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02-15-2014, 12:54 AM
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/1/16/5312080/best-college-football-games-2013
KSU vs NDSU finished #20 in this list of the top 100 college football games of 2013.
20 North Dakota State 24, Kansas State 21 (August 30)
This wasn't much of an upset. North Dakota State was the two-time defending FCS champion, and though Kansas State was the defending Big 12 champion, the team was starting from scratch in terms of both offensive identity and defensive talent. The Wildcats were in major flux, and a salty, sound Bison team -- one that would finish the season a staggering 17th in Sagarin's rankings, ahead of Wisconsin, Arizona State, and Louisville, and barely behind Ohio State -- simply had more going for it on the first week of the season.
Still, what a statement.
it was a 7-7 tie at halftime, which was surprising enough, but things fell apart for NDSU early in the third quarter. Jake Waters found star receiver Tyler Lockett for a 56-yard touchdown on the third play of the second half, then NDSU quarterback Brock Jensen was picked off; KSU scored on a short field and took a 21-7 lead. Game over, right?
NDSU responded, then kept responding. The Bison drove 75 yards in 16 plays to cut the lead to 21-14, then drove the length of the field to kick a field goal late in the third quarter. KSU drove into NDSU territory, but the drive stalled, and the Wildcats punted away with nine minutes left. They wouldn't get the ball back for a while. NDSU uncorked a 25-play, 80-yard, no-margin-for-error-whatsoever drive that ate up 8:30; the Bison converted third-and-11, third-and-2, third-and-7, and third-and-3 before Jensen plunged in from a yard out with 28 seconds remaining. Don't try that at home, kids.
Waters was picked off on KSU's final play, and NDSU ran out the clock on an enormous win. They would go on to win their third straight FCS national title, and head coach Craig Bohl was plucked away by Wyoming in what might have been the best hire of this year's coaching carousel
KSU vs NDSU finished #20 in this list of the top 100 college football games of 2013.
20 North Dakota State 24, Kansas State 21 (August 30)
This wasn't much of an upset. North Dakota State was the two-time defending FCS champion, and though Kansas State was the defending Big 12 champion, the team was starting from scratch in terms of both offensive identity and defensive talent. The Wildcats were in major flux, and a salty, sound Bison team -- one that would finish the season a staggering 17th in Sagarin's rankings, ahead of Wisconsin, Arizona State, and Louisville, and barely behind Ohio State -- simply had more going for it on the first week of the season.
Still, what a statement.
it was a 7-7 tie at halftime, which was surprising enough, but things fell apart for NDSU early in the third quarter. Jake Waters found star receiver Tyler Lockett for a 56-yard touchdown on the third play of the second half, then NDSU quarterback Brock Jensen was picked off; KSU scored on a short field and took a 21-7 lead. Game over, right?
NDSU responded, then kept responding. The Bison drove 75 yards in 16 plays to cut the lead to 21-14, then drove the length of the field to kick a field goal late in the third quarter. KSU drove into NDSU territory, but the drive stalled, and the Wildcats punted away with nine minutes left. They wouldn't get the ball back for a while. NDSU uncorked a 25-play, 80-yard, no-margin-for-error-whatsoever drive that ate up 8:30; the Bison converted third-and-11, third-and-2, third-and-7, and third-and-3 before Jensen plunged in from a yard out with 28 seconds remaining. Don't try that at home, kids.
Waters was picked off on KSU's final play, and NDSU ran out the clock on an enormous win. They would go on to win their third straight FCS national title, and head coach Craig Bohl was plucked away by Wyoming in what might have been the best hire of this year's coaching carousel