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North Dakota State running game coordinator/offensive line coach Dan Larson greets running back TaMerik Williams back to the sidelines during a Bison football game against Eastern Washington on Sept. 2, 2023.
Colorado football’s Week 1 opponent is no slouch.
North Dakota State has won nine NCAA Division I FCS national championships and exactly 90% of their games (172-19) since 2011. Simply put, the Bison are one of the most successful college football programs in the nation regardless of what division they play in. NDSU is ranked No. 2 in the FCS coaches poll to start the season.
However, this isn’t the same NDSU of years past.
“This is the first time in a long time that NDSU has had a head coach with an offensive background,” Bison offensive line coach Dan Larson told the Coloradoan. “It hasn’t changed the identity of the program at all — we still have to win in all three phases — but the biggest thing has been, all of a sudden, the defense is hearing some things from an offensive coach’s perspective when he sits in there and watches film with them.
“We’re obviously getting a head coach that, from an offensive staff standpoint, has had experience coaching at the Big Ten level (Iowa) and the Mountain West where they’ve played in some big games. They were in Texas’ stadium last year so it’ll help combat some things with noise and some different elements that we’re obviously going to see in a couple days at Boulder.”
Former Wyoming offensive coordinator Tim Polasek was named the head coach at NDSU in December, becoming the first offensive-oriented mind to lead the Bison in 20-plus years. He took over for Matt Entz (2019-2023), who is now the linebackers coach at USC. Prior to Entz, Chris Kleiman (now at Kansas State) went from defensive coordinator to head coach (2014-18) just like his predecessor, Craig Bohl…
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Author : The Coloradoan
Publish date : 2024-08-21 23:45:04
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