MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) The Associated Press released its first 2020 preseason college football poll on Monday, and the University of Minnesota is on it despite the Big Ten postponing the fall season. The Gophers enter the poll at No. 19, and are one of six Big Ten teams in the first poll of the season. It’s the first time…
FARGO, N.D. – (NDSU Athletics) North Dakota State director of athletics Matt Larsen and head football coach Matt Entz announced Monday, Aug. 24, the Bison football team will play one non-conference game to cap the 2020 fall practice schedule. NDSU will host Central Arkansas at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, in the first meeting between the two schools. It is the beginning of…
FARGO, ND – The Division One council put it forth earlier this week and now it’s official. NCAA voted to allow fall students to have an extra year of eligibility. As part of the move, the board bars schools from taking away or reducing scholarships if an athlete chooses to sit out over concerns of COVID-19. They also can not…
FARGO, ND – Once fall seasons were pushed back to the spring of 2021, one of the big questions was what impact it would have on student-athlete eligibility for next fall. The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division One council appears to have made a decision, according to Sports Illustrated’s Pete Thamel. Sources: The NCAA Division I Council decided today that…
FARGO, N.D. — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz knows a thing or two about being a first round draft pick. Wentz remains the highest player ever drafted at the FCS level going number two overall in 2016. His successor, Easton Stick, is with the Los Angeles Chargers. Now it’s time for the next Bison QB to decide his future.. Trey…
FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State football reached out to over 100 programs in attempts to play this fall. Only one unnamed school agreed in traveling to Fargo. Looking for three opponents ultimately lead to the decision of not playing until what hopes to be the spring. Looking to 2021 presents more questions than answers especially about eligibility, seniors returning …
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — (UND Athletics) Statement from UND Athletic Director Bill Chaves: “Based on results from our weekly test that occurred on Thursday, we have been working through 29 (of over 200 student-athletes tested) positive cases from that test. Given this situation, we have paused workouts this week so that we can hit a reset on a number of…
FARGO, ND – North Dakota State Football announced that they won’t play a season this fall and will now shift their attention towards competing in the spring. The news comes shortly after the Missouri Valley Football Conference announced they’d be postponing their season to the spring of 2021. NDSU Athletics confirmed to KVRR Sports that the department had previously made…
BURNSVILLE, Minn. – (NSIC) In light of the NCAA Board of Governors’ decision to direct all institutions and conferences to meet specific requirements to conduct fall sports and the NCAA Division II Presidents Council’s announcement that all NCAA Division II fall championships are canceled, the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference’s Board of Directors has canceled NSIC fall competition & championships, and…
FARGO, N.D. — Nebraska has been one of the more vocal schools about wanting to play football despite the Big Ten’s decision to postpone all fall sports with hopes of playing in the spring. With the Missouri Valley Football Conference making the same decision and allowing non-conference games in the fall, North Dakota State hasn’t shied away about competing. Athletic…
