2009 Recruits

[Silk]

Derrick Engel - Chaska MN 4.34 40 yard dash has received preffered walk on at MN, Wisconsin and Nebraska. Holding a number of D2 offers.... Has NDSU offered ?

[Da Bison]

One possibility is that it may come down to money. In FCS, all scholarship offers are not created equal. He may have received a full scholarship offer from USD and a partial from NDSU.

There are a million other reasons why kids make decisions about schools, and only some of them are rationale. Maybe he prefers a smaller town. Maybe a coach told him that he could start for four years. Maybe he met a girl on a visit. Maybe he didn't get along with someone at SU, or the coach recruiting him hasn't paid enough attention to him. This is part of what makes recruiting high school kids "interesting."

Maybe someone showed him the picture of the new 30,000 seat retractable roof stadium

[Bryan]

Sioux Falls LB Jake Weiss, 6'3, 210, who had an NDSU offer, just committed to SDSU.

http://iowa.rivals.com/viewprospect....80169#colleges

This one may not be over because Iowa may grab him late if they miss on some other LB's they are recruiting.

http://www.argusleader.com/article/2...DATES/90108001

Weiss said that he also had scholarship offers from North Dakota State and the University of South Dakota, and that Iowa – where he did attend a summer camp – was still considering a him a contender pending the decision of one player rated ahead of him.

[SDbison]

One possibility is that it may come down to money. In FCS, all scholarship offers are not created equal. He may have received a full scholarship offer from USD and a partial from NDSU.

There are a million other reasons why kids make decisions about schools, and only some of them are rationale. Maybe he prefers a smaller town. Maybe a coach told him that he could start for four years. Maybe he met a girl on a visit. Maybe he didn't get along with someone at SU, or the coach recruiting him hasn't paid enough attention to him. This is part of what makes recruiting high school kids "interesting."

Correct me if I am wrong, but an FCS partial scholarship means only one thing, one half. I believe in DII you can give out all sorts of fractions of a scholarship as long as the total is no more than 36. In DI - FCS only half and full scholarships can be given out with a max total of 63. Hard to belive this kid would have been offered anything less than a full scholarship from NDSU. Likely he just doesn't care to check everything out and too bad because USD has little or nothing over NDSU academically or athletically. NDSU coaches have to convince the kid to at least take an afternoon visit to Fargo.

[SDbison]

Sioux Falls LB Jake Weiss, 6'3, 210, who had an NDSU offer, just committed to SDSU.

http://iowa.rivals.com/viewprospect....80169#colleges

This one may not be over because Iowa may grab him late if they miss on some other LB's they are recruiting.

http://www.argusleader.com/article/2...DATES/90108001

Weiss said that he also had scholarship offers from North Dakota State and the University of South Dakota, and that Iowa – where he did attend a summer camp – was still considering a him a contender pending the decision of one player rated ahead of him.

Kind of funny this kid has never seen Cough Lint stadium.......if he doesn't get out much maybe that is big time to him. Of course one of his football buddies from Roosevelt is already going to SDSU so the kid won't feel so lonely being 50 miles from home.

[Greenie]

Correct me if I am wrong, but an FCS partial scholarship means only one thing, one half. I believe in DII you can give out all sorts of fractions of a scholarship as long as the total is no more than 36. In DI - FCS only half and full scholarships can be given out with a max total of 63. Hard to belive this kid would have been offered anything less than a full scholarship from NDSU. Likely he just doesn't care to check everything out and too bad because USD has little or nothing over NDSU academically or athletically. NDSU coaches have to convince the kid to at least take an afternoon visit to Fargo.

FCS scholarships can be other percentages, not just 1/2.

[SDbison]

FCS scholarships can be other percentages, not just 1/2.

I thought that I heard FCS was full or half scholarships somewhere.......so is FBS only full, or are they required to do full or halfs?

[BisonNeil]

Of course one of his football buddies from Roosevelt is already going to SDSU

Well, this is what is so strange to me, quite frankly. One of his co-LB "buddies" Preston Evans is at NDSU. You would think it would be fun to take a LB crew from SD and be heads up crazy good together again in college. Guess not...

http://www.gobison.com/ViewArticle.d...&Q_SEASON=2008

[BisonNeil]

Derrick Engel - Chaska MN 4.34 40 yard dash has received preffered walk on at MN, Wisconsin and Nebraska. Holding a number of D2 offers.... Has NDSU offered ?

Not according to Rivals, whatever that means.

http://minnesotapreps.rivals.com/vie...p?pr_key=82640

[Gully]

I thought that I heard FCS was full or half scholarships somewhere.......so is FBS only full, or are they required to do full or halfs?

FBS is only full schollies.