Signing Party hosted by Dragon Fire

Dragon Fire Is having a Party to Celebrate the 2009-2010 Recruits

Celebrate with Dragon Fire at the Speak Easy - Moorhead, MN
Wednesday, February 4^th  4:30 until 6:00 pm
Bring your friends!

Join Dragon Fire for an informal gathering to have FUN and socialize with Dragon Fans and coaches and to celebrate the signing of new Dragon Student-Athletes.  Stop by for a few minutes and see your friends and say hello.  Light appetizers will be provided with a cash bar.

Some Recruiting News on local WDAY TV

Here is a local television story on recruiting from this year.  I am not allowed to comment publicly until Wednesday the 4th when the guys sign the National Letter of Intent and Scholarship paperwork

MSUM verbal commitments

Go Dragons!!!

Comments Allowed

For you regular readers, comments are now allowed without having to create an account.

Bring on the anonymous responses. . .

School and Football Starting

Welcome to Spring (well Spring Semester that is!). . .

With classes and weight in full swing, the team is starting to get a bit more comfortable with the routine on the semester.  There is great intensity in the workouts already, the senior leadership is starting to come out and it will make a difference this fall.

There were some good games this past weekend in the NFL playoffs.  On ESPN Radio, they mentioned that the Arizona Cardinals would not be favored against something like  other teams in the NFL right now even though they are in the Super Bowl.  How can you not root for the underdog?!  Then again, I do like Pittsburgh's defense.  Should be a great game.  I wonder if the NCAA Division I had playoff, who would have won?

I have to say thanks to several people that complained about the inability to comment easily on this Blog, they chose to email me instead.  I will use the information in your emails for some topics in the coming days.

Our 2009 schedule is posted on the right hand side of the Blog if you do not have it yet.  We are scheduled for a non-conference home game against Valley City for our season opener.  It will be nice to have 3 home games to start the season, in comparison to the 3 aways we had in 2007.  The first 5 games of the season line up well for us in terms of home and away locations, games 6-8 are a tough stretch for us as we have to travel to Duluth and Mankato and have a home with Mary whom is always a tough game for us.  The final 3 games also line up well for us as the travel to Aberdeen is not a tough drive, a home game with St. Cloud, followed by an away game at SW Mn.  We have never been to SW in my time, been playing them at the Metrodome most years, should be fun to travel with the team somewhere new yet play a familiar opponent.

Hope the new year is treating you well. . .we are already 3 weeks in, dare I ask about your New Year's resolutions?!

Go Dragons!!!

More Random Thoughts

Here are some more random thoughts as we approach the spring semester:

- I hear of many people that read this blog, but there are still very few comments. So for you readers, does Blogger making you have an account to post a comment slow down your desire to respond? Of course, you would have to have an account to respond to the question. . .

- Classes started yesterday, school is back buzzing. I always like this time of year, the excitement of the students on campus always energizes me. We have a team meeting this evening to get everyone together and on the same page as we start workouts later in the week. And for you insiders, platoon draft is tonight.

- We did get the grades back from last semester, 2.83 from the team for the semester. Our cumulative remains a 2.9. Not a bad semester but still short of our goal of a 3.0. Our staff will take a critical look into this and see if there are some areas that we can improve.

- Recruiting continues to move along well, thanks to the so many campus and local FM people that help us out with our efforts. Signing Date on February 4th quickly approaches.

- A few on our coaching staff are in Nashville, TN attending the American Football Coaches Association conference. This is a one time of year event in which coaches from around the country get together to share ideas and stories. The location varies each year, always seems to be somewhere in the south though. Our school (and state) does a good job of helping with professional development funds so that our coaches can go. I will miss not seeing many people that I know in the profession and hearing some great speakers, but the start of classes and an 8 week old are a much higher priority for me right now.

- As we are quickly running out of football games to watch, there are some good matchups this weekend on Sunday in the NFL. There is something about the NFL playoffs that makes them more enjoyable for me to watch, maybe it is the intensity that which they play, the sense of urgency you do not see in the regular season. My choice either Pittsburgh or Baltimore in the super bowl, too bad they have to play each other this week.

Go Dragons!!!