When North Dakota State’s football team opened fall practice Wednesday afternoon, Nick Mertens returned as the team’s starting quarterback. Dante Perez, who flew in from California only 10 days ago, showed up as the new guy who would like to be the s… more »

Heading into the season, I thought that North Dakota State might have a chance to spring an upset and ruin Paul Rhoads' first game as a head coach at Iowa State on Sept. 3. But recent news has tempered those upset plans. North Dakota State coach C… more »

Craig Bohl has been working this summer on obtaining his instrument rating to add to his pilot’s license. “I want to make myself a safer pilot,” said Bohl, who with an instrument rating will be able to avoid certain weather restrictions. As the h… more »

Fiancee is Mojo 104.7’s Ryan Kelly Their love story started with a bungled radio interview and a crash course in football tactics featuring sugar packets as players. More recently, there was a moonlit marriage proposal featuring lawn chairs and four… more »

FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota State head football coach Craig Bohl on Tuesday announced the reinstatement of three previously suspended players. Senior wide receiver and kick returner Shamen Washington, sophomore defensive end Garrett Johnson and redshi… more »

Wide receiver Shamen Washington will be suspended for the first game of North Dakota State's football season while defensive end Garrett Johnson and backup quarterback Jose Mohler will be suspended for the first two games, according to head coach Craig… more »

Wahpeton running back Ryan Smith, who will be a high school senior this fall, has verbally committed to play football at North Dakota State. "I just didn’t want to really worry about where to go to college during my senior year," Smith said. "I just… more »

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - There was little doubt that the addition of North Dakota State and South Dakota State would make a brutal Missouri Valley Fall Conference race even more competitive. But when the dust had settled last season, it wa… more »

FARGO, N.D. -- North Dakota State head coach Craig Bohl returned from conference media day festivities earlier this week to a familiar refrain for his football team: A player arrested for allegedly driving drunk. Backup linebacker Blake Sczepanski, e… more »

North Dakota State University placekicker Shawn Bibeau was selected to the 2009 Consensus Draft Services Preseason FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) All-America second team. Bibeau, a 5-foot-11, 216-pound senior from White Bear Lake, Minn., ent… more »

ST. LOUIS -- Founded in 1985 as the Gateway Football Conference, the Missouri Valley Football Conference will celebrate its 25th season of FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) football during the 2009 season. To kick off the league’s 25th Year Celeb… more »

North Dakota State University Athletics announced three new affiliates to the growing Bison Football Radio Network. Clear Channel (92.1 FM KZRX) Dickinson, KHND (1470 AM) Harvey, and KBMW (1450 AM) Wahpeton bring the Bison affiliate list to 13. The B… more »

North Dakota State University football will play the Kansas at Memorial Field in Lawrence on Sept. 4, 2010, as the Jayhawks announced their non-conference schedule for 2010 today. KU will meet North Dakota State for the first time on the football field.… more »

The job title called for the hiring of an athletic director at North Dakota State but in reality, school President Joe Chapman could have said this to Gene Taylor in 2001: “Wanted, somebody to take the school to Division I.” It was Taylor’s task to p… more »

Today, the quarterback depth chart at North Dakota State has senior Nick Mertens as the starter and incoming freshman Brock Jensen as the backup. But there could be some movement between now and the start of practice in early August. Freshman Jose Mo… more »