{"id":469799,"date":"2026-09-20T07:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T07:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/469799\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T07:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T07:06:09","slug":"mcfeely-three-quick-takes-from-bisons-31-10-victory-over-sacramento-state-inforum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/469799\/","title":{"rendered":"McFeely: Three quick takes from Bison’s 31-10 victory over Sacramento State – InForum"},"content":{"rendered":"

SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 Three quick takes from North Dakota State’s 31-10 victory over Sacramento State on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Hornet Stadium:<\/p>\n

A week after stunning Air Force with a fast start, the Bison did it again. NDSU jumped to a 14-0 lead in the first 3:11 of the game, helped by a 24-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown by safety Darius Givance. It was 21-0 after one quarter as NDSU stockpiled 194 total yards to Sac State’s 27 in the first 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

Givance’s fumble return for a score was NDSU’s third defensive touchdown of the season, following a fumble recovery in the end zone by Blake Schiltz and an interception return for Marion Moore. The Bison have forced 10 turnovers in four games and have a turnover margin of plus-8.<\/p>\n

The Bison enter their first bye week 4-0, receiving votes in the AP Top 25 poll, in the early mix for the Group of Six’s College Football Playoff spot and about as healthy as a team could expect. They are headed for a homecoming matchup with a struggling Wyoming team in a game that’s been sold out at the Fargodome for more than a month.<\/p>\n

In short, NDSU’s first season in FBS has gone about as perfectly as the Bison could’ve hoped so far.<\/p>\n

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\"Mike<\/p>\n

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\n Mike McFeely is a columnist for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. He began working for The Forum in the 1980s while he was a student studying journalism at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He’s been with The Forum full time since 1990, minus a six-year hiatus when he hosted a local radio talk-show.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 Three quick takes from North Dakota State’s 31-10 victory over Sacramento State on Saturday, Sept.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[95932,85694,121,123,122,50335,85695,85696],"class_list":["post-469799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-mid-american-conference-football","tag-mike-mcfeely","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sacramento-state-hornets-football","tag-the-forum","tag-the-mcfeely-mess"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}