TIM SANGER
Q&A With Returning Senior OL #63
Jake Jake Kubas Kubas AWARDS 2019 MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award 2018, 2019, 2020-21, 2021 MVFC Honor Roll 2022 CSC Academic All-District Team
How quickly did you know that you wanted to come back? I made that decision pretty early on in the 2021 season. Cordell Volson has been one of my good buddies in life for a while now, and he’s going to be one of my good buddies for a long time. And one of the things he told me is that he’s never going to regret taking another year in the green and gold. And I think that really hit home with me, being a North Dakota kid. Having a brother that played here and an old man that played here, I figured I’d just never regret taking another year. And if I didn’t, I’d kick myself for the rest of my life, probably.
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What do you love so much about being here? Honestly, it’s not even the football thing, it’s the relationships that you build here. The brotherhood, the community support, I mean, everything about NDSU is what you look for in a college athletic program. I love everything about it. Being around people who want to become the best versions of themselves is one of the biggest drivers of our program, I believe. Seeing guys like Cordell Volson come to work every day as a sixth-year senior—he’s still staying after practice and working on his techniques and his fundamentals because he knows that if he can get half a percent better at that in season, he’s going to do it because he wants to be the best version of himself. Stuff like that is really fun to be a part of. How much do you think you’ve changed during your time here? A lot. You know, if you would have told me I’d be starting for the Bison when I was a junior in high school, I would have told you that you are crazy. My brother had already signed here, but I didn’t think I had what it took to play Division I college football, let alone the brand of football