When it's third and ten, you can take the milk drinkers and I'll take the whiskey drinkers every time. -Max McGee
“I really thought you had to run the football to control the game,” Erhardt once said. “You had to throw the football to score but had to run the football to win.” - Ron Erhardt
Eau Claire is a twin cities suburb basically. 45 miles
2020 Minnesota had 28 D1 players and NDSU got 0 of them seems absurd
NDSU TO FBS. HAVEN'T WE WON ENOUGH?
Grant Nelson article by Greg DeVillers GF Herald
https://www.grandforksherald.com/spo...sketball-crowd
...... The 6-10 senior is the centerpiece of the offense and defense for the Firebirds, who are off to a 3-2 start. Nelson has averages of 28.8 points, 19.6 rebounds and 5 blocks per game this season. That production doesn’t come by just planting himself underneath the basket.
“Grant’s actually not a real good back-to-the-basket player,’’ Devils Lake coach Derek Gathman said. “He’s more of a forward type, attacking the basket off the dribble. We hear all the time: ‘Post him up.’ But that wouldn’t be the best way to use his abilities.’’......
...... Nelson has signed to play basketball at North Dakota State University.
He emerged as an impact player last season. He averaged 16.4 points, 11.8 rebounds and 5.1 rebounds, earning second team all-state honors......
https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sp...sit/805002002/
stumbled upon this tidbit,
“Xavier, Illinois, Northwestern, Purdue, St. John's, Georgetown, Southern Illinois, Creighton, Missouri, Florida Atlantic, Northern Illinois, Green Bay and North Dakota State have also gotten eyes on him”
6’2 guard from whitney young in chicago
Do any coaches even try to develop a post game on kids with some size in high school? Seems like if kids aren't developing some post moves early on, it's too late when they get to the college game. Seems everyone is allergic to the paint and the rim, but what do I know.
North Dakota State, a football team the big boys of college football should avoid like the plague, helped christen a $90 million renovation to Snyder Family Stadium — including a statue of famed Kansas State coach Bill Snyder himself — by taking a sledgehammer to the place.Bob Lutz, The Wichita Eagle, August 30th, 2013