Bison in the middle of FBS storm of physical play

FARGO — North Dakota State threw some one-hit wonders at FBS teams over the years when the Bison were a Division I FCS power, beating programs like Iowa, Kansas State, Iowa State and Minnesota. Those were a featured game played once a year. Now a Mountain West Conference member with 11 games against FBS foes, the test for Year 1 anyway is whether the Bison can hold up on the physical end for an entire season. It s getting edgy after a 13-7 loss at UNLV on Saturday. Heck yeah but that s about on par, said head coach Tim Polasek. I talked about it being a really tough stretch of five games and this being a little different level of physicality week in and week out. We re in the middle of the storm. That UNLV team was really physical. That was a physical game. Another one could be in store Saturday night when the Bison host Nevada, a team led by head coach Jeff Choate who took the physical style of play at Montana State with him to the Wolf Pack. The 6 p.m. kickoff