conference announcement doesn't result in the loss of any committed recruits. Can we start recruiting short, slow DBs again now that we only have to worry about mvfc offenses? I thought the same thing. There are a few years there where no matter how good the team is, there will be NO conference championship to be had. Nat'l championship or nothing, I guess. Quote
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