In a meeting with the press earlier this week, North Dakota State head coach Matt Entz said “I think [South Dakota State] is probably the best football team in the country ... they’ve played better football than we have.” Those words turned out to be prophetic on Saturday afternoon because SDSU did what few have been able to do: walk off the turf in the Fargodome victorious.
The Jacks are really good at stopping the run and everyone knew it going in. That’s probably why North Dakota State opted to throw it four times on their opening drive.