NCAAF 2020 Week 05 Central Arkansas vs North Dakota State

noon north dakota state is used to seeing nearly 19 000 fans fill the fargo dome seats but there is nothing typical about this 2020 fall season the bison playing their lone only game against central arkansas here this afternoon thanks so much for being with us brian sean and lee timmerman ryan gellner will join us in a moment and for the bison the one opportunity this fall to try to get a game in try to build some excitement but they'll have to do it in front of no fans well they will but the one question brian that was asked to me multiple times leading up to this weekend is why would ndsu go through all of this just to play once well to me the biggest thing is in football you get better by practicing not by playing and by able and for the bison to be able to have this one game they can have a full practice week just like it was a regular fall so they get 20 hours with the coaches all the weight lifting everything so that's the main thing develop the bison hope to develop the younger guys while getting ready for this one opportunity opportunity to see trey lance and some seniors potentially for the last time as well the bison and bears coming up next [Applause] [Music] yeah you can hear the hurt coming baby like it or not we've been waiting while tailgating in the parking lot now that clock is ticking down and boys are ready to go the energy in here's a lecture let's get on with the show get your horns up clean and golden back in town up in the air bring the boys up [Music] a very unfamiliar sight on game day here in fargo an empty parking lot overcast day about 50 degrees with just player families only in attendance and scouts 20 nfl teams represented by 20 nfl scouts here today as well as they are separated throughout the building and about maybe 25 to 30 central arkansas fans as well brian sean lee timmerman back with you north dakota state has won the toss the buys to deferred and central arkansas will have the football first and braylon smith and company will get the first crack to see if uh they can maybe get this offense on a little bit better of a roll more of a role than it has through the first three games albeit two of those three games have been victories in the come from behind category special teams has been a little bit of a roller coaster ride so far for uca had a punt blocked for a touchdown but also returned a punt for a touchdown there was a 22-yard field goal missing an extra point missed last week against missouri state as well and you're looking at the second year head coach matt 16-0 in a national championship in his first season as the head man for the bison you mentioned special teams brian and i think the bison feel in this head-to-head matchup special teams they have a huge advantage today hope to take advantage of that by being basically the more disciplined team and execute better on special teams ndsu thinks it'll be really to its advantage in this contest against the bears jake reinholds will do the honors junior kicker played in the season opener and then missed pretty much the rest of the season peterson farm seed kickoff kickoff your planting season with peterson farm seed it's a touch back and the bears will start at their own 25-yard line let's take a look at the north dakota state defense sponsored by shields some new names in there some other ones lost namely jabril cox james hendricks among them derek tusca is now with the denver broncos tony pierce is a starting lineback a starting linebacker michael tutsie dawson weber josh hayes and destin talbert also now in with marquis bridges also out of the lineup there's a look at braylon smith junior quarterback 3 700 yards five touchdowns four picks so far this year [Applause] and he will throw on first down dropping it off in an open man out of the backfield and positive first play as jack short makes the reception he is cut down by dawson weber after a pickup of eight well the bison saw pressure smith saw it coming from his left side his tight end just a little bit of a blocking release to the flat did a good job of finding him and this is an offense that will want to play quick they will show a lot of tempo especially on positive plays play action akira crossley tyler hudson the intended target both receivers in the same area and that is incomplete josh hayes on the coverage for the bison central arkansas starting unit also sponsored by shields sam camargo at tight end we talked about smith gear crossley very productive running back southland conference freshman of the year back in 2017 1900 career rushing yards the two receivers luann winningham and tyler hudson very dynamic combined for 105 catches and 20 touchdowns one year ago they have both made one hand grabs this year as well so yeah they can make the spectacular catch smith flushed out throws across the middle at high looking for hudson smith potentially could have run for that first down instead it's a three and out for central arkansas but smith is not a running quarterback when you see rpo this is a team that wants the rpo to pass not run pass option for the run so so he will not just take off in a designed quarterback run very often for head coach nathan brown central arkansas kind of a clunky offensive performance last week against missouri state 177 total yards lowest in the d1 era for the bears first punt from searing hughes forward and that one will bounce at about the 30 and go out of bounds at the 28 yard line our first look at trey lance the sophomore quarterback out of marshall coming off a record-breaking season 28 touchdown passes no interceptions and 287 pass attempts also ran for 1100 yards and 11 scores as well carson shooting port l volson very experienced line up front the new man is zach kubis receivers christian watson and phoenix sproles coming off tremendous campaigns as well play action for lance surveys and fires back the far side of the field and incomplete looking for christian watson good coverage that time by robert rochelle well his first look was to the left on a combination route with uh gindor gindorff rather and sproles they were covered he knows he has one-on-one coverage on the back side tried to go back over there but that's the one thing that trade lance did so well last year he read very very well and didn't put himself in poor positions very often with the football back to the i formation here on second and ten stretch play to the outside and kofi looking for roon to run tries to get around the edge but not able to do so j.w jones good pursuit will take him down for no game take a look at that central arkansas defense nathan brown head coach really likes his guys up front jvs brown 37th career game jw jones nathan grant austin norris very good up front robert rochelle being looked at by the nfl scouts that are here along with the kid j.w jones who made that first tackle he is on the has gotten caught the eye rather of the nfl will spread it out here with four wide and central arkansas showing some pressure and the bears will bring pressure that's when they try to make things happen here they come lance hangs in there fires a wide open man down the field and it's just overthrown phoenix sprole's defender had fallen down on the turf and it would have been a touchdown head of enable to be connected nodak insurance company replay sproles just on a sprint up the field and after his defender falls down lance is trying to stay in there as long as he could and he did and he took a shot got the ball down field but he couldn't quite get it you know if lance could have one more half a count that would have been a completed touchdown but hey the bears really brought pressure straight up the middle raja nelson was also running a deep cross where that pressure came from but also lance couldn't see him didn't have time to see it either here at wegner on for the punt kind of a low liner that will take a bison hop at the 25 and hudson who returned to punt for a touchdown is smothered on the play and taken down by cole jacob and central arkansas will have the football when he come back two minutes gone here in the first quarter no score [Music] both teams going through and out on their first offensive possessions uca back out there and starting this drive at the 25. smith to throw again flushed out and incomplete a little bit high for gear crossley good coverage on the play by jackson henke well the bison ran a little stunt there you see lane tucker number 92. he was one of the guys that came on the inside helps bring some pressure up this bison defense he'll have a lot of new names in it but they're very talented athletes smith a little shovel pass to crossley and he's got a little room took a big shot at the 30 after a pickup of five yards there's been bartholomew coming back to lay the wood i think tucker got a little bit piece of him took him kind of out of his rhythm as a runner moved his feet around and then barty let him have it oku played the first four games last year had an injury and missed the rest of the season he's from well he's from africa originally but shiloh christian in bismarck is where he played his high school ball substitute after central arkansas changed out tailbacks [Applause] smith will roll out again and behind his intended target it is complete to mitchell perkinson but he's about a yard short of the first down perkins who just couldn't keep his feet he's a junior i mean there's nobody there to tackle him right away his body was just out of position and able to try to fall forward so we still do not have a first down yet in our game today perkinson originally from the state of arkansas started out his career at oklahoma state as a walk-on north dakota 46 players on the roster from the state of arkansas use four boy a booming punt down to the five and it takes a central arkansas hop and will be down at about the eight yard line well done by hughes ford a booming punt of almost 60 yards we'll step aside flies and have the football when we come back 11 21 to go in the first quarter [Music] a number of north dakota state players have gone on to play professionally you see carson wentz john crockett derek tusca [Applause] recently called up to the 53-man roster of the broncos ben ellison has one career start for the jacksonville jaguars as a free agent this season and we know for sure that list will grow with dylan raiden's what we don't know is if it'll grow with a guy calling the plays yet that was the first carry of the day for seth wilson who remains in the backfield and wilson has not played in a game since the national championship back in january of 2019. give to christian watson on the fly sweeping room to run watson lowering the shoulder and getting across the 20 down to the 24 yard line picking up a first down let's go to ryan gellner on the sidelines hey guys it's a first international bank and trust sideline report trey lance ran this get this 41 times his last two games as a bison the last two games last year trey lance ran it 41 times that game plan today guys you would think would be just a little bit different tyler roll the offensive coordinator saying they'll pull back on him just a little bit in the running game today guys all right thanks so much ryan maybe eight to ten carries is what tyler roll mentioned to us this week lance hanging in there and now he lost the football it's still lose since central arkansas has it at the 14-yard line i think it was darren davenport on a blitz from the linebacker check and see on the nodak insurance company replay from your right you're going to see number 24 kind of making linebacker stunt get his hand on the ball and it comes out so it was davenport that caused the turnover this will be a real good look at how he reaches out with that left hand and gets it away from lance jabias brown the all southland second teamer from a year ago falls on it for the recovery and that is the 11th turnover forced already this season in just over three games by this bearish defense that is very aggressive up front it's a defense that has had a couple scored a couple of touchdowns rochelle had a scoop and score matt um yeah matthews had a scoop and score as well too gear crossley got a couple yards before he is wrapped up on the play costner ching in there along with james kaser it was interesting in talking with bison coaches this week about this central arkansas offense and every one of them said i don't know why they don't run the ball anymore don't tell them we said that but you know they're trying to establish some things on on the ground but yeah this is a team that when it has gone to the ground this year it has been somewhat successful most of the time it's braylon smith through the air smith designed to run this time bison bringing pressure smith able to get a couple more to the 11-yard line jackson hank another tackle thank you pre-season all-american the junior from parker river north dakota led the team and tackles last year from that middle linebacker spot and and uh the thing i like about jackson is he'll be the first to tell you hey i'm never gonna win a running contest on who's the fastest but you talk about a kid that knows defense knows how to play it and knows how to work angles he's hit third and seven here for the bears smith pocket collapses and he's buried back at the 15-yard line gigler was one of the guys there but you just can't live in the pocket i i know that smith wants to stay there but i just don't think he'll be able to live in the pocket today and there's some big pressure coming up front no dak insurance company replay another stunt beagle playing off his man but it was a cross on the right side that helped kind of create the confusion and then bieger bigler played off to get the tackle hayden ray on for the field goal and he's able to connect from 32 yards out to get central arkansas on the board and take advantage of the turnover [Music] gate city bank is proud to support ndsu athletics show your buys and pride today with a free ndsu debit card from gate city bank visit gate city dot bank slash my card or visit one of our convenient locations to get yours gate city bank for a better way of life remember fgic look at nathan brown third year head coach played played quarterback at uca from 2006 to 2008. well he didn't play it he thrived as the quarterback owns all the he's a three-time all-american threw for well over 10 000 yards 100 touchdowns so when you talk about quarterbacks for this program their head coach is the man it's actually a payton award finalist back in 2008 was an invite to the senior bowl in 2009 had a couple of free agent tryouts in the nfl as well but i thought we saw the bison defense and the pressure that it can apply on that third down play really come into play hughes ford will angle this one towards the sideline and christian watson will let it go out of bounds and the bison will start this drive at the 35. matt gallagher your head referee today for this crew good afternoon from the officiating crew we hope all your families are safe free kick out of bounds kicking team number 44 north dakota state has elected the ball take the 35 yard line first down [Applause] let's take a look at the bobcat scoring recap four plays minus one yard but set up with good field position on the fumble recovery the sack again by matt biegler oh central arkansas ready for that one all sorts of bodies flying in there and that is the big play linebacker dream matthews coming in for the tackle for loss [Applause] officiating crew today from the missouri valley we talked about matt gallagher tony day calvin diggs ivan cardona justin starr stacy jameson your replay official is brian smith today second and long here for the bison [Applause] lance dropping back and fires braylon henderson did he get a foot down the officials confer and they say yes it is a catch for a first down across the 45-yard line redshirt freshman out of plano east high school played in four games last year as a true freshman we're going to watch and the nodak insurance company replay the iso watson comes in clears out man to man that's just a simple out delivered on time against the best probably i'm gonna say the best defensive player that the bears have that's number nine robert rochelle they may take a look at this one [Applause] let's lead a pass that was a great catch by henderson oh foot is that foot on the white at all and is it indisputable sideline again left foot college you only need one foot down don't see a lot of green there between the white shoe dude no you really don't so you want to be a replay official another look on the odac insurance company replay see watson comes in that clears out you have your best cover corner left foot watch the left foot he'd be the judge i was gonna say one guy but one man and his assistant here in the fargo dome are trying to beat the judge and of course we do not that's the visiting sideline there is no camera straight down there it has to be indisputable video evidence i believe is the way that is dictators drive the young man is going to be really pretty good braylon henderson bison have a couple of young kids that i think are going to finally thrive in that slot position another one as we mentioned him earlier is raja nelson wearing number 17 a couple of really young guys that the bison quite frankly you know with few exceptions over the years have kind of struggled to find a dominant player in that slot spot rolling on the field stands first down nothing there that you can overturn based on we looked at you talked about roger nelson minnesota mr football finalist out of lakeville north high school confident mature is how tyler roll described him and he played wide receiver running back db and his senior you had to play quarterback why not guy's done everything in his career 39-8 career record when he was at lakeville north so the bison pick up a first down up to the 46-yard line kobe johnson taken down immediately cameron godfrey crashing down from his safety position he's already starting pretty close to the line but yeah godfrey's listed as the free safety but if you don't think you can physically handle a gap power what how do you what do you need to do to beat it well you need to beat it with speed off the edge and that's what godfrey the sophomore was able to do on that particular play coming around on the right side again power is again is a play that the bison thought would work well today looking trying to set up a screen flag comes in behind his intended target there's a hole looking for adam colfield [Applause] if you want me to guess i'll guess snatch jensen this would back up the bison if nathan brown decided to accept the penalty back holding 36. offense number 67. penalty has been declined brings up third down brown decides to decline the penalty instead of insurance company replay check the bottom of your screen but the guy they're talking about is on the top of the screen that's where the hold comes from you just saw him kind of reach across maybe grab under the top of that jersey top of the shoulder pads nathan brown asked this week about how you match up with north dakota state's offensive line goes look the defensive line is the strength of our team i feel like we have a good game plan and our guys will be up for the challenge so far the bears have been on big plays this year look for the pressure nope no pressure coming it's max coverage lance fires looking for christian watson who went up high was a little bit out of his reach and incomplete malik wilson coming back to make a play on the football if eisen will have to punt it away i think watson will tell you that he jumped just a little bit early no he's kind of at the top of his top of his uh jump tried to high point that ball and just didn't bring it in but lance had plenty of time because there was no pressure on that particular play the bison front five held up well incomplete trey lance just one of five here to start this afternoon for 14 yards does wagner will try to pin uca deep air catches called for by hudson and made it about the 16-yard line three-nothing central arkansas midway through the first quarter here at the fargo dome on the egg country farm credit services scoreboard time now for the gate city bank fan cam send your home or watch party picks to fan cam your cam and we'll show them throughout the game just a few hundred folks in attendance here today braylon smith in the play action oh dangerous pass not on the same page as it was receiver on winningham and josh hayes almost had a big six well hayes was the closest one to it and on that particular play there was a bunch of pre-snap movement that's the one thing that bison wanted to do today was try and change the eyes of smith a little bit right before the ball is snapped jabril cox sorry jazeer said his brother's name jazeera cox started out in the slot kind of in a nickel rolled back into his linebacker position and then the safety rolled right down into man coverage so that was a whole bunch of stuff for smith to try to digest before the snap smith will drop back again and tight coverage jackson hanke right on top of it intended target with jared barnes transfer from the university of arkansas that's the third and long coming up for the bears let's take a look at the numbers this quarterback comparison sponsored by the north dakota beef commission funded by beef farmers and ranchers the numbers not nearly as good this year for whatever reason braylon smith has just not been able to get on track so far but again we talked about it 3 700 yards last year but his career completion percentage is still over 62 so they know what this guy can do bison going with just three down linemen here in third and long different look and they're bringing pressure smith is able to complete the pass to perkinson but well short of the first down and here comes the punting move yeah the three down look was certainly different but then you saw kazer come off the nearside edge short this one takes a hop at the 45 and unfortunately for central arkansas it rolls inside the 40 down to the bison 38. let's pause for a quick word from bank of north dakota it's never too late to save for your trident college saves flexibility allows for many withdrawal options contributions while in school and transfer of funds between children don't delay another day start saving for your pride and joy trey lance in the offense just 17 total yards so far here this afternoon good field position here that pass is tipped down by j.w jones insurance company replay you'll see the big man j.w jones 6-4 get that big left hand up there working against bolson knocks it down again jones is a kid that has enough athletic ability that the nfl is interested he had the strip of the football last week that led to the matthew scoop and scoring so he is a disrupter on the defensive side and has been so far today to watson and he got tripped up and fell on his own for a loss of three yards back at the 35. there was a lot of yards to be had there that that is not going to materialize because he tripped because davis harrison one of the the nickel guys comes in you see harrison right there he goes for it and misses but there is a whole lot of wide open space that is not happening bison have been in third and long a lot here today [Music] [Applause] lance trying to step away trying to get away but it's terrain matthews again coming back to make the tackle and the bison go three and out [Applause] matthews comes on a sprint it's going to come right into your and miss him see lance steps up matthews overruns the play but when lance has to stop matthews has enough time to use his speed to come from behind and pull him down for another punt this one his best effort deep hunt tyler hudson has to retreat all the way to his only six yard line he gets what he can up to about the 36. well wagner's not on the watch list for punter of the year and he just showed why it's pretty good leg there expenses piling up this semester whether that's that new laptop college books or a much deserved win or getaway turn to gate city bank for a personal loan with low rates gate city bank for a better way of life member fdic equal housing here crossley finding a little room this time james caser holds on takes him down after a pickup of three well james is one of those guys that had over over 500 snaps last year so he has experience and he moved from safety to linebacker last year and now he's locked in on the will spot this season and beyond trying to bounce it out jackson hanke right there to turn him back gain of one and another third down coming up nice job by hanke here no dak insurance company replay one of the big defensive tackles larry right there 79 gets into jackson but he's able to free up his arms keep his hips moving and he kept his outside leverage to be able to make the tackle julian what arsenic comes in at safety as the bison go nickel smith flushed out again he's going to take off and run he picks up the first down as he lowers the shoulder at the 22 and that'll move the sticks for the bears destin talbert on the stop for ndsu not sure if tony pierce was supposed to have the inside rush or if he tried to make an adjustment on his route pierce is the guy right here on the outside the defensive end he went in allowing the quarterback to go out central arkansas going quickly a couple yards on the pickup up to the 29-yard line for crosstalk that being said on the previous play a really nice adjustment there by the junior smith 44 career touchdown pass is now fifth all time but again last week he had career lows and yards and completion percentage smith running for his life again and this time has some room to the outside but closing quickly and making the stop is kazer very active here will bring up third and fourth well the bison are really trying to put the pressure on the offensive line with a number of stunts there there has been very few uh a plays where there has not been some type of a cross action that time the two defensive tackles were in there making a move garrett was one of them number 96 central arkansas or four on third down so far today [Applause] smith on the crosser caught by winningham but short of the first down another excellent tackle in space by kaiser well you're trying to get kaser out of position but he's not out of position very often nodak insurance company replay here's the shallow little drag you hand off to the middle and caser comes up gets the shoulder in there i was talking with grant olson his position coach talking about james and he said hey this kid knows how to play football if we put him at running back i promise you he'd be a really good running back talking about having to switch positions another good point sierra news ford sending this one down inside the five and down to the one yard line before it is down well done again as north dakota state will once again be backed up let's pause for a quick message from advanced business methods [Applause] trust advanced business methods for all your print and document solutions from multi-functional printers to manage print abm has the experience to keep your work flowing contact us today to advance your business well the bison offense [Applause] not been able to get it rolling 15 total yards so far here in this first quarter kobe johnson in that tailback [Applause] johnson putting his head down and falling ahead to the five-yard line nicknackwasso coming in to make that stop safety for central arkansas seven tackles and a forced fumble against missouri states last week you talk about position groups that have a lot of good talent in it we will later the game but running back is one of those position groups for ndsu that is the end of the first quarter not much offense for either club three-nothing bears taking advantage of a north dakota state turnover we're back with a second quarter of action from the fargo dome after this today's game is being brought to you in part by shields a proud sponsor of ndsu athletics shields is your bison headquarters shop the exclusive coaches collection in store and online at shields.com second down run for north dakota state kobe johnson got nothing central arkansas nathan grant got in there to make that stop for the bears they've been pretty stout up front so far also you got to get a little shout out on that play to brandon myers he took on a couple of players sorry not myers make that nathan grant third and six here for the bison three receivers in the formation pressure coming on lance he hangs in there and looking for zach matheson overthrows the tall receiver out of tampa and lance again now just one of seven so far to start this game and when you're talking about targets that's the tallest one out there zach mathis at six foot six and zach could even make a play on the ball it was just way too high mathis had a brother jacob played ole miss in southern florida five receptions last year missed about three games in the regular season and did not play in the playoffs due to injury backed up deep in his own end zone we'll do what he can here as he angles this one towards the sideline and this is going to give central arkansas some pretty good field position 46-yard line with mathis wearing number zero that is a new rule in college football this year as well he was number 17 last year but the powers that be decided that players can wear zero now nathan brown said this week the head coach at central arkansas how much they were looking forward to this trip central arkansas piecing together this hodgepodge schedule they got a couple of home and homes against missouri state and eastern kentucky three fbs opponents and this game in fargo the bears will also return to fargo in 2023 with the bison returning a game to conway in 2025. smith pump fake now looking deep has a man open it is through the hands of his intended target and incomplete winning ham had a beat on it but could not haul it in destin talbert out there on coverage got beat a little bit on the double move no dak insurance company replay here's talbert trying to catch up if i tell you from what we've seen on tape of that young man this year you expect him to make this catch even though he was trying to stretch out and get it and make it here but he has made those types of catches he was held without any receptions last week against missouri state but had two receiving touchdowns in early september against uab had a great season going last year until he broke his arm smith stepping up in the pocket again gonna take off and run anki able to come off his block and take him down low after pick up a four nothing in the to run aspect of that play at all smith was just looking surveying downfield didn't see where he had any player open just got what he could after after that third and six coming up for the bears lies in bringing pressure again smith trying to step away stays on his feet and he's got a first down diving across the 30 down to the 29-yard line and now the bears will try to go quick but julian wood darcy was on kind of a little bit of a delayed blitz number 20 you'll see come in right there and then he loses his footing which allows the run for the first down room up the middle this time for cameron myers nice change of pace back for central arkansas much bigger 6-1 205. he and crossley have gotten the bulk of the handoffs this year hasn't been a very deep run back running back group this time not much for maya's turn back and taken down by costner ching at the line of scrimmage no gain ching earned his starting job at that nose guard position was recruited as a tight end out of a nine-man program and castlewood south dakota came up here switched positions said earlier this week i have come to the realization that i'm not going to catch the ball or hold it anymore i'm fine with that let's play some d [Applause] lies and bring four smith dumping it off boy good play up by jasir cox on the coverage of mitchell perkinson breaking it up well here's where you can tell that smith is not a quote unquote running quarterback no dac insurance company replay because right here i think he can run for the first down tries to squeeze the little pass in there but cox makes the defensive play david braun telling us this week how far jose cox has come to be ready for this opportunity he got hurt in the first game at target field last season now sliding into his brother's old spot field goal on the way splits the uprights and central arkansas has taken a six-nothing lead as hayden ray connects once again 11 53 to go in the second quarter in fargo the visitors lead at 6-0 on the egg country farm credit services scoreboard [Music] today's game is being brought to you in part by shields a proud sponsor of ndsu athletics shields is your bison headquarters shop the exclusive coaches collection in store and online at shields.com christian watson back deep for north dakota states watson such a tremendous breakout sophomore campaign led the team with 34 receptions as hughes ford will put the toe to it and watson will call for the fair catch at the four yard line bobcats scoring recap seven plays 23 yards or central arkansas set up on the short field after the short punt from garrett wegner hayden ray has been able to connect on a couple of field goals here yeah the bison helped both of those scoring drives if you will the short punt on this one you remember the turnover on the first one that that was a minus one scoring drive but yet the fumble happened so deep and bison territory that's how the bears were able to get the first points quick throw out to watson got a couple of blocks on the edge and watson switched out of bounds by a trio bears after a gain of 5. bison thought some screens or bubbles or those types of plays might be effective today try to get a little two-on-two situation which is what they had right there pass out to watson with phoenix sproles in the blocking position two tight ends i formation here on second five and play action for lance throwing on the run and making the sliding reception as hunter loopkey has enough for a first down to the 36 loop key and a nice freshman season 11 receptions for 196 yards let's pause for a quick message now announcing the shields ndsu coaches collection starting lineup featuring gear hand selected by the bison coaching staff available in store and online at shields.com go bison seth wilson has broken through a hole one of the best runs of the day robert rochelle dragging him down but a good pick up on first down up close to seven well we talked about it when wilson got in there first it's so nice to be able to see this guy uh come back in here of course before he was injured he was kind of lined up to be the guy to you know to take over for you know those good running backs and of course he had the injury and he sat out so long and it's been kind of an ongoing issue but he's able to play today a little bit of a question mark i think earlier this week if seth was able to play go back to seth wilson's freshman season he had 194 rushing yards in the national semifinals against sam houston state delayed handoff goes to wilson again good feed caden brown gives him a bear hug and drags him down at midfield but that'll be enough for another bison first down it's kind of a fuel run because babbage was almost like a pulling guard to the interior the tied in i think the play was more designed to be the right side of the football but he was able to feel back to where babbage was it opened up a little bit pick up the first down finish the thought on wilson you think last year he missed the entire season due to an acl he only played in four games the previous season because of a hamstring issue yeah his injury happened in fall camp if i remember right jet sweep goes out to watson see the speed of this wide receiver out of tampa bumped out of bounds on the play by deandre lamont there is a bear getting well i was just saying getting up very slow but unfortunately he's unable to get up right now at the back of the play that is nathan grant number 94 a senior grant has been a workhorse in the lineup 40th career game for nathan grant today he saw a little bit of it there on that nodak insurance company replay i look maybe did he step wrong hit it hit somebody's feet as they tend to grant we will step aside 9 37 to go here until halftime the bison will have a second short from the central arkansas 41 when we return want to pay off student loans faster gate city bank's better life student loan program has no fees and a low fixed interest rate to help you put your hard-earned money where it matters most join others join other gate city bank homeowners who have saved over 20 million dollars in student home loan interest lucky puts the shoulder down and gave cameron godfrey some punishment as he motors down to the 27. [Applause] they're gonna go hurry up check out if you can number 18 cofield beautiful block at the point of attack and also kubus those two guys made it work back to lupke again but this play is going to be blown dead throwing on the field in the previous play is under review [Applause] i guess we could mention too that the officials you saw the regular whistle but some of them are using the new electronic whistles today as well that's another new thing in football we've spoken with the officials beforehand and they said they would be allowed to use their regular whistle if they choose that's a great block you talked about it yeah cool take a look see if this ball came loose that's the playbook that was whistled down this was the play but the player before that is the one that's reviewing yeah coaches five years as the defensive coordinator before taking over last year godfrey is that what they're checking out number four cameron godfrey and whether he led with a helmet or anything here on lukey it looked pretty clean to me this rule has you seen anything agreed i did not it's you know it has changed over the year but the big thing now when they review these is all parts of a targeting have to be confirmed it's not proven it's not guilty until proven innocent it's the other way around spencer wage fired up on the sideline over there check out 18 though as we're going to look at this those two guys kubus on the pole number 61 and then cofield who's so good at blocking i mean he had the big run against south dakota state that'll be the play people remember from the regular season last week but boy i tell you number 18 is a blocker godfrey certainly got the worst of that collision the defender number four on the previous play used the crown of his helmet in order to make the tackle therefore we have targeting defense number four penalty is half the distance to the goal automatic first down number four has been disqualified for the remainder of the game and that'll be it for cameron godfrey who a sophomore nine tackles against austin p was the sixth leading tackler last year and you feel bad for that young man on this situation crown of his helmet all right i'll be honest i don't i don't i don't see it but i don't have to see it well helmet to helmet i guess if that's what you're looking at his helmet did hit luke's helmet nathan brown head coach not happy about that okay another difference though is now i don't think godfrey has to leave the bench remember last year or the previous years when someone was called for targeting they had to exit i actually think he gets to hang out now if i remember the rule right on the sideline but godfrey he's made a bunch of plays in this game already mention before after we went to break nathan grant was helped off the field and into the medical tent so they're still taking a peek to see what's wrong with 94. plenty action for lance babbage wide open in the end zone touchdown [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i'll buy some tight ends have certainly been on the receiving end of a lot of touchdowns the last few years and here's another one here from josh babich had five touchdowns last year this is his 31st game for the bison as ndsu ties it up and that was a really nice good-looking quick snap throw from trey lance on that particular play babbage a big target 6-6 2-54 extra point is booted up and through by reinholds and north dakota state has its first lead of the afternoon with exactly nine minutes to go in the second quarter trey lance connecting with josh babitz 13 yards on the touchdown we're back to the fargo dome after this timeout [Music] gate city bank is proud to support ndsu athletics show your buys and pride today with a free ndsu debit card from gate st bank visit gate city dot bank slash my card or visit one of our convenient locations to get yours kate city bank for a better way of life remember fdic jake reinhold's on for another peterson farm seed kickoff kick off your planting season with peterson farm seed this one angled towards the sideline and newt's close but i think it just bounced out before it got to the pylon free kick out of bounds kicking team central arkansas is elected to take the ball at the 35-yard line first down well during the break with all these nfl scouts and teams here brian and i were talking a little bit about guys who have the potential and the athleticism to play in the nfl how about the guy that just scored that touchdown right there we think he's one of the guys that can do it josh babich has the size and he has the speed too just a junior out of barrington illinois that's been a good city for north dakota state frostly trying to bounce it out good pursuit angle from north dakota state maybe a yard before he's finally wrapped up just here that tackle scoring recap from bobcat seven plays 75 yards at the big run seth wilson a couple of productive runs as well i like the fact that you said run in there the bison were able to get some things established on the ground in that drive that was probably the best thing quick swing out to the tailback martian douglas he's able to pick up a few more before he's cut down throw it in six coming up dawson weber flying over from a safety spot to get in on that tackle you talk about next man up how about the job that he has to do to replace jimmy football james hendricks one of the best safeties free safeties that ndsu has had and now dawson weber slides into that role weber did make two starts last year when edward uh excuse me when hendricks was injured against delaware and south dakota and now julian woodarch will come in and nickel for the bison smith looking around under pressure and finally buried back at the 34-yard line and i believe that was jasir cox coming on the blitz insurance company replay we're number three spine looks like he's spying the quarterback the opposite number three jazier puts a nice lick on here and one thing when talking with grant olson his position coach linebacker coach at ndsu one of the things he said this week to me was hey jazeera is not afraid to follow his brother his brother if you're not familiar who's one of the best players india she was had defensively is now at lsu but he's following him braylon henderson takes it on a hop finding some room to the outside and a nice return for the redshirt freshman out of wiley texas up to the 41-yard line solid decision there from henderson if that ball keeps that end over end spin it's probably going to end up inside the 10 again but he was able to field it cleanly get up field and up to the 41. let's pause for a quick message from tobaltsy family owned and operated for over 90 years how do you stay in business that long hard work and integrity tow boat seed offers thunderseed enlist soybeans roundup ready to extend soybeans liberty link gt27 soybeans and thunderseed corn [Applause] has a pretty good field position this time starting from the 41. delayed handoff and the read option will go to cofield no room up the middle back to the line of scrimmage and that's it [Music] so many big runs last year 46 first down runs none bigger than the 71 yarder in brookings last october on fourth in inches from their own 30. the bison went for it own 31 with that two minutes and 31 seconds to go and it turned into the game-winning touchdown it was tied at that particular point buys the number one south dakota state number three that'll be one of the bison classics we'll show you later this month lance on target and the catch is made by kobe johnson gain of five yards and the man that made the tackle robert rochelle is still down on the turf rochelle had a scoop and a touchdown scooping a score in the uab game preseason all-american all-american last year was a 35 yard return no dac insurance company replay let's just see how robert lands here he comes off didn't see anything too crazy there rochelle talked about by head coach nathan brown as the best pro prospect we have had in this program in the last decade feels very highly about him 27 career starts 10 career interceptions first team all southward [Music] let's take a look at the gate citibank fan cam send your home or watch party picks to fan cam your cam.com we'll show them throughout the game just family players only each player getting a handful of tickets to use and maybe 25 folks from central arkansas here this is the latest home opener for north dakota state since 1922 when the bison played the fargo american legion club and won 54 to nothing remember that remember that i do not i'm old but not that old but isn't it i mean usually the fans from the visiting team are up in a big corner and now they get to spread out they have 50 yard line seats here in the fargo dome for the visiting team it'll be the first uh first and maybe last time that'll happen the bison coming out in delta formation first time we've seen that this afternoon with three in the backfield with lance in the shotgun and lance his first design run up the middle lance showing off the wheels to the 30 and finally taken down from behind at the 27-yard line by cameron cuevas [Applause] first design quarterback run of the day there's that strength he breaks through the line and is just able to he's working his way back towards a couple of blocks where you see sproles and watson trying to line up on the outside lance is trying to get there he's a little bit tripped up the bison didn't think they'd use trey a bunch in the run game but you do when you need a first down and he just picked up one 26 yards on the pickup and now a play action lance to the end zone man streaking gindorff the intended target a little bit overthrown but he was open oh that was the proper read too and he got he had the man where he wanted to and missed him long that is now 300 passing attempts for trey lance in his young career without an interception remarkable for ages 5 of 12 today does have the touchdown pass to bavitch i do like how coach brown this week did say that's one of our major goals for our guys is to try to get the first interception on this kid another design run for lance working off some blocks another strong run gains the first down down to the 16-yard line wilson coming in and he's on the field for the ejected cameron godfrey i know ryan talked about you know the 41 times that lance carried the ball the last two games that they played previous to this he's so good at it that it's really hard almost not to call it remember out at target field last year he just burst on the scene started running long touchdowns and we're like yup real thing here on the ground no big inside secret it just means that they're covering up the center head-to-head as opposed to four downs where the center's free second and six here for north dakota state four minutes to go until halftime back in delta inside give again and malik wilson does a nice job coming in to make the tackle for no game [Applause] let's take a look at the numbers on lance sponsored by the north dakota beef commission funded by bee farmers and ranchers 29 rushing yards all on this drive for trey obviously the way the game started his completion percentage is going to to be low the trey was almost 67 last year and it's time in the pocket across the middle reception is made by watson but he is short of the first down at the tent little crossing pattern between the guy who caught it and also babbage once they both cleared then lance had plenty of time to try to see who had who was most open as the bison offense comes off zeb nolan the holder comes on jake reinhold's on for a field goal attempts his first field will attempt since the big field goal in last year's national championship game that james hendricks ran in for a touchdown [Music] reinholds plenty of leg and it is good first attempt of the season for jake reinhold's the shanley product from right here in fargo connects and that extends the lead to 10-6 with 232 to go until halftime let's go down to ryan gelner on the sidelines hey guys a first international bank and trust sideline report we'll take you through some scores in the ncaa a good one going on between texas a m and alabama bama leads that one 21-14 just before the half oklahoma state is up 24 nothing on kansas number 12 north carolina leads boston college 14-13 smu leads number 25 memphis that is 24 to nothing here in the fargo dome it's the byzantine the bears six guys all right thanks so much ryan got to mention kansas state taking on texas tech today the wildcats up 13-0 in the second quarter chris climan and company down there trying to build off that huge come from behind win over oklahoma last saturday garrett wegner will boot this one away this one will be returned not a lot of room a flag comes in he's taken up to the 15-yard line and this may be going against central arkansas as well cameron myers i believe on that return jones dom jones on the special teams tackle redshirt freshman from georgia the bears do have two time outs the bison still with all three holding return team number 24. penalties half the distance to the goal central arkansas keeps the football first down that'll move the ball back to the seven and a half yard line for this drive i think you can throw dom jones in with this defense and a number of young kids who are have a lot of talent with the opportunity to play he's on the two deep at free safety and jones one of those few players they've been able to get out of georgia here recently and those guys are working out so far delayed hand off just your packs in on another tackle it's crossley excuse me cameron myers gets across the ten to the fourth the bears just 63 total yards of offense north dakota they've been able to get it going here in the second quarter up to 129 total yards smith to the air and it is complete and enough for a first down to the 25-yard line tyler hudson makes the reception and he was covered very well you talk about putting the ball in a spot in a catchable spot for your guys buys and bring four smith under pressure and he goes down back at the 12-yard line javier derricks and lane tucker able to put the pressure on a couple of youngsters before half so you talk about this bison team and you go back i'll just jump back to last summer when a bunch of people would ask you questions about ndsu and and all the especially on the offensive side all those guys that graduated and how they were going to be and my answer always was that you know these this team is super talented they're just guys you haven't heard of yet that was on the offense last year this year i think the very same thing can be said about this defense this is a very talented and a lot of them young group of athletes you just don't know them yet you haven't gotten a chance to to learn you know about you know the dawson webers and the destin talberts and the jazeera cox and those types of guys the bears will go with a running play game of a couple and another timeout quickly taken by north dakota state as myers gets another carry i know i mentioned a bunch of defensive backs but you can say the same about the defensive end group that's there's some solid talent on some young kids in that defensive end room time now for the gate city bank fan cam send your homer watch party picks to fan cam your cam i'll show those throughout the game and in the fourth quarter as well two fans making it up from conway arkansas plays on a field they call the stripes it's got that unique purple and silver yep that's right it's the field ndsu will head down there in 2025 one of the many nfl scouts here today 20 teams represented from the nfl but there will there is rather no shortage of watch parties uh for this particular game obviously this building is more or less empty so people are having their tail grady tailgating groups gathering in different places around the state and around the nation i know out in bismarck the civic center has a big watch party they're they're watching from the scoreboard on the inside rayleigh smith is going to keep it and he dives ahead to the 27 but did not get a first down so north dakota state will use its final timeout and force a punt with 107 to go until half well smith you talked about it not really known as a runner lt but he is the leading rusher for central arkansas today 33 rushing yards and the bears only 32 passing yards so far here today third down has also not been a good down it's 30 on the season for the bears just three of 15 last week at home against missouri state forward the excuse eisen brought a few extra bodies henderson will call for the fair catch and we'll make it at the 30-yard line with exactly one minute to go see how aggressive tyler roll wants to get here well you don't take the timeouts to kneel on it do you i wouldn't think so especially when it has not especially that first quarter a thing of offensive beauty at least in the second quarter the bison able to get some things done on the ground cody johnson in the backfield with lance in the gun robert rochelle back into the game for central arkansas certainly good news for the bears plants waiting now he's going to bomb it deep sproles could not haul it in as the ball hung up just a little bit and rochelle able to make a play on the football and break it up nice to see rochelle back in the game he did walk off with a little bit of a an injury of some type earlier nodak insurance company replay rochelle is able to close back on the ball and just take away a long potential pass play to phoenix sproles lance trying to set up a screen but central arkansas had that thing read all the way if katie brown was all over cofield and that'll bring up third and long yeah there was no fool in brown brown on that particular play he tried to get the defensive line to rush and put some false pressure on your quarterback boy but brown was covered him like a linebacker rebound lineman with jeremiah gray standing up on the end lance plenty of time behind his intended target watson and broken up by deandre lamont and the bison unable to take advantage of getting the football back here late in this half the long pass play broken up no chance for the screen to work then a long drag across the middle right at your first down sticks and as you mentioned brian the ball just a little bit behind him so the defender is able to make the play on central arkansas hanging in here they've done a nice job defensively and nathan brown said this week we think we might have the advantage we've been able to work out the kinks they have not and we've been battle tested hudson called for the fair catch and then drop it after you touch the football so central arkansas will have it at the 22. i'm surprised he put the hand up there because it was a low line drive kick and he does have the potential and has this year run the ball all the way back central arkansas down 13. it was a defensive touchdown and then a punt return by hudson for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to put the bears ahead receiver provided an invalid fair catch signal however the ball is dead when it's possessed first down arkansas state well the bears are not ahead on the scoreboard but you'd have to say from their perspective this is a win absolutely in the first half [Applause] central arkansas content to just run the football here and elaine tucker had crossley for a minute now crossley squeaking free justin tyler able to make the tackle after a gain of 10. here crossley the freshman of the year in the southland conference his rookie year down with the bears certainly can get it done on and made a nice adjustment to pick up the first down average is almost six yards a run smith will drop back and now just throwing it up nobody over there for central arkansas still within the confines of the tackle box i believe so even though there was no nobody there there shouldn't be grounding eagler putting the pressure on for ndsu this week i asked him about the schedule i said how did you handle the schedule it goes whenever dr t our athletic director said how about this game we just i just nodded my head and said yes well you figured there's only one team on a 10-game schedule that was on the original schedule and that was the first game of the year against austin pete otherwise yeah dr teague had to find nine other games he was able to do it he said together with three fps games and dr t even said this week we may even add an 11th game if we can get one down the road here what did have to have one game rescheduled supposed to play arkansas state last month cancelled that is being played next saturday instead but i was told though that one of the reasons they were able to do this was just the relationship they have with the regional hospital that is located right next to campus in terms of all the testing and protocols and making sure that players could play raylen smith is going to wind up and fire it deep into traffic and it is intercepted by dawson weber first career pick for the junior out of elk grove california and that will be the end of the first half [Music] [Applause] well that was certainly a free safety type of interception playing that deep center field job [Applause] at the tail end of it high point it take it away from the receiver tutsi also right there and good double coverage nice job dawson weber last play of the half let's go down to ryan gellner who is standing by with north dakota state head coach matt eds hey guys head coach matt entz is down here and matt some tough time feeling each other out early on especially offensively well yeah we gotta do a better job of making the routine plays we got to uh complete a couple footballs uh balls you know they're playing a whole bunch of man coverage a lot of back to the ball defense we can't be afraid to just take off and take some yards at the quarterback spot but i think we'll we'll get some things fixed in the halftime and come back out ready to go defensively it looked pretty good for the bison we're doing okay uh i'd love to see his credit take away or something maybe create a little bit more momentum appreciate it have a great half time thanks all right thank you ryan thank you coach henson boy it's only been a half a football but matt's almost lost his voice mid-season with the boys been a fun first half a little slow starting things picked up in the second quarter and north dakota state has a 10-6 lead over central arkansas after two quarters of play at the dome we'll be back with your halftime show after this time out you're watching the kbly kfyr bison television [Music] report i'm network this is alex egan and we're here at the fargo dome where the bison lead uh central arkansas not arkansas state like i said central arkansas uh 10 to six right now at halftime for the offenses early on especially for the bison offense they you could tell that they hadn't played a game in over nine months basically for for uh this ndsu offense but they started to get some things going there and put together a pretty decent second quarter after a not so great first quarter let's get right into the highlights here between north dakota state and central arkansas trade a couple of possessions the bison backed up and trey lance in here fumbles the ball a little adversity early on good thing for code green though is that they were backed up against their own goal post and held central arkansas to just three yeah that's right central arkansas opening up their drive in the red zone but code green getting the job done holding them to that three nothing lead here now buys them back on the move trey lands his first completion of the day to braylon henderson his only completion in the first quarter there to braelyn henderson they looked at it but it was it was good and he gets another ball batted down bison turned the ball back over to central arkansas and here we see braelyn smith rushing using his legs something he didn't succeed with last week yeah not too much 12 rushing yards entering and then central arkansas is able to tack on another field goal what does chris climate always say field goals won't beat you absolutely second quarter now three nothing for central arkansas and uh trey lance here with another completion connects with hunter lubke this was where the offense really started to find some rhythm and then you see trey lance hit josh babich in the end zone bison taking the lead here a 7-6 lead over central arkansas as the bison start to kind of find their groove here again on the move trey lance now his first design run of the day yeah we we waited really until the second quarter for the quarterback run game to get going here with trey was really just being a pocket passer for the most part having to create a little bit but now we see they get the quarterback run game going and it gets ndsu into scoring territory trey lance again showing that physical running ability as he gets another first down ends up in another in a field goal for the bison as they make it a 10-6 lead ndsu good to see jake reinhold's get get some points on the board and then here at the end of the half central arkansas looking for that last little ditch effort a little momentum going into half uh but dawson webber there to play center field he comes away with the interception and that gets us to 10-6 here as we take a look at the north dakota certified seed producers that report here those numbers are not eye-popping but it's what you would expect for a team that hasn't played a football game in nine months yeah ndsu obviously not jumping off the stat sheet here but central arkansas hanging with them the problem is everything we're saying right now is central arkansas is hanging with the bison yeah and that makes it dangerous because that provides confidence for central arkansas coming out into the second half and what we've heard from central arkansas head coach is that if we're in it in the fourth quarter we're confident that we can we can make something happen so that's their their whole game plan is to just hang around until that fourth quarter and try to make something happen here in fargo so those are north dakota certified seed producers halftime stats stick around we've got more coming up on your proceed halftime report [Music] welcome back to the proceed halftime report north dakota st lead central arkansas 10 to six let's take a look at what the bison will be putting together for this spring the spring missouri valley football conference slate obviously the central arkansas game will count towards the spring and then the bison open the spring sunday february 21st right here at the fargo dome hosting youngstown state and a road trip to indiana state there to follow you can see the bison will end the season with north dakota their first year in the missouri valley football conference that's what we've got to look forward to in 2021 we've got to look forward to the second half here in 2020 bison lead 10-6 that'll do it for your proceed halftime report second half action right after this nathan you've got to be somewhat happy here's down four to the defending champs yeah we again i told our team in the halftime we didn't come to come down here up here to be down 10-6 we're here to win the game and our guys are playing the tails off our defense is making some big plays keeping them off balance offensively we got to sustain some drives to make this happen in the second half what was the mood in the locker room like well i was a little bit disappointed we expect you know we played a good half and we're down by four you know that's not that's not good enough to us again we know we're playing a great team so we're gonna we're gonna have to play a clean half uh to have a shot here guys back upstairs thank you thanks so much ryan and coach brown opening kickoff of the second half a peterson farm seed kickoff sails through the back of the end zone and north dakota state will start this drive at its own 25. a little bit of a rhythm there late in the second quarter but for the most part lt not a lot of in-sync play in the passing game no the passing game was uh spotty at best the running game established itself a little bit malik wilson comes running on late play action for lance dumping it off in the flat as babbage puts the shoulder down and a big pickup of 20 yards on the opening play of the second half [Music] numbers sponsored by the north dakota beef commission funded by b farmers and ranchers just six of 16 had the one touchdown to vadish and had a couple of big runs at the end of that half to set up a late field goal yeah the rushing yards 29 that was tops for ndsu and also braylon smith with 33 yards rushing tops in terms of rushing for his team as well so both quarterbacks probably not wanting to lead that category but they are lamps designed run sneaking through a hole look at the strength of lance and now the speed down the sidelines dips arms a man at the 20. 55 yards touchdown [Music] boy we saw this a ton last year trey lance you can see how much bigger stronger he is he uses the strength here he busts look at that through those two arm tackles and now the speed all right let's use the strength one more time with that left hand getting that out there keep the defender away from his legs and he takes it in and a two-point conversion is run in by james kaser as north dakota state a little bit of trickeration there on the extra point we saw the bison do that a handful of times last year we will step aside the bison quickly just 47 seconds into this first second half as james kaser is in for two and the byzantine is 18-6 [Music] today's game is being brought to you in part by shields a proud sponsor of ndsu athletics shields is your bison headquarters shop the exclusive coaches collection in store and online at shields.com 54 yards officially on that touchdown run from trey lance another peterson farm seed kickoff kick off your planting season with peterson farm seed fair catch is called for by cameron myers central arkansas will start at the 25. i'm going to put the number 14 before we roll this because that's the number of rushing touchdowns that trey lance had he will have really good movement up the front up the middle as we roll this you see the pull it's quarterback power kubis with a little bit of a seal he busts through those two guys and now the speed to the outside this run here i think is what makes nfl scouts drool actually more than what he can do in the passing game because that style of athleticism is the way the quarterback position is evolving in the nfl and that's the potential that trey lance could bring to a team at the next level when things break down that's when he has the ability to make plays braylon smith and a play action to start a couple of yards on that reception by jared barnes as he hurdles a man the man he hurdled was destin talbert talbot reddit got up there did he make the the hit the tackle no but he disrupted the play by getting in there and taking that kid have to jump out to get over him nathan brown is not too happy with that second quarter and now a 12-point deficit smith hanging in there firing deep man open downfield is winning now but he makes the catch in bison territory and gets down to the 35-yard line [Applause] well there was going to be no safety help because their michael tutsi comes on the delayed blitz there's the move from winningham hey you do not have anybody behind you you have to catch up but that is only the second grab of the day by the big two hudson had one catch in the first half that's the first catch from winningham so far the bison doing a pretty good job on those two smith flares it out for crossley and overshooting his man good coverage by michael tutsi will bring up second down that's all been thrown a little bit longer it might have been a touchdown for the bears i think he was trying to save himself because caesar was breathing on him pretty hard the bison came off the edge with a linebacker blitz let's take a look at braylon smith's look out in the flat here's here but even even with the hold gazer was able to get in the face of the quarterback enough to him just needing to get rid of it play action again and across the middle and complete again barnes makes the reception enough for a first down to the 22. raylan smith's numbers sponsored by the north dakota beef commission funded by beef farmers and ranchers nothing easy about it but he was able to make some plays with his feet as well well that has improved significantly on this drive through the air smith downfield wide open man is tyler hudson touchdown bears quickly answer all righty this is the question for dustin talbert what did you see on that plate young man because he left [Applause] just just a clear release talbert be off on your left side destin is is right here up at the line of scrimmage and you can kind of see tutsi going oh that's your guy will not get any easier for that for tyler hudson four reception 62 yards and a touchdown in last week's win over missouri state and this bear's offense answers in a hurry [Applause] adds the extra point tyler hudson's hanging onto that football 18-13 your score sophomore out of spring texas has a touchdown from 22 yards out [Music] expenses piling up this semester whether it's that new laptop college books or a much deserved winner getaway trip turn to gate city bank for a personal loan with low rates gate city bank for a better way of life member fdic equal housing lender central arkansas a quick answer to trey lance's touchdown run cyron hughes ford down to watson and now he's in a little bit of trouble and he cannot get away and he's cut down back at the five yard line then simeon dodson making the tackle and ndsu backed up let's take a look the bobcat scoring recap did not take long five plays in 75 yards a couple of long passing plays one to winningham and then the touchdown to tyler hudson and david braun defensive coordinator for north dakota state told us this week lt the thing that scares you about central arkansas they can be out of rhythm for three quarters then all of a sudden they get it going and they really can put it on you in a hurry well there's a reason that they've come from behind to win eight of the last 16 games run up the middle there's just not been a lot of room for adam cofield to operate in between the tackles today biga jabias brown plugging things up in the middle well he's the guy the nose guard number 90 brown that brown was a guy the bison thought they might be able to wear out just a little bit but so far he's been able to hang in there he's six foot two 320 pounds the biggest defensive lineman and he's occupying that space that's his job in the middle lance rolling away from pressure firing high for noah gindorff and incomplete and that'll bring up third and nine let's go down to ryan gellner on the sidelines guys it's the first international bank to trust sideline report some real leadership from jackson henke the linebacker just walked over to the defensive back group after that last series and he said guys that is not us that's not who we are and not who we want to be he said frankly that's embarrassing and we need to get better he turned around walked away and one of the defensive backs looked at the other one and said he's right guys all right thanks ryan four receivers in the formation here on third and long here comes some pressure lance stepping away and he's got some room to run good blocking downfield and land some sweet feet and finally taken down by nakwasa at the 39-yard line pick up of close to 35 as there is a bear down and i believe that jeremiah gray yes down at about the 31-yard line there was the one guy that they had to block and i mean gray was coming from behind let's see if we can check it on the nodak insurance company replay and is it volson that gets on him nope it was a hit from uh from the back side i think boy the bison needed a big play on third down deep in your own territory and trey lance's feet provided it matthew's in a nice blitz picked up by coalfield big number 67 sprint to hit that's one of the sayings if you will of aj blasik in that offensive line as you see those big guys get down field the bison have the ball just short of the 40. 33 yards on that carry and 116 rushing yards now on the day for lance and i think nathan brown you could hear a blind side block because i think what he was looking for from the officials that's one advantage of having no big crowds in here we can hear what those guys are saying hopefully it doesn't turn into a disadvantage if you know what i mean seth wilson in that tailback lance will dump it off a couple of bears there close quickly and make the tackle short gain for babbage to the 40s ray matthews out there along with tamarion wilson wilson has come in to play a lot of the safety after godfrey was charged with the targeting he was picked on a little bit on that one touchdown play right out shortly after that in the first half but boy neither of those defenders were were out of position there both of them right around the tight end [Applause] [Music] lance again down the seam and it's intercepted nakwasa is has the first pick from trey lance in his career look at the sideline that's a happy bunch because of just what brian talked about that was a stated goal for this team this week get pick number one against trey lance he throws it on a line nakwasa is able to jump the route if trey goes up and over maybe it's a deeper potentially touchdown [Applause] there it is they just made a history on trey lance picked him it took 307 pass attempts for trey lance to throw his first career interception and akwas is going to hang on to that football and now the bears with some momentum here in bison territory pressure coming another deep ball batted away by jayden price and a flag comes in intended targets was winning ham i think on the replay when you see the right hand of christ you're going to see the foul i believe he had his right hand not the one he knocked the ball away with but he's right interference defense number 23 no 15 yards automatic first down on the far side there's the tug jersey getting pulled price had the right position but it's a relatively easy call price also going for it deep on a deep ball after a turnover is also another relatively easy call price has not played much corner 16 games mostly on special teams is actually a standout quarterback in high school and mulvane high school in derby kansas they like his upside though this kid's got a lot of upside for that corner spot smith play action again waiting and then finding perkins and perkinson has a first down again really that's a nice spot to be of the quarterback because you got jackson hanke just in in a really tough spot well do i go for the quarterback or do i stay on the receiver whatever one the linebacker does the quarterback does the opposite more tempo and there's a run up the middle and a little bit of room to maneuver as cameron myers is able to gain five yards or so on first down one of the best pushes if not the best offensive line surge that the bears have had today was right on that last play perkinson makes another reception inside the five down to the four and it'll be first and goal for the bears as central arkansas is looking for the lead [Applause] they really like the jump ball to winningham number five on the high side smith on the slant touchdown as winningham solar to the outside and then went inside on the slant and the bears have the lead you're right behind the sole he sold the fade this quarterback had time for him to make the adjustment in the end zone come back toward the ball lodak insurance company replay oh he left the inside open didn't protect the outside and look at the scoreboard uca with the lead hayden ray adds the extra points and north dakota state not that long ago held a 12-point advantage but uca a couple of squid door scoring drives including coming up with the first pick off trey lamps and it's 20 to 18 with 9 44 to go in the ag country farm credit services scoreboard time now for the geek city bank fan cam send your home or watch party picks to fan cam your cam.com trying to show some of those throughout the day here today with all the momentum right now with central arkansas couple of quick scoring drives second turnover of the day on the bison watson from his own five has tripped up always dives ahead to the 22. just out of the corner of my eye i was going to make sure that when all things are going right maybe you might try to squeeze an onside in there if you're going to gamble it didn't happen there though but there's nick nakwasa redshirt freshman he is from dallas texas and he had the pick that helped lead to that scoring webcam scoring recap did not take central arkansas long to take advantage of that turnover two scoring drives both of them under 90 seconds is able to get it ahead for a few yards often norris there to turn him back at the 24. here's the interception once again trey lance what he's seeing he's seeing his receiver open but nakwasa is able to come across jump the route and get that first pick on trey lance [Applause] lance fires the sproles and more good coverage as malik wilson excuse me t.j campbell oh no davis harrison i'll get right in the third try i was out there to defend that pass harrison the senior you get right in the face he really made a good break his initial read was correct you get the hips dropped get out to the flat make a break on the ball pass just a smidge behind there's some backup linebacker a senior jones county community college last time it was third and long lance needed a run to get the bison up to midfield right before the pick extra pressure coming on lance and he's swallowed up back at the 12-yard line and goes down [Applause] t.j campbell came on the blitz jalen biedel came in there as well among others second sack for tj campbell he's third on the team and tackles they're bringing him and there was he was able to run through now wilson's blocked seth wilson's pretty good blocker so he's really pretty good at pass pro so you beat one of the better guys the bison have in terms of that but campbell got to the quarterback wagner a low liner that will take an ndsu hop out of bounds at the 35-yard line let's step aside for a work from bank of north dakota my plan was to get a degree in engineering and with the help of a student loan from bank of north dakota i did if you want to build something solid you need a plan bank of north dakota helping you achieve more well if you're nathan brown you've got to be pleased with the way your guys have responded well we're seeing trey smith right there braylon his mom was a play basketball and volleyball was all conference at central arkansas she died in a car accident when he was four years old so he was raided but raised by his grandparents and his aunt and uncles and uh from conway too so he's a local kid kind of been destined to be their smith on the play action get it out to sam camargo one of those big tight ends and he picks up five yards six maybe and coach brown when smith was in the seventh grade went and watched him play and says he has it he has what it takes to be the leader of a football team and here he is leading his team to a two-point advantage uncle raised him around horses too he's an accomplished calf roper has his own force out there a lot of competitions i just love him smith gets it out and it is complete a couple yards short of a first down good job hanging on to it by myers jackson that put on the pressure yeah he put the pressure on and then had forced the ball out of smith's hand a little bit early now third and two neither team good on third down today central arkansas two of eleven the bison just two of nine [Applause] tries to go to nickel also run beagler into the game [Applause] arms in motion smith will get it out two barns he needs to get to the 45 and he was buried under by a whole bunch of bison and that was hanky again smashing into the turf for no gain we'll go back to ryan's sideline report in the uh the point that henke was trying to make to his teammates well in this particular instance he led by example as he got out there into the flat made that play to force the punt hughes forward back for a punt here on fourth down rayland henderson back dude for ndsu i don't have a chance to return this one he's going to call for the fair catch and he makes it at the 18-yard line [Applause] wants to pay off student loans faster gate city bank's better life student loan program has no fees and a low fixed interest rate to help you put your hard-earned money where it matters most join other gate citibank homeowners who have saved over 20 million dollars in student loan interest remember fdic equal housing lender well it's a good series by the bison defense brian you could kind of sense the sense of urgency to get off the field in the three and out boy not much room again in the running game davis harrison coming off the edge from his linebacker spot to make the tackle he's been very active here the last couple series is this looking at running backs seth wilson leads that group right now three carries 16 yards but adam cofield six carries no yards today and kobe johnson five carries for just seven it's a head shaker give to kobe johnson on the edge this time had a great freshman season and he picks up a first down across the 30 to the 31-yard line out of lawrenceville georgia played a lot of meaningful reps as a true freshman he did he was the fourth leading rusher on this team last year at 666 yards averaged almost eight yards of carry and of course he had that big 75 yarder if you remember that one too so he has that breakaway speed to go along with the elusiveness big game at youngstown state in the first half kickoff return on that 75-yard run that you talked about play action for lance rolling and on the run looking for phoenix scrolls and well out of his reach out of bounds that's now just eight 23 passing today on that one it just didn't seem like trey could make up his mind he was looking to the outside with three receivers he also had babbage on kind of a little bit of a later drag across the middle i thought that's where he was going to go with it and then air milled it to the outside yes looking too pleased over on the sidelines right now for good reason blade handoff cofield is met by j.w jones and taken down after a pickup of two jones has been all over the place today no dak insurance company replay a little bit of a pull trying to get babbage in there but i tell you the really nice thing that you like about what jones did right there i mean we know adam cofield's a hard runner he is hard to bring down in his tracks but he was able to get his shoulders turned and his momentum taken away that's tough to do on number 18 one on one third and eight here for north dakota state lance trying to set up a little bit of a screen to coafield but the bears again do a nice job stringing things out and j.w jones in on another tackle with dray matthews and that'll bring up a punting situation talk about jones really good football family his brother sam played at southeast missouri excuse me brother edgar played at southeast missouri state and spent eight years in the nfl this guy may be on his way there as well but you mentioned matthew's name i thought a defined job of running that one around from behind because he was on a linebacker blitz read the play and got in on it with good hustle from the back wagner another boot fair catch called for and made back at the 18 yard line by hudson and central arkansas with the football leading by two as we are approaching the end of this third quarter take a moment here and look at some of the fan cam watch party picks you sent us sponsored by gate city bank thanks all of you who are tuning in wherever you are today and that guy really wishes he could be here today thanks for sending those in smith i don't think he liked what he saw there and just threw it out of bounds wilkinson was the closest bear to that football well josh hayes is back in on this particular drive the last drive was jaden prices and well let's just say the bears found something there that they liked and they attacked price now he's in press coverage on the top side handoff and beagler was ready for it the loss of a couple yards as crossley went nowhere beagler was the first guy looked like logan mccormick was in there to help try to finish things off no dac insurance company replay a little bit of an inside move mccormick late to the party and also tony pierce was in and around the football league moving into a starting role this season played mostly behind cole karch last season didn't make three starts did recover a fumble at south dakota the only senior on the two deep depth chart along the defensive line third down and long for central arkansas [Applause] smith scrambling firing and no angle to get that ball to his receiver winning ham and a three and out for the bears fun on that third and along you have an as a play caller this is from an ndsu standpoint well do you go after the quarterback really hard with or do you play max coverage here the bison rushed three played max coverage smith looked and looked and looked the bison had him all covered up he had nowhere to go with the ball it's forward another punt another fair catch called for and henderson makes that fair catch at the 44 yard line so north dakota stays pretty good field position trying to get some rhythm offensively outside of the long touchdown run by lance it's been a little clunky it's been elusive the rhythm you speak of does it look like it's the first game of the year so far it has when you talk to the north dakota state coaches this week they've said look we've done everything we can to try to put pressure on our guys to make it feel like a game-like atmosphere in practice but at the same time there's nothing quite like game reps to get you ready lance gonna run some good blocking in front and lance lowers the shoulder and is close to a first down in central arkansas territory at the 46. well carson schuning just did something on that play that tanner volson was so good at that's the center number 59 snap and then pull to get out in front provide the one block that lance needs to put his shoulder down and pick up the first down but that even though it looks easy it is not carson schuning the senior from ralla [Applause] good pocket this time across the middle open man at the 30 and the reception is made by zach mathis [Applause] five receptions last year for the 6-6 sophomore out of tampa well what you don't see is christian watson on the right side running a deep play there's the little square it the safety has to honor watson on the deep so you have a one-on-one opportunity there with lamont your corner and your quarterback had loads of time to let that develop plants will give it to kobe johnson this time but again the parents have done a really good job in their lateral pursuits davis harrison in on another tackle along with malik wilson i thought logan jessup did a nice job too the defensive end of not getting fooled on that play that was coming back to his side [Music] there's jessup sophomore [Applause] see cody malkin they're wearing number 88 he has a tight end slash offensive lineman glance fires out in the flat to braylon henderson and the redshirt freshman able to keep his feet pick up a game of about seven yards inside the 25 yard line down to the 23. cody malk actually has two numbers he's 88-70 so depending on what position he's playing is the number that he needs to play or where but he started the game with 88 and he was in there and i know that coach roll when we talked with him earlier this week he said he still probably may have the best hands on the team as an offensive lineman that'll take us to the end of the third quarter a lot of momentum shifts early in this quarter and it's the visitors leading by two with 15 minutes to play here in fargo a couple of touchdown receptions by hudson and winningham and uca leads it on the egg country farm credit service to scoreboard [Music] today's game is being brought to you in part by shields a proud sponsor of ndsu athletics shields is your bison headquarters shop the exclusive coaches collection in store and online at sheals.com third down for the bison johnson needed to get to the 20 and i think he came up a yard short more than less than a yard about the length of a football short here comes cody mauk after luke's going back out there so the bison giving that big lineup out there to go for it on fourth down half yard here for north dakota state [Applause] central arkansas sideline trying to pump up their guys coalfield is the tailback and now a timeout is going to be called by the bison timeout north dakota state their first charge time out of the half it'll be 30 seconds in duration let's go to ryan geller on the sidelines hey guys with north dakota state trailing 20 to 18 to enter the fourth quarter the last time the bison trailed going into the fourth quarter it was 2018 they trailed at northern iowa how did ndsu respond in that one 28 straight points and a victory guys remember it well we were there yeah thank you ryan yeah fourth quarter has been good to north dakota state over the years certainly head coach nathan brown telling his guys before the fourth quarter let's go we got our opportunity here remember coach brown saying hey if we happen to win this game i may fly the championship banner no matter what happens if they can pick up the win different formation now for north dakota state lance in the shotgun and a designed run and he gets across the 20 and picks up the first down matthews in on the tackle for uca using the tight ends as the lead blockers babbage was the one first through the hole that secured the first down for lance [Music] christian watson has had a lot of one-on-ones today here he goes in motion lance is going to keep it puts his juke on a man and then taken down at about the 14-yard line deandre lamont dre matthews team up for the stop insurance company replay a little stop and go gets it down inside the 15 to the 14. [Applause] nathan brown said our goal is to take away the running game and outside of trey lance he's really done that today i think the rest of the team only has about 70 yards lance under pressure stepping away middle of the field opens up lance into the end zone touchdown i think it was deandre lamont that had the chance he came on a little bit of a corner blitz did not make the initial tackle and lance is able to get it in lamont's number 33 you see him streak in but he misses has his hands behind on the hips of course we know how strong lance is he runs right through that and he runs the bison to the lead extra point added by reynolds and a bison have the lead back just a minute 39 into this fourth quarter we will step aside trey lance another rushing touchdown he's got 135 rushing yards on the day and the bison have the lead back here at home gate city bank is proud to support ndsu athletics show your buys and pride today with a free ndsu debit card from gate city bank visit gate city dot bank slash my card or visit one of our convenient locations to get yours go bison http bank for a better way of life remember fdic [Applause] reinholds boots it away another peterson farm seed kickoff taking up the 10-yard line cameron myers able to get across the 20 before he is taken down on the play bobcat scoring recap eight plays 56 yards and 353 for ndsu big fourth down pickup and about the 20-yard line is lance doing most of the damage with his legs today special teams tackled by cole wisniewski he's a young freshman from sparta wisconsin that the bison are pretty high on really excited about his length and development already since he's been in the program smith across the middle boy nice adjustment by barnes took a pretty good shot at the 30 but falls ahead to the 36 yard line as kaser makes the [Applause] stop no dak insurance company replay you see the double stunt on the uh down by the defensive line that didn't get enough pressure for the pass to come across the face of hanky and pick up a pretty good chunk yards crossley has not carried the batch ball much here in the second half get ahead to about the 40 for a gain of four well he is now a full-time linebacker out of saint cloud recruited as a safety had some reps at safety and then out of necessity last year became a linebacker that's his full-time job now 12 tackles all ready for kazer brayland smith high across the middle and making the adjustment going high and pulling it down is tyler hudson in bison territory at the 38. the ability to absorb the contact is what both of these wide receivers are very good at hudson obviously goes up takes a pretty good lick there from price [Applause] smith quickly gets him to the line and jared barnes not able to slip out of a tackle by hanky others also in there by jasir cox no game there on first down [Applause] [Music] [Applause] smith smith surveying again and finding an open spot in the zone and another big pass play for central arkansas as barge makes the reception at the 12. falls on the near side hash there's no receiver or tight end or anyone to the right so the only place this ball can go is middle left they overflowed that side beat the zone crossley gets the carry tries bouncing it outside nothing to do in there logan mccormick came in to make the tackle from his defensive end position a very successful high school program in kimberly wisconsin had five sacks last year as well [Applause] smith gonna throw it up for winning him in the back of the end zone he's got it touchdown well we talked when he right before they scored the last touchdown about this is one thing that this team likes to do throw some fades this time the bison beat the best cover corner josh hayes is right on him uses that left arm to make sure that he can get a little separation go ahead touchdown and every time north dakota state gets some momentum central arkansas has responded now they appear to be going for two responded impressively on this particular drive i might add so the play clock gets reset smith with crossley in the backfield [Applause] oh great block there from crossley smith might run for it puts his shoulders down did he get in yes and it's a three-point lead for the bears [Applause] speaking of absorbing contact smith definitely had to at this one nodak insurance company replay we're right at the goal line [Applause] and the ball just needs to get it anytime across that line he appears like he does right there and the two points braylon smith wants some toughness i thought that there was an interesting thing on that drive where the bears pretty much just eliminated one half of the field by their by the way they lined up and aligned and even on the two-point conversion they motioned they started balanced and motioned to the the near side to overload so right now they're overloading one half of the field in order to uh try to take advantage of an extra guy back insurance company replay nice really block that you pointed out brian cormick hayes and cox all there he's now a three-point lead ford will booted it in away again peterson farm seed kickoff watson will just take an e in the end zone and north dakota state will start at the 25 trailing by three smith has really picked it up here in the second half now 211 passing yards three touchdowns and we will step aside for a quick word from advanced business methods trust advanced business methods for all your print and document solutions from multi-functional printers to manage print abm has the experience to keep your work flowing contact us today to advance your business seth wilson looking for some room picking his way across the 30 to the 33 gain of eight on first down dragged down by the big guy james brown it looked at one point that seth wilson was was had the opportunity to maybe bounce but instead of bouncing it to the outside he made that one last cut to the inside and picked up about another three yards on the play malik wilson is the injured bear down on the turf terms of ball control total plays central arkansas with 58 and north dakota state with 59 so far today we will step aside as they take a look at wilson and we'll be back after this we're taking a look at malik wilson's neck but he appears to be okay moving off under his own power here's the end of that left side he comes flying in and then runs into a teammate i believe yes he tried to get a hit on wilson he missed seth and ran into one of his teammates campbell and harrison now in the game at linebacker with jerry matthews glance quickly out in the flat to wilson boy nice spin move in the open field to avoid a man and gets the first down to the 40-yard line tj campbell was the man that he avoided kodak insurance company replay out to the flat and there's campbell who can't quite make that tackle and ndsu picks up the first down off the strength of that pass play to see seth wilson's been the most productive running back today for ndsu first i thought you were going to say most successful runner which would not be the case running back give it to yes here on first down and wilson getting around the edge finding a crease he's fired up inside uca territory to the 45-yard line 15-yard pickup on that run look like some zone blocking no dak insurance company replay just man on man keep pushing keep pushing until the running back finds a scene that he likes wilson was able to get that seam and pick up the first mark wilson down back at the 47. ryzen slow getting out of the huddle here as the play clock is already down to eight this is this snap's not happening i don't think we have to go quickly and now a timeout is called by north dakota state and that'll be the bison second here in the second half so just one remaining expenses piling up this semester whether it's that new laptop college books or a much deserved winter getaway trip turn to gate city bank for a personal loan with low rates gate city bank for a better way of life remember fdic equal housing lender well tyler roll the offensive coin here said you know we have to operate in this game like it's game two or game three and play fast there was an example of that not happening yes there's a there's veterans all over the place and experience on this offensive side but it still is game one and it still takes time to get the plays in reaction this time for lance he's gonna take a shot deep for watson he could not hang on to it at the goal line deandre lamont coverage but one watson would like to have back oh it was on your hands and when the wide receiver gets his hands on the ball they expect and i guess after watching christian watson we expect him to make difficult catches like this he has a stride on lamont a pretty clean look at it but an incompletion [Applause] lance another quarterback run puts his shoulder down on deandre deandre lamotta picks up five yards to the 42. well after an unsuccessful pass play in the first half the bison really struggled on second down here on second down they got back to well it's not third and long at least it's a little more manageable ndsu just two of 11 on third down today 51 last year on this down [Applause] lance trying to look for some room to run follow some blockers and gets ahead to the 39 and that'll bring up fourth and two and then a flag came in looks like after the whistle and trey land signifying that that is going against central arkansas i thought davis harris did a nice job of stringing that play out to keep lance a little bit short even with the late surge robert rochelle may be the guy that's going to be called for this after the whistle penalty after the play was over personal foul defense number nine 15-yard penalty be added to the end of the run automatic first down how huge is that it would have been a fourth and two instead it's a first down no dak insurance company replay right there you see those two that's henderson going up against that's not the first time that those two have been pushing it today it's the first time something was called between those two and it goes against rochelle and the bison are down to the 23. [Applause] lance keeps backside wide open hunter loopkey touchdown this style of play has been so effective the last couple of years with ndsu because you're showing the eyes of the defense off to the defense's right the offense is left and all of a sudden you sneak from the back you have them wide open in the flat loopkey is able to score this touchdown ryan holtz adds the extra points and north dakota state back in front again with 7 35 to go and the rochelle penalty a huge part of it don't go anywhere 7 35 to go here at the dome [Music] who has an update on an injured bison wide receiver [Music] scary situation on the bison sideline phoenix sproles one of ndsu's top receivers left the field in a wheelchair with his leg immobilized phoenix in tears as they left the sideline and obviously some concern right now on north dakota state sideline if we have an update we will update you guys as we know something it's the first international bank and trust sideline report back to you guys all right thank you so much ryan we certainly wish the best for phoenix sproles really good sophomore season here is the play we believe this happened on seth wilson's run take a look at number 11. so you have to block if you're if you're with ndsu and that's what spoles is doing on this play wilson comes in and the man behind him that is jones so that's a lot of momentum going against that right leg and that knee that gets planted down into the turf central arkansas back to work smith boy nice catch by camargo bringing it in one-handed and strong running by the big tight end michael sutzie makes the tackle after a gain of nine margot a touchdown reception against uab last month a little bit of a rollout from smith you know that's one thing though you can tell he's a veteran quarterback he is a guy that you can't rattle crossley oh he's in trouble [Applause] brennan cook [Applause] he was the guy that kind of uh smith read on that last particular play and this time cook makes up for it oh second and one now it's gonna be third and eight athletic young sophomore defensive end from illinois had a strange injury last year to play to delaware at three tackles of sack in a forced fumble and then had a weird elbow injury that sidelined him for the rest of the year smith designed run not gonna get there jackson henke making the stop after a gain of one [Applause] you know i think the i think pre-snapped the bison took away what smith really wanted to do on that play they motioned a man out josh hayes first went to the wide side guy to try to open up one of their best receivers and then tutsi i think it was motion there in the bottom of your screen that was the match-up i thought initially might be a pass play to try to get a safety on your one of your white outs it didn't work braylon henderson with the fair catch at the 33 and the defense gets a three and out from the bears with 5 42 to go north dakota state up to 237 rushing yards today 144 of those belong to trey lance that was not necessarily in the game plan to have lance be required to run the ball that many times today lance is going to run again not as much room this time ask jensen trying to set the edge but again it's jeremy matthews coming in to make the tackle yeah matthews actually beat the play before lance could get to the block you were talking about jensen was in pretty good position but matthews nobody got the second level guy or slowed him down he made a beautiful read and had a really good angle to the ball dream matthews with 10 tackles eight of those solo stops today for the bears lance to gindorff in the flat steps around one man and gindorff is across the 45-yard line and has a first down and there's another bear down that's rochelle he's getting up but just slowly gindorff last year 10 receptions six of those touchdowns that tight end room in general lt 37 catches overall 16 touchdowns just among the tight end group last year well ben allison in that uh in that room ellison making the jacksonville jaguars practice squad actually made a start in week two for the jags oh room to run to the outside wilson trying to sneak away with a little bit of a stiff arm but instead of tj campbell making the tackle after a pickup of eight there's that first down production the bison in the second half are used to having throughout the course of their long run here wilson pops through but he but he does a fine job at just keeping that space that first initial hit yeah the tackle was made by campbell but it wasn't until it was eight yards later well it's a formation lance gonna keep it nothing there plugged up in the middle that was the big man austin norris the 6'5 senior out of conway coming up to turn him back now third and about four coming up from the 49. [Applause] central arkansas has not used any timeouts yet as we're under three and a half to go [Music] [Applause] this down and distance ndsu's had some success in these passes to the flats today time and it is caught by breeland henderson at the 34-yard line at a big third down pickup [Applause] at first i thought lance was going to wait for babbage to run a crossing route and open up in the far side but here in the nodak insurance company replay it's the inside guy running the out watson clears takes rochelle with him you can tell it's man-to-man nobody there's no zone nobody hopping over to help him that was a well delivered ball davis harrison there to the outside tiptoeing up to the line of scrimmage looking for a hole not finding much as adam cofield as nathan brown will call his first timeout you're watching ndsu bison football from learfield img college and here is central arkansas's first time out with 2 40 to go north dakota state now approaching 400 yards of total offense this afternoon lance's numbers 15 of 30 for 149 yards two scores and the one interception he's also run 15 times for 143 yards and two scores as well well when you consider he started i think what one of six so the 15 to 30 actually looks a little better than that when you consider the start that last pass that he threw that out over to henderson now that was nice credit to the uca defense they've been tough up front and off to the outside room to run for kobe johnson and he is out of bounds at the 23-yard line but that'll be enough for a first [Applause] down i think you're right though brian about the defensive line here the bears today because how many of these runs have been power type a-gap powers not very many of them bison have had a lot of success in plays like that trying to get to the edge north dakota state celebrating another national championship eight in the last nine years for this program yeah the line is there because the ones on top are the d2 championships the ones in the bottom of the fcs championships wilson bouncing off a tackler wilson showing a nice burst through the line and he's going to be close to another first down at the 13. kaden brown was thinking there for a minute hey i'm going to make a play in the backfield here but well i tell you seth wilson bounced right off of him and helped force central arkansas into a second timeout no dac insurance company replay well we said it in the first half when he had a couple of carries really nice to see that young man back out here playing and being productive just that freshman season was not going to play was going to red shirt and then late in the season ndsu got really thin at tail back they pulled his red shirt and he was so productive we had talked about the nearly 200 yards he rushed against sam houston state but then the next year had significant hamstring issue he could never get right decided to only play in the four games so he could preserve his red shirt and then in spring ball last year poor as acl missed all of last season so he really has only played in four games in the last two and a half years it's been a long time for this guy and the give will go to loopkey great blocking he's got a touchdown on the ground and that should put it away here in fargo [Music] [Applause] well it took a while but this was the type of offensive line play i thought we were going to see all day but the bison oh just a fine job loopkey used to being the lead blocker this time he gets the touchdown extra point added by reynolds a loopy guy that's used to carrying the football 3 000 all-purpose yards in high school was a two-time state wrestling champion three-time all-conference in baseball about wilson with the block yep wilson was the lead blocker in that particular place are they the case so they switch roles yeah raiden's with a nice block a downfield there uh block you're going to get from cole jacob here's a good look from the end zone nash jensen at the point of attack a little bit of a kick out there from uh cordell bolson you know when you make the x's and o's on the wet board and you design the play it looks just like that [Applause] [Music] tree lance happy his team has come back here in the fourth quarter in the central arkansas team as we talked about earlier to come for behind wins already this season cameron myers on the return to the 25 under two minutes to go tell you the bears have done some really good things today though they've got a they're not going to win or it doesn't appear so at this point unless something really crazy happens but they have a lot to be a lot to be proud of if this ends up being a loss it's still the best game that these guys have played this year offensively and they have a lot to build off braylon smith by far his best performance of the season [Applause] pressure coming on smith gets it out to hudson he's taken down immediately at the 30-yard line through the first three games and the people i talked with down in conway they were like this just isn't has it been smith well today he has been if he was missing he's back smithfire's on the run and it's intercepted guess who michael tutsi led the missouri valley i thought it was price was it oh it was 23. jayden price was his first career pick [Applause] he's 25 it's 23 and it's jaden price the sophomore coming up with the pick the bison erupt off the bench i'm assuming that that may be what the penalty is after price picks the pass from smith well jaden that'll help you forget that one though that one drive where you were called with the penalty got beat for the time during the return sideline interference north dakota state penalties 15 yards from the end of the run north dakota state keeps the football first down david braun telling us this week lt jayden price has just been super productive in fall camp he just finishes on the football he's had a number of interceptions in practice and there he is making a big play here at the end of this game well i think you asked coach brown the question uh name an athlete who is most improved from august to now that's the guy he picked right there number 23. i feel good for that guy mercadel over there the senior he said in practice he's he's just been picking off passes and he's been finishing at the ball and north dakota state hasn't been the cleanest game in the world but we'll walk out of here with an 11 point win shut it down for a while and then get ready for the spring season they hope which is set to start on february 21st in the history of college football only two programs have longer winning streaks than what the bison have right now because yale along with ndsu had 237 gamers this is number 38. washington back in 08 to 2014 had 40 in oklahoma back in the 50s has the record with 47th straight lance will take one more knee and that'll be the end of the road here for dylan rayden he's played his final snap in a bison uniform before he looks ahead to his professional career there are some others that may not put it on that helmet on again for the bison as well as north dakota state will walk out of here with an 11-point win over a central arkansas team that came in here and gave him everything they could handle arkansas ndsu and the north dakota department of transportation ask you to please drive safely on your way home be a champion and buckle up good afternoon ryan gellner will try to catch word here with matt emps in a moment [Applause] also the 29th game in a row that the bison won at home by the way if you want to talk about winning streaks the bison improving to 14-1 all-time against south wind opponents last win last game coming against nichols in the playoffs last year here in fargo and nichols was the team i believe that central arkansas tied for the conference championship with last year in the southland [Music] [Applause] so and the fans that are here are showing their appreciation seth wilson has a lot to smile about today seven carries 55 yards his first return to game action in almost two years the nice lead block on lukey's touchdown nathan brown telling talking his guys over the far side of the field they'll board a plane and get ready to head home and then get ready to take on arkansas state next saturday is that the last game we'll see of trey lance did not want to talk about it this week when asked in his weekly media availability and he and his family have some very important life decisions to make ryan gelner is now standing by with north dakota state head coach matt ents matt it certainly wasn't the cleanest game you've played since your time at head coach but a win is a win you're exactly right and uh i'm appreciative to our kids uh everything that they've had to go through uh going all the way back to march 13th which was our last normal day we had here i couldn't be more excited yeah of course we can continue to get better we will get better but excited for the win especially for our seniors talk about tomorrow you'll wake up and there won't be a football game to prepare for how weird is this for you and for these kids moving forward that this is it for this year well i don't i don't know if it really sunk in yet i think we've been so focused on this one opportunity uh i know we're going to treat the the remainder of the month kind of like the month of may so we're going to already start our ramp up for the spring you'll address a group of seniors in the locker room that played their final game for north dakota state yeah yeah there's a there's a a couple or a fair number of guys who played their last game and i appreciate them sticking with me sticking with us helping lead this team you know part of the reason why we're as good as we are is because this group of young men congrats on the win man appreciate it thank you guys back upstairs all right thanks so much and lance giving a brace with his mother i believe that's his mother there's a look at some of the seniors on the line take one more pics with hick with their offensive line coach aj blasic some of those guys will be back some of them will not toward the end there i think howison got in to be able to be in there at the last snap so he got to finish his career on the field and dylan raiden's is not finished playing football just finished playing football here walking off the fargo dome turf for the final time in a bison uniform 32 straight starts we'll be back with more coverage from here at the fargo dale 3928 your final north dakota state winning its only game of this fall season here 2020. on the egg country farm credit services scoreboard north dakota state's lone game of the fall is in the books as central arkansas drops to two and two and gets ready for a match-up with arkansas state next saturday afternoon brian shawn lee timmerman back with you thank you for joining us here this afternoon on the kbly kfyr bison television network and lt we came into this game we had no idea what to expect how this was going to go it's been very unique they were going to be fans there weren't a lot of fans and yes it was not the cleanest performance maddens kind of alluded to that in his post game interview with ryan but at the same time they got it done it's a win and now it's time to try to find out what the schedule looks like for the spring well i think what coach enz was talking about their work you know we'll treat later like may and really even though this is the fall because of the way 2020 has played out the bison have viewed it and have treated it like it is the spring so instead of a green gold scrimmage to finish things off they had a real football game that counts against a real good opponent as uh central arkansas comes in here plays and you accomplish some things along that goal but it's it's it's odd to have to try to think of it as the spring instead of the fall because the fall is going to happen in february to continue this whole strange world in which we live right now it's been unique to say the least we can take a look at some of your final stats from today's contest from the north dakota certified seed producers the rushing yards for north dakota state picked up a lot in the second half south wilson had some productive runs trey lance did most of the damage on the ground well i don't think and we talked about it while it was happening the bison did not want to have to rely on trey lance to be able to run the ball but he needed to run the ball in the context of the way the game was being played out because things didn't open for lukey and wilson and all that until after the bison with lance established things i think he had 143 uh of those 265 rushing yards and uh you know the the time of possession makes that a little bit odd as well but to be honest um it doesn't seem like the bison had 414 total yards today but they did yeah it's true it's right there in front of you it's on your tv but uh but a lot of that has to do with the way the the first half played out as well but the second half you saw a lot of powerful things from ndsu up front and they were able to get it rolling and braylon smith a couple of long touchdown passes and credits with their receivers they made some tough catches in traffic as well as central arkansas had this thing looking a little dicey once we went to the third and fourth quarter you can take a look at some of those first half highlights from today and nothing easy about the first half for either team offensively trey lance getting stripped there by darren davenport yeah that opened up the first scoring of the game but what the bison did do it was actually a minus one yard scoring drive because the field goal attempt so ndsu's defense as they've been known to do at times kept the team out of the end zone gave up the field goals braylon henderson making a nice adjustment here to get a foot down it was reviewed and upheld j.w jones was an active guy today got his hands on that pass he was all over the place in the first half yeah i think number 50 had a solid day and here's smith thinking he's going to get sacked and all of a sudden it opens up and he's able to to pick up some yards on the ground and it was a uh a short punt that helped set up the second score of the game as well for central arkansas both of those scores though field goals peyton ray able to connect again he was a busy guy handling the football today and blocking his next sliding catch and then josh babich open in the end zone as lance connected with him from 13 yards out that was his best pass of the first half he really hit the top of the drop well was in rhythm delivered a nice and really tight ball whereas the play before he showed where lukey had to slide down trey would even say that wasn't a very good pass but this we know he can do he can run track down from behind finally on the play but trey lance was effective running the football today and had most of the big explosive plays in the running game this is on a second and long picks up a first down so the bison when they were backed up needed lance to come through on the ground and they did jake reinhold's able to connect on the short field goal from 27 yards out put ndsu up 10-6 and then braylon smith the heave deep was picked off by dawson weber his first career interception and that took us to the end of the first half north dakota state leading 10-7 i think all of us and everybody watching too was probably going oh that's all the points in the first half i honestly thought the offense would be able to establish the run central's uh defensive line didn't allow that to happen so uh that didn't get roll until later in the game that was one of those things 2lt where you just kept waiting for things to kind of get rolling and it just didn't really happen in that first half for either team no it didn't uh and you don't know why first game a lot of that stuff but uh it did happen and it made things interesting there a little bit in the second half yeah a lot more points and a lot more explosive plays in that second half we'll have those highlights coming up a little bit later on we'll step aside and be back with more you're watching the kbly kfyr bison television network north dakota state picks up the 11-point win at home over the bears from central arkansas the egg country farm credit services scoreboard north dakota state with the victory television will have to find a way to schedule this whole thing out for the spring slash winter which season starting in late february while hunter lucky had a big game a touchdown reception a touchdown run to put it away late and he is standing by with ryan gillan yeah guys those two touchdowns for hunter lucky and hunter it took a little bit for this offense but eventually got things going coach always goes on it he says these four yard two yard runs are going to open up eventually we just got to keep going just had to keep improving our tech techniques throughout the game and sooner or later those our offense will start rolling we'll start scoring points and keep keep the dub it probably didn't feel like it 265 team rushing yards 414 total yards that's a pretty good day's work it was it started out a little slow but in the second half we really got it going so yeah pretty exciting talk about this football team such a weird game where it's the first game but it's also the last game as well yeah it's first game it was senior night we wanted to end in the seniors career on a good note so this game was dedicated to them and can't thank those guys enough for teaching all of us in our classroom the rain so i want you to talk about some of those seniors that offensive line has been good for years some of the best we've seen they paved a lot of holes today they've done that all through their careers yeah dylan raiden's cordell volson nash carson schoening and kubis plus another a bunch of guys that circle in during the game they all do a great job in film study and i mean they open up huge holes for the running backs and they protect awesome for trey so we're really thankful to have those guys you go through a game where there's what 300 people in the crowd when you're used to 18 000 yeah it really makes you appreciate bizarre nation doesn't it it is it was a lot different today and uh i can't wait for spring when uh we get all those fans back so really appreciate it hunter lubke the sophomore fullback two touchdowns today congratulations hunter thank you we will bring in james kaser the nodak insurance player of the game and james with 11 tackles six solos today things kind of out of sorts both offensively and defensively at times during this football game but then again we forget it was your first football game and their third yeah first of all i'd just like to thank my lord and savior jesus christ but yeah it was it was tough right away a little out of groove but once the game got going we started playing well playing fast and playing together you're normally uh not getting your name on the offensive side of the football but a two-point conversion today take us through that yeah someone had to replace uh jimmy football out there james hendricks one of my best friends shout out to you yeah i got the opportunity to run one today got the look that we wanted and got it in same question that i asked hunter about the crowd especially on defense when you only have 300 people in the fargo dome compared to a regular 18 or 19 000 really makes you appreciate what the bison fans bring doesn't it yeah we love our fans here and without them on defense it's tough because they bring the noise and we know that but we had to adapt and adjust and we're thankful we could have our families and friends here to watch today before i let you go i gotta ask you about the flow it's looking good today i appreciate that uh mom if you're watching this i know you don't love it but i'll cut it sometime soon i promise sometimes congratulations on the win the only win of the season now you get some time off before we do it again congratulations no dac insurance player of the game thank you very much go bison guys thanks so much james thanks so much ryan 11 total tackle six solo and a two-point conversion james kaser the no deck insurance company player of the game making that transition successfully today to linebacker i was talking with grant olson a little bit about just how and one of the reasons that kaiser is able to move from safety to linebacker is the way that football has changed a little bit we're a lot more pass happy than smash mouth and he said but the point that i thought he'd make this here's the two points that ryan was talking about with uh with caser is that yes our linebacking crew might not be big caser's not jazeers cox is not but there isn't an offense in the country to get better against physically than our offense in practice every day because of what the bison can do on the ground and historically have been such a strong running team so yeah they might not be big but they know how to be physical james kaser is that and uh in the uh the the pressure this week through zoom and all that stuff that we have to do now to to talk with players uh they spent quite a bit of time talking about keiser's hair too so james is like hey i'm in college this is the only time i'm gonna have to be able to do this i might as well do it now because sometimes i need to be in the real world and the real world doesn't like hair like this has a bunch of brothers that play in the ivy league and saint cloud state a very big family very big football family as well not on that same cloud area we'll step aside be back to wrap things up after this 39-28 the final back to wrap things up from here at the fargo dome for our only broadcast of this 2020 fall season north dakota state picking up a victory which will qualify and help them should there be any question marks in playoff discussions yeah following in the spring only 16 teams get in there are 11 automatic qualifiers which means they're only five at large bids and the committee did say that fall games would be factored into that selection process so you never know if this could help them down the road well a win will always help you won't it and that's what the bison got today let's take a look at some of the second half highlights far more big plays in this contest getting it out to josh babich this is the first play to start the second half offensively for the bison babish also the touchdown catch in the first half that's such a beautiful run just that little power move between the two big guys and then the speed the stiff arm and the end zone trey lance dashing 54 yards and then some miscommunication here as destin talbert got lost in coverage and winning ham made a couple of big plays and then again this time tyler hudson was left all along but when this i think it was third and long on this particular play too so what the bison needed it they went back to the ground with their leading rusher from last year leading rusher today ralph's able to get it out across the 30-yard line and then his first career interception took over 300 pass attempts and nick nakwas is going to hang on to that football i am sure raylan smith a little slant out to winningham as a real quick response from the bears this is where the game really got fun there was some back and forth both teams scoring attack there sack there if i should say from tj campbell lance guns this one into zach mathis for a first down back to the ground and down inside getting in the red zone some red zone yardage and this is where lance can just make magic happen getting away from the rush stepping out of some tackles and take it in for a second rushing touchdown of the day getting away from the rush with that physicality that he has really nice catching traffic hudson pulls that down getting hit by price here's a little fade that results in a score and then lance setting this up and lookie left alone on the back side and easy little pitch and catch there and then luke doing it again this time on the ground great blocking up front wilson springs him and almost untouched into the end zone now we've talked about this kind of being like a spring but in store instead of the scrimmage to finish it you uh you have this contest what's one thing we always say during spring ball they don't want to see any injuries well i we saw one today that uh is a little bit of a sad situation or potentially if you will for the bison seth wilson trying to finish a run phoenix sproles making a block and then a mass of people coming and hitting the back of phoenix sproles and then unfortunately sproles left the field on two wheels instead of on two feet he did get up under his own power and just kind of hobbled off but certainly a concern and again we don't know may not end up being anything too terribly serious we certainly hope it isn't for phoenix but certainly not the way he wanted to leave the field today no the optics of the whole thing aren't good so for north dakota state now they we talked to the coaches okay how are you going to do this what are you going to do and they kind of shrug their shoulders like we'll do some more self scout we'll start digging into youngstown a little bit they have a new coaching staff the players they'll get a little bit of time but then they're going to get right back in the weight room and have to get going just like it's an off season like a regular fall camp is going to happen in january sometime in january to get ready for the end of february to go through the gauntlet of what the valley always is a gauntlet yes and it starts with youngstown in february on a sunday yes no less on the 21st because the state wrestling tournament is here so it's unavailable yeah so there you go well we appreciate all of you tuning in wherever you are across the state of north dakota minnesota and beyond it's been fun to bring this one game to you here in the fall we're glad we can at least have one before we get ready for the spring season with the missouri valley as the bison celebrate another national championship and take the field with their seniors some of them for the last time for our entire nbc crew our producer westers jardins ryan gellner alex eagan bethul and lee tamrin i'm brian shawn saying so long from the fargo dome we hope to see you when it's really cold outside in late february everybody stay safe out there and have a great saturday we'll see you later down the road

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Length: 173min 21sec (10401 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 04 2020