Presuming he still has an undergraduate degree to be finished...a degree from Northwestern (for example) beats the crap out of any South Dakota State degree. That would still be a great move. It doesn't make anyone any smarter but the cachet of that sort of diploma opens more doors early on. Make it a master's degree and all the better.
I'd rather see NDSU improve than hope SDSU slides. What I saw at the end of the season was promising. I hope one thing that HCTP is able to improve right away is discipline. Time management and less penalties would be great.
I know NDSU has never been ravaged by the portal but I think there was a stretch there with some players transferring out and maybe a bit of a recruiting slide that the talent and/or development wasn't what we've been accustomed to. I think some guys that may have been depth pieces were pushed into starting roles that they may not have achieved or were put there before they were ready. But like I said I liked the improvement shown in the second half of the season.
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