“When you try to please everyone, you please no one. “ The UND Nickname Committee has narrowed down the list of potential names to five. The names that made the final five are (vote tally in parentheses): Fighting Hawks (33) Sundogs (40) North Stars (41) Nodaks (44) Roughriders (45) Now, time to give my/our thoughts…
Today out in Cedar City, UT, the Big Sky Conference will be holding it’s annual Media Day. UND has sent Coach Bubba Schweigert and ILB Will Ratelle to represent the program. Interviews with players and coaches begin at 10am CT today. The Preseason All-Conference Team was announced this morning. UND did not place anybody on…
The annual #UND Football Letterwinners Golf Scramble is set to be held on Monday, July 27th at The Legends golf course in Prior Lake, MN. There will also be a social on Sunday night at the Holiday Inn and Suites in Lakeville, MN. This years recipients of the “Legends Award” are Dale Lian (1975-1978) and Bruce…
Per various twitter accounts, a large number of incoming freshman and transfers will be arriving on campus early next week. This will give them a chance to workout with the team for 3 weeks and get acclimated to UND & Grand Forks before the start of fall camp. We have a feeling UND is actively searching…
There have been a few things going down lately related to UND Football so we thought we would give a quick rundown: UND signed two more players a to the Class of 2015 – one high school and one FBS transfer. The high school signee came via Canada, the fourth Canadian in the 2015 class….
We knew UND was looking at adding defensive line depth that could help immediately this fall. It came true as UND signed defensive end Noah Johnson (6’3″-260) from City College of San Francisco. CCSF is a Juco powerhouse in California and perennially plays for the CCCAA State Championship and mythical National Championship. Johnson had 6 sacks…
First off, a bunch of CFL news that relates to UND Football: UND cornerback Alex Tillman recently signed a professional contract with the British Columbia Lions of the CFL. Former UND cornerback Donovan Alexander (2003-2007) decided to retire from the CFL this past winter. Alexander had a solid 7 year CFL career and was also able to retire as…
Here is a listing of the UND Football Summer Camps that will be starting in a couple weeks. The most intriguing camps are the One Day ‘Elite Camps’. These Elite Camps are where many of the top prospects that UND has offered or will offer come to show their skills against other top recruits. Many…
UND held their annual spring game/scrimmage on Saturday and it could not have gone better, IMO. The weather was fantastic, the crowd was surprisingly good, and the game itself was very entertaining. You can tell the players know that very few spots are wrapped up on this team. The intensity level of the game was…
UND will be hosting their annual spring scrimmage at Memorial Stadium on Saturday at 11:30am. Being the staff is only in their second season, there is obviously a ton of jobs up for grabs. Here are some #hottakes on what we are looking for and positions to pay attention to: Three spots on the OL…
