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3 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 27,

NO. 17 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 24

SPORTS  UP NEXT: Missouri State at NDSU, 2:30 p.m. Saturday

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CLINCHING
KEEPER Stick, Bison
win again on
wild finish
Youngstown, Ohio

P
erhaps you need a
doctorate in football
prognostication to
figure out the Bison
this year. If North Dakota
State owned the city of
Youngstown,
it would be
the world’s
leading
producer
of steel one
week and
half the town
would be
unemployed
three weeks JEFF
later. KOLPACK
Consistency The Forum
in this game
is a precious

commodity,
something that comes
around oh-so-often, and it
just has happened to take
a one-year vacation with
the Bison. But on a cool fall
Saturday afternoon in the
Mahoning Valley, one fact
remains with the four-time
defending champions: You
can never count them out.
They led for all of 35
seconds of a 60-minute game,
which happened to be the
last 35 in a 27-24 win over
Youngstown State.
“This team is a tough
bunch of dudes,” said Bison
quarterback Easton Stick,
“and there is no quit in
anybody in the locker room.
We fight all four quarters.”
Stick provided the game
winner with a 4-yard
touchdown run that was
very Jensen- and Wentz-like.
The win sets up the
Bison nicely for the rest
of November and possibly
December. They’re 8-2 with
struggling Missouri State
Photos by Carrie Snyder / The Forum at home to conclude the
North Dakota State’s Easton Stick runs the ball into the end zone for a touchdown against Youngstown State with 35 regular season.
seconds left in a Missouri Valley Football Conference game Saturday at Stambaugh Stadium in Youngstown. KOLPACK: Page D6

Youngstown

Bo knows tirades State head

coach Bo
Pelini yells at
a referee over
Youngstown coach is no stranger to losing his cool a call during
Saturday’s
Youngstown, Ohio quarter lead disappear before
game.

I
t was due to happen sooner
or later. Bo Pelini losing
his cool to the point of
being downright
embarrassing.
It happened during his seven
years as head football coach
KEVIN at Nebraska. And it happened
again Saturday as the head
SCHNEPF coach of Youngstown State – a
The Forum
team fighting for its playoff life
 but letting a 14-point fourth-
losing to North Dakota State
27-24.
Known for his F-bomb
tirades at Nebraska, Pelini
could be heard using the
F-bomb when he started
arguing a pass interference
call that set up NDSU’s game-
winning touchdown with 35
seconds remaining.
SCHNEPF: Page D6

INSIDE: MSU Moorhead football team nabs first winning season since 2006. D5

Bismarck DAKOTA BOWL

Century’s

‘Beckham Jr.-like catch’

Adam
Geiger
makes a
one-handed
catch for a
touchdown
in the North
Dakota Class
garners ESPN exposure
3A state  Geiger’s touchdown one-handed catch Adam Geiger Bismarck Tribune. “Those two
football title made to help Bismarck Century touchdown catches were amaz-
game Friday picked as No. 3 play win the Class 3A game, the Far- ing. He’s the one I have the most
night at the of Friday night on godome saw it all. trust in. If I get the ball anywhere
Fargodome. And so did the viewers of ESPN. near him, I’m confident he’ll
‘SportsCenter’. Geiger’s outstretched hand make the catch.”
Dave Wallis
The Forum hauled in a 34-yard pass from ESPN had video of the play on
Forum staff reports Dalton Feeney in the end zone, its homepage with the headline,
FARGO – The Dakota Bowl was and that highlight nabbed the “Odell Beckham Jr.-like catch
full of big plays and big moments cover of ESPN.com and made the from high schooler.” Beckham is
on Friday as four state champi- No. 3 play on SportsCenter’s Top a wide receiver for the New York
ons were crowned. 10 highlights late Friday night. Giants who won an ESPY Award
From the hook-and-ladder “Adam is an outstanding in July for his falling-into-the-
play in the last minute by Rich- receiver. He’s made big catch- end-zone fingertip catch against
land in the morning game to the es all year,” Feeney told the the Dallas Cowboys last season.
D6 Sunday, November 15, 2015 BISON FOOTBALL The Forum

Carrie Snyder / The Forum

North Dakota State’s RJ Urzendowski (16) is tackled by Youngstown State’s Nate Dortch during Saturday’s loss at Stambaugh Stadium in Youngstown, Ohio.

KOLPACK
From Page D1
Ranked third in the
country in the NCAA
Division I FCS Top 25
coaches poll but No. 1 in
the Gridiron Power Index,
the Bison have a legitimate
case to be a top-two seed
in the FCS playoffs should
they finish 9-2.
And you know what that
means. Crank up the space
heaters, grills, tents and
Fireball. Playoff football is
coming to a dome near you
when and if it ever snows.
Then again, the way this
season has gone, beating
Missouri State is not a
foregone conclusion.
Take the Youngstown
game as Exhibit A. The
Bison don’t make it easy
on a head coach.
“I know it, they don’t,”
Chris Klieman said.
They don’t keep statistics
for missed tackles, but that
had to be a season high.
Jody Webb, for instance,
ran through three Bison
attempts on his way to a
77-yard touchdown run
in the third quarter that
gave the Penguins a 21-10
lead, the kind of zigzagging
jaunt that made you
question NDSU’s hustle
and pursuit.
Maybe the Bison
should have asked for
a booth review of the
uniforms of Youngstown’s
quarterbacks and
running backs to look for
a greasy substance that
made holding on to them
difficult.
It really wasn’t looking
like NDSU’s day when
Bruce Anderson returned
the ensuing kickoff to
the YSU 43-yard line,
but a holding call erased
47 yards, and the Bison
started deep in their own
territory. They ran three
plays and punted, with
the Penguins turning that
possession into a field
goal and a 24-10 advantage
going into the fourth
quarter.
At that point, was @
FauxPelini tweeting to his
211,000 Twitter followers
that the game over?
Maybe it’s those four
fingers they put in the
air after every third
quarter buzzer. Maybe it’s
tradition. It’s something.
Anderson took the first
carry of the final quarter
57 yards to the YSU 7-yard
line and just like that, the
game didn’t look over.
King Frazier scored on the
next play and it was 24-17.
“We knew the guys
up front would rise up,”
Anderson said of his
offensive line. “We’re
Bison football, we always
have the run in us.”
On the other end, Bison
football seems to always
have the stop in it. It’s had
its moments this year but
on Saturday, it went from
sieve to stiff at the snap
of a finger. It was like the
offense against Indiana
State. In the first half it
looked like the forward
pass was illegal in the FCS.
In the second half, Stick
made the plays.
There’s a simple
diagnosis to it: It’s called
being a young team.
NDSU not only won four
straight titles, but it did it
with an uncommonly rare
combination of very good
athletes who were mature
for their age. These dudes
just happen to be more on
the teenager side of things.
That being said, the
kids have set themselves
up for a playoff run. But I
wouldn’t count on Frisco,
not the way the pendulum
has swung this year. The
Bison could hit a home run
all December in the dome
or they could swing and
miss in the opening round.
“That was a hard-fought
gutty performance by our
guys,” Klieman said.
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Kolpack at (701) 241-5546. Kolpack’s
Bison Media Blog can be found at
bisonmedia.areavoices.com and Twitter
@FGOSPORTSWRITER

SCHNEPF: Bo’s penalties sabotaged team in the end

From Page D1 well, I’m not going to get “f…. him.” extra baggage.
into it.” Then there was the It’s really too bad Bo
By the time the game Too late, Bo. You already infamous audiotape couldn’t turn a new leaf
ended, Pelini was flagged got into it when you released after a loss to and act somewhat human.
for two unsportsmanlike started throwing one of UCLA in 2011. Pelini said His Youngstown State
penalty calls – pushing his your patented tirades that, he didn’t know he was defense was good – limiting
offense back to the 4-yard many argue, cost you your being recorded at the time, the vaunted Bison offense
line and all but ending any job at Nebraska. but you still don’t say to 43 yards rushing in
hopes of a game-tying field This isn’t the first things like this: the first half when the
goal try for Youngstown. time Bo has been flagged “It took everything in Penguins built a 14-3 lead.
It’s not like they had to go
during his first year as my power to not say ‘F… His offense was explosive
the length of the field. With
Youngstown’s head coach. you fans. F… all of you. enough to build 24-10
the wind and record-setting
In a 31-29 home loss to F… ‘em. Our crowd, what a lead entering the fourth
kicker Zak Kennedy, two
Illinois State, a replay bunch of f….. fair-weather quarter.
big plays would have
review negated a 2-point fans. They can all kiss my Bo seemed pretty calm
turned the trick. Instead,
conversion that would a… out the f…. door.” during all of this. Then
thanks to Bo’s penalties,
have tied the score late in Two days after he came the play in which
the Penguins had their
the game. That didn’t make was fired by Nebraska a replay photo shows
backs to their own goal
line. Bo happy, even though last December, an audio Kenneth Durden yanking
When asked in the some at Youngstown agree recording of his last the jersey of Bison wide
postgame news conference that the review showed the meeting with the Huskers receiver Nate Moody. The
what he thought of the pass runner’s knee was down players was released official who threw the flag
interference call, Pelini – before scoring the 2-point on the same day he was was right there.
as cold-faced as he often conversion. supposed to be introduced But Bo went nuts. Bo
is – said: What got Bo even as Youngstown’s new got flagged. And Bo – who
“It’s pretty obvious, isn’t angrier was his team’s coach. Another tirade was had a 7-17 record against
it?” Pelini said. onside kick that was directed toward Nebraska ranked opponents during
After a long pause, Pelini apparently batted out of athletic director Shawn his tenure at Nebraska –
then looked at the reporter: bounds by Illinois State. Eichorst. could not win another big
“What were your thoughts That’s a no-no. But there “You can’t lead anything game. And Bo blamed it on
on the pass interference was no call. Bo got flagged under a f…. rock,” the tape the refs.
call?” for another outburst. revealed Pelini saying. “I’d “I wish the kids could’ve
When asked if the In a 38-31 overtime rather work at McDonald’s decided it,” Bo said
officials gave him an loss at Southern Illinois, than work with these afterwards.
explanation, Pelini said: another late-game pass guys.” I wish – and I suspect
“No …. they didn’t interference call sent There is a McDonald’s some Youngstown
Special to The Forum
give me an explanation Bo over the edge. Bo got located right across the boosters, too – that Bo
In this screen grab from the TV broadcast that on anything. There is no flagged again. street from Youngstown’s would’ve decided to act
was making the rounds on social media Saturday, explanation.” We shouldn’t be Stambaugh Stadium that like a good sport instead
Youngstown State’s Kenneth Durden, left, covers When asked why the surprised by all of this. Bo could work at. But odds of the raving lunatic. One
North Dakota State wide receiver Nate Moody and officials flagged him for This is the Bo Pelini are, Pelini will probably that we have unfortunately
the two unsportsmanlike who once called an Omaha land another head come to expect.
gets called for pass interference on NDSU’s winning World-Herald reporter coaching job at a lower-
penalties, Pelini said:
drive. Penguins coach Bo Pelini was flagged with two “They didn’t like the “a piece of s…..” and was level FBS school that is
Readers can reach Forum Sports Editor
Kevin Schnepf at (701) 241-5549 or
unsportsmanlike conduct penalties after yelling at way I was talking to them. heard commenting about looking to hire a marquee kschnepf@forumcomm.com and Twitter
referees in disagreement over the call on the above play. Because I told them …. a World-Herald columnist name. Never mind that @kevin_schnepf
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North Dakota State’s MJ Stumpf tackles Youngstown State’s I’tavious Harvin during a Missouri Valley Football Conference
game Saturday at Stambaugh Stadium in Youngstown.
Comeback brings ‘joy’
Bison convert on two key third downs in game-winning drive
By Eric Peterson
epeterson@forumcomm.com
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – and nearly ate five minutes
North Dakota State quarterback
Easton Stick sliced into the end
zone from four yards out with
less than a minute remaining,
ending nearly 60 grinding min-
utes for the Bison at Stambaugh
Stadium.
Stick’s touchdown run with
35 seconds remaining lifted No.
3-ranked NDSU to a dramatic
27-24 comeback victory against
No. 19 Youngstown State in
Missouri Valley Football Con-
ference action Saturday before
11,309 fans.
“It was joy,” said Stick, a red-
shirt freshman. “We knew it
was going to be a battle. We’re
proud to come on the road and
get a good win.”
The Bison (8-2, 6-1 MVFC) led
for only those final 35 seconds,
rallying from a 14-point deficit
in the fourth quarter. NDSU has
a chance to clinch at least a
share of the MVFC champion-
ship next Saturday with a home
win against Missouri State.
“Our guys knew the magni-
tude of this game and where it
was going to potentially get us,”
Bison head coach Chris Klie-
man said.
Illies makes most of opportunity
By Jeff Kolpack
jkolpack@forumcomm.com
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio –
North Dakota State starting
tight end Luke Albers woke up
with the flu Saturday morning
and wasn’t strong enough to
play against Youngstown State.
All his replacement did was
make the biggest catch of his
career.
Sophomore Jeff Illies made a
key play in NDSU’s game-win-
ning drive at Stambaugh Sta-
dium, with the
drive ending on
Easton Stick’s
4-yard touch-
down run with
35 seconds left. It
gave the Bison a
27-24 come-from-
behind win over
the Penguins Illies
that kept NDSU
tied for first place in the Missou-
ri Valley Football Conference.
Facing third-and-9, Stick hit
Illies along the left sideline for
a 17-yard gain that reached the
YSU 25-yard line. It was a play,
Illies said, that probably would
have been meant for Albers had
he not been sick.
“It was a toss-up on who would
be in but with him out, I for sure
was in,” Illies said. “I’ve been
waiting for a situation like that
to come up for me. The coaches
trusted my abilities and it was a
matter of time before an oppor-
tunity came. It was everything
you think it would be.”
It was what’s called a
BISON FOOTBALL Sunday, November 15, 2015 D7
North Dakota State 27,
Youngstown State 24
NDSU 0 3 7 17–27
YSU 7 7 10 0–24
First quarter
YSU – Ricky Davis 13 run (Zak Kennedy kick),
11 minutes, 50 seconds remaining.
Drive: 6 plays, 72 yards, 3:10.
Key plays: Quarterback Hunter Wells hits tight
end Shane Kuhn for 13 yards to the YSU 42-yard
line. Wells and Jody Webb combine for 33 yards
to the Bison 25. On third-and-8, Wells hits Martin
Ruiz for 10 yards to the 13.
YSU 7, NDSU 0.
Second quarter
NDSU – FG Cam Pedersen 30, 8:46.
Drive: 5 plays, 71 yards, 2:30.
Key plays: Quarterback Easton Stick hits Zach
Vraa for 66 yards on first play to the YSU 18-yard
line. NDSU right guard Jeremy Kelly called for
false start on fourth-and-inches, prompting Bison
to try field goal.
YSU 7, NDSU 3.
YSU – Jody Webb 45 run (Kennedy kick), 2:38.
Drive: 10 plays, 86 yards, 6:02.
Key plays: Wells scrambles for 11 yards on
third-and-10 to his 25. Wells hits Andrew Williams
for 12 yards on third-and-6 to the YSU 41. Webb
gains 14 yards after YSU faces first-and-15. On
second-and-10, Webb takes sweep, cuts up field
and scores.
YSU 14, NDSU 3.
Third quarter
NDSU – Stick 1 run (Pedersen kick), 10:40.
Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards, 4:13.
Key plays: Bruce Anderson returns kickoff to
the 32. Stick, on second-and-1, hits R.J. Urzen-
dowski for 41 yards to the 6. Touchdown comes
on fourth-and-an-inch.
YSU 14, NDSU 10.
YSU – Webb 77 run (Kennedy kick), 7:02.
Carrie Snyder / The Forum Drive: 2 plays, 77 yards, :21.
Key plays: On second-and-10, Webb takes draw
play, breaks three tackles and scores.
YSU 21, NDSU 10.
YSU – FG Kennedy 44, :39.
Drive: 9 plays, 39 yards, 4:34.
Key plays: Martin Ruiz runs 16 yards to the
Bison 49-yard line. Demond Hymes runs for 21
yards to the 27.
YSU 24, NDSU 10.
Fourth quarter
NDSU – King Frazier 7 run (Pedersen kick),
14:22.
Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards, 1:17.
Key plays: Bruce Anderson runs 57 yards down
The game-winning drive cov- it.” Penguins a 21-10 lead with 7:02 left sideline to the 7. Frazier scores on next play.
ered 54 yards, took nine plays Two plays later, Stick scored. remaining in the third quarter. YSU 24, NDSU 17.
On the winning play, he faked Youngstown State took a 24-10
NDSU – FG Pedersen 40, 9:57.
off the game clock. The Bison a handoff before he zipped lead after kicker Zak Kenne- Drive: 7 plays, 19 yards, 3:20.
converted two critical third through a crease in the defense dy booted a 44-yard field goal Key plays; Bison take over at the 42 after 28-
downs on that march, one on and eluded a tackler near the with 39 seconds remaining in yard punt. Illegal substitution penalty on YSU on
a Stick completion and one on 2-yard line on his way to the end the third quarter. The Penguins fourth-and-1 gives NDSU first down at the 28.
Youngstown State pass interfer- zone. That gave the Bison a 27-24 didn’t score after that. YSU 24, NDSU 20.
ence penalty. lead with 35 seconds to play. “It shows a lot about our
The Bison faced a third-and-9 “It’s big for us, and we’re defense and our character and NDSU – Stick 4 run (Pedersen kick), :35.
from the Penguins 42-yard line. going to keep moving forward, Drive: 9 plays, 55 yards, 4:51.
how much we’ve grown since Key plays: Bison defense holds YSU on three
That’s when Stick found sopho- but we’re damn proud of this the beginning of the season,” plays. On third-and-9, Stick hits Jeff Illies for 17
more tight end Jeff Illies for 17 one,” said Stick, who is 4-0 as a Bison defensive end Brad yards to the 25. On third-and-3, YSU’s Kenneth
yards on a back-shoulder throw starter. Ambrosius said. “The begin- Durden called for pass interference, which puts
against tight coverage. Illies’ The Bison defense gave their ning of the season our defense ball at the 6. Stick scores on second-and-goa.
contested catch moved the ball young quarterback a chance to would have broken down prob- NDSU 27, YSU 24.
to the YSU 25. rally late, holding the Penguins
ably.”
A couple plays later, the to minus-2 yards in the fourth Team statistics
The Bison scored the final 17
Bison faced a third-and-3 at the quarter. Youngstown State NDSU YSU
points, including a 7-yard King
Penguins 18. After a mistimed rushed for minus-2 yards on six First downs 12 16
snap, Stick gathered the ball attempts and were 0-for-7 pass- Frazier touchdown run that Rushes-yards 42-184 32-245
cut the Penguins lead to 24-17
and fired a pass to senior wide ing in the final 15 minutes. Yards passing 176 104
receiver Nate Moody, who was The Penguins had gained 351 with 14:22 to play in the fourth Passes 9-18-0 9-24-0
inside the 10-yard line. The pass yards through the first three quarter. NDSU freshman kicker Total yards 360 349
Punts-avg. 4-188 6-214
sailed high, but a penalty flag quarters. Cam Pedersen added a 40-yard
Fumbles-lost 2-0 0-0
was thrown on Youngstown “We always try and trust the field goal with 9:57 to play to set
Sacked-yards lost 1-8 1-8
State for pass interference. process,” said Bison junior line- the stage for the winning drive. Penalties-yards 5-54 8-65
That penalty gave the Bison a backer Nick DeLuca, who had “We always stay in it. That is Possession time 32:16 27:44
first-and-goal at the 6. seven tackles. “We have faith what we’re taught to do,” said
“I asked the referee who it was and trust in our offense. … It Bison freshman running back Individual statistics
on … he couldn’t tell me who it was good to have a nice nail-bit- Bruce Anderson, who rushed North Dakota State
was on,” said Youngstown State er, close game.” for 67 yards on four attempts. Rushing No. Yds. Long TD
linebacker Lee Wright. “I mean, The Bison were reeling after “(Stick) kept his composure and Bruce Anderson 4 67 57 0
he was able to work his magic.” King Frazier 19 64 9 1
he’s calling the game. He appar- Youngstown State running back
Easton Stick 15 42 9 2
ently saw something. He called Jody Webb ripped off a 77-yard Readers can reach Forum reporter Darrius Shepherd 1 7 7 0
his call and we have to live with touchdown run. That gave the Eric Peterson at (701) 241-5513 Chase Morlock 1 3 3 0
Lance Dunn 1 3 3 0
Dimitri Williams 1 -2 0 0
Team totals 42 184 57 3
Receiving
RJ Urzendowski
Jeff Illies
Zach Vraa
No. Yds. Long
2
2
1
44
29
66
41
17
66
TD
0
0
0
Darrius Shepherd 1 12 12 0
Kyle talk all the time. We text Andrew Bonnet 1 10 10 0
quite a bit actually.” Bruce Anderson 1 9 9 0
“He was asking if I’d seen Dimitri Williams 1 6 6 0
anything, any snap key with the Team totals 9 176 66 0
tackle,” Emanuel said. “I didn’t Passing Comp Att Yds. Int. TD
have a lot of advice to give him. Easton Stick 9 18 176 0 0
Team totals 9 18 176 0 0
He played great, and the defense
Tackles (solo-assisted-total)
Comeback kids stepped up well at the end.”
Deluca 4-3-7, Dempsey 4-1-5, Stumpf 4-0-4,
After trailing by two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, Bison rally to Also on hand was former Ambrosius 4-0-4, Grimsley 3-1-4, Gee-Tucker
score the final 17 points. Bison kicker Adam Keller, who 3-0-3, Tanguay 2-0-2, Menard 2-0-2, Allison 2-0-2,
saw freshman Cam Pedersen Board 1-0-1, Jordheim 1-0-1, Butler 1-0-1, Steidl
Say it ain’t so Bo hit a key 40-yard field goal into 1-0-1, Smith 1-0-1, Bachmeier 1-0-1, Champion
Youngstown head coach Bo Pelini loses his cool late in the game, the wind midway in the fourth 1-0-1, Schaetz 1-0-1, Anderson 1-0-1, Plank 1-0-
flagged for two unsportsmanlike penalties. quarter. It was just two games 1, Morgan 0-1-1.
ago when Pedersen got pulled Sacks: Schaetz 1-8.
Interceptions: none
Late lockdown defense in the second half at Southern
The Bison defense still shows signs of being young, but they held Illinois.
Youngstown State
the Penguins scoreless in the fourth quarter. “How about Cam Pedersen? Rushing No. Yds. Long TD
That was a big-time kick in the Jody Webb 5 132 77 2
Positioned for playoffs fourth quarter,” said NDSU Ricky Davis 11 61 22 1
With the win, the Bison have a chance to earn a share of the head coach Chris Klieman. Martin Ruiz 10 29 16 0
conference title and high playoff seed. Demond Hymes 1 21 21 0
– Forum staff Etc. etc. etc. Hunter Wells 3 2 11 0
Klieman said NDSU suffered I’tavious Harvin 1 1 1 0
Andre Stubbs 1 -1 0 0
a few injuries during the game,
Team totals 32 245 77 3
NOTEBOOK nia beach on vacation. Rookie but he did not have specifics
Receiving No. Yds. Long TD
immediately after the game.
 outside linebacker Kyle Eman- Jody Webb 3 57 33 0
uel got on a plane and flew to Cornerback Jordan Champion
Martin Ruiz 2 18 10 0
back-shoulder throw, where Fargo. And he wasn’t done yet. was out most of the second half. Shane Kuhn 1 13 13 0
Illies essentially pins the cover He traveled with the Bison to Defensive tackle Nate Tanguay Andrew Williams 1 12 12 0
guy to the inside and catches Youngstown. and linebacker Pierre Gee-Tuck- Jacob Wood 1 5 5 0
the ball on his outside shoulder. “I can go to a beach whenever. er were also in and out with Andre Stubbs 1 -1 0 0
“We saw on film we could take You only get to watch your alma undisclosed injuries. … The Team totals 9 104 33 0
Passing Comp Att Yds. Int. TD
advantage of that back-shoulder punting game made a difference
mater every now and then,” Hunter Wells 9 21 104 0 0
throw,” Illies said. “I knew that in field position all day. NDSU’s
Emanuel said. “I’m glad they Ricky Davis 0 3 0 0 0
was the first read for sure, and Ben LeCompte averaged 47.0
allowed me to come.” Team totals 9 24 104 0 0
Easton put it on the money. It yards a kick. YSU’s Nick Sheely
He not only watched, but may Tackles (solo-assisted-total)
was awesome to contribute.” averaged 35.7 yards, including Wright 11-3-14, Dellovade 6-1-7, Smith 4-3-7,
have contributed in a small
two short punts in the fourth Dortch 4-1-5, Alexander 2-3-5, Rivers 3-1-4, Wil-
way. Bison defensive end Brad
Emanuel returns, helps quarter that helped NDSU start liams 1-3-4, Thompson 2-1-3, Thomas 1-1-2,
Ambrosius said he asked Eman-
closer to midfield. Moss 1-1-2, Zaborsky 0-2-2, Larkin 1-0-1, Ken-
defense when asked uel on a couple of occasions nedy 1-0-1, Durden 1-0-1, Kromah 1-0-1, Bishop
It was an off week for the San Readers can reach Forum reporter Jeff Kolpack
for advice in the second half at (701) 241-5546. Kolpack’s Bison Media Blog 0-1-1, Kelly 0-1-1, Smith 0-1-1, Rader 0-1-1
Diego Chargers, but not every- “because he’s in the NFL and he can be found at bisonmedia.areavoices.com and Sacks: Rivers 1-8
body hung out near a Califor- know a lot more than us. Me and Twitter @FGOSPORTSWRITER Interceptions: none