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Highly Sought-After Teiken Commits To UND

Posted on June 23, 2021 by

To say recruiting in the upper midwest is a battle would be an understatement. There are six FCS schools in a four-state region and most all of them are among the best programs in the country. Typically they all covet the same players. The Hawks pulled of a major recruiting win against those FCS foes

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Kelzenberg Becomes First 2022 Commit

Posted on June 21, 2021 by 2 Comments

The UND offensive line has been in a transformation stage over the past two seasons. Joe Pawlak arrived and immediately wanted to put his stamp on his unit and more importantly improve a stagnant rushing attack. The improvement was quite noticeable this past spring and it’s only fitting the first commitment to the 2022 class

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2021 Summer Workouts, Camp & Recruiting Season

Posted on June 3, 2021 by 3 Comments

The Hawks are officially back on their ‘normal’ schedule after the unique spring season concluded a few weeks ago. The team is back to work and the strength staff has predictably tweaked the summer workout regimen due to the past year being so different. The emphasis this summer will begin with more weight room time

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Hawks Add Line Help Via Transfer Portal

Posted on May 19, 2021 by

We have entered the era of free agency in college football and rosters will be overhauled like never before. That much is certain. Some schools will go to the extreme, like Missouri State, others will do some minor tweaking, like UND. For the old guard it is bordering on sacrilegious to leave your school, for

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UND Football: A 2021 Spring Review and Look Ahead To Fall

Posted on May 5, 2021 by 9 Comments

After all was said and done I would say the spring season was a success. So much so that expectations among the UND Fighting Hawks faithful are at an all-time high. Personally, I doubted whether to continue playing after the repeated cancellations & opt-outs in late March/early April. Thankfully, nobody listened to me because it

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UNDFB360 Pregame Show – Spring Playoff Quarterfinals vs James Madison

Posted on April 30, 2021 by 1 Comment

Welcome to the Week 8 Spring Playoff Edition of the UNDFB360 Pregame Show! Inside Shannon Schweigert and Kelly Howe review the Missouri State victory and take a look at the bracket & discuss who will advance to the semi-finals. Kelly and Shannon talk the keys to the UND/JMU game and the differences between this week and

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Hawks Dismantle Missouri State In First Round of FCS Playoffs

Posted on April 26, 2021 by 2 Comments

I had a feeling this one was going to be one-sided. I just didn’t know that it would be that one-sided. The Hawks, as we predicted on the pregame podcast, showed no signs of rust after having not played for over a month. The end result was a 44-10 blowout of Missouri State and a

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UNDFB360 Pregame Show – Spring Playoffs Round 1 vs Missouri State

Posted on April 22, 2021 by

Welcome to the Week 7 Spring Playoff Edition of the UNDFB360 Pregame Show! Inside Shannon Schweigert and Kelly Howe review the playoff bracket and give their thoughts on who got snubbed, surprises, upsets, etc. Kelly and Shannon talk the keys to the UND/MSU game. Kelly gives his UND/MSU Game Prediction and it’s a doozy! UND Football

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It’s Hawks vs Bears In Round 1 Of FCS Playoffs

Posted on April 19, 2021 by 8 Comments

Your UND Fighting Hawks are back in the FCS playoffs! This is the third time in the last five years the Hawks have been selected to join the FCS playoff field. They will be searching for their first ever playoff victory this Saturday when they take on the Missouri State Bears at 3:00pm CT inside

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UNDFB360 Pregame Show – Spring Week 6 vs Youngstown State

Posted on March 25, 2021 by

Welcome to the Week 6 spring edition of the UNDFB360 Pregame Show! Inside Shannon Schweigert and Kelly Howe review the North Dakota State loss that dropped the Hawks to 4-1 on the season. Grand Forks Herald beat writer Tom Miller joins us to talk UND football and this weekend’s UND/YSU matchup, along with his game

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UNDFB360 Pregame Show – Spring Week 5 vs NDSU

Posted on March 18, 2021 by 3 Comments

Welcome to the Week 5 spring edition of the UNDFB360 Pregame Show! Inside Shannon Schweigert and Kelly Howe review the Western Illinois victory. Hero Sports Senior Analyst Sam Herder joins us to talk FCS football and this weekend’s UND/NDSU matchup, along with his prediction! Kelly and Shannon talk the keys to the UND/NDSU game. Kelly

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UNDFB360 Pregame Show – Spring Week 4 vs Western Illinois

Posted on March 11, 2021 by 1 Comment

Welcome to the Week 4 spring edition of the UNDFB360 Pregame Show! Inside Shannon Schweigert and Kelly Howe review the South Dakota victory. UND safeties coach Joel Schwenzfeier joins us to talk about this week’s matchup with the Leathernecks. Kelly and Shannon talk the keys to the UND/Western Illinois game and what the Hawks need to

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Hawks Grind Out Victory Over South Dakota

Posted on March 5, 2021 by 3 Comments

It wasn’t pretty but it was another solid win for UND. The Hawks weren’t firing on all cylinders last night but they controlled the game from start to finish and scratched out a 21-10 victory to improve to 3-0. They are also 3-0 ATS. For some of you I am not sure which one is

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UNDFB360 Pregame Show – Spring Week 3 vs South Dakota

Posted on March 3, 2021 by 2 Comments

Welcome to the Week 3 spring edition of the UNDFB360 Pregame Show! Inside Shannon Schweigert and Kelly Howe review the South Dakota State victory. Kelly and Shannon talk the keys to the UND/South Dakota game and how UND history is not good in this type of game (1999 team). Kelly gives his UND/South Dakota Game

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After Shaky Start Hawks Storm Back To Defeat SDSU

Posted on March 1, 2021 by 6 Comments

I have really enjoyed the spring football season thus far, folks. I think I could get used to this. The Fighting Hawks took down the #3 ranked South Dakota State Jackrabbits on Saturday by a final of 28-17 and in the process energized a fanbase to levels not seen since the early 2000’s. There were

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UNDFB360 Pregame Show – Spring Week 2 vs South Dakota State

Posted on February 25, 2021 by 3 Comments

Welcome to the Week 2 spring edition of the UNDFB360 Pregame Show! Inside Shannon Schweigert and Kelly Howe review the Southern Illinois victory. Interview with UND Offensive Coordinator Danny Freund. Kelly and Shannon talk the keys to the UND/South Dakota State game. Kelly gives his UND/South Dakota State Game Prediction. UND Football 360 ·

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Hawks Add In-State Standout Simon Romfo Before Signing Day

Posted on February 1, 2021 by 5 Comments

The recruiting world has been fairly quiet over the past month or so. The ‘early signing period’ has taken away a lot of the fanfare from the February ‘late signing day’. However, Bubba Schweigert and Danny Freund found time to squeeze in one more commitment in quarterback Simon Romfo, who is slated to be a

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The MVFC Modifies Their Spring Schedule

Posted on January 22, 2021 by 5 Comments

In what wasn’t a huge surprise, the MVFC reshuffled their conference schedule yesterday in response to Indiana State opting out of the spring season. This new schedule isn’t a drastic change for UND as they didn’t play the Sycamores this year. The Hawks still open the season with three straight home games but now play

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Wisconsin Defensive Back Commits To Hawks

Posted on January 11, 2021 by

When reviewing the early 2021 signing class we had written that it was unusual to see UND not have a recruit from Wisconsin. That all changed on Sunday. Cornerback Clayton Bishop of Kenosha Indian Trail High School committed to the Hawks yesterday and upped the class total to 18. Former UND OL Ben Jansen also

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Hawks Set Spring Camp Schedule

Posted on January 7, 2021 by 2 Comments

We’re typically used to laying out the “fall camp” schedule for everyone, but like most everything else in the world, this year is different. The UND Football program will begin their spring camp soon as they set their sights on the home opener on February 20th vs. the Missouri State Bears and new head coach

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UND 2020 Signing Day Podcast

Posted on December 16, 2020 by

The most glorious time of the year arrived today for football fans. The future and hope of every program was made official and as always it’s fun to break it down and see exactly what the University of North Dakota added to their team today. The Hawks signed 16 players total. 10 on offense and

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Fall Ball Is Complete: Here’s What We Know Heading Into MVFC Spring Season

Posted on November 30, 2020 by 3 Comments

Fall is spring. Spring is fall. Like my Grandpa Howard used to say: that guy doesn’t know if he’s foot or horseback. I am sure that many college football programs around the country have felt that same way throughout 2020. But, the good news it’s almost over and hopefully, some sense of order will be

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A Pair of Patriots Join The Nest

Posted on November 24, 2020 by 2 Comments

It’s not often that a college program gets commitments from teammates in the same class. It’s even more rare when they commit on back-to-back days. Bubba Schweigert added two state champions to the 2021 recruiting class this week when offensive lineman Hunter Harvey and tight end Noah Schaffner committed to UND. Both are coming in

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Historic Memorial Stadium To Live On

Posted on November 2, 2020 by 6 Comments

Memorial Stadium, the long time home of UND Football (and I mean LONG TIME), is slated to get a new life and for anybody associated with the program, past or present, this is excellent news. The old boy was starting to fall apart about 20+ years ago and it got to the point where something

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2020 Fall Ball Is Underway For The Hawks

Posted on October 12, 2020 by 11 Comments

The Fighting Hawks are officially back on the practice field in full gear. This time it’s under the umbrella of “Fall Ball”. Last time they were on the field for this type of workout was in March for their annual “Spring Ball” session. Covid hit, however, so fast forward to October and here we are.

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