2010 Recruiting

[EndZoneQB]

Most of the recruits that have been offered were at the Bison summer camp where the coaching staff had a chance to evaluate them. If the Bison coaches identified them as FCS recruits, why shouldn't they offer them? Why wait until other programs start recruiting them after their high school senior seasons?

Exactly. The coaching staff actually got a "hand" on these kids. You could call it a "test drive". Ultimately, only time will tell.

[johnson]

You know what is funny to me is that these athletes have scholarship offers to play at other institutions including the ones where these fans are questioning the number of commits NDSU has before the season. Since there schools aren't getting these verbal commitments this early it is bad for NDSU to get them. Sounds like sour grapes to me. Didn't we pick up the #2 rated offensive lineman out of Nebraska? Didn't we also get a verbal from a highly rated DB from Wisconsin? I kinda think this is absurd. It is great to see this caliber of athlete committing to play for the Bison already. The first time I read anything negative about these athletes committing already came from of course SS.com. It made me chuckle and shake my head.

[56BISON73]

This has been the way with basketball recruiting in some areas for a very long time. Schools come in and see kids with talent. They then stay in touch and watch the progress. By the time the kid gets in to his later years the school who contacted him early has a significant head start-foot in the door over the other schools.
If other schools or fans are questioning or just dont understand the early commits then they are way behind the learning curve on how the recruiting game is played in this day and age. By what I read it sounds as though they dont have a clue.

[JacksFan06]

You know what is funny to me is that these athletes have scholarship offers to play at other institutions including the ones where these fans are questioning the number of commits NDSU has before the season. Since there schools aren't getting these verbal commitments this early it is bad for NDSU to get them. Sounds like sour grapes to me.

SDSU hasn't had an offer out to any of the recruits that NDSU landed. Not that they weren't recruiting them as I'm sure that the two from SD were on SDSU's radar.

I'm not coming out and flat out saying that NDSU is picking of recruits early because they are unsure of their upcoming season, it's just a thought. I would actually assume that option A is more likely. NDSU felt these kids were a good fit so they jumped on them before the competition got too heated.

[Scooter1]

SDSU hasn't had an offer out to any of the recruits that NDSU landed. Not that they weren't recruiting them as I'm sure that the two from SD were on SDSU's radar.

I'm not coming out and flat out saying that NDSU is picking of recruits early because they are unsure of their upcoming season, it's just a thought. I would actually assume that option A is more likely. NDSU felt these kids were a good fit so they jumped on them before the competition got too heated.

You are right. We jumped on them and held them down and made them give their verbals. I would venture to say that a more accurate assessment of the situation is that these kids that are coming to the summer camps have been so blown away by the staff and facilities at NDSU and they are pulling the trigger while they have the chance. Another factor is the reputation that the NDSU coaches are getting with the area high school coaches. There was a very good interview with the Hopkins coach where he stated how honest and strait forward the NDSU coaches were with the kids as opposed to some recruiters. You have to know that the kids are getting some advice from their HS coaches. I guess NDSU just has a better reputation than some schools and it is starting to show. (irony, don't you love it?)

[Hammersmith]

SDSU hasn't had an offer out to any of the recruits that NDSU landed. Not that they weren't recruiting them as I'm sure that the two from SD were on SDSU's radar.

I'm not coming out and flat out saying that NDSU is picking of recruits early because they are unsure of their upcoming season, it's just a thought. I would actually assume that option A is more likely. NDSU felt these kids were a good fit so they jumped on them before the competition got too heated.

Isn't it true that SDSU doesn't even offer scholarships until after the season starts? That's what was said on SDSUFans.com. If that is true, then of course SDSU didn't have offers out to the players NDSU landed; they have NO offers out.

Personally, I think Stig is making a strategic mistake by not offering earlier, but time will tell. Historically, I don't think NDSU & SDSU went head to head on many recruits. That seems to be changing as both schools continue to expand their recruiting bases and they increasingly overlap. If NDSU starts to get more commits of players SDSU wants before they even offer, any battles could start to get awfully one-sided. Just an opinion based on few facts.

[tony]

• Added Jason Pomerenke to the Verbal List
• Had to split the Interest List from the first post because of a 10,000 character limit on posts.

[Hammersmith]

• Added Jason Pomerenke to the Verbal List
• Had to split the Interest List from the first post because of a 10,000 character limit on posts.

You added him to the offer list, not the verbal list.

[tony]

Fixed it... oops.

[Bison Dan]

Lets face it....like it or not....NDSU has their way with recruiting in this area/region. Best facilties, best town, great school, best staff, great tradition, best gameday atmosphere....etc. SDSU and NDSU go after different kids, or we get the kids we want from SD. UND simply is not match for NDSU in recruiting...and that may or may not change in the future. We have not lost a recruiting battle against them yet. PERIOD. I guess other than our problem with depth at QB, which appears to be figuring itself out in the near future, I can honestly say that I do not and have not ever had a major concern with our recruiting.

Again, the class that was brought in last year (Lets call it the Justin Juckem class since he is my new mancrush) is the best class that we have had...and I am just stating my opinion of how it will turn out in the future.

I just don't see how you can really question our coach who is 26-7 in the last three years, packing the house like never before and an outstanding record against 1A schools. I also think this year is the best coaching staff we have put in place. Hopefully our quarterback play will be as good as SDSU's QB was last year. Those kids graduate and you must replace/reload them.
Sour grapes to Terry in Brookings. I am excited to follow these 8 kids in their senior seasons....including the Bismarck QB who plays at Fargo North tomorrow night.

You hit the nail on the head with your post. The kid from NE had a solid offer from Ohio, the ND kids will be studs in FCS so I think the coaches know what they're doing. With the early committs now they now can go after some FBS talent and may strike gold with a few of those kids.