Dizzo's Den Podcast: Patty Viverito and ESPN's Dan Margulis
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The 2023 FCS college football season will be the last without Missouri Valley Football Conference games featured on linear television. The league announced a couple weeks ago a new television contract with ESPN, a six-year deal that will see the network broadcast one to two games a year on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU. It’s a landmark deal for the conference, which has never had regular season games on linear TV. The new deal calls for the extension of the Missouri Valley Game of the Week on ESPN Plus, a deal that has been around for the last eight years, where one game is selected for...
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Dizzo's Den Podcast: Chris Klieman on success at Kansas State and memories of NDSU
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One of the top college football stories in 2022 was authored by former North Dakota State head coach Chris Klieman at Kansas State. Klieman guided the Wildcats to a 10-3 record and a Big 12 Championship, as the Wildcats beat previously unbeaten TCU in the title game, earning a spot in the Sugar Bowl. K-State lost to Alabama that day 45-20. Klieman enters his fifth year in Manhattan with sky-high expecatations. The Wildcats were picked to finish second in the Big 12 this fall, right behind Texas. It's a year of transition in the Big 12 as the Longhorns and Oklahoma will leave after this season,...
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Dizzo's Den Podcast: Kindred's Riley Sunram on committing to the University of Minnesota to play football
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Kindred senior to be Riley Sunram announced Tuesday night his commitment to play football at the University of Minnesota. Sunram was the most highly sought after prospect for the Class of 2024, with over 20 offers including North Dakota State, Nebraska, Kansas State and Miami. Sunram visits with Dom Izzo about why he chose Minnesota and what life has been like since his first offer from the Bison came in last June.
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Dizzo's Den Podcast: Cody Mauch on expectations for the Senior Bowl
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Former North Dakota State offensive lineman Cody Mauch made his Senior Bowl debut during practice Tuesday morning for the National team. Mauch was playing a new position as well, he was exclusively at left guard during the team drills. The Athletic's Dane Brugler projects that Mauch could be a center in the NFL. When asked about playing different positions this week, Mauch said: "I'm expecting to play all four positions (guard and tackle). I've been snapping the ball at center in case they throw me in there too." WDAY's Dom Izzo caught up with Mauch before he left for Mobile about his...
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Dizzo's Den Podcast: Cordell Volson on playing in the AFC Championship Game
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It's hard to imagine how crazy the last 365 days have been for Cordell Volson. The former North Dakota State All-American offensive lineman left Frisco, Texas in January of 2022 after winning a fourth national championship to pursue his NFL dreams. Volson began training for the East-West Shrine Game in Minneapolis and had a great week in Las Vegas, which turned into an invite to the NFL Combine. Volson had a great week in Indianapolis and a solid Pro Day in Fargo. He ended up being selected in the fourth round by the AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals, who were looking to upgrade their offensive...
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Dizzo's Den Podcast: Kansas State Athletic Director Gene Taylor
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WDAY's Dom Izzo visits with Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor on the Wildcats facing Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. How Taylor got razzed about hiring Chris Klieman from NDSU and now four years later it's been paid off with a Big 12 championship. They also discuss what it will take to get NDSU up to the FBS level and how Power 5 football is changing.
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Dizzo's Den Podcast: Missouri Valley Commissioner Patty Viverito on an all-Valley FCS title game
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Christmas came early for Missouri Valley Football Commissioner Patty Viverito. The top league in the FCS got not one, but two teams into the FCS Championship Game in Frisco, Texas. North Dakota State and South Dakota State will meet for the title on January 8th, televised nationally by ABC. Viverito visits about the history of adding NDSU and SDSU into the old Gateway Football Conference and the challenges that presented each school when they were admitted. She also discusses what the Bison and Jackrabbits have done for the conference and how the league has tried to keep up with the top two...
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Dizzo's Den: ESPN's Dan Margulis on the FCS Championship Game moving to Sunday and ABC
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ESPN's Senior Director of Programming and Acquisitions Dan Margulis joins Dom Izzo to discuss the moving of the 2023 FCS Championship Game to a Sunday and ABC. North Dakota State will face South Dakota State in the FCS title game on January 8th, a game that will be televised on WDAY-TV at 1pm central time. Margulis goes in to the decision making process of why the game was moved and going straight up against the final week of the NFL regular season.
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The return of the Den
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Dom Izzo re-launches his Dizzo's Den podcast, which will be a combination of local sports and the other interests he has, ranging from nerd movies to outrageous food opinions. Today's show is sports heavy with West Fargo Sheyenne senior defensive end Karter Menz about his commitment to play football at the University of Minnesota. Also featured in the show is the North Dakota High School Activites Association Executive Director Matt Fetsch, who visits about the separation of the state hockey tournaments and is there any talk of extending the spring sports season.
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Bison Media Zone: South Dakota Postgame Show
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No, 4-ranked North Dakota State scored 28 points in the game's first 18 minutes and cruised to a 52-24 victory against No. 16-ranked South Dakota on Saturday in Missouri Valley Football Conference play at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome.
info_outlineNDSU announced Friday that Virginia Tech transfer Quincy Patterson will be the starting quarterback for the Bison in their season opener next Saturday against Albany.
Patterson beat out sophomore Cam Miller and freshman Cole Payton for the job.
WDAY Sports Director Dom Izzo and the Forum's Mike McFeely discussed the decision and the impact it could have going forward.