FARGO — To a lot of players and fans it probably seems like a few years ago when North Dakota State descended on Frisco, Texas, for its first appearance in the NCAA Division I FCS national title game. The reality is that game against Sam Houston State was nine seasons ago. It was a tight game ...
By Jeff Kolpack Forum News Service FARGO — Nineteenth Avenue North just in front of Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome was closed for more than a day because of the weekend blizzard that hit the Red River Valley. That didn’t mean it was a vacation storm day for the North Dakota State ...
FARGO — Sixty minutes of Division I FCS playoff football. And no touchdowns. That’s what the North Dakota State offense took away from last weekend’s 9-3 victory over Illinois State and it’s something that didn’t go unnoticed this week as the Bison prepared for Saturday’s semifinal ...
FARGO — Before 12 North Dakota State players put on their football helmets this weekend, they will don another cap that also comes with a gown. They will be walking the stage at winter graduation on Friday afternoon to receive their degree. It’s nothing unusual at this time of the year for ...
GRAND FORKS — In a matter of six days, Devon Krzanowski and Adam Stage went from veteran members of NCAA Division II St. Cloud State to verbal commitments to Division I University of North Dakota. Krzanowski, an inside linebacker with two years of eligibility remaining, and Stage, a kicker ...
FARGO — North Dakota State assistant football coach Nick Goeser could probably write a doctorate on what it's like to work during the Division I FCS playoffs. He's been a part of all 35 Bison games since the school first qualified for postseason in 2010. That 2010 run ended in a loss at ...
FARGO — North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance is among the top four finalists announced Monday, Dec. 9, for the STATS FCS Walter Payton Award, which is presented annually to the top offensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision. Lance, a 6-foot-3, 221-pound redshirt freshman ...
GRAND FORKS — As the University of North Dakota football program turns from the 2019 season ahead to the 2020 campaign, two offensive players have left the team. Quarterback Noah Grover and wide receiver Izzy Adeoti are longer on the roster. Adeoti, a 5-foot-10 junior from Plano, Ill., had ...
FARGO — The road trip Dan Mitchell has been on this year is by no means approaching the status of Bob Clark. The latter is the North Dakota State “Road Warrior” who this Saturday will be attending his 475th straight Bison football game. Bob just keeps truckin’ along, sometimes flying ...
(FNS) — Here is a quick look at Saturday’s matchups for the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. (Seed ranking for the top eight teams are indicated): Nicholls State (9-4) at No. 1 North Dakota State (12-0) NDSU leads the series against Nicholls 2-0, with a ...
By Jeff Kolpack Forum News Service FARGO — There’s the Thanksgiving holiday feast for the North Dakota State football players, many of whom went home to spend it with family and friends late last week. And then there’s the day after when the business of the Division I FCS playoffs ...
Fisheries crews have completed their annual salmon spawning operation on the Missouri River System, after collecting more than 1.6 million eggs. North Dakota Game and Fish Department Missouri River System supervisor Dave Fryda said crews easily collected enough eggs to stock the 400,000 smolts ...
North Dakota’s early mountain lion season in Zone 1 closed Sunday, Nov. 24, and the late season, when hunters can pursue lions with dogs, is now open. During the early season, hunters took six cats from a harvest limit of eight. Under the season structure, a conditional season could open ...
North Dakota waterfowl hunters are reminded the statewide duck and white-fronted goose seasons closed Dec. 1. However, duck hunting in the high plains unit reopens Dec. 7 and continues through Dec. 29. In addition, the season for Canada geese closes Dec. 16 in the eastern zone, Dec. 21 in the ...
By Jeff Kolpack Forum News Service FARGO — North Dakota State head coach Matt Entz was asked on Monday, Nov. 25, what he’s thankful for on the week of Thanksgiving. He pointed to his family, his assistant coaches, the Bison fans and the Fargodome and NDSU administrations. As for the ...
By Tom Miller Forum News Service GRAND FORKS — The University of North Dakota football team won't exactly receive red-carpet treatment for the program's first trip to Louisiana in 10 years. Nicholls State's visiting locker room consists of temporary tents located outside John L. Guidry ...
By Tom Miller Forum News Service GRAND FORKS — For just the second time in the Division I era, the University of North Dakota football program is in the FCS playoffs. The Fighting Hawks (7-4) will play Nicholls State (8-4) on Saturday at 3 p.m. in Thibodaux, La., in a first-round ...
By Jeff Kolpack Forum News Service FARGO — As the only remaining unbeaten team in Division I FCS football - and it’s been that way for a while - there was no suspense for North Dakota State when the playoff bracket was announced on Sunday morning. The Bison were instilled as the No. 1 ...
OGDEN, Utah — The University of North Dakota football program has been in this position before. Just a year ago, the surging Fighting Hawks faced a top 5 Weber State team with an opportunity to build an FCS playoffs resume and catapult the team through the stretch run of a schedule that was ...
GRAND FORKS — On Thursday, Nov. 7, the University of North Dakota opens its men’s basketball season against Crown College — a private, NCAA Division III college located in St. Bonifacius, Minn. Five days after the Crown game, UND will take on national power Gonzaga — ranked No. 8 in ...