2017 MVFC Recruiting

[bruinbison]

Now the 'Yotes have their own 6' 4" QB verbal from a Florida high school.
Jakob Parks - Clearwater Central Catholic HS

http://www.scout.com/player/208497-jakob-parks?year=2016

South Dakota State - QB verbal - Ethan Bullock - 6'4" 200, Maitland, FL (Orangewood Christian)

NDSU - 6' 4" Holden Hotchkiss - Lakeland Senior HS, Lakeland, FL

Will be interesting to see how they all do.

[Mr Meaty]

Now the 'Yotes have their own 6' 4" QB verbal from a Florida high school.
Jakob Parks - Clearwater Central Catholic HS

http://www.scout.com/player/208497-jakob-parks?year=2016

South Dakota State - QB verbal - Ethan Bullock - 6'4" 200, Maitland, FL (Orangewood Christian)

NDSU - 6' 4" Holden Hotchkiss - Lakeland Senior HS, Lakeland, FL

Will be interesting to see how they all do.

Head North young men where there is whiskey and gold.

[bruinbison]

Northern Iowa gets a verbal from Jared Brinkman,
6' 1" 260, Regina High School, Iowa City, Iowa
younger brother of Bison LB Jake.



He was a Class 1A first-team all-state offensive lineman last fall and had 63 solo tackles and six sacks on defense.

According to Rivals, which lists him as a defensive tackle, Brinkman also held offers from Army (FBS), Western Illinois (FCS) and Northwest Missouri State (D-II).



http://www.thegazette.com/iowa-prep-sports/football-game-center/reginas-jared-brinkman-commits-to-uni-football-20160720

[BFKasper14]

Northern Iowa gets a verbal from Jared Brinkman,
6' 1" 260, Regina High School, Iowa City, Iowa
younger brother of Bison LB Jake.



http://www.thegazette.com/iowa-prep-sports/football-game-center/reginas-jared-brinkman-commits-to-uni-football-20160720

Did we have an offer out on him?


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[Mr Meaty]

Did we have an offer out on him?


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Nope tenchar

[bruinbison]

Seems like recruits are being attracted to the MVFC as it is considered the premier FCS conference......
e.g. Youngstown State DE verbal who had a Kent State offer



and added one of the top FCS recruits in the nation over the weekend when 6-foot-4, 215-pound defensive end Antoine Cook of McKeesport, Pa. came aboard with the Penguins.



And also the South Dakota verbal from 6' 6" 250 lb DE Peter Klug
(Blue Valley North HS - Overland Park Kansas)
(Wyoming offer, Air Force, Tulane, UNI, Illinois State)

and also the South Dakota QB verbal, who said this:



In my opinion (the MVFC) is one of the tops if not the top. The whole conference is filled with well-rounded teams from top to bottom and there is always competition."


(Coyotes now up to 9 verbals)



MVFC Recruiting Is Busiest In FCS, South Dakota Red Hot


http://m.herosports.com/news/ncaa-fcs-mens-football/mvfc-recruiting-is-busiest-in-fcs-south-dakota-red-hot

[bruinbison]

Youngstown State lands freshman FCS transfer



Bo Pelini and his Youngstown State coaching staff have added a nice bonus to their 2016 signing class.
Jonathan Pollock was a 3-star rated, Top-100 linebacker out of Florida this spring when he signed a letter of intent with Rutgers.


The 6' 2" 225 lb is actually considered a 2016 recruit.

http://m.herosports.com/news/ncaa-fcs-mens-football/breaking-youngstown-state-lands-big-time-big-ten-true-freshman-transfer-jonathan-pollock

And a little more of what Jonathan Pollock had to say......:)



he has always loved the FCS level.

"I've always watched FCS games, I mean we're going to get to play North Dakota State, you have teams like Richmond and Youngstown State--you can see how good they are," Pollock said. "It's a blast and I'm no stranger to it".

[bruinbison]

Illinois State wins a FCS recruiting battle for a big OL from Wisconsin,
per Travis Wilson, gets a verbal from Mohammed Elazazy - 6' 4" 322 (Menasha)
(NDSU interest - UNI offer, other offers include SDSU, SD, Eastern Illinois)

http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Mohammed-Elazazy-96178/RecruitInterests

[bruinbison]

Youngstown State makes an offer in Minnesota, according to Scout.
Cretin-Derham Hall's DE/LB James Jackson - 6' 2" 220

Also has offers from Wyoming, SDSU, Northern Iowa, Fighting Hawks and Western Illinois
Listed as a NDSU interest (no offer)

http://www.scout.com/player/206673-james-jackson?year=2016&s=73

[bruinbison]

Western Illinois loses a recruiting battle to Wyoming
Brother Rice senior running back Xazavian Valladay (6-foot-1, 190 pounds)



Valladay, who had an offer from Western Illinois was also drawing late season recruiting interest from several Mid American Conference and Missouri Valley Conference schools before ending his recruiting process tonight.



http://www.csnchicago.com/preps-talk/brother-rice-rb-xazavian-valladay-pledges-wyoming

[bruinbison]

With DE Luke Chuol verbaling to the Coyotes, South Dakota is up to
18 commits so far. Coach Nielson & Co are having a very nice recruiting class so far. As is, the class would include 4 Minnesotans, 4 from Iowa and 2 from Nebraska. Reunites Chuol with RB Lincoln Gibbs of Langford, SD (former NDSU preferred walk-on verbal).

http://m.herosports.com/news/mvfc-rundown-week-11-fcs-football-ndsu-uni

[bruinbison]

Northern Iowa with a recent verbal from Minnesota,
WR Denzel Fondungallah 6' 2" 190 (Cretin-Derham Hall)
Also had offers from Cornell, Columbia

http://www.scout.com/player/207079-denzel-fondungallah/recruiting?year=2016

[bruinbison]

SDSU has a listed offer to this guy, Bellevue West's Jaylin Bradley......
50 TD's this season, 24 in the playoffs. The running back led his team to the Nebraska state championship.
Hope he gets the chance to go to Nebraska :)
(waiting on academics)

http://nebraska.247sports.com/Gallery/Nebraska-target-Jaylin-Bradley-led-Bellevue-West-to-the-Class-A--49172693

http://www.omaha.com/neprepzone/football/mckewon-it-s-no-stretch-bellevue-west-running-back-jaylin/article_27a0507d-4917-5afb-8c63-643a6c2e9d0f.html

[bruinbison]

RB Isaiah Cherrier - 6' 190 (Mound-Westonka HS MN)
verbals to Western Illinois
No other offers listed (UNI interest)

http://247sports.com/player/isaiah-cherrier-89507

[bruinbison]

South Dakota continues getting verbals early and often.
Their fan forum showing the Coyotes have 20 commits now.
Their latest verbal is DE/DT NATHAN SCHULTZ 6'4" 270 lbs - Arrowhead HS, Hartland WI

Of note is the other offers listed for Schultz, including an offer from SDSU.
Other offers included the Fighting Hawks, Illinois State, Stephan F Austin and Western Illinois.

http://usdcoyotesports.proboards.com/thread/1755/2017-commits

[bruinbison]

SDSU dline coach/recruiting coordinator (Jesse Currier) takes defensive coordinator/dline position with Northern State.

http://nsuwolves.com/news/2016/12/28/currier-named-wolves-football-defensive-coordinator.aspx

[bruinbison]

SDSU verbal Noah Urbanek has been offered by Cincinnati
6' 2" 210 LB from Kearney Nebraska
Was also a 2017 NDSU offer

[bruinbison]

SDSU has a listed offer to this guy, Bellevue West's Jaylin Bradley......
50 TD's this season, 24 in the playoffs. The running back led his team to the Nebraska state championship.
Hope he gets the chance to go to Nebraska :)
(waiting on academics)

http://nebraska.247sports.com/Gallery/Nebraska-target-Jaylin-Bradley-led-Bellevue-West-to-the-Class-A--49172693

http://www.omaha.com/neprepzone/football/mckewon-it-s-no-stretch-bellevue-west-running-back-jaylin/article_27a0507d-4917-5afb-8c63-643a6c2e9d0f.html


The Jackrabbits were hoping that the Cornhuskers would "Brewster"
this in-State player and they could sign him, but sounds like he just got the
ACT score he needed and then Nebraska did offer, which he accepted.
Congrats to Jaylin Bradley!

http://nebhssports.com/slider/2017-bellevue-west-running-back-jaylin-bradley-commits-nebraska/

[bruinbison]

Southern Illinois gets a QB verbal from Oklahoma.
Brandon George - 6' 2" 205 - Jones OK, class 3A champs



In his senior season, George accounted for 65 total touchdowns. He threw for 4,035 yards and 44 TDs. He also rushed for 1,305 yards and 21 TDs. He was also named the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year and second team on The Oklahoman’s All-State.



http://m.newsok.com/jones-qb-brandon-george-commits-to-southern-illinois/article/5533605?custom_click=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

http://thesouthern.com/sports/oklahoma-s-gatorade-player-of-the-year-commits-to-siu/article_b4bb6627-404a-5477-9e1e-397fc69e03ab.html



George also rushed for 1,305 yards and 21 touchdowns. He is ranked a three-star prospect by 247sports.com and Scout.com.

[El_Chapo]

Southern Illinois gets a QB verbal from Oklahoma.
Brandon George - 6' 2" 205 - Jones OK, class 3A champs



http://m.newsok.com/jones-qb-brandon-george-commits-to-southern-illinois/article/5533605?custom_click=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

http://thesouthern.com/sports/oklahoma-s-gatorade-player-of-the-year-commits-to-siu/article_b4bb6627-404a-5477-9e1e-397fc69e03ab.html

A 6-foot-2, 205-pound dual-threat quarterback, George had 12 scholarship offers, including New Mexico, North Texas, Ohio, Wake Forest and Wyoming

all Bowl Teams and he goes to SIU? Something doesnt add up, ACT low?? Other teams got a QB already?? whats up .

[bruinbison]

Coach Bob Nielson, in his 2nd recruiting season, has South Dakota
close to full, if not already full, on commits.

http://usdcoyotesports.proboards.com/thread/1755/2017-commits?page=1

Just got a verbal from a Missouri WR, Reggie Crawford Jr (6' 2" 186)
who was good enough to have had offers from Wyoming, Ball State, Illinois,
New Mexico, Illinois State, Missouri State, at one time - 3 star rating.

[bruinbison]

Tanner Taula - 6' 6" 220 TE - Blue Springs HS Missouri - verbals to Illinois State
Had a 2017 NDSU offer, NDSU currently with 2 other 6' 6"ish TE/ATH verbals
Taula also had offers from SDSU, South Dakota, Missouri State, Hawaii
(Darius Shepard's high school)

[bruinbison]

Penguins recent success paying off

http://www.vindy.com/news/2017/jan/14/penguins-recent-success-paying-off/?newswatch&mobile

Antoine Cook DE - 6' 3" 215 - YSU verbal
Other offers included Kent State, Maine, Duquesne, Robert Morris, Stoney Brook

http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Antoine-Cook-92653/RecruitInterests

[Jay]

Daniel Callender verbals to SDSU.

Other offers include Wyoming, Illinois, Hawaii & New Mexico.

http://www.scout.com/player/208852-daniel-callendar/recruiting

[bruinbison]

Jackrabbits really pulled a rabbit out of the hat
with the Callender verbal, 6' 6" 220 DE.
Some Jacks fans think Callender has the potential to start as a true freshman.

If they get the Lofton/Campbell package tomorrow,
perhaps they can pull another rabbit out of the hat,
and get their teammate Boye Mafe to join in the fun,
despite his Rutgers offer and potential Gopher offer.
That would give the Jacks another interesting DE prospect at 6' 4" 220

http://www.scout.com/player/208182-boye-mafe/recruiting?year=2016

[Tony Almeida]

Daniel Callender verbals to SDSU.

Other offers include Wyoming, Illinois, Hawaii & New Mexico.

http://www.scout.com/player/208852-daniel-callendar/recruitingNo other FCS offers?? Wow good for them.
Was this a miss for NDSU or did they see something they didn't like?

[1998braves64]

No other FCS offers?? Wow good for them.
Was this a miss for NDSU or did they see something they didn't like?


From Arizona don't know if NDSU has anyone in that area? Or at least don't go strong on it.

It seems odd that he'd pick SDSU out of those offers?? Unless they were pwo offers instead of a scholarship?

[bruinbison]

Sounds like SDSU was 1st in with showing interest and then an offer,
built their relationship with him, and at the end Mr Callender
felt SDSU was the best fit for his future. Possibly an engineering
major, so that was important in Brookngs being a good fit.
Also, possibly being able to play right away.

[bruinbison]

More confirmed news from Northern Iowa



Brandon Lynch, UNI’s secondary and associate head coach of defense the past two seasons, has accepted a position with East Carolina as its defensive backs coach.





Lynch, a 2006 graduate of Middle Tennessee State, joins UNI defensive line coach Bryce Paup and co-offensive coordinator Ryan Mahaffey as coaches who have left the Panther staff since the end of the season.

Paup is headed to the University of Minnesota to coach its defensive line, while Mahaffey moved on to Western Kentucky to coach the tight ends.



http://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/football/uni-football-panthers-lose-second-defensive-coach/article_98c74ae1-21d1-5621-abfa-54e2ddeab31f.html

[EndZoneQB]

So what kid was the one suspended?

[bruinbison]

Hero Sports article on the Top 25 recruits in FCS

http://m.herosports.com/news/fcs-recruiting-national-top-25-commitments-fcs-football

It is based on 247's rankings at the time of the recruit's verbal commit.
They also will be looking at the Top 100 later, also based on 247.
NDSU's highest ranked commit is TE Noah Gindorff at #34.

MVFC recruits on the Top 25 list:

22 QB Brandon George Jones, Okla. 6'2" 190 Southern Illinois

21 OL Tyler Ciurej Bellevue, Neb. 6'4" 295 South Dakota

6 WR Reggie Crawford St. Louis, Mo. 6'2" 190 South Dakota


#1 on the list goes to Sam Houston, an instate QB, Ty Brock.

5 of the Top 25 are going to the Ivy League, 3 of those to Penn.

Grand Forks Community College has #15 on the list, DE Ezekiel Ott, Caledonia MN. He is the recruit Ryan Burns had a tweet about where the Gophers might take another look at him. Perhaps Ott will be a back-up plan for Coach Fleck.

SDSU's highest ranked recruit at the time of this article came in at #100, LB Levi Brown.

[HerdBot]

Hero Sports article on the Top 25 recruits in FCS

http://m.herosports.com/news/fcs-recruiting-national-top-25-commitments-fcs-football

It is based on 247's rankings at the time of the recruit's verbal commit.
They also will be looking at the Top 100 later, also based on 247.
NDSU's highest ranked commit is TE Noah Gindorff at #34.

MVFC recruits on the Top 25 list:

22 QB Brandon George Jones, Okla. 6'2" 190 Southern Illinois

21 OL Tyler Ciurej Bellevue, Neb. 6'4" 295 South Dakota

6 WR Reggie Crawford St. Louis, Mo. 6'2" 190 South Dakota


#1 on the list goes to Sam Houston, an instate QB, Ty Brock.

5 of the Top 25 are going to the Ivy League, 3 of those to Penn.

Grand Forks Community College has #15 on the list, DE Ezekiel Ott, Caledonia MN. He is the recruit Ryan Burns had a tweet about where the Gophers might take another look at him. Perhaps Ott will be a back-up plan for Coach Fleck.

SDSU's highest ranked recruit at the time of this article came in at #100, LB Levi Brown.

The Dakota schools are killing it this year and have clearly stolen UNIs mojo

[bruinbison]

Recruiting roundup: South Dakota sweeps the state, Hawkeyes, Cyclones and more



Securing seven commitments from Iowa high school players would be a strong recruiting year for the Hawkeyes or Cyclones. But getting seven accepted offers to go to South Dakota?......

South Dakota head coach Bob Nielson is a Marion native who attended and began his career at Wartburg.....

Nielson’s staff includes offensive line coach and Des Moines native Bill O’Boyle, former Drake assistant Mark Watson, and former Morningside assistant Collin Prosser. Even football operations personnel are from Iowa, meaning the Coyotes might not be done sweeping through the state to their southeast any time soon.



http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/recruiting/2017/01/18/recruiting-roundup-south-dakota-sweeps-state-hawkeyes-cyclones-and-more/96729590/

[HerdBot]

Recruiting roundup: South Dakota sweeps the state, Hawkeyes, Cyclones and more



http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/recruiting/2017/01/18/recruiting-roundup-south-dakota-sweeps-state-hawkeyes-cyclones-and-more/96729590/

Interesting... Neilson is doing a great job recruiting. Iowa is to USD what Minnesota is to NDSU.

[bruinbison]

Illinois State wins a FCS recruiting battle for a big OL from Wisconsin,
per Travis Wilson, gets a verbal from Mohammed Elazazy - 6' 4" 322 (Menasha)
(NDSU interest - UNI offer, other offers include SDSU, SD, Eastern Illinois)

http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Mohammed-Elazazy-96178/RecruitInterests

Now, according to Wilson, Elazazy has verbaled to Western Michigan.
So the Redbirds end up being negatively affected by the Fleck hiring at
Minny, since he raided so many of the Western Michigan recruits.

[bruinbison]

Youngstown State gets a commit from Cretin Derham Hall LB
James Jackson, 6' 3" 220. UNI, SDSU offers. Had a Wyoming offer at one time.

Antwione Sims commits to Navy, picking Navy over South Dakota.

[bruinbison]

Will he Row the Boat???

UNI commit Austin Schirck, Carroll, IA (Carroll), DL 6' 5" 265
visiting Minnesota this weekend.

[bruinbison]

Hero Sports article on the Top 25 recruits in FCS

http://m.herosports.com/news/fcs-recruiting-national-top-25-commitments-fcs-football

It is based on 247's rankings at the time of the recruit's verbal commit.
They also will be looking at the Top 100 later, also based on 247.
NDSU's highest ranked commit is TE Noah Gindorff at #34.

MVFC recruits on the Top 25 list:

22 QB Brandon George Jones, Okla. 6'2" 190 Southern Illinois

21 OL Tyler Ciurej Bellevue, Neb. 6'4" 295 South Dakota

6 WR Reggie Crawford St. Louis, Mo. 6'2" 190 South Dakota


#1 on the list goes to Sam Houston, an instate QB, Ty Brock.

5 of the Top 25 are going to the Ivy League, 3 of those to Penn.

Grand Forks Community College has #15 on the list, DE Ezekiel Ott, Caledonia MN. He is the recruit Ryan Burns had a tweet about where the Gophers might take another look at him. Perhaps Ott will be a back-up plan for Coach Fleck.

SDSU's highest ranked recruit at the time of this article came in at #100, LB Levi Brown.


And the follow-up article, the Top 25 recruits in the MVFC

http://m.herosports.com/news/fcs-recruiting-top-25-commitments-missouri-valley-football-mvfc

#22 OL Zach Willis

#20 DE Spencer Waege

#16 OG Nash Jensen

#11 DE Tanner Sundt

#6 is QB Holden Hotchkiss

#4 is TE Noah Gindorff

WR Reggie Crawford - South Dakota - remains atop the MVFC recruits


So while it is easy to be disappointed by a couple of late decommits,
the 247 rankings show the depth of NDSU's recruiting class.
6 of the Top-25 in a 10 team conference for the Bison, not choo bad.
Other MVFC schools may end up with a decommit or 2 as well.

Jacks with 5, 'Yotes with 5 each currently.

[Mr Meaty]

And the follow-up article, the Top 25 recruits in the MVFC

http://m.herosports.com/news/fcs-recruiting-top-25-commitments-missouri-valley-football-mvfc

#22 OL Zach Willis

#20 DE Spencer Waege

#16 OG Nash Jensen

#11 DE Tanner Sundt

#6 is QB Holden Hotchkiss

#4 is TE Noah Gindorff
Of
WR Reggie Crawford - South Dakota - remains atop the MVFC recruits


So while it is easy to be disappointed by a couple of late decommits,
the 247 rankings show the depth of NDSU's recruiting class.
6 of the Top-25 in a 9 team conference, not choo bad.
Other MVFC schools may end up with a decommit or 2 as well.

Price of poker in mvfc is getting higher. NDSU will remain the standard bearer of excellence. But we need to stay vigilant. Go Bison.

[Mr Meaty]

And the follow-up article, the Top 25 recruits in the MVFC

http://m.herosports.com/news/fcs-recruiting-top-25-commitments-missouri-valley-football-mvfc

#22 OL Zach Willis

#20 DE Spencer Waege

#16 OG Nash Jensen

#11 DE Tanner Sundt

#6 is QB Holden Hotchkiss

#4 is TE Noah Gindorff
Of
WR Reggie Crawford - South Dakota - remains atop the MVFC recruits


So while it is easy to be disappointed by a couple of late decommits,
the 247 rankings show the depth of NDSU's recruiting class.
6 of the Top-25 in a 9 team conference, not choo bad.
Other MVFC schools may end up with a decommit or 2 as well.

Price of poker in mvfc is getting higher. NDSU will remain the standard bearer of excellence. But we need to stay vigilant. Go Bison.

[bruinbison]

Will he Row the Boat???

UNI commit Austin Schirck, Carroll, IA (Carroll), DL 6' 5" 265
visiting Minnesota this weekend.

Minnesota did offer, and Schirck did flip his oars to the Gophers.
Gets to follow assistant coach Bryce Paup from UNI to Minnesota.

[Yote 53]

Interesting. I follow Iowa Hawkeyes recruiting and those fans get absolutely peeved when Iowa fills out their recruiting class with MAC recruits that they flip. So when Minnesota flips a MVFC commit I am going to guess that Gopher fans get ticked. I know the Iowa fans who were worried about Fleck are looking at his recruiting class now and are not impressed with some of the MAC flips and now MVFC flips he's bringing in. You're not going to win the Big Ten with MAC and MVFC level recruits.

USD has a commits that are getting offered by Big 12 and SEC schools now, Kansas and Mizzou. I can only imagine what Mizzou fans are thinking, how are we going to compete in the SEC with players we are stealing from South Dakota.

Now, none of that is saying that these players aren't exceptional players. I'm just saying that fans go by the star rating game and when they see a recruit that is getting MVFC level offers then all the sudden a BIG, SEC, or Big 12 school starts offering, it just seems strange. A MAC school I could understand, but SEC?

[HerdBot]

Interesting. I follow Iowa Hawkeyes recruiting and those fans get absolutely peeved when Iowa fills out their recruiting class with MAC recruits that they flip. So when Minnesota flips a MVFC commit I am going to guess that Gopher fans get ticked. I know the Iowa fans who were worried about Fleck are looking at his recruiting class now and are not impressed with some of the MAC flips and now MVFC flips he's bringing in. You're not going to win the Big Ten with MAC and MVFC level recruits.

USD has a commits that are getting offered by Big 12 and SEC schools now, Kansas and Mizzou. I can only imagine what Mizzou fans are thinking, how are we going to compete in the SEC with players we are stealing from South Dakota.

Now, none of that is saying that these players aren't exceptional players. I'm just saying that fans go by the star rating game and when they see a recruit that is getting MVFC level offers then all the sudden a BIG, SEC, or Big 12 school starts offering, it just seems strange. A MAC school I could understand, but SEC?

The irony is many MVFC teams beat the Big Ten /Big 12 teams with MVFC players. It's starting to become more of the norm. Heck we beat a Mac school in 2006 while we were transitioning from D2 to D1.. So the 2006 team beat a mac school with mostly D2 players

[ndsubison1]

Interesting. I follow Iowa Hawkeyes recruiting and those fans get absolutely peeved when Iowa fills out their recruiting class with MAC recruits that they flip. So when Minnesota flips a MVFC commit I am going to guess that Gopher fans get ticked. I know the Iowa fans who were worried about Fleck are looking at his recruiting class now and are not impressed with some of the MAC flips and now MVFC flips he's bringing in. You're not going to win the Big Ten with MAC and MVFC level recruits.

USD has a commits that are getting offered by Big 12 and SEC schools now, Kansas and Mizzou. I can only imagine what Mizzou fans are thinking, how are we going to compete in the SEC with players we are stealing from South Dakota.

Now, none of that is saying that these players aren't exceptional players. I'm just saying that fans go by the star rating game and when they see a recruit that is getting MVFC level offers then all the sudden a BIG, SEC, or Big 12 school starts offering, it just seems strange. A MAC school I could understand, but SEC?

Things may be different down the road, but coaches always gotta start somewhere

[bruinbison]

Well, whatever happened with Northern Iowa, WR Denzel Fondungallah
of Cretin Derham Hall HS goes from a UNI verbal to an Augustana verbal.

Kansas State flips a Coyote verbal, OLB Ian Nordell - 6'4" 230 lbs - Concordia HS, KS

But South Dakota does pick up a verbal from DL Luke Chuol's teammate, DT Sammy Byrd 6' 270 lbs - Centennial HS - Circle Pines , MN

[EndZoneQB]

Interesting. I follow Iowa Hawkeyes recruiting and those fans get absolutely peeved when Iowa fills out their recruiting class with MAC recruits that they flip. So when Minnesota flips a MVFC commit I am going to guess that Gopher fans get ticked. I know the Iowa fans who were worried about Fleck are looking at his recruiting class now and are not impressed with some of the MAC flips and now MVFC flips he's bringing in. You're not going to win the Big Ten with MAC and MVFC level recruits.

USD has a commits that are getting offered by Big 12 and SEC schools now, Kansas and Mizzou. I can only imagine what Mizzou fans are thinking, how are we going to compete in the SEC with players we are stealing from South Dakota.

Now, none of that is saying that these players aren't exceptional players. I'm just saying that fans go by the star rating game and when they see a recruit that is getting MVFC level offers then all the sudden a BIG, SEC, or Big 12 school starts offering, it just seems strange. A MAC school I could understand, but SEC?

Welcome to the FCS table. Not to sound cocky, but truthfully this has been happening to us for awhile now. I know other schools deal with it too. It's not like they are just offering anyone...I mean can you tell me that you couldn't win in the Big 12, B1G or SEC with someone like Nick DeLuca, Billy Turner, Joe Haeg? Even if he is an A+ special teamer, you still need a guy like that on your team. Not every player is a star and some are worth taking a chance on. It goes on with FCS schools offering DII kids. Brock Jensen got a late offer from us and was going to play DII.

[Mr. Burgundy]

will be interesting to see if SDSU stays with Noah Urbanek. Really good player. I loved his film and he did a nice job at camp. Interesting situation for sure.

[jackrabbit1979]

will be interesting to see if SDSU stays with Noah Urbanek. Really good player. I loved his film and he did a nice job at camp. Interesting situation for sure.

If SDSU stays with him? More veiled comments from Burgandy...is there something you know that you want to reveal to the public or just continue to stir the pot?

[bruinbison]

Another compliment to Coyote recruiting as South Dakota loses another
recruit, flipping to Iowa is S JACK KOERNER 6'1" 195 lbs - Dowling Catholic HS, Des Moines

[Mr. Burgundy]

BV is your only source of recruiting. Ask dan Jackson. Huge husker fan. It's all over husker sites and has been since early January. Not sure why u care or have expectations on our site. I'm not the bad guy. He's a jack. Don't worry.

[unbison]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170131/ec4980a3cfe59a312a657c658a5ea458.jpg
One doesn't have to look far to figure out why people would wonder if they will stick with him


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[SDbison]

Another compliment to Coyote recruiting as South Dakota loses another
recruit, flipping to Iowa is S JACK KOERNER 6'1" 195 lbs - Dowling Catholic HS, Des Moines If Koerner is pronounced "corner" it's too bad he doesn't play corner instead of safety.

[ndsubison1]

If SDSU stays with him? More veiled comments from Burgandy...is there something you know that you want to reveal to the public or just continue to stir the pot?

Where there's smoke there's fire. AKA where there's Mr. B, there's Jackrabbits :)

[bisonforever]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170131/ec4980a3cfe59a312a657c658a5ea458.jpg
One doesn't have to look far to figure out why people would wonder if they will stick with him


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Guess he will get his GED. Jacks will still take him. Win at all cost or is it Faith, family, football?( So confusing). Wonder what he did to get expelled?

[bruinbison]

Mark Farley's question to recruits, "Are you worth 4 points?"..........



Those four points represent the difference between last year’s Panther team and three of the four teams that played in the FCS playoff semifinals. UNI lost to each of those teams by four points — Eastern Washington, 34-30, North Dakota State, 24-20, and Youngstown State, 14-10.



UNI's expected 2017 signing class

http://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/football/uni-football-panthers-load-up-on-offensive-linemen-linebackers/article_6da26522-15c1-5562-bd14-bd0b231aae28.html

Of the 18 players expected to sign, don't see any names that jump out to me as a recruiting battle NDSU lost to UNI

[ndsubison1]

Mark Farley's question to recruits, "Are you worth 4 points?"..........



UNI's expected 2017 signing class

http://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/football/uni-football-panthers-load-up-on-offensive-linemen-linebackers/article_6da26522-15c1-5562-bd14-bd0b231aae28.html

Of the 18 players expected to sign, don't see any names that jump out to me as a recruiting battle NDSU lost to UNI

Sounds like most years

[Mr. Burgundy]

Guess he will get his GED. Jacks will still take him. Win at all cost or is it Faith, family, football?( So confusing). Wonder what he did to get expelled?

Faith, family, football. Probably most interesting story I've followed.

[bruinbison]

According to SDSUfans.com, Noah Urbanek did sign.

OL Colton Cook from Minot onboard also, probably a pwo.

[Yote 53]

The two places I check for MVFC recruiting info is our GoYotes site where we have some guys that are really into following USD recruiting and have done a very good job posting info. We've come light years in just a little amount of time in those regards at our site. The other is B-ville to check out the overall scene around the MVFC. You guys do a good job of painting an overall picture of the scene.

[jacksfan29]

If SDSU stays with him? More veiled comments from Burgandy...is there something you know that you want to reveal to the public or just continue to stir the pot?

Always thought it was Lakes but maybe it was Burgundy who created the fake twitter account and trolled SDSU recruits. Would not be surprised at all.

[jacksfan29]

And nothing comes up when you put in your search. You do know how search engines work don't you? If the Twitter account zealot has something on an 18 year old, let him post it.


Guess he will get his GED. Jacks will still take him. Win at all cost or is it Faith, family, football?( So confusing). Wonder what he did to get expelled?

[Mr. Burgundy]

Always thought it was Lakes but maybe it was Burgundy who created the fake twitter account and trolled SDSU recruits. Would not be surprised at all.

Yep. Okay. Nailed it.

[MNLonghorn10]

Lulz at jack fans throwing shade at papa burgundy

[Vet70]

Lulz at jack fans throwing shade at papa burgundy

They must not have anything better to do today.

[Bisonator98]

How does SDSU have room for 34 recruits?

[THEsocalledfan]

BTW, my casual following of NDSU recruiting sure makes me think USD is on the rise. Thoughts?

[tjbison]

BTW, my casual following of NDSU recruiting sure makes me think USD is on the rise. Thoughts?

Step 1. Sign a kid
Step 2. Retain the kid
Step 3. Develop the kid

#1 can be the easiest sometimes, NDSU signed MANY big name, big offer recruits to only have them not see the field.

Till USD can prove that they can do 2 of the 3 above and do it regularly they are still miles behind

[tony]

According to what I saw, UNI got completely shut out of Minnesota!

[EC8CH]

According to what I saw, UNI got completely shut out of Minnesota!

Yikes. I've said it just looks like UNI is trending in a bad direction. I could be wrong but lots of bad signals Cedar Falls.

[THEsocalledfan]

Step 1. Sign a kid
Step 2. Retain the kid
Step 3. Develop the kid

#1 can be the easiest sometimes, NDSU signed MANY big name, big offer recruits to only have them not see the field.

Till USD can prove that they can do 2 of the 3 above and do it regularly they are still miles behind

I dunno. Nielson has a hell of a proven track record; I think he has proved that. (Granted, the culture argument.) I wonder if we are seeing a start to the changing of the guard in SD.

[THEsocalledfan]

Now JJ raving about USD recruiting.

[tjbison]

I dunno. Nielson has a hell of a proven track record; I think he has proved that. (Granted, the culture argument.) I wonder if we are seeing a start to the changing of the guard in SD.

Proven track record doesnt mean squat, so many cases of that its nuts. He has to accomplish the things I laid out. What he did elsewhere does not transfer to Vermillion. You can convince/sell a kid but then you have to keep them, they have to want to stay, they have to want to win, you have to coach them up and teach them. Its called Culture. USD doesnt have that, now im not saying Nielson cant build that but it takes way more than this class to achieve.

Look at Spack, trying to be NDSU with Transfers, Sam Houston, JSU etc..they rob peter to pay paul with FBS flunkies.

Ill give credit where its due when I see results from USD. SDSU is also an example, coaches bragging and smacking on social medai does not create a hard nosed, winning culture, and their track record is way better than USD

[THEsocalledfan]

Proven track record doesnt mean squat, so many cases of that its nuts. He has to accomplish the things I laid out. What he did elsewhere does not transfer to Vermillion. You can convince/sell a kid but then you have to keep them, they have to want to stay, they have to want to win, you have to coach them up and teach them. Its called Culture. USD doesnt have that, now im not saying Nielson cant build that but it takes way more than this class to achieve.

Look at Spack, trying to be NDSU with Transfers, Sam Houston, JSU etc..they rob peter to pay paul with FBS flunkies.

Ill give credit where its due when I see results from USD. SDSU is also an example, coaches bragging and smacking on social medai does not create a hard nosed, winning culture, and their track record is way better than USD

Oh, come now; that is way to overly harsh to the SD schools. There is zero doubt Glenn made progress there and SDSU has had success by any normal measure; reminder they just came off their best season ever. I will give credit where due, even if both failing by NDSU standards.

[Bisonator98]

Nielson is a good recruiter and coach. USD will be on the rise if he stays there.

[THEsocalledfan]

Nielson is a good recruiter and coach. USD will be on the rise if he stays there.

Bingo; in my opinion, considering our discuss on a successor to Coach K, he would likely be on a short list for NDSU if the unthinkable of him ever leaving happens.

[EC8CH]

Nielson is a good recruiter and coach. USD will be on the rise if he stays there.

Agreed. He has proven to improve the programs where ever he goes.

[Bison"FANatic"]

I dunno. Nielson has a hell of a proven track record; I think he has proved that. (Granted, the culture argument.) I wonder if we are seeing a start to the changing of the guard in SD.

I don't think they are as far off as some think. They are really trending the right way.

UNI I think is turning into a dumpster fire. You can't keep going through the assistants they way they do. I really believe the sooner they replace Farley the better they will be. He has no staff now and if I was the AD now that signing day is done I would cut him loose and replace him before he brings in a staff.

[Bisonator98]

I don't think they are as far off as some think. They are really trending the right way.

UNI I think is turning into a dumpster fire. You can't keep going through the assistants they way they do. I really believe the sooner they replace Farley the better they will be. He has no staff now and if I was the AD now that signing day is done I would cut him loose and replace him before he brings in a staff.

They probably can't afford the buyout for Farley.

[bruinbison]

Wascally Wabbits: Jordan Paup heads to Nebraska as a walk on.
No sign of WR Isaiah Hill yet on SDSU's signing list.
Hopkins HS's Campbell and Lofton did sign

[EndZoneQB]

Wascally Wabbits: Jordan Paup heads to Nebraska as a walk on.
No sign of WR Isaiah Hill yet on SDSU's signing list.
Hopkins HS's Campbell and Lofton did sign

Hill signed.

[SDbison]

Hill signed. Waiting so long Hill must of been out shopping around for a better deal until the last minute. Sounds like he is really excited to be a bunny turd.

[Hammersmith]

Waiting so long Hill must of been out shopping around for a better deal until the last minute. Sounds like he is really excited to be a bunny turd.

Supposedly he signed early in the day, but Zimmer missed it.

[jacksfan29]

Waiting so long Hill must of been out shopping around for a better deal until the last minute. Sounds like he is really excited to be a bunny turd.

He was the first one in, before the media began coverage. Another intelligent, uninformed post.

[SDbison]

He was the first one in, before the media began coverage. Another intelligent, uninformed post. You didn't even know that until a couple hours ago according to your own message board. And no confirmation this was in fact the case. But congrats on the crappy coverage for your recruits if you can miss calling them out for 8 hours after they sign. lmao! GFY bunny turd.
At least Bison fans don't lurk on your crappy board to monitor for up to date corrections.

[jrd]

At least Bison fans don't lurk on your crappy board to monitor for up to date corrections.

Nope they spend their time trolling our recruits with fake twitter accounts

[EC8CH]

Nope they spend their time trolling our recruits with fake twitter accounts

We don't need to put out stupid tweets for your coaching staff. They do that perfectly well all on their own.

[bruinbison]

Minnesota Class of 2017 Top Player List (From Gopherhole)
(Site has not been updated yet since signing day, so could be some mistakes)

Top 6 went FBS, also 8-10

# 7 - Noah Gindorff - TE - NDSU
#11 - Nash Jensen - OL - NDSU
#12 - Tanner Sundt - DE - NDSU
#13 - Luke Chuol - DL - South Dakota
#16 - Malik Lofton - CB - SDSU
#17 - Deyvon Campbell - RB/WR - SDSU
#21 - Kolade Amusan - LB - South Dakota
#25 - Jalen Morrison - DE - Fighting Hawks
#26 - Ezekiel Ott - DE/OLB - Fighting Hawks
#27 - Brock Boltman - QB - Fighting Hawks
#28 - Levi Brown - WR - SDSU
#29 - Reece Winkleman - LB/DE - SDSU
#30 - Michael Wandmaker - WR - SDSU
#31 - Jason Titus - OL - SDSU
#32 - Leif Bungum - DB/ATH Fighting Hawks
#33 - Conner Kruse - OL - Fighting Hawks
#34 - Graham Devore - OL - Fighting Hawks
#36 - Isaiah Cherrier - RB/LB - Western Illinois
#37 - Austin Hopp - OL - Western Illinois
#38 - Matt Gilray - OL - South Dakota
#39 - Alex Jensen - TE - South Dakota
#40 - Darby Grengs - DB - MSU Moorhead
#41 - Noah Sanders - QB - NDSU

49 players were ranked, 42 - 49 going D2

http://www.gopherhole.com/page/show/1426280-class-of-2017-minnesota-hs-football-recruits

- NDSU had 3 scholarship players from Minnesota, nice to see them near the top of the list :)

- Bob Nielson at South Dakota has the 'Yotes much more active in Minnesota than they were previously

- Even with Nielson gone from Western Illinois, they remain active in Minnesota

- No UNI in top 49, could be wrong on that but......:)

- Just as different schools judge each player differently, so do the scouting services. Ezekiel Ott is at #4 with North Star Football News, #26 here

[bruinbison]

Just got my Parade magazine in the early StarTrib Sunday edition.
SDSU recruit Daniel Callender is an honorable mention in their high school All-American team. Only FCS recruit on the list. 6' 5" 230 DE from Arizona. Will be interesting to see how he does next 4-5 years.

[Grizzled]

Minnesota Class of 2017 Top Player List (From Gopherhole)
(Site has not been updated yet since signing day, so could be some mistakes)

Top 6 went FBS, also 8-10

# 7 - Noah Gindorff - TE - NDSU
#11 - Nash Jensen - OL - NDSU
#12 - Tanner Sundt - DE - NDSU
#13 - Luke Chuol - DL - South Dakota
#16 - Malik Lofton - CB - SDSU
#17 - Deyvon Campbell - RB/WR - SDSU
#21 - Kolade Amusan - LB - South Dakota
#25 - Jalen Morrison - DE - Fighting Hawks
#26 - Ezekiel Ott - DE/OLB - Fighting Hawks
#27 - Brock Boltman - QB - Fighting Hawks
#28 - Levi Brown - WR - SDSU
#29 - Reece Winkleman - LB/DE - SDSU
#30 - Michael Wandmaker - WR - SDSU
#31 - Jason Titus - OL - SDSU
#32 - Leif Bungum - DB/ATH Fighting Hawks
#33 - Conner Kruse - OL - Fighting Hawks
#34 - Graham Devore - OL - Fighting Hawks
#36 - Isaiah Cherrier - RB/LB - Western Illinois
#37 - Austin Hopp - OL - Western Illinois
#38 - Matt Gilray - OL - South Dakota
#39 - Alex Jensen - TE - South Dakota
#40 - Darby Grengs - DB - MSU Moorhead
#41 - Noah Sanders - QB - NDSU

49 players were ranked, 42 - 49 going D2

http://www.gopherhole.com/page/show/1426280-class-of-2017-minnesota-hs-football-recruits

- NDSU had 3 scholarship players from Minnesota, nice to see them near the top of the list :)

- Bob Nielson at South Dakota has the 'Yotes much more active in Minnesota than they were previously

- Even with Nielson gone from Western Illinois, they remain active in Minnesota

- No UNI in top 49, could be wrong on that but......:)

- Just as different schools judge each player differently, so do the scouting services. Ezekiel Ott is at #4 with North Star Football News, #26 here

Was NorthStar the same site that had Noah Sanders the top ranked QB in Minnesota?

[Jay]

Was NorthStar the same site that had Noah Sanders the top ranked QB in Minnesota?

Yes........

[CAS4127]

http://herosports.com/news/fcs-football-top-25-quarterbacks-signees-fcs-recruiting


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[bruinbison]

http://herosports.com/news/fcs-football-top-25-quarterbacks-signees-fcs-recruiting


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Top 25 QB FCS Recruits.

The Dakotas will be the battle of Florida.....

10 North Dakota State - Holden Hotchkiss - Lakeland, Fla. 6'4" 205

21 South Dakota State - Ethan Bullock - Maitland, Fla. 6'4" 200

22 South Dakota - Jakob Parks - Clearwater, Fla. 6'4" 200



Also in the Missouri Valley:

5 Southern Illinois - Brandon George - Jones, Okla. 6'2" 190

11 Illinois State - Trenton Hatfield - Muncie, Ind. 6'2" 185

Also, Montana State had #17 on the QB list, Tucker Rovig of Meridian, Idaho 6'5" 205.
He was an early commit, listed in June last year, so perhaps that affected QB Noah Sanders' scholarship offer from the Bobcats.
Sanders signed with NDSU as a preferred walkon.

[CAS4127]

2017 Top 250 FCS Recruits: ‪ http://m.herosports.com/news/fcs-recruiting-top-250-recruit-ranking-2017-class‬


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[bruinbison]

Illinois State adds a Notre Dame transfer, 6' 2' 240 LB Josh Barajas (sophomore)



During his prep career, Barajas was named to the USA Today American Family Insurance All-USA Indiana Football Team as a linebacker and was ranked as the 10th inside linebacker nationally by ESPN. He was also rated as the 93rd player nationally on Tom Lemming's Top 300 list, following a senior season performance that earned him 2014 Indiana Class 3A all-state team honors from the Associated Press. In addition, he was selected to play in the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, making two solo tackles in the contest.



http://goredbirds.com/news/2017/5/31/redbird-football-adds-notre-dame-transfer-barajas-to-2017-roster.aspx

[bruinbison]

Luke Chuol has tagged his twitter feed with @Iowa Western

Looks like he is going the juco route at Council Bluffs Iowa for whatever reason.
Signed with South Dakota, was at one time a NDSU verbal.
6' 3" 230 DE/DT from Centenial HS (MN)

[tony]

Luke Chuol has tagged his twitter feed with @Iowa Western

Looks like he is going the juco route at Council Bluffs Iowa for whatever reason.
Signed with South Dakota, was at one time a NDSU verbal.
6' 3" 230 DE/DT from Centenial HS (MN)

Interesting...

Youngstown State picks up a Florida DE transfer: http://florida.247sports.com/Bolt/Justus-Reed-transferred-to-Youngstown-State-104024027

[HerdBot]

Luke Chuol has tagged his twitter feed with @Iowa Western

Looks like he is going the juco route at Council Bluffs Iowa for whatever reason.
Signed with South Dakota, was at one time a NDSU verbal.
6' 3" 230 DE/DT from Centenial HS (MN)

Hey at least they saved us the hassle of having a player flake out at the last minute and we were able to land Sundt, McCormick, Waege, and Lane Tucker last year because of it

[StL Bison Fan]

Maybe we need a MVFC transfer thread (or is there one?)

CARBONDALE, Ill. - The Southern Illinois football program added six mid-year additions, head coach Nick Hill announced Tuesday. Titus Booker (CB, Wisconsin), Madre Harper (CB, Oklahoma State), Stone Labanowitz (QB, ASA Junior College), Matt Quarells (WR, Iowa), Nate Strong (RB, Missouri), and Jaylen Waters (LB, Minnesota) are enrolled at SIU and will be with the team for spring practices.

[GRAFTONBISON]

Maybe we need a MVFC transfer thread (or is there one?)

CARBONDALE, Ill. - The Southern Illinois football program added six mid-year additions, head coach Nick Hill announced Tuesday. Titus Booker (CB, Wisconsin), Madre Harper (CB, Oklahoma State), Stone Labanowitz (QB, ASA Junior College), Matt Quarells (WR, Iowa), Nate Strong (RB, Missouri), and Jaylen Waters (LB, Minnesota) are enrolled at SIU and will be with the team for spring practices.

That's a bold strategy Cotton!

[EndZoneQB]

That's a bold strategy Cotton!

That Quarells kid transferred in from New Mexico already too. Yikes.

[StL Bison Fan]

That Quarells kid transferred in from New Mexico already too. Yikes.

So he went from New Mexico to Iowa to SIU?