UND Gets First Three Commits

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UND garnered their first three commitments to the Class of 2018.  Not surprisingly, the commitments came after UND held their first of two Elite Camps last Thursday. Rain Slater – 6’4″-310 – St. Johns High School in Winnipeg, MB.  Slater is very athletic for his size, showing good footwork and burst on his film.  He projects
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SFI Big Sky Preseason Poll

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Here at SFI, we haven’t really ever done our own preseason poll in the summer months in the past, but since we have seen several media members releasing their 2017 Big Sky Football Preseason Polls recently we figured we would do one of our own.  After some intense internal arguing and debating between the SFI team members,
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UND Elite Camp #1

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Coach Bubba Schweigert and staff will be holding their first of two extremely important Elite Camps today on the UND campus. The camp begins at 1pm tomorrow – here is breakdown of how the camp will go – Big guys first, then skill positions: 1:00pm – OL/DL/TE registration 1:30pm – Stretch/Testing 2:30pm – Position drills
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A Look at the Utes

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Is it too early to take a quick peek at UND’s season opening opponent, The Utah Utes?  We don’t think so. Here is some information that we were able to glean from their recently completed spring ball session: Utah is coming off a 9-4 season that saw them beat Indiana in the Foster Farms Bowl out
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Two Big Additions to UND Program

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Over a two day span last week the UND Football program added a couple key pieces that they hope will continue them on their journey to the top of the FCS landscape. In a bit of a surprise, former Sacramento State quarterback Nate Ketteringham confirmed that he is going to transfer to UND for this coming season.  Ketteringham
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Early Signing Period & More

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The NCAA recently passed the long awaited “Early Signing Period” for college football. Starting this winter, high school football prospects can now sign their NLI in a three day window from December 20-22.  Previously, signing day was always the first Wednesday in February. Here are some thoughts on this change as it pertains to UND
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The Return of Elijah Grady

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To say most everybody was caught off guard would be an understatement.  In what by all accounts appeared to be something that developed very quickly, former UND right tackle Elijah Grady (New Town, ND) has decided to return to the the UND Football program. On Friday, Coach Bubba Schweigert announced that Grady is going to
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Spring 2017 – What We Learned

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Every year at this time we like to look back and compile our thoughts on UND’s spring season and try to figure out if we learned anything.  There are usually a few items we looked for heading into the spring season so did we get any answers? Our biggest concern, the offensive line, has a ways
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5 Things to Watch for – UND Spring Game 2017

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UND Spring Game – tonight, 5pm at the High Performance Center. With the spring game roughly 8 hours away we figured we would let you know what we will be keeping our eye on. UND is still a few positions away from being a contender in the FCS world and shoring up some of these spots will
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Spring Game/Junior Day This Friday

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UND will be hosting their annual Spring Game this Friday, April 14th at 5pm.  The scrimmage/game will be played in the High Performance Center (HPC) on campus. You may have noticed that Bubba Schweigert has decided to transition the game away from the Alerus Center.  For years, UND held the game indoors at the Alerus Center and
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O’Brien to Retire & More

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The UND Football staff got a dose of bad news recently when they found out ILB Connor O’Brien decided to hang it up due to concussion issues. O’Brien was a returning starter for DC Eric Schmidt and was the third leading tackler on the team.  More important than that, Connor is the team leader on and
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Random Hawkenings

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There have been a few things going on lately that we felt are worth touching on. Spring break is now officially over so UND will be starting up with spring ball again tomorrow, March 22.  This will be practice #5. Former RB coach Kevin Maurice recently left UND and took the same position at Big
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Spring Ball 2017 – Offense

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On the Offensive side of the ball UND is definitely looking for improvement upon their 2016 season.  In Big Sky play UND ranked: #7 – Scoring Offense (29.6 pts/game) #9 – Total Offense (386.2 yds/game) #4 – Rushing Offense (208.4 yds/game) #11 – Pass Offense (177.8 yds/game) #9 – Sacks Allowed (24) #13 (last) – 3rd Down
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Spring Ball 2017 – Defense

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Coming off a landmark season which saw them reach the FCS Playoffs for the very first time, UND now heads into the always important spring season with plenty of enthusiasm…and some question marks. On the defensive side of the ball UND is looking to build off a solid 2016 season.  In Big Sky play UND ranked: #1 – Scoring
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Spring Ball Right Around the Corner

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Now that recruiting is over and everyone is recovered it’s time to shift our focus to UND Spring ball. This will be a very important spring ball session for a number of reasons. This will be the deepest, most talented team in the UND D1 era. The UND coaching staff returns intact, once again.  This
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SFI 2017 Recruiting Class Review

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Now that all the papers have been signed it’s time for our annual  SFI Signing Class Review. To watch highlights of all the players in the class go our 2017 Commits/Signees page. Quarterback (2) Brock Boltmann Andrew Zimmerman Running Back (1) James Johannesson Fullback (1) Andrew Jones Wide Receiver (4) Cameron McKinney Mikey Griebel Jack Pifer Israel
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UND Class of 2017 Commits/Signees

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Current Class of 2017 Commits/Signees (24) Quarterback (2) Brock Boltmann Andrew Zimmerman Running Back (1) James Johannesson Fullback (1) Andrew Jones Wide Receiver (4) Cameron McKinney Mikey Griebel Jack Pifer Israel Adeoti Tight End (1) Graham Devore Offensive Line (3) Connor Kruse Wil Prine Jeremy Jenkins Defensive Line (3) Jalen Morrison Ezekiel Ott Nick Honerlaw
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Signing Day Party 2017

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UND Football will be hosting their annual Signing Day Party on Wednesday, February 1st.  It will be held at the Alerus Center. Social begins at 5:30pm. The program and presentation of the Class will begin at 6:00pm. The party is free of charge and is always a good time.    
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Final 2017 Recruiting Weekend

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The end is near.  The long, winding recruiting season will come to a conclusion next Wednesday when official papers are signed. In the mean time, UND will be hosting a mix of current commits and potential commits this weekend, the last of the year. Here are the names we have compiled as visiting: Hayden Reynolds
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UND Football to Join MVFC

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In breaking news today from Brad Schlossman/Tom Miller of the Grand Forks Herald, UND will be announcing tomorrow that they are moving their football team to the Missouri Valley Football Conference. UND is not set to join the Missouri Valley until 2020, however. The rest of the sports will be joining the Summit League. This
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Upcoming Recruiting Weekend

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The UND staff will be hosting their second recruiting weekend on January 20-22.  They hosted 8 recruits last weekend to kick things off.  As we stated in a previous post, typically UND gets two recruiting weekends in BEFORE Xmas, but due to making the playoffs and earning a seed that schedule got kicked back.  Which is
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Random Post-Xmas Break Updates

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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.
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UND Adds Juco QB

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Quarterback is the most important position on the field, and probably in all of team sports.  A team can go from 60 to zero in the blink of eye if their starting QB gets hurt.  UND is not immune to this phenomenon.  In fact, Tom Miller just had a blog post about how many times a
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