Football recruits

I am going to try to keep track of SDSU football recruits in general and Southeast South Dakota recruits both 08 and 09 recruits right now I am keeping my eye on

Riley Reiff who is verballed to Nebraska but I'm not sure on it
Logan Tycz word was that USD has him on his list but when I talked to him he said he hasn't talked to anybody and plans on sending out film on him soon
Marc Sayler I put him in the same boat as Jake Steffen they are similar type players he is a D-I talent but it will take a position change and work... right now he is a NAIA quarterback something that he likes
Tyrell Kool.... I was told he had verballed to NDSU but now I am hearing reports that it may be SDSU not sure he has a team mate that is also being recruited by the XDSU's but I can't think of his name right now

Earv Archambau-- Fast, tough and good.... I heard that the SDSU coaches were in town I would assume to talk to him I emailed him and am awaiting a return... will try to keep an update on his situatino
Matt Dykstra-- Teammate to Earv... he is a 6-5 strong frame but still could use 20-50 pounds... His coach who has coached some good players said he is the toughest player he has every coached.... Would be compared to Riley Reiff but not as strong....

Guys I know there are a few of you that read this or maybe its just me when I am tired and think I am somebody else but if you know anything post it it can be a rumor I like those I will research to see if it is true I know most of these guys personally and am good friends with a few of them so I will try to keep up with it

2 Ethanol Giants merge

As most of you probably know Verasun acquired US bioenergy in a stock transfer... What does that mean? It means that Verasun will not buy out the shares then issue new ones they will just transfer since us bioenergy (usbe) was trading at about 70% of Verasun (VSE) they decided on 81% transfer it means that if you have 1000 shares of USBE you now have 810 shares of Verasun but all in all its a good move for them.... By 2009 all there plants will be finished and they will be able to ship ethanol out faster then most plants will be able to produce it.... In the next 6 fiscal quarters I would expect a lot of acquisitions by the "Big Three" in Poet, ADM, and The New Verasun.... Personally I like this move or maybe its because my shares of USBE are now VSE and are going up fast..... Wouldn't be surprised if this stock skyrocketed to 30-50 dollars with usual dividends in 2-5 years....

Clarify some things

I would just like to clarify somethings up and then add some D-League news and sioux falls collesium news.

I would like to clarify that I do not hate Jordan Miller or Cody Larson.... I just don't know how people can say that Jordan Miller is so important to his team when there are a lot of others that are more important. I also think it is hard to grade a kid who hasn't performed on the court yet. I do think that he will make a great college player I just don't know if he is up to SDSU's caliber or if he is a need for SDSU.... As far as Larson I think Larson will be a great player but lets be honest just because he is rated as a sophomore it doesn't mean that he is a lock as a top tier D-I recruit. I do think however barring something happening in the form of an injury, or him getting in trouble he will become a top tier D-I recruit.

News coming from the Dleague is that the Timberwolves are really considering sending down Chris Richard and that they are leaning to send Randy Foye on a rehab stint there for a week or 2 to get his legs under him before him going back with the Wolves when he is ready.

The Collesium (I still can't spell it) I like anybody with a brain thinks that Sioux falls needs something but guys a 150 million dollar Dome? lets be real Rapid City is building a 5800 seat arena with sky boxes for under 30 and they are going to build something that cost 5 times that. I have proposed that Sioux Falls do one of 2 things the one is on a previous post the other is do what this collesium is doing and put it as part of the whole events center area but size it down put a 14,000 basketball arena room for office space and other convention center needs. I do think that Howard Wood needs to say good bye... (how many football stadiums do you need in that town)

Anything and everything

On a request to update this I decided it actually does need to be updated

So a run down
First of all SDSU's basketball teams have opened up the seaon.
The women are 2 and 0 winning 2 close games against teams that made the post season last year. The team seems to be hampered by foot injuries the question was asked is it because of the shoe maker?

My response to that is I have never disliked a shoe company all shoes are good shoes but all feet are different some kids like a little bit heavier shoe with more support some like the lightest one possible and don't care about support so I personally don't like team shoes though they do look cool.

The Men's team won a game against Mary last night... The question is why do they look flat as can be? My answer its a monday its a holiday some don't like that but its true if you ask basketball players and AD's for that matter I would bet they say they would prefer to avoid monday games. The team however did show some bright spots Callahan showed some signs that he is fully healthy, Cordova showed that he is a D-I talent, Beran played good, the guards played alright though they have a lot more potential then that. I look for this team to remind me of North Carolina 2 years ago a team that can go out and beat anybody(to a certain point) any night and could loose to a NAIA team the following night.

The mens team will sign 2 tommaro.
James Rader from colorado I will try to talk to a basketball player from Colorado to see how good he really is.
the other will be a JuCo from everything I have heard I believe (educated guess) that it will be Anthony Davis a guy from Iowa who commited to UNI out of hs but apparently got into a little trouble and ended up playing JuCo ball in Southwest Iowa I beleive. Hes 6-8 and seems to be doing alright there.

The women will sign 3
Vennesa Johnson from West Central i talked to my buddy from West Central and he said that she is a work horse a gym rat not the most athletic player but a smart one hasn't had the best coaching and thinks that college coaching could make her a really good college player. that goes contray to my other friend from my high school that played against her and she said that she was selling herself short going to sdsu... both comments make it sound like SDSU got a winner in her though
Caila Westergard from Charles City was a high recruit Big 10 Big 12 until a knee injury seems to be fully healthy now and is viewed as a steel by many high school coaches
Jennifer Sunnarborg Osseo MN, shes a 6-1 post that averaged just under 10 points as a junior.

Skyforce and Dleague
The Skyforce are now under coach Nate Tibbits seem to have a daunting task, this year they will have to do it with out the Pistons sending down Amir Johnson, and most likely the force won't see too many assignees as the 2 parents teams are both very young (charlette, minnesota) other teams this year seem to be utilizing it to greatness as the Warriors plan on sending 2 down, the Spurs plan on sending 2 guys down, Utah has sent 1 and plans on sending another, the Rockets, Bucks and Celtics have all sent down a guy already.... Looks like the use of it is becoming used.

Rapid City and hockey franchise
I still think in the long run that bringing the CHL compared to the USHL was a mistake but apparently they have sold a ton of season tickets... i don't know if that is true but I hope it is. I also hope the dleague decides to put a franchise there also.

Other tidbits... my knees hurt they have hurt and swelled up since it got cold on Friday does that mean I am getting old?

I hope more then just 1 or 2 people read this by the way...
Some websites I like
www.oursportscentral.com/boards website has news updates on minor league sports and the boards have all sorts of minor league sports I highly recomend
www.hoopshype.com any basketball rumor from any paper it organizes them and everything... also on the top has a salary part it shows each teams salary and how long there contracts exist