Abbie Draper's emergence and Spencer Waege is heading to the Super Bowl
Release Date: 02/22/2024
Jaxon Duttenhefer joins to talk about the upcoming Bison Football season.
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Avery Koenen on getting ready for her sophomore season with the Bison
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Cole Payton on the 2024 season and moving positions
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Cole Payton will begin his fourth year on the North Dakota State football roster this fall with the biggest spotlight he's had yet. That's including the fact that he is the backup to incumbent starter Cam Miller, who returns for his fourth season as the starter. Payton emerged as one of the best players on the Bison football roster over the final five games of 2023, when Miller scored seven touchdowns. He racked up a total of 16 last season, becoming one of NDSU's best offensive weapons. "I thought (last season) was a blast. Getting to go to Montana State and Montana,...
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Who steps up at wide receiver in 2024?
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North Dakota State's 2024 offensive gameplans took a hit last week when standout receiver Eli Green entered the transfer portal. Green emerged as a downfield threat over the final six games of 2023, making several acrobatic catches and scoring three touchdowns, two of them in the playoffs. With Green's departure, that leaves NDSU without its top two receivers from a year ago after Zach Mathis graduated. Sixth-year senior Braylon Henderson and fifth-year senior Raja Nelson return for the Bison. Nelson emerged as both a deep threat and a running back over the final few games...
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Jory Collins on additions and departures of the Bison women's basketball team
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North Dakota State women's basketball head coach Jory Collins has had a busy month. The Bison season ended at the end of March in the third round of the Women's NIT. Less than a week later, star player Elle Evans entered the transfer portal. Evans announced this week that she is transferring to Kansas to spend her final two years of basketball. Collins has been busy, adding three players to his team for next season. Australian guard Amelia Hobson will join the team, along with transfers Molly Lenz from Illinois State and Sacia Vanderpool from Wisconsin. They will join incoming freshmen Claire...
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2024 spring football wrapup
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North Dakota State officially wrapped up spring football for 2024 last weekend back inside Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome. The Bison still have plenty of question marks heading into fall camp, ranging from offensive line to secondary to wide receiver. The Forum's Jeff Kolpack joins WDAY's Dom Izzo to try and answer some of those questions heading into the new season. Also they discuss the addition of West Fargo native Jacksen Moni to the Bison men's basketball roster. Moni is transferring in from Northern State University out of the NSIC. He'll have one year of eligibility remaining for...
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Defensive Line coach Nick Goeser on the Bison depth up front
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North Dakota State spring football is wrapping up and one area that has both a mixture of youth, depth and experience is the defensive line and that extends to the coaching staff. Nick Goeser is back for his 15th year on the staff, the longest tenured coach at NDSU. He got a promotion this offseason to co-defensive coordinator to go along with his defensive line duties. The Bison return all-conference defensive end Dylan Hendricks, along with senior Loshiaka Roques and junior Kole Menz. The interior of the line will be led by the Mostaert twins; Eli and Will, along with Kody Huisman and...
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Offensive Line coach Dan Larson on the youth and depth up front
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North Dakota State has had an offensive lineman selected in the NFL Draft each of the three years and potentially could have a fourth in a couple of weeks. That level of talent means that is extra attention that comes to that position group and its coach, Dan Larson. The Bison offensive line has some decisions to make over the coming months with three starters graduating, left tackle Jalen Sundell, right guard Jake Kubas and center Brandon Westberg. The Bison received some welcome news in late December when senior Grey Zabel announced he was going to return to NDSU and turn down significant...
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Safeties coach Devin Klieman joins the BMZ
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North Dakota State is in week three of spring football and as the practices continue, it's not just for the players to get up to speed, but for the coaches as well. The Bison have four new staff members, including Devin Klieman, who was hired as the new safeties coach. It's a return to Fargo for Klieman, who's dad Chris, was the head coach at NDSU from 2014-18, winning four national championships during that span. Devin has been a graudate assistant at Kansas State the last three years, he discusses about interviewing for the job and what it meant to be hired at NDSU. Klieman also talks about...
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The transfer portal window is wide open in the Summit League
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WDAY's Dom Izzo and the Forum's Mike McFeely discuss the departures from the North Dakota State men's basketball roster after the season ended. Also they discuss the top players that have left the Summit League, inlcuding four members of the conference's first-team selections.
info_outlineFebruary has arrived and the stretch run is here for Summit League basketball.
The Bison basketball teams are going in opposite directions. The North Dakota State men (2-4) sit at the bottom of the Summit League standings, just a half game out of last place. NDSU lost its only game last week, on the road at St. Thomas.
Dave Richman's team will be on the road for both games this week, facing South Dakota State Thursday night and North Dakota Saturday afternoon. The Bison haven't won in Brookings since 2018 and will need to finally put together a consistent effort for a win.
"We know we're better than the teams we're playing out against. We're making little mistakes and they're starting to bite us in the end." said junior forward Andrew Morgan.
"Our margin for error coaches saying it's starting to become really slim, so every possession really matters. It's more like frustration like that and knowing that we can pull these games out. We're just not quite doing it."
The Bison women will host one of the most anticipated games in the Division I era. NDSU welcomes in the league champion Jackrabbits Thursday night, looking to snap an ugly 19-game losing skid to the Jackrabbits.
The numbers are as ugly as they get for the Bison. NDSU hasn't beaten SDSU since January of 2015. They have lost 35 of the last 37 games. The Bison have just two wins over SDSU since moving up to D-1 in 2006.
SDSU (7-0) enters in first place, despite losing its two best players to injury before the season began. NDSU (5-1) sits in second place and has posted a 19-1 record at Scheels Center over the last two years. The only defeat? South Dakota State.
Dom Izzo also visits with former Bison defensive end and All-American Spencer Waege.
Waege is just wrapping up his rookie year with the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers advanced to Super Bowl LVIII Sunday night when they defeated the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game.
Waege has spent the last two and a half months on the 49ers practice squad. He practices during the week with the team and is on the sidelines on gameday. He will be traveling to Las Vegas for the Big Game on Sunday.
Waege marks the fourth former Bison in the last seven Super Bowls to be in the game, joining Carson Wentz, Ramon Humber and Joe Haeg who were at the Super Bowl.