• Last night, UND received their latest verbal commitment from fullback Andrew Jones of Northern Cass High School in ND.  Jones is 5’11”-220.  We will add him to our UND Class of 2017 recruiting post (coming soon) with all the hudl highlights and try to bump it to the top each time there is a commitment.  We believe that Jones is going to be a preferred walk-on.
  • Safety Zach Arnell was denied his request for another season under the hardship rule.  Arnell sat out 8 games last season after he had his leg broke on a nasty/cheap block from behind in the NDSU game (3rd game of the year).  We have been told that it was denied because he did not miss two years.  Arnell was injured early in one season at Santa Barbara JC but the problem is he came back to play again that year.  So that does not count for missing a season.  No matter how you slice it, it’s a bad deal for Arnell.  His career at UND is pretty much over, barring a successful appeal.
  • We are becoming less and less confident in WR Clive Georges receiving a hardship waiver for a sixth year.  We believe it was submitted but have not heard anything as of yet.  With Arnell not receiving his it certainly does not give us confidence in Clive receiving one.
  • We are going to assume that DE commit Quintin Seguin is no longer in UND’s plans, or vice-versa.  He was supposed to sign at Xmas break and never did.  That tells us something happened.  Cannot imagine him still coming to UND.
  • Coach Bubba Schweigert recently was given a well-deserved extension through the 2021 season.  His new base salary will be around $185,000 per year and go up incrementally ($10,000) each year.  Schweigert has a 21-14 record at UND and is coming off a 9-3 season that saw UND achieve it’s first ever Big Sky Championship and first ever FCS playoff berth/seed.  Schweigert’s assistants will also receive a salary bump, which was badly needed.  We like to think our post from before Xmas that laid out how low his pay is helped him in getting this extension.  🙂

 

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