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[goldenshower]

I have to agree, Spaeth very much was a blocking tight end. Who was the TE that played before him?

ben utecht

[CAS4127]

Spaeth--bloodlines are from Mahnomen, MN, so he must be a tough son-of-a-bitch. Actually, I have met and talked with him personally a couple of times. Good kid and good head on his shoulders. And, I do watch him in NFL and he is a fairly good blocker IMO.

FYI from a trivia stanpoint: His dad grew up and played for Mahnomen, was recruited and played for Nebraska (All Big 12 Senior yr.) and was drafted by Buffalo as I recall--played for 3-4 years I believe.

[1 Huge Bison Fan On 9/24!]

eric decker

2006 MIN 13 12 26 378 14.5 39 3
2007 MIN 12 12 68 909 13.6 59 9
2008 MIN 12 12 84 1074 12.8 75 7

in 3 yrs decker who i think is great, started 37 games

da'jon mcknight

2008 9 3 38 12.7 1 22 4.2
2009 13-6 17 311 18.3 0 53 23.9
2010 12-12 48 750 15.6 10 40 62.5

mcknight has started 18 games his 2 yrs of starting with brewster and weber has him with decker-like numbers. decker is special and caught everything, dajon has better speed and similar size.

i think there are some similarities in these 2 guy's careers at minnesota

They are very similar...............in that both are hurt all the time.....

[99Bison]

So the proposal is this... The 07 players, most of which (~9 seniors in 06) were coming off of an 06 season with a bowl eligible season (7-6), were less talented players that will be here in 11, most of whom are coming off of a 3-9 season?

If you didn't pile on the players and talked about the change in coaching from 06-07 and then from 10-11, that's potentially buyable, but conjecture about players being better/worse is a grand canyon stretch of optimism.

Look yea, most people understand this is everyone's time to be optimistic (same applies to many comments on the board about Bison team as well). But stating this conjecture as fact is well... amusing.

[344Johnson]

So the proposal is this... The 07 players, most of which (~9 seniors in 06) were coming off of an 06 season with a bowl eligible season (7-6), were less talented players that will be here in 11, most of whom are coming off of a 3-9 season?

If you didn't pile on the players and talked about the change in coaching from 06-07 and then from 10-11, that's potentially buyable, but conjecture about players being better/worse is a grand canyon stretch of optimism.

Look yea, most people understand this is everyone's time to be optimistic (same applies to many comments on the board about Bison team as well). But stating this conjecture as fact is well... amusing.

Blowing a HUGE lead in the fourth quarter against Texas Tech when they were good.

[Answer Guy]

FYI from a trivia stanpoint: His dad grew up and played for Mahnomen, was recruited and played for Nebraska (All Big 12 Senior yr.) and was drafted by Buffalo as I recall--played for 3-4 years I believe.

Ken Spaeth drafted in 5th round by Buffalo in 1978. NFL.com doesn't have any stats or information on him. Can't tell if he ever played or not.

http://www.nfl.com/players/kenspaeth...e?id=SPA079102

Does former ND Attorney General Nick Spaeth have any Mahnomen ties?

[EndZoneQB]

Spaeth--bloodlines are from Mahnomen, MN, so he must be a tough son-of-a-bitch. Actually, I have met and talked with him personally a couple of times. Good kid and good head on his shoulders. And, I do watch him in NFL and he is a fairly good blocker IMO.

FYI from a trivia stanpoint: His dad grew up and played for Mahnomen, was recruited and played for Nebraska (All Big 12 Senior yr.) and was drafted by Buffalo as I recall--played for 3-4 years I believe.

Kid I went to high school and worked with was cousins with him. No idea he'd be playing on Sundays when he first went there.

ben utecht

There it is. I remember him being better than Spaeth.

[IzzyFlexion]

Ken Spaeth drafted in 5th round by Buffalo in 1978. NFL.com doesn't have any stats or information on him. Can't tell if he ever played or not.

http://www.nfl.com/players/kenspaeth...e?id=SPA079102

Does former ND Attorney General Nick Spaeth have any Mahnomen ties?

I don't know about Nick, but I picked up these 3 beauties at a garage sale last week. I love how hostile they make me feel when I wear one of them to church.

Sorry, you really gotta look at them closely.

[mgbison]

If gray can't pass he's going to get murdered and your receivers will be useless.

[1 Huge Bison Fan On 9/24!]

If? The guy is a disaster in the pocket...just ask Iowa State!! Any team with faster than average 'backers will shut this circus down cold in 2011.