If memory serves me, he is about 3" shorter and 5 lbs lighter than Phil Hanson as a new NDSU freshman.Quote:
Originally Posted by SDbison
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If memory serves me, he is about 3" shorter and 5 lbs lighter than Phil Hanson as a new NDSU freshman.Quote:
Originally Posted by SDbison
You don't give kid scholarships to bust there butts on special teams for 4 years...Quote:
Originally Posted by mgbison
6'1" and 185 isn't a bad size...it is a bit small for a LB, he has got to be at least a bit athletic if he is playing QB, WR, FB, and RB, maybe a safety...I guess I was expecting to see his name as a preferred walk on come Feb.
like i said that's a worst case scenario. i'm guessing most undersized kids with possible potential are only getting partial scholarships.
GIven that he played "all over the field" I would be surprised if he got moved to safety. He's almost the size Craig Dahl is now and the guy is playing in the NFL (albeit for the Rams, which are questionably "professional." :D).Quote:
Originally Posted by BisonNolesFan77
Regardless, he's a Bison now! Welcome to the team Travis!
i'm sure northernbison will fill us in
I'm not sure I have the qualifications to evaluate talent like some of you do. Everything I know about Travis is A+. This kid is first and foremost, an athlete. He has excelled at every sport (All State Baseball I think and a excellent roundballer). Furthermore, he is coachable. Just enough cockiness to take the kind of chances that result in making plays that tentative kids don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by ming01
I think he has excellent speed. I believe second fastest on the team but the fastest is one of the speediest kids playing football in ND this year (All classes). He was Class A player of the year on a team that had a guy rush for almost 3,000 yards. He was genuinely surprised that he got the award and was humbled by it.
This is the kind of kid that could play a whole buch of places on either side of the ball. Unselfish too. When the regular QB went down for what looked like the season, the question was asked if anybody wanted to give it a try. He was the one that stepped up and the team actually got more explosive. I know he won't be under center, he's more of a Tebow type than anything else. I expect him on the defensive side. Mayhe linebacker but probably more of a safety at this level.
No predictions from me. I'd hate to jinx the kid. I am super glad that we will see him in Green and Yellow.
Hey, I will take the AAA, AA, and A players of the year from ND every year. If I remember correctly, he was offered a partial. IMO, gotta keep the good local talent coming toward fargo yearly
Not sure if this question is rhetorical or not, but I'll answer anyways. None. Zero, the Jacks don't have any verbals.Quote:
Originally Posted by SDbison
I'm guessing SDSU will pick up a couple verbals before xmas. SDSU is hosting their first "official visits" this weekend and have 12 players coming in. Terry V reported that 1 kid is close to a verbal and that Coach Stig has spent the week in Kansas City and Minneapolis.
SDSU should have a smaller class than usual this year with only 11 scholarships on hand.
Travis Beck is a "football player". Why does every recuit have to be measured by size, speed and skill? After watching the Bison the past couple of years I believe that we need more hard nosed players like Travis that have a football mentality. Travis will have a very successfull football career at NDSU and I like the fact that he didn't go to the other college in his own backyard!!
Congrats Travis! Sounds like a great kid. Welcome to NDSU. You can't have enough talent. I also heard this is a partial scholarship. Great High School coach too!
According to most fans around here all the recruits that the Bison sign are all studs waiting to get in on the mighty Bison Football Program!! Doesn't every coach or diehard fan of their respective school think their recruits are better then eveybody elses? Why else would they recruit/get excited about them.Quote:
Originally Posted by SDbison
Thanks for the reply. My post was a serious question with a little jab at the Jacks. I know coaches approach things different. The least we can say is bohl and stig are at the opposite ends of the spectrum. Even though both extremes could be criticized, I would rather see my team do what bohl is doing rather than waiting and hoping a kid gos your way while almost every team is out there looking. Stig could get burned and end up with much less than he expected by waiting so long.Quote:
Originally Posted by JacksFan06
Moved Travis Beck from "suspected offer" to "Verbal".
Welcome aboard!
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."Quote:
Originally Posted by SDbison
What Stig has been doing at SDSU has worked for him/them.
What Bohl has been doing at NDSU hasn't worked for him/us. He had to try something different. I like what he did this year but looking at Stig's past results I can't argue with them.
Actually, this seems like a different approach for Stig. The fact is that he doesn't have a recruiting class at all yet so it's too early to say anything about it (although there is no way that you can say that not having any verbals this late is a good thing), but based on the concern from the South Dakota press, I'm thinking that NDSU's recruiting this year is a real worry down there. Now if we could only get a weepy column from the Grand Forks Herald, then we'll know that this class looks like gold. If the Bismarck Tribune chimes in, then I'll break out The Macallan 18yo for a celebratory dram.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grizzled
Macallan's nice! I got a bottle of that and a bottle of Maker's Mark from my father-in-law as an early xmas present this year. i'll crack mine open too if the B-Trib speaks up, as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by tony
I agree about the concern by others but I personally don't see this as real late in recruiting. Its the first recruiting weekend this weekend where teams are going to have kids in for official visits. This is in the past has been the time where kids will verbal in their sit downs with the head coach. I think fans of other schools are concerned because they see we have double digit verbals and it looks impressive. I like it because its just earlier than normal but if I was another school and wasn't going to offer or didn't think any of the kids we signed where impressive enough to offer right away than I wouldn't be concerned and Stig hasn't sounded overly concerned about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tony
Personally though I think next year he will be a little more aggressive with his recruiting. Really we don't know how his recruiting is going, thats the fun part of this time of year. If this year goes well for him than he won't have to change anything, if he feels he missed out on some kids than he will have to start offering earlier. You can bet the Sioux will start offering earlier next year (not that it will matter) but our aggressiveness this year had to have an effect on their recruiting board:D
Coach Stig has said in several interviews that us making the playoffs has opened doors to recruits that may not have given us much consideration in years past. Had we gotten a bunch of verbals earlier in the signing period we may have run out of scholarships and then not been able to take advantage of the Jacks strong season.
I don't think there is much worry down here about no early verbals. We've had good success in recent years in recruiting, and I don't expect that to change this year.
This isn't too out of the ordinary for SDSU. The past years we would only have around 3 verbals before xmas. Stig & company typically put their feelers out during the fall but do all the heavy lifting in the winter months after the season is over. Since they made the playoffs this year, they got started a week later than usual but I don't think anyone within the program is worried that they won't be getting quality recruits; actually it's probably the opposite.
The only people suffering is us SDSU fans who are desperate for some recruiting news to feed our football appetite. Bison fans are lucky that each week they've got to learn about a new kid entering the program. I guess we'll just have wait a little longer to find out what we're getting for xmas.
Quit egging the SDSU guys on in this thread. We don't need our recruiting thread full of garbage about Stig's recruiting.
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Originally Posted by HandoEX
+++++++++++++++++++++++ who the hell cares about the bunny recruiting, lets worry about US
Travis has a great work ethic and will do whatever is asked of him to help the team. I don't think he'll be at 185lbs. for long. He is a good all around athlete.Quote:
Originally Posted by mgbison
I've been hearing a fair amount about Travis for a couple years. Echo's what has been said here, great all-round athlete. Know the family, who are also solid people. It seems like when we grab a good kid-good athlete type who happens to come from a smaller school we usually do ok. Saw him play the state championship game and looked like he has great feet and really likes to hit...also not bad qualities to pick up.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnson
The Beck family from Munich has produced good athletes as far back as I can remember. You are right, that family is good bunch of people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herd80
Wait, daughter/sister Danielle?? I didn't put two and two together until now, but I'm friends with her hahaha.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnson
Beck is almost the same size as the two safeties already in this class. Taller by an inch and right in between the other two projected safeties weight wise.Quote:
Originally Posted by DjKyRo
Colten Heagle, 6-0, 181
Andy Pfeiffer, 6-0, 190 pounds
just because he played LB in high school doesnt mean that's what he's going to play in college :)
Any ideas of what kids will be on campus this weekend?
you tell us... :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Burgundy
Mostly guys that have already verballed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Burgundy
Thorton was around last night and the Sioux Falls receiver is in town. Other than those two I haven't heard who else.
Are you saying its less important?Quote:
Originally Posted by roadwarrior
Pretty sure Vraa visited this weekend
Jake Miller RB from Bismarck committed to UND
Perfect RB choice for an NAIA powerhouse...Quote:
Originally Posted by ming01
He's a good player. I have watched him and Thorton play a lot this year and they are both solid players. Don't be a bitch cause we chose someone else over him. He would have been good here and he'll be fine there. Not great, good.Quote:
Originally Posted by EndZoneQB
If that is the case it's too bad we couldn't lock a win in hoops tonight, that would've really iced the cake for a visit here for someone like Vraa, a talented guy who just needs that little push to commit.Quote:
Originally Posted by ming01
Man, it'd sure be nice to have a guy to go with Gebhart for the 1-2 punch like Heck and Belquist.
I was just being sarcastic because someone compared UND to an NAIA team. Same team, same team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grizzled
My bad. Just sounded like you where taking more of a shot at the player than the school. Carry on if you where making fun of UND:DQuote:
Originally Posted by EndZoneQB
I feel sorry for the kid because he chose to go to UND. :smh: